The IHSA released its 2026 softball postseason schedules Wednesday. Here are the paths awaiting teams from across the Illinois Valley, including Seneca, Princeton, Ottawa, La Salle-Peru, Streator, St. Bede, Marquette and more.

The Newman Comets strive to do three things well every time they step onto the ball diamond - hit, pitch and play good defense. They did all three enroute to a 9-1 win at Princeton in a Three Rivers East tussle at Prather Field.

When you have a player named Stihl, it’s a good bet your baseball team is going to steal bases. The Princeton Tigers swiped 31 bases over two nights in back-to-back games last week against Kewanee. Stihl Brokaw and Jack Oester had seven steals each

Two former Princeton High School teammates met up at the NJCAA Tennis finals this weekend in Sumter, S.C., IVCC freshman Zoey Byers (left) and Sauk Valley sophomore Katie Kammerer. They said it was special to both make the nationals together.

Here’s a look of the 2026 Bureau County Junior High Track & Field at the champions from Saturday’s meet in Princeton

BV pitcher Dylan Howlett, who was covering first base on an infield hit to the right side, threw out Stark County’s Kaedon Steelman on a bang-bang play at the plate to end the game, giving the Storm its second 4-3 win of the day in Lincoln Trail Conference play.

The top picks of last week’s NFL Draft were all taken for their considerable talents on the football field. One by one, many of those young men showed what’s carried them off the field, expressing their faith on center stage.

No one is busier than St. Bede senior Lily Bosnich in the spring. On Thursday, she homered with two RBIs, three runs scored and three steals in softball. She then raced off to win the 300 hurdles in the senior night track meet, wearing her softball uniform.

Ava Hobson scored in the first minute on an unassisted goal for the Princeton soccer team Thursday night on the Bryant Field pitch. Then it proved to be a case of pick your poison for visiting LaSalle-Peru with Keighley Davis, Keeley Cardosi and Bella Clevenger each scoring