Bureau Valley coach Ryan Schisler has been around the game of baseball long enough he knows it can humble you from one game to the next. Two days after blitzing Mendota 14-0, the Storm mustered just one hit in an 8-0 defeat to Orion
Here's a preview of Bureau County girls track & field teams in 2025, from Amboy, Bureau Valley, DePue, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede.
Here's a look at inside the numbers of Monday's St. Bede/Hall baseball game at Schweickert Stadium in Peru. The Bruins won 4-3 on a walk-off, three-run play.
Bureau Valley's Logan Philhower fanned 12 batters over five innings in a 14-0 no-hitter at Mendota. Carson Riva delivered a walk-off hit to lift St. Bede to a 3-2 nonconference victory over El Paso-Gridley. Area boys team run in indoor track at Sterling.
The Ottawa baseball team stayed hot, improving to 7-1 on the season, with a 9-5 victory over Hall on Tuesday afternoon at King Field in Ottawa.
Princeton jumped on visiting IVC for an 8-0 halftime lead and tacked on an early second half goal to end the game by the nine-goal mercy rule in nonconference play at Bryant Field Tuesday afternoon.
Illinois Valley baseball is off to a fast start. St. Bede (7-0) and Putnam County (6-0) are undefeated; four other teams (Amboy, Marquette, Mendota and Ottawa) have just one loss