Putnam County used a 17-0 start to defeat Fieldcrest 47-17 to capture the Little Tri-County Conference 7th-grade tournament championship on Saturday, Jan. 18.

Seneca landed the No. 1 seed for the 2025 Tri-County Conference boys basketball tournament, which will run Jan. 25-31.

Putnam County High School's Blake Baker (gold medal) and Matthews Schennum (bronze) competed in the Special Olympics Region A competition for Basketball Skills at Dixon High School on Saturday.

The Putnam County Pumas sixth-grade basketball team defeated Mendota Holy Cross 29-20 to capture the Oglesby Holy Family Tournament on Saturday, finishing undefeated.

Two Panther standouts, Doug Siebert (1981) and Ashley Kneeboone (2000), will be enshrined into the Putnam County High School Hall of Fame between the boys basketball games Friday night at RM Germano Gymnasium.

A look at the top Putnam County sports headlines for 2024

Here’s a look at girls basketball tournaments at Prophetstown, St. Bede and Ottawa. The Tigresses opened with a win at Ottawa on Thursday

Putnam County Junior High students competed in the Oglesby Elks Hoop Shoot On Sunday, Dec. 15. First-place winners advanced to the next round of competition with the runners-up serving as alternates.

Putnam County grad Maggie Richetta was one of four players from Sauk Valley Community College named to the Arrowhead All-Conference volleyball team for 2024.