BCR Sports

A look at area boys basketball standings on Jan. 21

Bureau County-area girls basketball standings, including Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton, L-P, Mendota, PC and St. Bede

No. 4 St. Bede (14-9, 7-4) and No. 3 Marquette (15-8, 7-3) will meet for the TCC championship at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Roanoke-Benson.

Schedule changes made for games including Bureau Valley, LaMoille, St. Bede and Princeton basketball teams

Bureau county area scores for Jan. 20

Brad Groleau, a former 3-sport standout at St. Bede (class of 2013), is working for Princeton High School this winter as an athletic trainer. You could say he’s giving the Tigers the Royal treatment.

Bureau County area scores for Jan. 17

A look at Bureau County statistical boys basketball leaders including Bureau Valley, Hall, LaMoille, Princeton, St. Bede on Jan. 17

Hall and Princeton post Three Rivers East victories, St. Bede in Tri-County play in girls basketball on Thursday night

Hall's Logan Larson was offered and accepted the head coaching position at Pleasant Plains, his alma mater on New Year’s Day. He is expected to be approved at the Pleasant Plains school board meeting on Monday, Jan. 27.

Boys basketball results for PCA, Hall, St. Bede and LaMoille

Bureau Valley ran perfect attendance to all events into the new year before illness knocked three players out of action for Tuesday’s home game with Abingdon-Avon. This and more in this week's basketball notebook.

A look at Bureau County area scores for Jan. 14

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

Bureau Valley, Hall and St. Bede girls teams all fall on Monday night

Bureau County area scores for Jan. 13

It was either man’s game until the very last ball with Dant edging Lawrence 248-247.

A look at area boys basketball standings on Jan. 13

A look at Bureau County-area scores for Saturday, Jan. 11

Bureau County-area girls basketball standings, including Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton, L-P, Mendota, PC and St. Bede

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.

Camryn Driscoll scored 19 points, Keighley Davis had 15 and Paige Jesse 12 to lead the Tigresses to victory.

Nineteen of the 36 teams entered are receiving recognition in the state rankings, including four in the top 10. The field also includes seven defending or former state champions, 24 returning state-finishers and 59 returning state qualifiers.

The Tigers rode a 24-point night from big man Noah LaPorte, including four 3-point baskets, to a runaway 60-21 win over their Three Rivers East rivals.

Hall’s 59-57 win over Princeton on a last-second 3-pointer by sophomore Caroline Morris tightened up the Three Rivers East girls standings. Here’s a look at the updated standings.

A look at BCR-area scores for Monday, Jan. 6

Caroline Morris hit nothing but net with less than two seconds remaining to lift the Hall Red Devils to a 59-57 win over rival Princeton in an exciting Three Rivers East game at Hall High School Monday night.

A trip to a summer learn to row camp at Eastern Michigan University has her charting an unplanned course. The Hall senior has received the Division I scholarship she desired, not for basketball, but rather for rowing.

There are four sons and a daughter of members of Hall’s state runner-up teams from the mid-90s suiting up for the Red Devils this season, Jack and Braden (Adam) Curran, Luke (Eric) Bryant and Chace and Ella (Nick) Sterling.

Here's a look at Bureau County girls statistical leaders for Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede

A look at Bureau County statistical boys basketball leaders including Bureau Valley, Hall, LaMoille, Princeton, St. Bede

BCR Sports Editor Kevin Hieronymus takes a look at the top 10 sports stories that most impacted Bureau County in 2024

Princeton coach Jason Smith called a timeout from the Tiger bench Saturday to attend the visitation and celebration of life for his brother, Dave Camp, who was tragically killed in a Nov. 29 auto accident. That and more in Kevin Hieronymus' basketball notebook.

A look at area tournaments for Bureau Valley, DePue, Hall, LaMoille, Princeton, Putnam County, St. Bede, Dec 28

Riverdale won its first BCR Three Rivers Conference All-Sports Championship in 2023-24 and is right back on top to start the new school year.

Ayize Martin is a member of the College of DuPage Chaparrals program; Drew Harp plays for North Central College,

Thompson has come on like gang-busters, averaging 18.4 points in the last seven games for the Spartans (7-3).

The Tigers have played at 14 different Christmas tournament sites dating back to 1950. They will pick up a 15th when they make their debut in the Sherrard Tournament this week.

The game started with the “oldies but goodies” featuring the 40 and over group, which actually started at 37 years up. The venerable Don Smucker, 71, a 1971 Tiskilwa graduate, certainly showed he still has game.

Princeton had three champions among seven place-finishers in Saturday’s Saber Invitational.

Mendota spoiled Princeton's home opener in front of a big crowd at Prouty Gym, defeating the Tigers 60-52.

He didn’t have a father-figure growing up, yet he became one for the many kids he coached, taught and recruited for his detasseling crew. He was a true gentleman, humble, honest and friendly as anyone you’d ever meet.

The visiting Boilermakers did not take it easy on the old Kewanee coach and former Three Rivers Conference rivals, jumping out to a 24-5 first-quarter lead and 42-9 at the half.

The game was schemed by both booster clubs to help supplement the loss of the high school teams annual basketball games, which was a major fundraiser night for both schools.

Princeton, which has not played in a Christmas Tournament since the Plano Christmas Classic in 2016, joins the Mike Hutchins Holiday Classic in its second year at Sherrard from Dec. 26-28.

BCR area scores for Tuesday, Dec. 17

The Hall Red Devils had a memorable 10-day stretch when they beat rivals LaSalle-Peru, St. Bede and Princeton. It started with 55-54 win over the Cavs at home on Dec. 3 followed by wins over the Bruins 59-49 (Dec. 4) and the Tigers 56-49 (Dec. 13) during the Colmone Classic.

The Ohio Bulldogs defeated Ladd 40-21 to capture third place in the BVEC Tournament at Malden on Thursday, Dec. 12.

It was Fieldcrest’s second straight Colmone championship and record 14th overall.

Bureau Valley defeated Putnam County 65-35 for 11th place, St. Bede lost to IVC 66-55 for 10th place, Princeton fell to Mendota 58-56 in the seventh-place game and Hall lost to Kewanee 54-43 in the fifth-place.