Bureau Valley Preps

The St. Bede baseball team beat Midland, Bureau Valley's Logan Philhower threw a no-hitter and more baseball, softball, track and field and soccer results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

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

The Henry-Senachwine softball team beat Hall, the Earlville baseball team earned its first win of the season and more baseball and softball results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

A look at the best boys basketball players in the NewsTribune area for the 2024-25 season.

A look at the final girls basketball statistical leaders in the NewsTribune area for the 2024-25 season.

A look at the best girls basketball players in the NewsTribune area for the 2024-25 season.

The L-P baseball team beat Princeton and more baseball, softball, soccer and track and field results in Saturday's NewsTribune/BCR roundup.

Athletes from St. Bede, Henry-Midland, Putnam County, Fieldcrest and Bureau Valley medaled at the Illinois Prep Top Times meet along with baseball, softball and soccer results in Friday's NewsTribune/BCR roundup.

The L-P baseball team beat Hall and more baseball, softball and soccer results in Tuesday's NewsTribune/BCR roundup.

The Mendota girls soccer team beat Streator, the Hall baseball team won big and more soccer, baseball, softball, tennis and golf results in Monday's BCR/NewsTribune roundup.

The L-P baseball and softball teams won and more baseball, softball and track and field results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

The L-P baseball team earned its first win of the season, and more baseball, softball and track results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

Four seniors graduated in the top 6 among their school's all-time scoring leaders.

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

Here’s a look at the top area career scorers for the Class of 2025 and other classes:

Here's a look at the leading ladies on the court this season, featuring players from Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede.

There are 175 1,000-point scorers (140 boys, 35 girls) from Bureau County schools from the past to present. DePue heads the list with 21 (all boys) followed by Princeton (13/6) with 19 and Hall (12/6) with 18.

The St. Bede baseball team and Henry-Senachwine softball team opened their seasons with wins and more baseball, softball and track results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Mat Pistole walked into his house one day and his little boy, Tate, wanted dad to pick him up right away, but he couldn’t because his hands were full of football items. Tate’s dad knew that very moment it was time to spend more time at home.

With the softball season getting underway Monday, here are five storylines to watch in the NewsTribune area this season.

With baseball season getting underway Monday, here are five storylines to watch in the NewsTribune area this season.

The baseball team that Bureau Valley will put on the field in 2025 is going to be near the same team it had in 2024.

Here's some storylines to follow for the 2025 season for the St Bede, Princeton and Bureau Valley softball teams and the Hall and St. Bede baseball teams.

BV's Landon Hulsing was joined by Annawan's Brody Childs and Maddux Heitzler on first-team Lincoln Trail team. Also for BV, seniors Elijah Endress was named to the second team and Landen Birdsley earned honorable mention. LaMoille's Tyler Billhorn was named first-team Little Ten.

A look at all-time boys & girls basketball scoring leaders for 53 area schools, including 14 closed schools, as researched by the BCR's Kevin Hieronymus. Three area boys moved to No. 1 this season: Noah LaPorte at Princeton, Darius Hetherington at Dixon, Paxton Giertz at Seneca.

The Tri-County Conference has released its boys and girls basketball all-conference teams, while the Three Rivers, HOIC and Lincoln Trail announced their girls basketball all-conference squads.

Dave Moore, who had a run of success as both the track and field and football coach at neighboring Bureau Valley, has taken over the reins of Princeton's boys track and field program. He succeeds Dan Foes, who retired after 19 years.

Seneca senior Paxton Giertz finished as No. 2 all-time leading scorer in the Illinois Valley. Here's a look at the 25 all-time top scoring leaders for Illinois Valley schools as researched by the BCR Sports Editor Kevin Hieronymus

A look at area boys basketball standings on March 3

Here’s a look at Friday's area regional championship scores and this week's sectional matchups

The Storm standout will miss her senior season, sidelined by a season-ending knee injury playing for the Bureau Valley girls basketball team on Nov. 22 in the third game of the season. On the same day, she signed to play Div. 1 softball for Southeast Missouri State.

It’s regional finals night for high school boys. Here are area regional championships over the years dating back to the 1936 when Princeton beat DePue 32-30. Before then, there were only districts with the top two finalists advancing to sectionals.

The Bureau Valley Storm (21-11) advanced with a win Monday to meet No. 3 seed Riverdale (20-9) in Wednesday’s regional semifinals at 7:30 p.m.

Bureau Valley and Princeton are just 16 miles apart and yet they will both host Class 2A boys basketball regionals. Here’s a look at those two sites plus all the other area regionals.

Bureau County-area girls basketball standings, including Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton, L-P, Mendota, PC and St. Bede on Feb. 25

BCR area girls basketball regional update on Feb. 20

Here are five storylines to watch in the BCR/NewsTribune area for the boys basketball postseason.

The St. Bede, LaMoille, Bureau Valley and DePue boys basketball teams lost Wednesday.

Jesse scored seven points in the fourth quarter to give the Tigresses just the spark they needed in a 50-35 Class 2A regional semifinal win over Sandwich Tuesday at Prouty Gym. They will Alleman, which beat Bureau Valley 54-26, for the regional championship on Thursday.

Bureau Valley and Princeton will be playing in opposite semifinal contests in the Class 2A Princeton Regional. The Storm will face top-seeded Rock Island Alleman at 6 p.m. followed by the Tigresses vs. Sandwich at 7:30 p.m. Host St. Bede will meet Marquette at 7:30 p.m. in 1A.

A look at the postseason seeds and regional pairings for all the boys basketball teams in the NewsTribune area.

The L-P girls bowling team advanced to state, girls basketball regionals opened and more in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

Bureau Valley finished with six 3-pointers on the way to a 54-42 win over Somonauk-Leland to advance to Tuesday’s semifinals of the Class 2A Princeton Regional at 6 p.m. against top-seeded Rock Island Alleman.

The St. Bede boys basketball team edged Henry, sectional wrestling results and more in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

The IHSA has announced the seeds for the upcoming boys subsectionals. Here’s a look at the Bureau County area seeds. Regional pairings will be released at 4 p.m. Friday.

Five storylines to watch in the NewsTribune/BCR area as the girls basketball postseason gets underway.

Here's a look at Bureau County girls statistical leaders for Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede on Feb. 13

A preview of BCR area girls basketball regionals, including the Class 1A St. Bede, 2A Princeton and 2A Erie-Prophetstown regionals.

A look at all the girls basketball regionals involving NewsTribune-area teams.

The Lincoln Trail Conference girls basketball tournament finals have been postponed from Wednesday to Thursday due to the forecast for a winter storm. United and Knoxville are scheduled to play for third place at 6 p.m. followed by Abingdon-Avon vs. Wethersfield for the title.