Bureau Valley Preps

Results, leaders, all-tournament honorees and more from around the NewsTribune and Times areas Saturday, plus wrestling results from the huge ABE's Rumble in the state capital.

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

Results, results and more results from Friday's tournament basketball action across The Times and NewsTribune coverage areas.

A look at the best football players in the NewsTribune area during the 2024 season.

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.

Three Princeton wrestlers won their brackets Saturday in Iowa, the Princeton girls basketball team placed XXXX in the Ottawa tournament and more basketball, wrestling and swimming results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Mendota girls basketball team beat Earlville and more basketball results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

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.

The St. Bede girls basketball team won its fourth Tri-County game in a row, the Earlville boys earned their first win of the season and more basketball and bowling results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

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.

An update of the 50th annual Hall Colmone Classic for Saturday, Dec. 14 featuring boys basketball teams from Bureau Valley, Eureka, Fieldcrest, Hall, IVC, Kewanee, L-P, Mendota, Princeton, Putnam County, Rock Falls, St. Bede

A roundup of basketball, bowling and wrestling events from Saturday around Bureau County for Saturday, Dec. 14

A roundup of basketball, bowling, swimming and wrestling events from Saturday around the Illinois Valley

An update of the 50th annual Hall Colmone Classic for Friday, Dec. 13 featuring boys basketball teams from Bureau Valley, Eureka, Fieldcrest, Hall, IVC, Kewanee, L-P, Mendota, Princeton, Putnam County, Rock Falls, St. Bede

An update of the 50th annual Hall Colmone Classic for Thursday, Dec. 12 featuring boys basketball teams from Bureau Valley, Eureka, Fieldcrest, Hall, IVC, Kewanee, L-P, Mendota, Princeton, Putnam County, Rock Falls, St. Bede

A roundup of area boys basketball, girls basketball, wrestling and bowling

St. Bede beat Bureau Valley 71-62 during the 50th annual Colmone Classic on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024 at Hall High School.

Henry-Senachwine boys hoops snap four-game losing streak, Bureau Valley falls in girls' hoops, plus more scores from the area.

An update of the 50th annual Hall Colmone Classic for Wednesday, Dec. 11 featuring boys basketball teams from Bureau Valley, Eureka, Fieldcrest, Hall, IVC, Kewanee, L-P, Mendota, Princeton, Putnam County, Rock Falls, St. Bede

An update of the 50th annual Hall Colmone Classic for Tuesday, Dec. 10 featuring boys basketball teams from Bureau Valley, Eureka, Fieldcrest, Hall, IVC, Kewanee, L-P, Mendota, Princeton, Putnam County, Rock Falls, St. Bede

A look at the top volleyball players in the NewsTribune area during the 2024 season.

Featuring area girls bowling and girls basketball

A recap of Monday's games at the Colmone Classic for Bureau Valley, Eureka, Fieldcrest, Putnam County, Rock Falls, St. Bede

An update of the 50th annual Hall Colmone Classic for Monday, Dec. 9 featuring boys basketball teams from Bureau Valley, Eureka, Fieldcrest, Hall, IVC, Kewanee, L-P, Mendota, Princeton, Putnam County, Rock Falls, St. Bede

Fieldcrest defeated Bureau Valley 58-55 during the 50th annual Colmone Classic Tournament on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 at Hall High School.

Here's a look at upcoming area Christmas basketball tournaments for Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton, LaMoille, DePue and St. Bede teams.

Princeton defeated Bureau Valley 56-49 during the 50th annual Colmone Classic tournament on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 at Hall High School. Check out photos from freelance photographer Kyle Russell.

A look at opening night games at the 50th Annual Colmone Classic, featuring Princeton, Bureau Valley, Hall, St. Bede, L-P and Putnam County.

Including girls wrestling and girls basketball results for Saturday.

Featuring players from Bureau Valley, Hall, LaMoille, Princeton and St. Bede

A look at area girls basketball standings

The Wildcats (25-1) advance to the state tournament at to play Sidell Salt Fork (17-4) at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at Riverton High School. Also, Tyler Billhorn's school record 41 points lead LaMoille in home opener

LaMoille's Tyler Billhorn set a school scoring record and more basketball results in Wednesday's NewsTribune roundup.

A look at the top girls cross country runners in the NewsTribune area for the 2024 season.

The Bureau Valley sophomores defeated Annawan 54-41 on Saturday to win the Wally Keller Invite sophomore tournament at Wethersfield.

Representing players from Bureau Valley, Hall, LaMoille, Princeton and St. Bede

A roundup of area tournament games for Bureau Valley, Princeton, Hall, LaMoille and St. Bede boys along with BV girls

The La Salle-Peru girls basketball team won in Rock Falls, L-P's Nick Olivero scored 41 points in a win over Plano and more basketball results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

A look at final Bureau County statistical volleyball leaders for 2024

The IVCC men's basketball team lost and more basketball results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

A look at final Bureau County area volleyball standings for the 2024 season

The Putnam County and Bureau Valley girls basketball teams earned nonconference wins and more basketball and bowling results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

A roundup of girls and boys basketball games including Bureau Valley, Princeton, LaMoille and St. Bede

A look at the top boys cross country runners in the NewsTribune area during the 2024 season.

With the 2024-25 boys basketball season tipping off tonight, here are five storylines to look for around Bureau County.

Senior center Landon Hulsing poured in 23 points with sophomore Blake Foster adding 13, senior Elijah Endress 11 and sophomore reserves Drake Taylor and Wyatt Birkey eight each.

Featuring players from Bureau Valley, DePue, Hall, LaMoille, Princeton and St. Bede

A look at the Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Bureau Valley, LaMoille, DePue, Earlville, Fieldcrest and Henry-Senachwine boys basketball teams entering the 2024-25 season.