Hall Preps

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

Juniors Keighley Davis and Camryn Driscoll of Princeton were unanimously named to the TRAC East All-Conference team along with Hall senior Ella Sterling, Kewanee sophomore Damaris Diaz and Newman freshman Gisselle Martin. Hall junior Charlie Pellegrini also made first team.

Sandwich’s foul trouble and a resilient effort from Hall certainly made things really tough, but not tough enough as Sandwich held on for a 59-53 victory in a Class 2A Princeton Regional quarterfinal Monday night.

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.

A look at area boys basketball standings on Feb. 27

The Mendota boys basketball team wrapped up an outright conference title, the Putnam County boys basketball team won its first game of the season and more basketball results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Hall, Henry-Senachwine and Fieldcrest girls basketball teams had their seasons ended Monday in regional play.

The Princeton wrestling team advanced five wrestlers to the Class 1A state tournament out of the Oregon Sectional on Saturday.

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.

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

Marquette responded after Hall took a late lead to pull out a 52-45 victory Thursday in the regular season finale.

Marquette defeated Hall 52-45 on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 at Hall High School.

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 Putnam County girls basketball team won against Mendota and more basketball results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The L-P girls basketball team won a nonconference game, the Princeton girls earned a share of the Three Rivers East title and more results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Princeton girls basketball team clinched a share of the TRAC East championship with a win over host Erie-Prophetstown, finishing 8-2 along with Kewanee. In other area hoops action, the BV girls and LaMoiile boys won while the Hall girls lost.

Five L-P wrestlers placed third at the Class 2A Kaneland Regional along with basketball results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

Sandwich had 11 sectional qualifiers to win the team title at the Class 1A St. Bede Regional on Saturday.

The La Salle-Peru girls bowling team won the Dixon Regional along with basketball results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

Here are the girls basketball postseason pairings for NewsTribune-area teams.

Princeton held Hall to four points in the third quarter, just nine in the second half, to score a 34-30 win over the rival Red Devils.

A look at the 25 all-time top scoring girls leaders for Bureau County schools past and present as researched by BCR Sports Editor Kevin Hieronymus.

A look at the 25 all-time top scoring leaders for Illinois Valley schools past and present, including all schools in the BCR coverage area, as researched by BCR Sports Editor Kevin Hieronymus:

The Mendota boys basketball team overcame a 12-point deficit to beat Hall and more basketball and swimming results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Hall girls got an early look at the shot clock, which is coming to Illinois, at Monday’s game at IVC in Chillicothe, LaMoille senior Tyler Billhorn averaged a double-double last week, and more in this week's BCR basketball notes.

The L-P girls bowling team won the Interstate 8 Conference Tournament along with basketball results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

Seneca's Catalina Pacheco, La Salle-Peru's Kiely Domyancich and Ottawa's Juliana Thrush all won championships at Saturday's Metamora Girls Wrestling regional.

LaMoille and Earlville won in the Little Ten Conference Tournament, L-P's Kamryn Oscepinski rolled a 300 game and more results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

Mendota, Princeton and Earlville won in boys basketball and more results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

The L-P co-op swim team beat Moline, L-P's Anna Ricci rolled a 729 series along with basketball and wrestling results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

A look at the 25 all-time top scoring leaders for Bureau County schools past and present as researched by BCR Sports Editor Kevin Hieronymus.

A look at the 25 all-time top scoring girls leaders for Bureau County schools past and present as researched by BCR Sports Editor Kevin Hieronymus.

Newman coach Ray Sharp was celebrating that there will be no more Reinhardts to deal with with the upcoming graduation of PHS senior Jordan, the baby brother of the four Reinhardt brothers.

Mendota beat Hall 75-57 on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025 at Mendota High School.

Mendota extended a three-point halftime lead out to 18 by the end of the third quarter en route to a 75-57 victory over Hall on Friday.

The Hall girls basketball team won a conference game and more basketball and wrestling results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

Henry-Senachwine's Kaitlyn Anderson scored her 1,000th point in a win, and more basketball and bowling results in Wednesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The St. Bede girls basketball team advanced to the Tri-County Conference Tournament championship and more basketball results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

The St. Bede girls basketball team won its Tri-County Conference Tournament opener, plus more basketball, bowling and wrestling results in Saturday's roundup.

A look at the boys basketball statistical leaders in the NewsTribune area.

The L-P boys bowling team advanced to the sectional, Earlville's Adam Waite reached 1,000 career points in a win over DePue and more basketball, bowling and wrestling results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

Newman used its aggressive 1-3-1 half-court zone to speed up Hall, and hit 3-pointers and fast-break layups on the offensive end in one of their most complete performances of the season for a 71-49 Three Rivers East victory at home.