St. Bede Preps

Here’s a look at Friday's area regional championship scores

The Fieldcrest boys basketball team advanced to the regional final while St. Bede saw its season end.

St. Bede used a 32-7 run over the first and second quarters to pull away from Ashton-Franklin Center for a 64-47 victory Monday in a Class 1A Amboy Regional quarterfinal in Peru.

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

Five NewsTribune-area football players to watch for the 2025 season.

Marquette beat St. Bede and Amboy beat Putnam County in the semifinals of the Class 1A St. Bede Regional on Tuesday.

Marqette beat St. Bede 50-45 on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 at St. Bede Academy. The Lady Cru will play Amboy/Ohio for the Class 1A Regional title on Thursday at 7p.m.

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.

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 No. 5-seeded St. Bede girls basketball team rolled to a 61-19 victory over Gardner-South Wilmington in a Class 1A St. Bede Regional quarterfinal on Saturday.

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

LaMoille held on to beat St. Bede 79-75 in overtime on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 at LaMoille High School.

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.

Teams from Marquette, Mendota, Princeton, Sandwich and Amboy all competed during the Class 1A Regional meet on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 at St. Bede Academy. This is the first time St. Bede has hosted a wrestling regional event.

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.

The Henry-Senachwine and St. Bede girls basketball teams earned conference wins and more basketball results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

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.

Princeton is fresh off winning the Three Rivers Conference championship on Friday, it’s first conference title in 14 years. They have 5 wrestles ranked in the top 10 in Class 1A

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

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.

St. Bede junior Lili McClain was voted NewsTribune Athlete of the Week after leading the Bruins to the Tri-County Conference Tournament title for the second year in a row.

Bureau Valley hit three straight 3-pointers to open the fourth quarter, turning a six-point deficit into a three-point lead, and added another on the way to a 43-41 upset win over St. Bede on Saturday.

No. 1 Seneca and No. 6 Marquette will meet for the TCC champion at Putnam County High School at 8 p.m. tonight

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.

The St. Bede girls basketball team struggled on offense but played solid defense in a 31-25 victory over Henry-Senachwine on Thursday.

St. Bede beat Henry-Senachwine 31-25 on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 at Henry-Senachwine High School.

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.

The L-P and St. Bede girls bowling teams earned wins along with basketball and wrestling results in Wednesday's NewsTribune roundup.

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.

The Earlville, Fieldcrest and Bureau Valley boys basketball teams picked up conference wins and more basketball, wrestling and bowling results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

St. Bede has vacancies to fill for both its head football and volleyball coaches.

The St. Bede and Fieldcrest girls basketball teams earned conference wins and more basketball, swimming and bowling results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

Keighley Davis scored 20 points to lead Princeton to a win over Rochelle in girls basketball that and more results in both boys and girls basketball action in Monday's BCR Roundup.

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 junior Paxton Bauer qualified for the state bowling tournament, the L-P swimming team won its pentathlon and more basketball, bowling and wrestling results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.