Here's a look at inside the numbers of Monday's St. Bede/Hall baseball game at Schweickert Stadium in Peru. The Bruins won 4-3 on a walk-off, three-run play.
Bureau Valley's Logan Philhower fanned 12 batters over five innings in a 14-0 no-hitter at Mendota. Carson Riva delivered a walk-off hit to lift St. Bede to a 3-2 nonconference victory over El Paso-Gridley. Area boys team run in indoor track at Sterling.
The Ottawa baseball team stayed hot, improving to 7-1 on the season, with a 9-5 victory over Hall on Tuesday afternoon at King Field in Ottawa.
Princeton jumped on visiting IVC for an 8-0 halftime lead and tacked on an early second half goal to end the game by the nine-goal mercy rule in nonconference play at Bryant Field Tuesday afternoon.
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
Two-time winner Sherrard has scored 54 points, holding a narrow lead over the Tigers of Princeton at 53.5. Riverdale, which won its first BCR Three Rivers Conference All-Sports Championship in 2023-24, stands third at 52.5.
St. Bede's AJ Hermes smacked a bases-loaded hit to left field to plate two runs to tie the game and then got in a rundown long enough to allow Gino Ferrari to race around all the way from second base to score the game-winning run in a 4-3 victory over Hall on Monday.