Jessica Strauch is taking over a Princeton softball squad featuring eight returning contributors from a 15-12 campaign and a second-place 8-2 finish in the Three Rivers East.

This spring, we at Friday Night Drive will start looking ahead to the fall with players we are keeping our eye on. Who are some of the top players to watch in 2026? We will start with the quarterbacks.

A look at updated Bureau County area boys basketball standings on March 5

Isaac Willis finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds as Indian Creek dominated the glass and knocked off Woodland in a Class 1A Amboy Sectional semifinal on Wednesday. Nolan Price had 25, crossed over 1,00o career points and made state history for the Warriors.

Here are updates of the Bureau County area boys basketball sectionals and girls supersectionals on Wednesday, March 4

The Princeton girls track team had five first-place finishes with five seconds in its season opener in Tuesday’s Annawan-Wethersfield Titan Indoor Time Trials at the Westwood Complex in Sterling

The Marquette boys basketball team used a late first half spurt to grab the lead and held off Hinckley-Big Rock throughout the second half in a 54-51 win in Tuesday's Class 1A Amboy Sectional semifinal.

Rockford Lutheran used a 10-0 run to force overtime in an eventual 69-67 win over Oregon in Tuesday’s 2A Mendota Sectional semifinal.

The La Salle-Peru boys basketball team lost 69-48 to Morton in a Class 3A Ottawa Sectional semifinal Tuesday.