Here are updates of the Bureau County area boys basketball sectionals and the girls state tournament on Friday, March 6

Hall senior Braden Curran and Mendota sophomore Cole Tillman were among six unanimous selections to the 2025-26 Three Rivers East All-Conference boys basketball team.

Football is in Drake Davis’ blood. This week, he fulfilled a dream by landing his first head coaching job at Ottawa Marquette Academy. He said he knew Marquette was the right place for him with all of its tradition.

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

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

Introducing the top boys and girls wrestlers on the mats for 2025-26 from Princeton, St. Bede and Putnam County-Hall.

Five Three Rivers Conference teams played for regional championship, but only two won - Newman (1A) and Riverdale (2A). Orion lost in 1A and Mendota and Sherrard fell in 2A. Four Tri-County Conference teams played for regional championships and two won - Marquette and Woodland

Here's a look at Bureau County area regional championships over the years

The Marquette boys basketball team topped St. Bede 57-49 in the championship game of the Class 1A Serena Regional on Friday night. It's the first postseason title for the Crusaders since 2019.

Here are updates of the Bureau County area boys basketball regionals, including sites at Bureau Valley, Serena and Woodland in 1A, Farmington and Rockridge in 2A and LaSalle-Peru in 3A

Emily Smith got her start managing at Logan Junior High when the Lions coach asked her about managing for her classmates in the seventh grade. She first worked for the PHS girls, then split her duties with the boys team her senior year and hasn’t stopped since nor plans to

Thompson, a AP Class 2A All-Stater from Princeton, scored 30 points with 13 rebounds to lead the Spartans to a come-from-behind 93-85 win over Nebraska Wesleyan in the American Rivers Conference Tournament semifinals in Lincoln, Neb. on Thursday night.

Dr. Mike Stuart, a 1975 St. Bede alum, was Chief Medical Supervisor for the USA men's hockey team at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Abbey Murphy, with cousins in Princeton, played for the USA women's team.

Grady Thompson sparked the University of Dubuque Spartans to a 76-53 win over Buena Vista on Tuesday, sinking 8-11 shots from the field en route to a game-high 18 points. He was named as the “Spartan Strong Player of the Game.”

Here's an update of area girls sectional semifinals on Feb. 26

Here's an updated 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

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

St. Bede fell behind 11-4 but used an 11-0 run to take a 33-21 halftime lead on the way to a 58-45 regional quarterfinal win over Putnam County.

Princeton seniors Augustus Swanson and Casey Etheridge have advanced to Saturday’s Grand March to chase down IHSA State championships in Champaign. Teammate Kane Dauber qualifies for the blood round.

Hall product McKenna Christiansen is up to her old tricks for the Illinois College women’s basketball team in Jacksonville. She scored a team-high 18 points off the bench on Jan. 14. Princeton's Grady Thompson is flourishing in his junior season for the University of Dubuque.

Here's a look at Bureau County boys statistical leaders including Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede based on available stats as of Feb. 20

The Princeton Logan eighth grade volleyball team captured the Starved Rock Conference tournament championship, defeating Mendota 25-16, 25-17 Thursday at Peru Parkside. Princeton wrestlers Casey Etheridge and Augustus Swanson advance to Friday's IHSA semifinals

A Bureau County girls regional basketball update on Thursday, Feb. 19

Jillian Hoffman would’ve been the most unlikely hero for Rock Island Alleman going into Thursday’s girls regional championship game at St. Bede. But when her team needed her the most, the 5-4 senior guard hit back-to-back three-pointers to spark the Pioneers to a 42-40 win

Princeton wrestlers Augustus Swanson, Kane Dauber and Casey Etheridge have made it back to the IHSA State Wrestling Tournament, each a runner-up at the Byon Sectional. Now they want to rise on the podium.

The Bureau Valley seventh grade and the Princeton Logan eighth grade volleyball teams continued their quest for Starved Rock Conference tournament championships by winning Tuesday's semifinal matches. Bradford and Ladd advance to the BVEC girls basketball finals

St. Bede outscored Princeton 12-1 to end the second quarter and 12-3 to start the third on the way to a runaway 45-34 victory in Tuesday's regional semifinals at the Academy.

Hall, St. Bede to open regional play at home. Bureau Valley, Princeton, DePue and LaMoille face quarterfinal games on the road. Senior Maddux Heitzler becomes 16th Annawan boy to score 1,000 points.

Little Jack Henegar got a big smile on his face when he saw his dad on the floor at the Storm Cellar. He was still smiling along with his dad, Jon, the BV coach when the coach’s Storm girls team scored the first 26 points of the game of the game on the way to dominating 51-11 win

Ryne Bird, a former Princeton standout and Bloomington High School assistant coach has been around wrestling long enough on the mats and in the coaching box to know that state-qualifying matches are being contested around the state this weekend.

Jackson Mason wanted the ball. He wanted to win the game for Princeton. And he did exactly that, hitting a step-back jumper at the buzzer for a 67-65 overtime victory over the rival Hall on Friday.

Here's a look at Bureau County girls statistical leaders for Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede on Feb. 12, 2026

Princeton sends four regional boys champions among five qualifiers to the Class 1A Byron Sectional starting Friday. They will be joined by wrestlers from St. Bede and PC-Hall. Two Princeton girls and one from PC-H will compete at DeKalb Sectional.

Freshman Carson Gruber poured in 24 points to lead the Storm to a Lincoln Trail Conference victory at the Storm Cellar on Tuesday night. In other games, the Hall and PCA boys and St. Bede girls fall just short

E-P scored the first six points of the fourth quarter to overcome a four-point deficit, and used a 15-3 advantage over the final frame to claim a 54-46 win over host Princeton in Three Rivers East play

E-P had not beat Princeton in quite some time and they were motivated to win one for head coach Chris Brown, who was absent attending private family matters. And play they did, outscoring the Tigresses 17-8 in the fourth quarter to wrap up a 51-40 Three Rivers East win

The Bureau Valley and Princeton girls basketball teams have welcomed a foreign exchange student into their programs this season. Mie Lose of Denmark is playing for the Princeton JV and Irene Raga de Ancos is playing for the Bureau Valley JV.

Brothers Aden and Cole Tillman have become the 20th and 21st 1,000-point scorers in the history of the Mendota boys basketball program. Here’s a look at the Mendota 1,000-point scorers through the Saturday, Feb. 7 games:

The Tigresses opened up a 15-point lead late in the second quarter and led by as many as 23 early in the fourth quarter on the way to a runaway 48-28 Three Rivers East victory.

Voting is underway by the coaches involved in girls subsectionals around the state with the seeds to be announced at 4 p.m. today and pairings on Friday. Here are Kevin Hieronymus’ projections for the Bureau County-area subsectionals

Princeton cut an 18-point third-quarter deficit to six late in the third quarter and trimmed a 17-point El Paso-Gridley lead early in the fourth quarter to eight, but got no closer, falling 75-59.

Carson Gruber led Bureau Valley with 17 points and Wyatt Birkey had 14 points to lead the Storm to a 54-46 senior victory over Wethersfield on Tuesday at the Storm Cellar

Hall's 2018 state champion baseball team, Al Baldonado, Jim Thompsno enshrined together in Hall of Fame class of 2026

Hall's Braden Curran took a pass from his twin, Jack, and scored his 1,000-career point late in the second quarter over rival St. Bede. The Red Devils went on to score a 69-57 victory. St. Bede won the varsity girls game.

Ryan Jagers hit the go-ahead basket with a 3-pointer for a 59-58 lead with 38 seconds left to send the Tigers to a Three Rivers East victory Friday at Brockman Gymnasium in Kewanee

Princeton will have all the comforts of home to kick off their postseason trail back to Champaign. Seniors Casey Etheridge and Augustus Swanson and junior Kane Dauber are all defending regional champions and state qualifiers.

Three Hall High School seniors - Natalia Zamora (from left), Sydney Mautino and Sydnie Smith - brought back the Hall Hype Podcast for Wednesday's boys basketball game vs. Bureau Valley. Mautino said she remembers in her freshman year that some seniors had a Hall Hype Podcast and

In Thursday’s 43-35 victory at Henry, Lili McClain became the fifth St. Bede girl to score 1,000 career points. The St. Bede senior finished the night with 28 points and now has 1,022 career points.

The 2018 state championship baseball team, ace golfer Jim Thompson and runner Al Baldonado will be inducted into the Hall High School Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday.

Ryan Jagers led Princeton with 19 points with Jack Oester adding 17 and Julian Mucha 15. The 75 points were a season-high for the Tigers since their 86-83 overtime win over Bureau Valley at the Colmone Classic