The Princeton Tigresses softball team saw its season end over nine highly intense innings Friday, falling to Pontiac 5-3 in the Class 2A Lexington Regional championship game.

Here's an update of the area IHSA softball postseason on May 22

Bureau Valley stormed out with eight runs in the first inning on the way to regional semifinal victory at Annawan. Casey Etheridge, Princeton 4x400 qualify for state,

Today will officially be known as “Virginia Day” when St. Bede hosts Mendota at the Academy ball diamond. It is a tribute to a “Mom, Grandma, friend and all-time super fan.”

Shut out by Bureau Valley starter Brody Lewis for two innings, Hall baseball broke out for two runs in the third inning and three each in the fourth and fifth on the way to a runaway 13-0 win over the host Storm in Manlius.

The inaugural Princeton Mile was such a big hit in 2025, the Princeton Chamber of Commerce is running it back this year on Saturday, June 6, a certified one-mile course on historic Main St in Princeton. There will be more cash prizes on the line, paying the top 3 elite finishers.

Here's a preview of the Bureau County area's boys track sectionals. Amboy co-op and Bureau Valley will run at Erie and DePue, Hall, Putnam County and St. Bede wat El Paso-Gridley in 1A with Princeton and L-P at Galesburg and Mendota at Rochelle in 2A

Princeton Logan Junior High won the eighth-grade 3A boys sectional championship and qualified eight athletes for the IESA State Track Meet this weekend in East Peoria,

When the postseason pairings came out, the Princeton soccer team set its sights on having to beat Alleman to win the title. They took the first step Wednesday, defeating Macomb 6-1 with 2 goals each by Bella Clevenger & Olivia Sandoval and 1 each by Ava Kyle & Chloe Ostrowski.

Bureau Valley graduate Landon Hulsing has earned All-American status, placing eighth for Sauk Valley in the discus in the NJCAA Outdoor Track and Field Nationals in Hobbs, N.M.

Marquette's Griffin Dobberstein and Grant Dose each clubbed two-run homers, driving in seven runs between them to power the Crusaders to a 13-3 win over St. Bede to claim the honor as "King of the Valley" on Saturday at Schweickert Stadium in Peru.

The Illinois Valley Baseball ‘King of the Valley’ Tournament Update is underway. Here’s a look at Friday’s scores

The postseason starts up Monday for the Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede softball teams. Here's a look at their regionals and other area sites

William Sramek became the latest in a long line of St. Bede Academy seniors to sign their letters of content to compete athletically at the collegiate level. He signed to attend Eureka College and wrestle for the Red Devils.

Sophomore short stop Ryan Brucker of Princeton has helped the Illinois Central College baseball team to the Regional 24 championship while earning all-conference honors. Catch up with other area collegiate baseball and softball players in the BCR College Update.

The Tigresses get all the comforts of home, where they are undefeated in nine matches, opening with Macomb on Monday with an eye on revenge against Alleman for a potential title match showdown. The DePue-Hall co-op will open regional play against host Geneseo.

The Seneca Irish felt like they couldn’t get out of town fast enough Thursday at Princeton. The Irish took an 8-0 lead only to have the Tigers score two runs in the sixth and four in the seventh with Seneca holding on for an 8-6 nonconference win

The Play of the Day for Tuesday, May 14’s Wyaton Hills Ladies Day Golf was “Subtract Putts.” Janice Campbell placed first with a score of 28.

Here’s a look at the area Bureau County softball leaders from Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede

Have you ever wondered about the history of the names behind area gymnasiums, fields and tracks. Here's where you can find out.

Local teams Amboy, Erie-Prophetstown, Fulton, Bureau Valley, Morrison, St. Bede and Newman compete with others in the Erie Girls Class 1A Sectional track and field meet Wednesday, May 13, 2026.

Princeton scored early and often, making quick work of the Chargers in four innings in a Three Rivers Conference softball crossover Tuesday in Orion. In other action, PC beat St. Bede in baseball 5-0 while the Bruins turned the tables in softball for an 18-5 win

Morrison rode the pitching of junior ace Ava Duncan, who scattered four hits with no earned runs and nine strikeouts, and the hitting of catcher Allie Anderson (3-for-4 with two RBIs) to a 5-2 win at Bureau Valley.

When Bureau Valley baseball coach Ryan Schisler was asked how he was doing Tuesday, he was all smiles. They scored 10 runs on 11 hits and helped by four Galva errors en route to 10-0 Lincoln Trail Conference victory on their home field.

Four programs who have won four state championships and made 10 state tournament appearances between them since 2015 headline the the inaugural Illinois Valley Baseball Tournament to be held Friday and Saturday at Schweickert Stadium and JA Happ Field in Peru.

Here's a preview of the Bureau County area's girls track sectionals. Amboy co-op, Bureau Valley, DePue, Putnam County and St. Bede will run at Erie in 1A with Princeton, L-P, Mendota, Ottawa, Streator at Mendota in 2A.

Here are the leading Bureau County girls track & field athletes, representing ALO, Bureau Valley, DePue, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede on May 12

Bureau Valley senior Emily Wright had her signing day on Wednesday to play softball for Coe College next year. She'll be joining her brother, Sam, on campus, who will be a senior baseball player for the Kohawks.

The Newman Comets strive to do three things well every time they step onto the ball diamond - hit, pitch and play good defense. They did all three enroute to a 9-1 win at Princeton in a Three Rivers East tussle at Prather Field.

When you have a player named Stihl, it’s a good bet your baseball team is going to steal bases. The Princeton Tigers swiped 31 bases over two nights in back-to-back games last week against Kewanee. Stihl Brokaw and Jack Oester had seven steals each

Two former Princeton High School teammates met up at the NJCAA Tennis finals this weekend in Sumter, S.C., IVCC freshman Zoey Byers (left) and Sauk Valley sophomore Katie Kammerer. They said it was special to both make the nationals together.

Here’s a look of the 2026 Bureau County Junior High Track & Field at the champions from Saturday’s meet in Princeton

BV pitcher Dylan Howlett, who was covering first base on an infield hit to the right side, threw out Stark County’s Kaedon Steelman on a bang-bang play at the plate to end the game, giving the Storm its second 4-3 win of the day in Lincoln Trail Conference play.

The top picks of last week’s NFL Draft were all taken for their considerable talents on the football field. One by one, many of those young men showed what’s carried them off the field, expressing their faith on center stage.

The IHSA has approved combine events around the state this spring to help provide high school players with a high interest in playing at the college level with better opportunities to show their abilities. Nine Princeton players attended the event at Moline on Thursday.

No one is busier than St. Bede senior Lily Bosnich in the spring. On Thursday, she homered with two RBIs, three runs scored and three steals in softball. She then raced off to win the 300 hurdles in the senior night track meet, wearing her softball uniform.

Ava Hobson scored in the first minute on an unassisted goal for the Princeton soccer team Thursday night on the Bryant Field pitch. Then it proved to be a case of pick your poison for visiting LaSalle-Peru with Keighley Davis, Keeley Cardosi and Bella Clevenger each scoring

Call it twin telepathy if you will, but Braden Curran knew his brother, Jack, was going to come through for the Hall Red Devils. And Jack delivered, bringing in his twin with a walk-off single to left field to lift the Red Devils to an 8-7 win over IVC.

Here’s a look at Bureau County baseball leaders for the 2026 season, including players from Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede

Here’s a look at the top Bureau County boys track & field athletes representing ALO, Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede as of April 29, 2026

Teegan Davis played football until his body wouldn’t allow him to play any more. The former Princeton High School all-stater made the decision to medically retire from the game after talking to Hawkeyes coach Kirk Ferentz upon returning to campus after the Christmas break

Keely Lawson went 4 for 5, with a pair of homers and seven RBIs to power the Tigresses to a win at Prophetstown. At Ottawa, Ava Balestri had a three-run home run and Ella Burke had a RBI triple as St. Beede erupted for seven runs in the eighth in a 13-6 win over Marquette.

Ohio senior Jillian Anderson has been selected to the Northwest Illinois All-Star Game on June 9 at Highland Community College in Freeport. She was a first-team All-BCR selection, named first-team NUIC All-Conference for the Amboy co-op.

Mother Nature has thrown another curve ball at today’s area ball games and activities. Here's a look at today’s postponements and cancellations that have been reported

One swing of the bat by Braden Shaw lifted Princeton to a 2-1 win over Erie-Prophetstown in Three Rivers East battle Thursday in Princeton. But it took a throw to home by second baseman Hunter Spiegel and game-ending strikeout by reliever Jack Oester to finish off the Tiger win

After a pause for the start of the spring season, it’s time for a look at the next all-Hieronymus sports team, taking a look at the top grapplers on the mats dating back to the 1986-87 season.

St. Bede senior standout Lily Bosnich broke three meet records at Hall’s Rollie Morris Invite on Saturday. BV's Elise House, Mendota's Sabastian Carlos and LaMoille's Olivea Glaspar have also broken school records this season.

Nine students will participates in tonight’s 2nd annual College Signing Night at Princeton High School

Rock Falls won seven events with four seconds to beat out host Princeton. The Tigers' Landen Hoffman swept the throws while teammate Casey Etheridge won both hurdles events.

Here’s a look at the girls meet records for the Princeton Ferris Invitational heading into today's meet, starting at 4:30 p.m.