Hall Preps

The Mendota girls soccer team beat Princeton, the Putnam County baseball and softball teams earned conference wins and more baseball, softball, tennis and track and field results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

Here's a preview of Bureau County girls track & field teams in 2025, from Amboy, Bureau Valley, DePue, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede.

The St. Bede, Hall, Princeton, Bureau Valley and Amboy co-op girls track and field teams competed in the Rosenberry Invite on Wednesday.

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.

The St. Bede baseball team beat Midland, Bureau Valley's Logan Philhower threw a no-hitter and more baseball, softball, track and field and soccer results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

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.

Ottawa beat Hall 9-5 on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at Ottawa High School.

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.

The Henry-Senachwine softball team beat Hall, the Earlville baseball team earned its first win of the season and more baseball and softball results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

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.

The Hall and St. Bede baseball teams played a game at Schweickert Stadium on Monday, March 31, 2025 in Peru. The teams also held a food drive to collect donations to benefit the Hall Township Food Pantry. The teams donated a total of 1,179 pounds of food.

A look at the best boys basketball players in the NewsTribune area for the 2024-25 season.

A look at the best girls basketball players in the NewsTribune area for the 2024-25 season.

A look at the final girls basketball statistical leaders in the NewsTribune area for the 2024-25 season.

The L-P baseball team beat Princeton and more baseball, softball, soccer and track and field results in Saturday's NewsTribune/BCR roundup.

Athletes from St. Bede, Henry-Midland, Putnam County, Fieldcrest and Bureau Valley medaled at the Illinois Prep Top Times meet along with baseball, softball and soccer results in Friday's NewsTribune/BCR roundup.

The St. Bede softball and baseball teams won conference games and more softball and baseball results in Wednesday's NewsTribune/BCR roundup.

The L-P baseball team beat Hall and more baseball, softball and soccer results in Tuesday's NewsTribune/BCR roundup.

The Mendota girls soccer team beat Streator, the Hall baseball team won big and more soccer, baseball, softball, tennis and golf results in Monday's BCR/NewsTribune roundup.

A look at the best girls wrestlers in the NewsTribune area during the 2024-25 season.

The L-P baseball and softball teams won and more baseball, softball and track and field results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

The L-P baseball team earned its first win of the season, and more baseball, softball and track results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

Four seniors graduated in the top 6 among their school's all-time scoring leaders.

A look at Bureau County statistical boys basketball leaders for the 2024-25 season featuring Bureau Valley, DePue, Hall, LaMoille, Princeton and St. Bede players

A look at the La Salle-Peru, DePue-Hall, Mendota and Princeton girls soccer teams for the 2025 season.

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

Here’s a look at the top area career scorers for the Class of 2025 and other classes:

Hall senior Ryan Bosi has signed to compete for the Purdue University Northwest track and field team. He was a state qualifier in the triple jump and 4 x 100 relay last year. He plans to study computer science.

Here's a look at the leading ladies on the court this season, featuring players from Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede.

A look at the top boys wrestlers in the NewsTribune area for the 2024-25 season.

There are 175 1,000-point scorers (140 boys, 35 girls) from Bureau County schools from the past to present. DePue heads the list with 21 (all boys) followed by Princeton (13/6) with 19 and Hall (12/6) with 18.

Hall baseball bounced back from a season-opening loss and handed Streator a season-starting loss of its own Tuesday ay Kirby Park, 8-1.

Hall defeated Streator 8-1 on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 in Foley Field at Kirby Park in Spring Valley.

The St. Bede, Putnam County and Mendota softball teams started the season with a win Monday along with more softball, baseball, soccer, track and field, tennis and golf results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Putnam County baseball team opened the season with a 6-5 win over Hall on Monday in Granville.

Putnam County defeated Hall 6-5 on Monday, March 17, 2025 at Putnam County High School.

With baseball season getting underway Monday, here are five storylines to watch in the NewsTribune area this season.

With several key starters back, the Hall softball team is looking for improvement this spring.

The Hall baseball team relied on a strong pitching staff as it won its second regional in a row last spring and the Red Devils expect to be strong on the mound again in 2025.

Here's some storylines to follow for the 2025 season for the St Bede, Princeton and Bureau Valley softball teams and the Hall and St. Bede baseball teams.

A look at all-time boys & girls basketball scoring leaders for 53 area schools, including 14 closed schools, as researched by the BCR's Kevin Hieronymus. Three area boys moved to No. 1 this season: Noah LaPorte at Princeton, Darius Hetherington at Dixon, Paxton Giertz at Seneca.

The Tri-County Conference has released its boys and girls basketball all-conference teams, while the Three Rivers, HOIC and Lincoln Trail announced their girls basketball all-conference squads.

Seneca senior Paxton Giertz finished as No. 2 all-time leading scorer in the Illinois Valley. Here's a look at the 25 all-time top scoring leaders for Illinois Valley schools as researched by the BCR Sports Editor Kevin Hieronymus

Hall senior Jack Jablonski was voted NewsTribune Athlete of the Week after scoring 27 points and grabbing 12 rebounds against Newman.

A look at area boys basketball standings on March 3

Here’s a look at Friday's area regional championship scores and this week's sectional matchups

Juniors Keighley Davis and Camryn Driscoll of Princeton were unanimously named to the TRAC East All-Conference team along with Hall senior Ella Sterling, Kewanee sophomore Damaris Diaz and Newman freshman Gisselle Martin. Hall junior Charlie Pellegrini also made first team.

Sandwich’s foul trouble and a resilient effort from Hall certainly made things really tough, but not tough enough as Sandwich held on for a 59-53 victory in a Class 2A Princeton Regional quarterfinal Monday night.

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.