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

A look at Bureau County area boys basketball standings on Thursday, Feb. 19

Hall's boys basketball team started fast out of the locker room twice Tuesday night. But Newman finished strong in both halves to claim a share of the Three Rivers East title with a 68-55 victory in Sterling.

Here are the IHSA boys basketball postseason schedules - regional play-in games through the state finals – for teams across the Illinois Valley, including La Salle-Peru, Ottawa, Princeton, Streator, Marquette, St. Bede, Mendota, Woodland and more.

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.

La Salle-Peru senior Kamryn Oscepinski placed fourth at the Harlem Sectional to advance to the girls bowling state tournament, plus more results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

L-P senior Kiely Domyancich and Princeton's Kane Dauber, Casey Etheridge and Augustus Swanson qualified for state wrestling.

Princeton defeated Hall 67-65 on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 at Princeton High School. Princeton's Jackson Mason hit the game-winning jump shot to lead the Tigers to victory.

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.

A look at all the girls basketball regionals involving NewsTribune-area teams

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

The La Salle-Peru girls basketball team earned a conference win, plus more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Putnam County, Fieldcrest and Henry boys basketball teams won, plus more results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

The L-P girls wrestling team placed second in the Normal West Regional and is sending nine girls to sectional, plus more results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

Hall senior Braden Curran was voted NewsTribune Athlete of the Week after reaching 1,000 career points in a win over St. Bede.

No fewer than seven freshmen are dressing for varsity teams in Bureau County this season, including Bureau Valley’s Carson Gruber, Princeton’s Julian Mucha and Ava Munson, Hall’s Bernadette Larson and St. Bede’s Hannah Heiberger, who are making key contributions to their varsitys

The L-P girls basketball team beat Rochelle in an Interstate 8 Conference game, plus more results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

Girls bowling teams from Dixon, L-P, Mendota, Ottawa, Rochelle, Sterling, St. Bede and Hall competed during the IHSA girls bowling Regional meet on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026 at the Illinois Valley Super Bowl in Peru.

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

Aden Tillman scored 30 points, including the 1,000th of his career, as Mendota cruised to a win over Hall on Tuesday.

Mendota defeated Hall 70-42 on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026 at Mendota High School. Mendota senior Aden Tillman scored the first six points of the game to become the 20th player in program history to score 1,000 points.

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

The Hall Red Devils defeated the St. Bede Bruins 69-57 on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 at Hall High School. Hall Senior Braden Curran got his 1,000 career point. Hall High School celebrated with its Hall of Fame ceremony before the game.

The Lady Bruins defeated the Hall Lady Devils 43-31 on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 at Hall High School. Check out photos from the game by MaKade Rios.

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.

Sandwich placed second, Marquette took third and host Princeton had four individual champions in the Class 1A Princeton Regional, while St. Bede, Mendota and Putnam County-Hall also sent wrestlers on to sectional.

Individuals from Amboy, Dixon, Hall-Putnam County, Mendota, Marquette, St. Bede Princeton, and Sandwich all competed during the Class 1A Regional meet on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 at Princeton High School.

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

St. Bede senior Lili McClain eclipsed 1,000 career points in a win over Henry, plus more results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

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.

Bureau Valley defeated Hall 55-53 on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026 at Hall High School.

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

The Mendota boys and girls basketball teams won, plus more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Lili McClain led St. Bede to a victory, the L-P girls bowling team remained undefeated and more results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

Macy Gochanour break Fieldcrest's career scoring record in an HOIC tournament win, plus more area scores in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup,

Princeton rallied from a 10-point deficit in the first quarter for a key Three Rivers East victory at Kewanee on Thursday. The Tigresses forced 7 Kewanee turnovers in fourth quarter on the way to avenging an early-season loss.

A look at the boys basketball statistical leaders in the NewsTribune area.

The L-P girls basketball team beat Streator, plus more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

BCR Sports Editor Kevin Hieronymus takes a look at his all-time BCR volleyball team

The L-P girls bowling team beat Hall, plus more in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

Mendota's Paxton Bauer advanced to sectional in bowling, the Fieldcrest boys and girls basketball teams advanced in the HOIC tournament and more in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

Newman knocked down 14 3-pointers and moved to 20-0 with a 75-63 win over Hall on Friday.

Teams from Bradley-Bourbonnais, Reed-Custer, Herscher, Kankakee McNamara, Kankakee High School, La Salle-Peru, Minooka, Ottawa, St. Bede, Hall, and Streator all competed during the IHSA boys bowling regionals on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026 at the Illinois Valley Super Bowl in Peru.

La Salle-Peru and Streator's boys bowling teams and one individual apiece from St. Bede and Ottawa rolled their way Friday out of the IHSA's La Salle-Peru Regional at Illinois Valley Super Bowl.