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.

Here's a look at Bureau County girls statistical leaders for Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede on Jan. 28, 2026

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.

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

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

Putnam County earned its first win, Princeton's Keighley Davis and Fieldcrest's Macy Gochanour are closing in on scoring records, Mendota's Karson Doyle was motivated for a big game, and more in the NewsTribune girls basketball notebook.

The Mendota girls basketball team beat Hall to end a conference drought, plus more results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

According to the Sports Business Journal, numbers for girls basketball are down 19% since 2002, while track and field grew by 10%, volleyball by 15% and soccer by 27%. Despite the “Caitlin Clark Effect,” what was once the most popular girls’ sport now ranks fourth.

The Putnam County girls basketball team won its first game of the season, plus more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Brie Ruppert scored 19 points to help La Salle-Peru's girls basketball team pull away from Hall in the second half for a 43-24 victory Monday.

L-P defeated Hall 43-24 on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P High School.

Macy Gochanour had a big game to lead the Fieldcrest girls basketball team to a win, plus more results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

Sophomore Chace Sterling led three players in double figures with 19 points to lead the Red Devils to a nonconference victory Saturday in Spring Valley. The BV girls notched 1 68-27 win for Illinois in the IHMVCU Iowa-Illinois Shootout at Wharton Fieldhouse in Moline.

The Hall boys basketball team outscored Princeton 16-3 to close out the third quarter, ending on an 11-0 run. That proved just the ticket to send the Red Devils to a 52-49 Three Rivers East win.

Four Bureau County’s collegiate football players went bowling at the end of season - Spring Valley’s Mac Resetich (Illinois) and Princeton’s Noah LaPorte (Northwestern), Teegan Davis (Iowa) and Drew Harp (North Central College).

The L-P co-op boys swimming team won 10 of 11 events against Peoria Notre Dame, plus more results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

Karson Doyle's big night led the Mendota girls basketball team to a win, plus more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Camryn Driscoll remembered losing to Hall in overtime on a last-second shot last year and didn’t want it to happen again. The Tigresses scored the last six points of the game, including two key free throws by Driscoll for the decisive points in a 41-39 Princeton victory.

A look at the top basketball performers in the NewsTribune area for the holiday tournaments.

The Bureau Valley girls basketball team beat Hall, plus more results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

A look at boys and girls tournament pairings at LaMoille, Ottawa, Princeville, Prophetstown, Senea, Sherrard, St. Bede

The past year saw triumph with state champions and tragedy for Bureau County sports. Here’s a look at the top 10 sports stories that shaped the area sports:

A rundown of holiday hoops for the La Salle-Peru, Fieldcrest, Princeton, LaMoille and Putnam County boys basketball teams.

Halls beat Monmouth-Roseville 57-39 in the old gym Tuesday at Prophetstown. Down the hallway in the new gym, the Storm beat Stockton 51-27 to conclude Warkins Tournament play.

La Salle-Peru's Kiely Domyancich and Marquette's Lily Deibel were among the individual girls wrestling champions crowned Tuesday at the 2025 Ottawa Holiday Hootenanny.

Marquette's boys basketball team trailed by 14 points in the second quarter but ultimately won by 15 over Hall for third place in the Seneca Shipyard Showdown.

The Indian Creek boys basketball team use a scoring run that spanned the final two minutes of the first half and beginning two minutes of the second half in a 55-42 win over Hall in the semifinals of the Shipyard Showdown Tournament at Seneca High School on Friday night.

The Princeton girls basketball team is streaking into the New Year with a 12-0 record. The win streak is the best to start the season in program history, topping the 10-0 by the 2022-23 team, which finished 27-5.

Hall defeated Seneca 41-30 on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025 during the Shipyard Showdown tournament at Seneca High School. Check out photos from the game by MaKade Rios.

The L-P girls basketball team won its final game at the Ottawa Holiday Tournament, plus more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.