Newman hosts Kewanee Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in girls basketball. Newman was leading 54-29 when the game was called late in the third due to an injury to a Kewanee player.

Trailing by two at the break, Newman scored the first 10 points of the second half and never trailed again in a 65-55 victory over visiting Kewanee in a Three Rivers Conference East Division game Friday night.

Newman hosts Kewanee in boys basketball Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. Newman took the conference win 65-55.

Kewanee beat Mendota 57-52 during the 50th annual Colmone Classic on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024 at Hall High School.

Rock Falls hosts Kewanee Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024 in boys basketball. Rock Falls held on to win 42-37.

Kewanee defeated Hall 42-17 on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 at Richard Nesti Stadium.

Schools from Sherrard, Port Byron Riverdale, Erie-Prophetstown, Hall, Rockridge, Bureau Valley, Monmouth Roseville, Orion, Princeton, Sterling Newman, Kewanee and Mendota all competed in the Three Rivers Athletic Conference girls meet on Friday, May 3, 2024 in Mendota.

Jon Henegar has been wanting to become a head basketball coach one day and he has found that opportunity at Bureau Valley. He was named as the Storm’s new varsity girls basketball coach at Wednesday’s board meeting, succeeding Matt Wasilewski, who resigned after three seasons.

Here are Bureau County area girls state qualifiers, including Annawan, Atkinson, Bradford, Dixon, Hall, Kewanee, Mendota, Newman, Seneca, Sterling and St. Bede.

Bureau County area girls sectional champions, including Amboy, Annawan, Bradford, Hall, Kewanee, PC, Marquette, Mendota, Neponset, Princeton and St. Bede

“I always really wanted to play for him in high school. I played for him in AAU ball. He coached me in everything. High school was a really big dream of mine and I never got the chance."

The Dixon Dukes used a huge first-half run to build a big lead and cruise to a 57-33 victory in their home opener against the Kewanee Boilermakers on Monday night at Lancaster Gym.

Kewanee and Dixon meet on the court in Dixon Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Dixon took the win 57-33.

Mendota shut out Kewanee 4-0 during the Class 1A Regional game on Wednesday Oct. 18, 2023 at Mendota High School.

Taylor was named this week as the new Boilermakers head coach, replacing Brad Swanson, who was not rehired after four seasons.

St. Bede defeated Kewanee 34-20 on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 at the Academy in Peru.

Sterling, Dixon, Kewanee, L-P and Newman ran 7 on 7 drills Thursday, July 21, 2022 at Sterling High School

The Hall Red Devils were just dying to get even with the Kewanee Boilermakers and Payton Dye made it happen.

Here's a look at Tuesday's area scores

Round 3 between the Princeton Tigers vs. Kewanee Boilermakers will be a win or go home game Friday night.The Three Rivers East rivals will meet for the third time this season with the Class 2A Hall Regional championship on the line. Game time is 7 p.m. at Hall High School.

Two Bureau County seniors, Bureau Valley's Carter Salisbury and DePue's Andres Moreno, have joined their school’s 1,000-point club.

Kewanee High School has joined the exclusive company in the Illinois High School boys basketball ranks. The Boilermakers were recognized by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association for surpassing the 1500 victory plateau by prior to Friday’s game with Bureau Valley.

Morgan Coleman scored a game-high 16 points to lead the Tigresses to a 55-45 victory on Senior Night, the win avenging a Three Rivers East Conference loss while handing the Boiler Girls their first defeat in league play.

The Bureau Valley boys basketball team lost to Kewanee in a conference game Friday in Manlius.

The Tigers (8-7) came out with the holiday blues in their first game of 2022, and turned in what coach Jason Smith called a lack-luster effort in falling to the Kewanee Boilermakers 50-40 in Three Rivers East Conference play at Prouty Gym

Heart of Illinois Conference rivals Eureka and Fieldcrest earn top seeds at this year's eight-team tournament.

Sophomore Kate Salisbury led BV (3-5, 1-1) with eight points, making 5-6 free throws. The Stoller sisters, Kyra (7) and sophomore Kate (6) combined for 13 points.

The Dixon boys basketball team shot 58% from the field and nabbed 16 steals to defeat former NCIC foe Kewanee 63-43 in the Dukes' home opener Tuesday night at Lancaster Gym.

Trailing after a first half that saw Kewanee dominate play, the Newman football team rallied with two long touchdown drives, then got a key stop in the final 3 minutes to pull out a 20-17 win Friday night at Roscoe Eades Stadium.

A look at Week 9 of the high school football season around the Sauk Valley

The Newman football team has faced tough challenges all season, but the toughest one yet is looming on Friday night. The Comets (5-3) host undefeated Kewanee, who is ranked No. 4 in the AP Class 4A poll and has already secured at least a share of the Three Rivers East title.

Tigers suffer first loss of season, 49-21 at hands of host Boilermakers