We take a look at the top players from around the area.

A look at the girls golf teams in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

A look at all the boys golf teams in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

Chance Blumhorst is going home. The LaMoille head boys basketball coach has resigned after three seasons to take over as athletic director at Mendota High School, his alma mater.

LaMoille High School’s Colton Ladson and Gavin Leffelman, will compete in Thursday’s IHSA bass fishing sectionals in Savanna. The Lions anglers qualified May 15 on Pool 14 at the Fulton Regional on the Mississippi River

St. Bede's Lily Bosnich and Henry-Midland's Daniella Bumber will all be in contention for state titles this weekend at the IHSA Class 1A State Track and Field Meet.

Fieldcrest's Pru Mangan and Macy Gochanour qualified for state track along with baseball and softball results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

St. Bede junior Lily Bosnich qualified for state in four events out of the Class 1A Rockridge Sectional on Wednesday, breaking two area records in the process. Bureau Valley and Amboy also are sending athletes to state.

Here's a preview of Bureau County boys track and field teams for 2025 from Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio, 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.

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

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 area boys basketball standings on March 3

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

The Mendota boys basketball team won its regional opener and more boys basketball results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

LaMoille's Brayden Klein was voted NewsTribune Athlete of the Week after reaching 1,000 career points.

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.

Here are five storylines to watch in the BCR/NewsTribune area for the boys basketball postseason.

The St. Bede, LaMoille, Bureau Valley and DePue boys basketball teams lost Wednesday.

The Mendota boys basketball team wrapped up an outright conference title, the Putnam County boys basketball team won its first game of the season and more basketball results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

A look at the postseason seeds and regional pairings for all the boys basketball teams in the NewsTribune area.

The St. Bede boys basketball team edged Henry, sectional wrestling results and more in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

The IHSA has announced the seeds for the upcoming boys subsectionals. Here’s a look at the Bureau County area seeds. Regional pairings will be released at 4 p.m. Friday.

LaMoille held on to beat St. Bede 79-75 in overtime on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 at LaMoille High School.

The L-P girls basketball team won a nonconference game, the Princeton girls earned a share of the Three Rivers East title and more results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Princeton girls basketball team clinched a share of the TRAC East championship with a win over host Erie-Prophetstown, finishing 8-2 along with Kewanee. In other area hoops action, the BV girls and LaMoiile boys won while the Hall girls lost.

The Henry-Senachwine and St. Bede girls basketball teams earned conference wins and more basketball results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Mendota boys basketball team overcame a 12-point deficit to beat Hall and more basketball and swimming results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Hall girls got an early look at the shot clock, which is coming to Illinois, at Monday’s game at IVC in Chillicothe, LaMoille senior Tyler Billhorn averaged a double-double last week, and more in this week's BCR basketball notes.

LaMoille and Earlville won in the Little Ten Conference Tournament, L-P's Kamryn Oscepinski rolled a 300 game and more results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

Princeton girls beat Sherrard, PHS wrestler Izzy Gibson advances to sectional, LaMoille wins LTC tournament opener. This and more in Saturday's roundup

Mendota, Princeton and Earlville won in boys basketball and more results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

A look at the 25 all-time top scoring leaders for Bureau County schools past and present as researched by BCR Sports Editor Kevin Hieronymus.

The Earlville, Fieldcrest and Bureau Valley boys basketball teams picked up conference wins and more basketball, wrestling and bowling results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The St. Bede girls basketball team won its Tri-County Conference Tournament opener, plus more basketball, bowling and wrestling results in Saturday's roundup.

A look at Bureau County statistical boys basketball leaders including Bureau Valley, Hall, LaMoille, Princeton, St. Bede on Jan. 17

Talented freshman Cole Tillman, Marion Persich battled in Mendota, a pair of area players surpassed 1,000 points, several area players shooting well beyond the arc and more in the NewsTribune boys basketball notebook.

Boys basketball results for PCA, Hall, St. Bede and LaMoille

Earlville's Adam Waite scored 41 points and grabbed 26 rebounds in a conference win and more basketball, bowling and wrestling results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

A look at area boys basketball standings on Jan. 13

The L-P girls bowling team finished second in the Cougar Classic, LaMoille's Tyler Billhorn and Fieldcrest's Eddie Lorton reached 1,000 career points and more in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

The L-P girls basketball team beat Rochelle and more basketball and wrestling results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

LaMoille's Tyler Billhorn (952) and Brayden Klein (812), Princeton's Keighley Davis (956) and BV's Landon Hulsing (914) approaching milestone mark.

A look at Bureau County statistical boys basketball leaders including Bureau Valley, Hall, LaMoille, Princeton, St. Bede

The St. Bede and LaMoille boys basketball teams won their holiday tournament openers and more basketball results in Thursday's BCR roundup.

Fieldcrest's Macy Gochanour scored 60 points in two wins at the Lady Bruins Christmas Classic and more basketball results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Mendota girls basketball team beat Earlville and more basketball results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

Princeton, which has not played in a Christmas Tournament since the Plano Christmas Classic in 2016, joins the Mike Hutchins Holiday Classic in its second year at Sherrard from Dec. 26-28.

A roundup of Friday nights girls and boys basketball and wrestling including Hall, LaMoille and Princeton