St. Bede Preps

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.

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.

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

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 final girls basketball statistical leaders 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.

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.

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

The Putnam County baseball team rallied for a win, St. Bede softball won big and more baseball and softball results in Thursday'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.

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

St. Bede Academy jumped out to an early lead and held on for an 8-5 victory over Ottawa High School on Saturday afternoon.

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, St. Bede, Mendota and Princeton boys tennis 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:

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.

The St. Bede baseball team and Henry-Senachwine softball team opened their seasons with wins and more baseball, softball and track results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

St. Bede has hired Nicole Trenka as its next volleyball coach. Trenka played Division I volleyball at St. Mary's College of California, has coached club volleyball and served as an assistant at La Salle-Peru.

Jack Brady, a St. Bede alumnus and assistant coach, has been promoted to head football coach at St. Bede. He succeeds Jim Eustice, who resigned to take job at Mendota. Nicole Trenka was hired as the St. Bede varsity volleyball coach this fall. She follows Kaitlyn Edgecomb.

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.

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

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

A look at area leaders on the mats this year

The St. Bede softball team looks to keep its recent success going despite changes, including Rob Ruppert returning as head coach and losing three all-state players.

The St. Bede baseball team was hit hard by graduation after playing in a sectional final last spring, but the Bruins still return a strong core of players for 2025 as they look for more postseason hardware.

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

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 Fieldcrest boys basketball team advanced to the regional final while St. Bede saw its season end.

St. Bede used a 32-7 run over the first and second quarters to pull away from Ashton-Franklin Center for a 64-47 victory Monday in a Class 1A Amboy Regional quarterfinal in Peru.

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.

Bureau County-area girls basketball standings, including Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton, L-P, Mendota, PC and St. Bede on Feb. 25

BCR area girls basketball regional update on Feb. 20

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.