Princeton's Payton Frueh and Amboy's Henry Nichols qualified for state cross country and more in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

Here's a preview of the Class 1A Sherrard Sectional for Amboy, BV, Princeton and St. Bede cross country

Orion defeated St. Bede 25-22, 25-22, 25-13 during the Class 1A Regional semifinals on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025 at Putnam County High School. The Bruins end their season with a record of 18-13. Orion will play Putnam County for the Regional title tomorrow at 6p.m.

Anna Cyrocki was the top area scorer at the Pontiac Sectional with a 96. She averaged a 49 on the season, twice shooting a low of 41 and was named to the All-BCR First Team for the third time. She is the 10th girl from St. Bede named as Golfer of the Year

The Bureau Valley, St. Bede and Amboy-Ohio volleyball teams all advanced in the IHSA postseason with quarterfinal victories on Tuesday night.

Here are the top girls on the links for the 2025 season from Bureau Valley, Princeton and St. Bede

The St. Bede, Fieldcrest and Bureau Valley volleyball teams won regional matches, plus more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Here's a look at boxscores for 2025 Week 9 games around Bureau County

There's always the usual suspects in 1A, but some new names look poised to potentially crash that party. Steve Soucie breaks down the opening round of the 2025 IHSA Class 1A playoffs.

The Bureau Valley boys cross country team was second and Princeton girls were third at the Class 1A Seneca Regional, plus more results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

Here are regional previews for Bureau Valley, DePue, Hall, LaMoille, L-P, Mendota, Princeton, Putnam County, St. Bede

The St. Bede, Mendota, Fieldcrest and Bureau Valley football teams lost their finales, while Amboy improved to 8-1.

The La Salle-Peru and St. Bede volleyball teams won their regular season finales to earn shares of their respective conference titles, plus more results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

This week's guest picker for Week 9 is Greg Armstrong of the View From the West Podcast

A look at 2025 Bureau County statistical volleyball leaders

Here's a preview of Week 9 games for Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio, Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede.

A look at all the Week 9 football games in the NewsTribune area.

Here’s a look at the area leaders from Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede through Week 8 of the 2025 season

The L-P volleyball team won a conference match and more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The St. Bede volleyball team beat Henry-Senachwine in three sets Tuesday to put the Bruins in position to earn a share of the Tri-County Conference title.

St. Bede upset Henry-Senachwine in three sets 18-25, 25-21, 25-29 on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 at Henry-Senachwine High School.

Henry, Bureau Valley and Earlville won in volleyball and more results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

Senior running back Braden Curran has stepped in at QB for Hall, Princeton Casey Etheridge broke another record, L-P has suffered close losses and more in the BCR/NewsTribune football notebook.

Here’s a look at Bureau County area standings through 8 weeks of the season

Here's a look at boxscores for 2025 Week 8 games around Bureau County, including ALO, Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede games

L-P's Julia Garcia and Dagny Greer qualified for state tennis, St. Bede soccer won its regional opener and more results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

After St. Bede took an early lead Friday, Peoria Notre Dame scored the next 47 points to pull away for a 47-13 victory in Peru.

Peoria Notre Dame defeated St. Bede 47-13 on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025 at St. Bede Academy.

Teams from Kankankee-McNamara, Ottawa, Coal City, Morris, La Salle-Peru, Princeton, Mendota, Streator, St. Bede and Mendota all competed in the Class 1A Sectional girls tennis meet on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 at Ottawa High School.

The St. Bede volleyball team placed fourth and Putnam County won the consolation bracket in the Tri-County Conference Tournament, plus more results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

Princeton will get the home pitch advantage for the regional play-in game with Olympia, which travels 1 1/2 north. St. Bede makes the trip to Normal to face Calvary Christian Academy

This week's guest picker for Week 8 is Brian Stocking, super stats guy for WQAD The Score

Here's a preview of Week 8 games for Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio, Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede.

A look at the Week 8 football games around the NewsTribune area.

In the first soccer game held at St. Bede, the Bruins lost 7-0 to Abingdon-Avon on Wednesday.

St. Bede played Abingdon-Avon on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 at St. Bede Academy. It was the first ever home game for the St. Bede soccer program. Abingdon-Avon won by a final score of 7-0.

Here’s a look at the area leaders from Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede through Week 7 of the 2025 season

The Henry-Senachwine volleyball team advanced to the TCC Tournament final, the L-P co-op swim team beat Sterling and more in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Henry and St. Bede volleyball teams won in the Tri-County Conference Tournament and more results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

Here's a look at boxscores for 2025 Week 7 games around Bureau County, including Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede games

Seneca came into the game with a game plan to run down the heart of the St. Bede defense and remain undefeated on the season and that’s exactly what the Irish did as they ran for 488 yards and came away with the 48-16 victory over the visiting Bruins to move to 7-0 on the season

Seneca defeated St. Bede 48-16 on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025 at Seneca High School. Check out photos of the game from MaKade Rios.

This week's guest picker for Week 7 is is Charlie Waca, who has more than 30 years coaching area football at Tiskilwa, Princeton and Kewanee

Tonight's roundup includes area boys soccer, cross country, girls tennis and volleyball

2005 boys sectional championship tennis and 1974-75 football teams, Lainie (Schweickert) Smyk and Molly Maciejewski to be honored with induction in the St. Bede Academy Sports Hall of Fame

Here’s a look at the area leaders from Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede through Week 6 of the 2025 season

Here's a preview of Week 7 games for Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio, Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede.

A look at all the Week 7 games in the NewsTribune area.

The St. Bede volleyball team won a nonconference match, the L-P co-op swim team won two duals and more in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Seneca junior Piper Stenzel and Dwight senior Isabella Dinelli both advanced to this weekend's state finals out of Monday's Class 1A Pontiac Girls Golf Sectional at Wolf Creek Golf Club.