Marquette capitalized on St. Bede errors for a five-run second inning and Alec Novotney was strong on the mound to lead the Crusaders to an 11-0, 5-inning victory Thursday.

The Bureau Valley softball team played Ridgewood, the defending Class 1A State champion, to a 1-0 loss on Tuesday. Two days later, it was a whole different story when the same two teams met Thursday at Manlius. The Storm had just two hits with eight errors, falling 11-1.

Bureau Valley's Logan Philhower had two hits and two RBIs while striking out nine batters in five innings to pick up an 8-0 win over Galva in a Lincoln Trail Conference crossover at Manlius. Blake Foster also had two hits and two RBIs

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Marquette shut out St. Bede 11-0 on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at St. Bede Academy.

Seven athletes from Princeton High School were celebrated with a special signing ceremony to commemorate their future college plans Tuesday evening at Prouty Gym. The group signing ceremony, the first held by PHS, was attended by friends, family and teammates.

Princeton senior catcher and leadoff man Ace Christiansen had reached base 12 straight times heading into Monday’s game with nine hits and three walks. To no coincidence, all three games were Tiger wins.

Princeton's Avah Oertel blasted a solo shot to lead off the fourth inning and pitched seven shutout innings in relief to send the Tigresses to an 8-2 victory over Newman.

Here’s a look at Bureau County baseball leaders through April 21, including players from Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede

It was an exciting night for the Rock Falls track teams with both the boys and girls meets at Princeton’s Ferris Invite coming down to the very final race in the 4x400 relay. No race was more exciting than the boys’ 4x400 where the Rockets edged Princeton by 1/100th of a second