Bureau County Sports
Princeton Logan captured the Class 3A Morris Saratoga Sectional seventh-grade championship on Wednesday, defeating Lisle 24-12. The Lions (17-3) advance to the IESA Class 3A State quarterfinals to face Hillsboro (23-1) at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Auburn High School.
The Bureau Valley Storm captured the Class 2A Fieldcrest Sectional on Wednesday, defeating Seneca 35-22. The Storm (21-1) advance to the IESA Class 2A State quarterfinals to face Riverdale Washington (19-1) at 1 p.m. Saturday at Riverton High School.
Princeton welcomes 37 teams, including Hall-Putnam County, Lasalle Peru, Erie-Prophetstown, Mendota, Ottawa, Rock Falls, Streator and Sterling Newman, for the 2025 Princeton Invitational girls wrestling tournament on Saturday. Wrestling begins at 9 a.m.
The 51st annual Colmone Classic will tip off Saturday at Hall High School with a new team in the 12-team field as Galva replaces LaSalle-Peru. Also included in the hoopla are Bureau Valley, Fieldcrest, Hall, Mendota, Princeton, PC, Rock Falls and St. Bede
Kewanee overcame an aggressive Dixon defense to pull out a 66-62 road win in Tuesday night's nonconference game at Lancaster Gym.
L-P defeated Hall 57-43 on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P High School.
The Princeton boys (60-58) and girls (58-38) swept a doubleheader at Seneca Tuesday night. The St. Bede girls Hall and DePue boys lost on the road.
The Princeton Logan and Bureau Valley 7th grade girls basketball teams will play for IESA sectional championships on Wednesday night with state tournament berths on the line.
Here's a look at the grapplers from Princeton, Hall-PC and St. Bede. The Tigers return two medalists from 2024, Kane Dauber and Casey Etheridge, as well as Augustus Swanson, who medaled in 2024.
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