Bureau Valley's Maddie Wetzell has made a good run with the Bureau Valley track team with more to come. She knows now where that run will continue. The Storm senior has committed to run for lllinois Wesleyan University next year. She plans to study Kinesiology.

Steve Danielson & Roger Powell Sr. first met in the fall of 1972 on the campus of ISU. Steve, who is white, was a farm boy from rural Wyanet; Roger, was a young black man from the inner city in Joliet. They struck up a lasting friendship that lasted 55 years until Powell’s death

The Mendota softball team topped Marquette 9-4 on Wednesday, receiving a two-homer, five-RBI performance from Addy Perryman and a complete-game pitching win courtesy of Lexie Saylor.

Here's a look at the Bureau County boys class of 2026 scoring leaders, plus the leaders from other classes

Here's a look at Bureau County boys finals statistical leaders for the 2025-26 season including Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede based on available stats

Taylor Vescagni was punching them out and Anna Riva was hitting them out for the La Salle-Peru softball team at Princeton’s Little Siberia Field on Tuesday. Vescagni pitched six no-hit innings with 12 strikeouts. Riva blasted two home runs.

L-P defeated Princeton 7-2 on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at Little Sibera Field in Princeton.

Princeton senior Keighley Davis was named Class 2A Illinois Media All-State Honorable Mention while Bureau Valley freshman Carson Gruber was named to the Illinois Prospects All-Freshmen Third Team. They were both first-team All-BCR.

A roll call of BCR Players of the Year since its inception in 1987