Princeton defeated Belvidere 3-1 to take third-place in the Byron girls soccer tourney. Princeton pounded out 12 hits on the way to a 13-1 baseball win at Mendota. St. Bede starter Alan Spencer pitched St. Bede to a 3-1 win at Rockridge while Hall beat Sherrard 5-1

The Ottawa girls soccer team - behind a pair of first-half goals by freshman Georgia Kirkpatrick - defeated host Princeton 3-0 on Friday at Bryant Field.

Ryan Jagers led Princeton's hit parade with a 4 for 6 day and five RBIs in a 22-11 win at Riverdale. Noah LaPorte went 3 for 5 with a homer, double and five RBIs and Will Lott (double, four RBIs) and Jack Oester (RBI) added two hits each. This and more in tonight's roundup

Here’s a look at the leading Bureau County area boys track & field athletes for the first BCR Honor Roll of the season:

Here are the leading area girls track & field athletes, representing ALO, Bureau Valley, DePue, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede:

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.