Illinois Valley

Girls basketball: A look at Bureau County area state qualifiers, place-finishers

St. Bede is fifth Illinois Valley school to place, eighth team to place

By Kevin Hieronymus

Here are Bureau County area girls basketball state qualifiers, including Annawan, Atkinson, Bradford, Dixon, Hall, Kewanee, Mendota, Newman, Seneca, Sterling and St. Bede. Teams that have placed are bolded showing their place and class. DNP stands for Did Not Place

YearTeamPlace
1977Sterling1st
1979Sterling3rd
1980SterlingDNP (AA)
1980BradfordDNP (A)
1982Seneca4th (A)
1982Dixon3rd (AA)
1983Sterling4th (AA)
1984Atkinson4th (A)
1985Bradford4th (A)
1985AtkinsonDNP (A)
1987Seneca1st (A)
1988Kewanee4th (A)
1989Seneca4th (A)
1991Seneca2nd (A)
1992SenecaDNP (A)
1996SenecaDNP (A)
1997Newman3rd (A)
1998Newman3rd (A)
1998MendotaDNP (A)
1999Mendota4th (A)
1999SenecaDNP (A)
2000SenecaDNP (A)
2005Newman4th (A)
2006HallDNP (A)
2007Stark CountyDNP (A)
2007SterlingDNP (AA)
2013Annawan3rd (1A)
2014Annawan1st (1A)
2015Prophetstown3rd (1A)
2017Annawan1st (1A)
2022Fieldcrest4th (2A)
2022Serena4th (1A)
2024St. Bede4th (1A)
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Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986 and is Sports Editor of Putnam County Record. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals magazine. He is a 2021 inductee into the IBCA Hall of Fame (Media) and a 2023 inductee into the Illinois Valley Hall of Fame as "Distinguished Media"