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Sports Shorts: Registration open for Underground Railroad 5K, Princeton Junior Bowlers

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Registration is open for the 31st annual Underground Railroad 5K set for Saturday, Sept. 7, in Princeton.

Entry is $30 for an individual or $300 for a corporate team (up to 20 participants). T-shirts are guaranteed to all pre-registered participants and will be available to day-of registrants while supplies last.

Race day schedule begins with registration at 7 a.m. with a kids fun run at 8 a.m. and the race at 8:30 a.m. The course begins and ends at the Bureau County Metro Center, 837 Park Ave. W.

For more information, contact race director Brett Renner at the Met at 815-876-0721.

Junior Bowlers

Registration will be held for the upcoming Princeton Junior Bowlers from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14 at Pin Splitters Lanes. There will also be open bowling at this time.

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986, covering Bureau County and IL Valley Sports. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a regular contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals Magazine. He is a member of the IBCA and Illinois Valley Hall of Fames. He is one of 4 sportswriters from his tiny hometown Atlanta, IL