LaSalle-Peru basketball and boys and girls bowling all earned wins, plus more scores in Wednesday's LaSalle News Tribune Sports roundup

The 2025 Colmone Classic is underway Saturday at Hall High School. Here’s all you need to know

Proposal 19 is on the ballot with a submission that proposes that the playoff field be expanded by 16 teams in each classification with a total of 384 teams qualifying for the postseason. Steve Soucie's uses 2025 data to project what the format could look like.

Casey Etheridge is the latest in a long line of elite running backs from Bureau County, including the likes of the Compton brothers, Ronde Worrels, Todd Maynard, Cory Scott, Jim Dietz, Pete Roth, the Norman brothers, Eric Bryant and Kenny Bourquin.

Here’s a look at Bureau County all-time rushing records as compiled by BCR Sports Editor Kevin Hieronymus over the years

The CCL/ESCC announced its new alignment for the 2026 and 2027 seasons with many of the league's 24 teams finding themselves in different division than before.

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Here are Gary Duncan's photos from Tuesday's boys basketball game between Sandwich and Plano at Plano.

La Salle-Peru senior Nick Hachenberger went from never playing defense in youth football to a tackling machine at linebacker, averaging 10.1 stops per game this fall. He is the 2025 NewsTribune Defensive Football Player of the Year.

The Storm outscored the Bullets 13-2 in the third quarter to pull away to a 62-46 victory in their Lincoln Trail opener at Knoxville. Libby Endress had 21 points. Keighley Davis scored 18 points, Camryn Driscoll and Payton Brandt added 13 each to lead Princeton past Rock Falls