The St. Bede girls basketball team won big, plus more results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

Princeton High School didn’t have to look far for its next head volleyball coach Libby Boyles, a 2022 PHS graduate who played for and coached under newly retired coach Andy Puck, was officially hired as PHS' new head coach at Wednesday’s school board meeting.

The La Salle-Peru girl basketball team held Ottawa to seven points in the second half as the Cavaliers overcame a 10-point deficit to win 41-36.

Behind a double-double from Braden Behringer and solid defense, the Sandwich boys basketball team topped host Harvard on Wednesday, while Emma Palaschak sank eight 3-pointers and finished with 31 points to help the Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland girls to a win over Midland.

Rylee Collins scored 15 points as Earlville won at the Polo Tournament. Plus more scores from around the area in Wednesday's News Tribune sports roundup.

Bureau Valley freshman Carson Gruber is the NewsTribune Athlete of the Week after scoring 37 points against Princeton.

Ottawa, Somonauk and Fieldcrest boys basketball all scored Tuesday triumphs, plus more in The Times Tuesday Roundup.

The Seneca Fighting Irish boys basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a 45-37 victory over the St. Bede Bruins in a Tri-County Conference game Tuesday night.

Streator's Joe Hoesktra put together an eye-popping 19-point, 24-rebound double-double, and the Bulldogs needed it to hold off young and scrappy Reed-Custer 50-39 Tuesday night at the Pops.