Stories about Bureau Valley high school sports
The first annual Todd Maynard Scholarship Fund Golf Outing will be held in his honor on Saturday, July 19 at Hidden Lake Golf Club in Sheffield. It is described as “a day on the green for Todd - honoring his passion, spirt and lasting impact.”
Bureau Valley baseball set a new single-season school wins record with 22 and 10 individual school records as well. Marquette and Newman baseball will play at state this weekend.
L-P junior Taylor Vescogni was named the Interstate 8 Conference Player of the Year and the Three Rivers East, Lincoln Trail and Little Ten also released all-conference teams.
Bureau Valley's Landon Hulsing not only won the discus state championship, he set a school record in the process. His throw of 187 feet, 7 inches at Saturday's IHSA Class 1A Boys Track and Field State Meet finals eclipsed the previous school record by 18 feet.
Princeton's Ian Morris and Bureau Valley's Landon Hulsing won discus state titles, five area throwers brought home six medals and St. Bede's Greyson Marincic was runner-up in the 110 hurdles at the IHSA boys track and field state meet.
Sprinters Levi Milder and Brady Anderson and two relay wins led Morrison to the Class 1A state title, while Sterling earned medals in three relays in the 2A meet.
Princeton's Ian Morris and Bureau Valley's Landon Hulsing won state discus titles on Saturday.
Putnam County junior Alex Rodriguez qualified for the state finals in discus and shot put, along with more state track and field and boys tennis state tournament results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.
An update of area sectional baseball tournaments on June 2, including sectional championship scores and supersectional matchups
The NewsTribune area is sending a strong contingent of throwers to the IHSA state boys track and field meet this weekend in Charleston.
St. Bede's Lily Bosnich and Henry-Midland's Daniella Bumber advanced to the finals in the Class 1A state track meet and more track, baseball and softball results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.
Orion pitcher Maddux Thompson shut out the Storm on four hits, en route to a 6-0 win in the Class 2A Bureau Valley regional semifinals on Thursday. Earlier this season, Orion blanked Bureau Valley 8-0 on just one hit, also at Bureau Valley.
An update of area sectional softball tournaments on June 2, including sectional championship scores and supersectional matchups
St. Bede's Lily Bosnich and Henry-Midland's Daniella Bumber will all be in contention for state titles this weekend at the IHSA Class 1A State Track and Field Meet.
The Hall and Bureau Valley softball teams and Mendota baseball team won their regional openers and more baseball, softball and tennis results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.
Princeton had three individual conference champions, winning four events in Friday’s Three Rivers Conference boys track & field meet at Sherrard.
The St. Bede baseball team finished the regular season with a victory and more baseball, softball and track and field in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.
Baseball regionals start up Monday, May 19 at three area sights - Stark County in 1A and Bureau Valley and Monmouth-Roseville for 2A. Check here where your team is playing and when
Softball regionals start up Monday, May 19, including three in Class 2A at area sites - Bureau Valley, Princeton and St. Bede. The Storm and Bruins are defending champions
The St. Bede baseball team won its 25th game, Henry-Senachiwne softball won a nonconference game and more baseball, softball and track and field results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.
Fieldcrest's Pru Mangan and Macy Gochanour qualified for state track along with baseball and softball results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.
Girls track and field athletes from L-P, Mendota, Princeton and Henry-Midland qualified for state along with baseball, softball and soccer results in Wednesday's NewsTribune roundup.
St. Bede junior Lily Bosnich qualified for state in four events out of the Class 1A Rockridge Sectional on Wednesday, breaking two area records in the process. Bureau Valley and Amboy also are sending athletes to state.
St. Bede (24-4) rapped out 15 hits, scoring in every inning en route to a 14-0 rout over former Three Rivers rival Bureau Valley (20-9) on the Academy diamond on Wednesday.
St. Bede shut out Bureau Valley 14-0 on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at St. Bede Academy.
Here’s a look at the final 2025 Bureau County softball leaders of players from Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede
The Henry-Senachwine softball team improved to 20-3, the Hall baseball team scored late to win and more baseball, softball, tennis and soccer results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.
Jack Jablonski doubled in the winning run in the top of the seventh inning to lift the Red Devils to a Three Rivers East win at Kewanee. Other Tuesday winners were St. Bede baseball and Princeton softball.
The L-P softball team clinched the outright Interstate 8 Conference title and more softball, baseball, soccer, tennis and track and field results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.
Here’s a look at the all-time Illinois Valley Track & Field records, including schools in the BCR, NewsTribune and Times coverage area as of May 12, 2025
A look at the top times, distances and heights in the NewsTribune area for girls track and field.
Henry senior Lauren Harbison broke the school record for career strikeouts in a nonconference win and more softball and baseball results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.
The Mendota and St. Bede baseball teams won in their last at-bat and more baseball, softball and track and field results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.
Morrison's Bella Duncan struck out 18 and threw her fifth no-hitter of the season in a 9-0 win over Bureau Valley on Friday. The Fillies have won 10 straight, and a focus on fun is another big reason why.
Luke Smith stepped up Thursday in Spring Valley when the Princeton Tigers needed him most. The senior right-hander scattered eight hits and a walk over six innings, striking out four, retiring the last man he faced as his pitch count expired.
Mendota's Mariyah Elam won three conference titles in track, St. Bede softball won and more baseball, softball, track and field and soccer results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.
A look at the Bureau County Track & Field Records
The Bureau Valley baseball and BV, Princeton and St. Bede will all host regionals beginning on May 19
Here are the leading area girls track & field athletes, representing ALO, Bureau Valley, DePue, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede
St. Bede's Lily Bosnich broke the 20-year-old Illinois Valley area record in the 100-meter hurdles in the Tri-County Conference Meet and more track and field, baseball and softball results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.
Alan Spencer earned a complete-game victory in an 11-4 St. Bede win. Lily McClain had three hits, and Chipper Rossi pitched a two-hit shutout as the St. Bede softballers rolled to a Tri-County Conference. And more in the BCR Roundup.
A look at the top baseball players in the NewsTribune area.
L-P will find out out more this week about senior Jacob Gross's possible return, Bureau Valley has tied the school record for wins and more in the NewsTribune baseball notebook.
The Bureau Valley softball team beat Henry and Abingdon-Avon and more baseball and softball results in Saturday's NewsTribune/BCR roundup.
The L-P softball team routed Alleman, the L-P boys and girls track teams won in Mendota and more baseball, softball and track and field results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.
A look at area softball standings on April 30. St. Bede leads Bureau County teams with an 11-7 record
A look at area boys baseball standings on April 30. Bureau Valley leads Bureau County teams with an 18-4 record, followed closely by St. Bede at 17-4. The Storm will play Monmouth United for the West division championship in the Lincoln Trail Conference
Audrey Scherer hit a grand slam and a two-run home run to lead Earlville to a win and more softball, baseball, track and field, tennis and golf results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.
Avah Oertel went for 2 with two RBIs, Elle Harp was 2 for 3 with a RBI and Neveah Briddick had a three-run double to lead Princeton to 17-5 win over Mendota. The Princeton soccer team wins 5-0 while St. Bede baseball wins 14-4 at Henry.
Max Bryant of Hall and Jackson McDonald of Putnam County have each made six starts for Southwestern Illinois Community College, pitching in to help the Blue Storm earn a No. 24 ranking in the nation.