L-P junior Sarah Lowery was voted NewsTribune Athlete of the Week after winning the Mahomet-Seymour tournament.

L-P's Aiden McCray qualifies for state bowling, the L-P girls wrestling team won the I-8 Meet and more in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

Princeton cruised to wins over La Salle-Peru and Kaneland, while L-P topped Kaneland for the Cavaliers' first conference win of the season.

L-P celebrated senior night with wins over Kaneland and Princeton on Thursday.

Macy Gochanour break Fieldcrest's career scoring record in an HOIC tournament win, plus more area scores in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup,

Kaneland, Princeton and L-P girls and boys wrestling teams competed duing a wrestling meet on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P Hich School.

The Mendota boys basketball time wins in OT, plus more results in Wednesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Here are pictures of Rock Falls, Dixon and Oregon wrestling in meet at Rock Falls. The event took place on January 21, 2026.

A look at the boys basketball statistical leaders in the NewsTribune area.

The L-P girls basketball team beat Streator, plus more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Playing its fifth game in eight days, LaSalle-Peru struggled early Tuesday but pulled away for a 69-46 victory over Dixon.

L-P defeated Dixon 69-46 on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P High School.

Mendota honored its 1995-96 state team, Putnam County has increased its win total, freshmen are making an impact and more in the NewsTribune boys basketball notebook.

The L-P girls bowling team beat Hall, plus more in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

Reed-Custer hosted over 25 teams across the region for its Comet Classic Wrestling Invite on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026.

Mendota's Paxton Bauer advanced to sectional in bowling, the Fieldcrest boys and girls basketball teams advanced in the HOIC tournament and more in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Mendota and La Salle-Peru boys basketball teams earned conference wins, plus more results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

Teams from Bradley-Bourbonnais, Reed-Custer, Herscher, Kankakee McNamara, Kankakee High School, La Salle-Peru, Minooka, Ottawa, St. Bede, Hall, and Streator all competed during the IHSA boys bowling regionals on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026 at the Illinois Valley Super Bowl in Peru.

La Salle-Peru and Streator's boys bowling teams and one individual apiece from St. Bede and Ottawa rolled their way Friday out of the IHSA's La Salle-Peru Regional at Illinois Valley Super Bowl.

A look at the girls basketball statistical leaders in the NewsTribune area.

The Mendota girls basketball team beat Hall to end a conference drought, plus more results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

According to the Sports Business Journal, numbers for girls basketball are down 19% since 2002, while track and field grew by 10%, volleyball by 15% and soccer by 27%. Despite the “Caitlin Clark Effect,” what was once the most popular girls’ sport now ranks fourth.

The Henry and Mendota boys basketball teams won, plus more results in Wednesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The La Salle-Peru boys basketball team, sparked by an eight-point personal burst by freshman Gavin Stokes in the third quarter, overcame a lackluster first half in a 51-45 victory over Streator at Pops Dale Gymnasium on Tuesday.

The Putnam County girls basketball team won its first game of the season, plus more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

L-P defeated Streator 51-46 on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 at Pops Dale Gymnasium in Streator.

The L-P boys bowling team won the conference title, the L-P girls bowling team stayed undefeated and more in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

Brie Ruppert scored 19 points to help La Salle-Peru's girls basketball team pull away from Hall in the second half for a 43-24 victory Monday.

L-P defeated Hall 43-24 on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P High School.

Macy Gochanour had a big game to lead the Fieldcrest girls basketball team to a win, plus more results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

Wyatt Kilday made several big plays in the second half to help La Salle-Peru to a 45-37 victory over Ottawa in boys basketball action Friday.

L-P defeated Ottawa 45-37 on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P High School.

The L-P co-op boys swimming team won 10 of 11 events against Peoria Notre Dame, plus more results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Ottawa boys wrestling team topped La Salle-Peru 45-33, while the Cavaliers girls squad defeated the host Pirates 36-31 at Kingman Gym on Thursday night.

Ottawa and L-P girls and boys competed during a wrestling match on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026 in Kingman Gymansium at Ottawa High School.

Karson Doyle's big night led the Mendota girls basketball team to a win, plus more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

La Salle-Peru scored the last five points of the first quarter and first eight of the second to grab the momentum and pull away from Sterling for a 65-41 win Tuesday.

La Salle-Peru beat Midland 36-34, plus more results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

A look at the top basketball performers in the NewsTribune area for the holiday tournaments.

Marquette defeated L-P 56-55 on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026 in Bader Gymnasium at Marquette High School. Check out photos from the game by MaKade Rios.

The Marquette girls basketball team held off a fourth quarter rally from La Salle-Peru to earn a 56-55 victory at Bader Gymnasium in Ottawa on Saturday.

La Salle-Peru's Kiely Domyancich and Marquette's Lily Deibel were among the individual girls wrestling champions crowned Tuesday at the 2025 Ottawa Holiday Hootenanny.

The top-seeded Kaneland boys basketball team used a game-changing 14-0 run spanning the end of the third and start of the fourth quarters in a 67-50 victory over No. 4-seeded La Salle-Peru in Monday's semifinals of the 62nd Plano Christmas Classic.

The No. 4-seed La Salle-Peru boys basketball team scored the opening 16 points of Saturday's quarterfinal game against No. 5-seed Ottawa and eventually advanced to Monday's semifinal against top-seeded Kaneland with a 63-28 victory at the 62nd Plano Christmas Classic.

The La Salle-Peru Cavaliers had no trouble getting up and moving Friday afternoon after the Christmas holiday, handling Bremen 70-36 to open the 62nd annual Plano Christmas Classic.

The L-P girls basketball team won its final game at the Ottawa Holiday Tournament, plus more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The La Salle-Peru and Fieldcrest girls basketball teams won at the Ottawa tournament, plus more results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

A look at where NewsTribune area basketball teams are playing for holiday tournaments.

Girls bowling teams from Ottawa, Streator Dixon, L-P, Mendota Hall and St. Bede girls all competed in the L-P Cavalier Classic on Saturday Dec. 20, 2025 at the Illinois Valley Super Bowl in Peru.

The L-P girls bowling team won its own invitational, the Putnam County boys basketball team won a nonconference game and more in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.