St. Bede Preps

A look at the best baseball players in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

A look at the NewsTribune area's baseball stat leaders for the 2025 season.

St. Bede senior Alan Spencer was dominant on the mound this spring with a 9-0 record, 0.86 ERA and 105 strikeouts to earn NewsTribune Baseball Player of the Year.

A look at the top softball players in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

A look at the top softball players in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

Shaw Media’s Illinois Valley Sports Hall of Fame banquet always comes with a lot of laughs and smiles and fun remembrances each year. This year’s sixth annual event also came with sorrow and sadness Thursday at the Auditorium Ballroom in downtown LaSalle.

The Tri-County and Heart of Illinois released their baseball and softball all-conference teams.

Henry's Lauren Harbison was named Class 1A First-Team All State in softball, other players from St. Bede, Princeton, Earlville, Henry and Fieldcreset also earned all-state honors and the Three Rivers announced its all-conference baseball team.

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.

Ottawa senior Weston Averkamp had a day to remember at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Field, as the EIU recruit finished third in the Class 3A 300 hurdles and seventh in the 110 hurdles for Ottawa's best state place since 2006.

Macy Strauch smacked a double that just tickled the glove of the Brimfield center fielder to give St. Bede a 1-0 lead in the first. The Indians scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to rally for a 4-1 victory.

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

Ava Balestri blasted a solo shot in the top of the second inning and Lily Bosnich followed with a two-run blast in the fifth inning to power St. Bede to a 3-2 win over Sherrard in the semifinals of the Class 2A Chillicothe Sectional. SBA will face Brimfield in Friday's finals

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 defeated Sherrard 3-2 on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at Illinois Valley Central High School in Chillicothe. The Lady Bruins will play Brimfield for the Sectional title on Friday at 5p.m. in Chillicothe.

Here's a preview of the Chillicothe Sectional. St. Bede plays Sherrard at 5 p.m. today. St. Bede makes its fourth straight sectional finals appearance, seeking its second sectional championship in three years and fifth in school history.

Sandwich junior Sunny Weber completed the distance triple crown on Saturday, adding to her state cross country title won last fall by repeating as Class 2A 3,200-meter run champion and winning the 1,600 in a record-setting time. She led the area medalists in Charleston.

Sandwich junior Sunny Weber completed the distance triple crown on Saturday, adding to her state cross country title won last fall by repeating as Class 2A 3,200-meter run champion and winning the 1,600 in a record-setting time. She led the area medalists in Charleston.

The St. Bede baseball team's season came to an end Saturday with a 4-2 loss to Midland in the Class 1A Stark County Regional final.

St. Bede fell to Midland 4-2 during the Class 1A Regional title game on Saturday, May 24, 2025 at Stark County High School.

Sandwich junior Sunny Weber completed the distance triple crown on Saturday, adding to her state cross country title won last fall by repeating as Class 2A 3,200-meter run champion and winning the 1,600 in a record-setting time. She led the area medalists in Charleston.

The St. Bede softball team won its fourth consecutive regional championship with a 5-3 victory over IVC on Friday.

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.

St. Bede beat Illinois Valley Central to win the Class 2A Regional final on Friday, May 23, 2025 at St. Bede Academy. This is the Lady Bruins fourth straight Regional title.

Princeton's Landen Hoffman, Ian Morris, Cade Odell and Casey Etheridge qualified for next week’s IHSA Class 2A State Track & Field finals. St. Bede's Greyson Marincic and Kaden Nauman and Hall's Jeremy Smith qualified in 1A.

The Henry-Senachwine and Earlville softball teams advanced in regional play, area boys track and field athletes qualified for state out of the El Paso-Gridley Sectional and more in Wednesday's NewsTribune roundup.

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.

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.

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 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 Putnam County baseball team is using technology to communicate, L-P's Taylor Vescogni and Henry's Lauren Harbison reached strikeout milestones and more in the NewsTribune baseball/softball notebook.

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.

Seneca's Tessa Krull brought her “A” game to the circle Monday, pitching a one-hit shutout with 17 strikeouts to send the Irish to a 6-0 win over the St. Bede Bruins at the Academy. The win clinched the Tri-County Conference championship with the Irish improving to 28-0 overall.

Seneca defeated St. Bede on Monday, May 12, 2025 at St. Bede Academy. The Lady Irish improve their record to 28-0.

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.

The L-P girls track and field team is celebrating PRs with its "Strive for Gold" program, several area athletes are ranked among the state's best and more in the NewsTribune girls track and field notebook.

St. Bede's Greyson Marincic was voted NewsTribune Athlete of the Week after four wins at the Bruins' senior night meet.

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.

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.