A third meeting between two rivals came down to one run Friday evening in the Class 2A Rock Falls Regional title game. In the end, Bureau Valley pulled off its second upset of the week, defeating Bureau County and Three Rivers rival Princeton 6-5 in a thriller.
St. Bede defeated Princeville 15-0 in four innings in the Class 1A Regional semifinal game on Friday, May 17, 2024 at St. Bede Academy.
St. Bede defeated Midwest Central 3-0 to win the Class 2A Regional title on Friday, May 17, 2024 at Abbot Phillip Davy Field.
Local rivals Bureau Valley and Princeton square off in Rock Falls for the 2A regional title Friday, May 17, 2024. BV took a close game 6-5.
Rockridge defeated Bureau Valley 9-4 on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at Princeton High School. Rockets will play Monmouth-Roseville in the title game at 1p.m. on Saturday.
Area teams including Marmion Academy, Rock Falls, Sandwich, Sterling, Dixon, Mendota, Plano, Sycamore, Wheaton Academy and St. Francis were at Sycamore High School Thursday to compete in the IHSA Class 2A boys track sectional.
Princeton kept up the pressure all game long, and eventually it paid off Wednesday in its 2A Rock Falls Regional semifinal. The Tigresses had baserunners in all but one inning, and they finally broke through with runs in each of the final three innings to top Rock Falls 3-2.
The L-P girls soccer team beat Morris 1-0 on Wednesday to advance to a regional final for the first time in program history, while Streator's season ended with a loss to Morton.
L-P defeated Morris 1-0 in the Class 2A Regional semifinal game at the L-P Athletic Complex on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 in La Salle. L-P will play Morton in the title game on Friday at 4:30p.m.