The Newark Norsemen did just about everything right in a 17-0 shutout of Earlville, securing the Class 1A Indian Creek Regional championship while keeping their postseason run alive Thursday night in Shabbona.

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.

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Here are Mike Vaughn's photos of Thursday's Orion at Bureau Valley regional baseball game. The Chargers won 6-0.

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.

Coal City's Julian Micetich, Manteno's Briggs Cann, Streator's Isaiah Brown, Morris' Cuyler Swanson and Princeton's Casey Etheridge among individual champions at 2A Pontiac Sectional.

The Bureau Valley Storm softball team made the best of the hand dealt to them this season, finishing with a 17-18 record, falling to Stillman Valley 10-0 in the semifinals of the Class 2A Bureau Valley Regional on Wednesday.

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Teams from Coal City, Herscher, La Salle-Peru, Manteno, Morris, Peotone, Princeton and Streator competed in the Class 2A Sectional track meet on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at Pontiac High School.

Twelve athletes from Spring Valley JFK qualified in the IESA Class 2A State Track and Field finals in East Peoria on May 16-17.

Rains over night and this morning have postponed local softball and baseball tournaments once again at St. Bede and Princeton until Thursday. The Bureau Valley baseball and softball regionals are on as scheduled at this time.