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Ottawa’s Ella Schmitz runs in for a layup as Princeton’s Reese Revigilo defends on Monday in Kingman Gymnasium at Ottawa High School. (Scott Anderson)
OTTAWA – In Monday’s girls and boys basketball doubleheader at Kingman Gymnasium, the Ottawa girls used a late burst to post a 54-49 win over Princeton, while the Tigers’ boys raced to a 20-point lead early in the second quarter in an eventual 54-38 triumph over the Pirates.
The games originally were scheduled for Jan. 21 but were postponed due to cold weather.
After a 10-all first-quarter deadlock, the Pirates trailed for much of the game, including 27-20 at halftime and 46-39 with just under four minutes to play.
“We were down seven at half, it was going to be an uphill climb,” said Ottawa coach Brent Moore, his team improving to 18-7 on the season. “We knew our energy on the defensive side needed to change, so we put a little more pressure on them in the second half. Another key was we started to make shots and we figured we would, but we needed to be better on the defensive end.
“It was one of the nights where we just found a way. These types of games you don’t ask too many questions about how you did it, you just move on and get ready for the next one.”
A 3-pointer and two free throws by Ella Schmitz and a 3 by Marlie Orlandi with 2:16 on the clock gave the hosts their first lead of the game.
The Tigresses’ Olivia Mattingly’s 3-pointer 10 seconds later gave her team a 49-47 lead.
With just over a minute to play, the Pirates’ Mary Stisser sank the first but missed the second of two free throws. Orlandi snagged the offensive rebound, and the ball eventually found Skylar Dorsey in the left corner where she buried a 3 to give Ottawa a 51-49 lead.
The Pirates then made 3 of 4 free throws in the final seconds to close out the win.
Orlandi led Ottawa with 20 points, including five 3s, five rebounds, while Schmitz netted 16 points with four rebounds. Dorsey ended with nine points and Stisser five points and seven assists.
Princeton’s Camryn Driscoll is stuck in the lane as Ottawa’s Hailey Larsen defends on Monday in Kingman Gymnasium at Ottawa High School. (Scott Anderson)
Princeton (15-9) was led by 18 points from Camryn Driscoll, 10 points from Mattingly and nine points, five rebounds, six assists and three steals from Keighley Davis.
“I thought we played very aggressive on both ends of the floor tonight” Princeton coach Tiffany Gonigam said. “We played Ottawa back in December here at the holiday tournament and we lost 50-something to 20-something. We’ve obviously made progress since then.
“That said, this one stings. We had the game right where we wanted it in the final minutes and then Ottawa made a couple of big plays to take the lead.”
The Tigers (12-12) jumped out to a 20-2 first quarter lead as they made 8 of 9 shots, including all three attempts from beyond the arc, while the Pirates (9-11) missed 11 of their 12 shots.
Noah LaPorte (five rebounds, four assists) had 10 of his 16 points in the opening eight minutes, while Jaden Fulkerson and Jordan Reinhardt, both also finishing with 16 points and four steals, added five each in the early-game blitz.
“We haven’t gotten off to very good starts lately, so the number one thing on the board tonight before the game was to start strong and bring the energy,” Princeton coach Jason Smith said. “We did and maybe that is something I need to have at the top of the list every game.
Princeton’s Noah LaPorte shoots a jump shot over Ottawa’s Owen Sanders on Monday in Kingman Gymnasium at Ottawa High School. (Scott Anderson)
“I thought we played about as well as we can defensively for four quarters, we were very scrappy. Yes, they missed some shots, but I also thought we did a great job of closing out on shots. We also rebounded the ball pretty well, limiting them to one and done.
The Tigers, which finished 23 of 39 (59%) from the floor, held a 32-10 lead at half and 39-21 advantage heading into the final quarter.
Ottawa, which finished 15 of 50 (30%), was led by 13 points and 14 rebounds from Owen Sanders.
Ottawa’s Seth Cooper eyes the hoop while playing against Princeton on Monday in Kingman Gymnasium at Ottawa High School. (Scott Anderson)
“We weren’t able to match Princeton’s intensity,” Ottawa coach mark Cooper said. “I thought they played with a lot of energy and a lot of force, and we weren’t at that level. I need to have us ready to go, and obviously weren’t as sharp as we need to be right from the first quarter.
“We also needed to do a better job of matching their physicality. It just wasn’t a very good night for us. We’ll regroup, and all the credit goes to Princeton. They played a solid all-around game.”
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An individual was taken to the hospital with injuries following a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning south of Ottawa. (Photo provided)
An individual was taken to the hospital with injuries following a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning south of Ottawa.
Bailey Flatness, 24, of Ottawa was the driver of the vehicle involved in the crash at 5:43 a.m. Sunday in the area of North 2401st and North 2450th roads in Ottawa Township, the La Salle County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Flatness was cited on complaints of failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, failure to wear a seatbelt and operating an uninsured motor vehicle, deputies said.
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Princeton Christian Academy freshman Maximus Gibson was named the chapter winner of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest. He was surprised at PCA by DAR Regent, Nancy Gartner. (Photo provided by PCA)
Princeton Christian Academy freshman Maximus Gibson was named the chapter winner of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest.
The topic for the contest was “Patriots of the American Revolution,” and Gibson wrote his essay on Rodger Sherman.
Gibson and his parents, Gladys and Aaron Gibson, are invited to a luncheon hosted by the DAR on March 7 where he will read his essay and receive his award.
Gibson was surprised at Princeton Christian Academy by DAR Regent Nancy Gartner, who announced his achievement before the high school.
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Princeton senior Noah LaPorte gets the game ball from Tigers coach Jason Smith after making the game-winning shot foir a 53-51 win over Byron to break the Tigers’ all-time scoring record with 1,470 points. (Kevin Hieronymus)
PRINCETON – Noah LaPorte couldn’t have written a better script if he tried.
The Princeton senior all-stater scored the game-winning shot with 2.5 seconds left to lift the Tigers to a 53-51 win over Byron, also breaking the Tigers’ all-time scoring record set by former teammate Grady Thompson on that basket.
LaPorte now has 1,470 career points. Thompson in 2022-23 broke the 68-year-old mark held by the legendary Joe Ruklick (1,306), finishing with 1,468 career points.
“A lot of people were waiting for me to get that bucket, but to win the game ? … I love winning. That’s the cherry on top with that basket,” LaPorte said. “That was crazy.”
Princeton coach Jason Smith couldn’t have been prouder of a young man he greatly admires.
“It was a storybook ending, wasn’t it?” he said. “I don’t think people realize what that kid goes through on a daily basis, and to be as humble as he is, to be as good as a kid that he is. To be a darn near perfect role model the way he is. I don’t know if there’s a better human being out there.
“He’s just a really, really good kid. They don’t make them like that.”
Smith said he had told LaPorte to just embrace the moment as he approached the record.
Princeton (14-12) led by as many as six points at 28-22 on a pair of free throws by LaPorte early in the third quarter. Byron (18-7) rode the scoring of Cason Newton, who scored 12 of the visitors’ 18 points in the third quarter, to grab a 37-34 lead at quarter’s end.
Jordan Reinhardt hit back-to-back 3-pointers from the same spot deep on the right wing to put Princeton back in the lead by one at the 5:30 mark, and LaPorte slammed home a breakaway dunk to make it 44-41.
Newton scored a layup and drilled a 3-pointer to put Byron back on top at 48-46 with 2½ minutes left. After Reinhardt sank two free throws with 1:41 left to tie the game, JJ Edmonson scored on an inbounds play to regain a Byron lead at 50-48.
Senior Asa Gartin cashed in a 3-pointer from the left corner for a 51-50 Princeton lead with 1:07 left, but Newton tied it back up with 1 of 2 free throws at the 41.4 mark.
Princeton called timeout with 9.3 seconds remaining to hold the ball for a final shot. Reinhardt inbounded the ball to Jayden Fulkerson across half court, who passed to LaPorte at the right wing with 6.3 seconds left. He drove in from the left wing, and with Princeton superintendent Kirk Haring imploring from the stands to take it “all the way, all the way,” spun around Byron’s Edmonson as he approached the lane and took the ball to the basket for a reverse layup – the game-winner and record-breaker.
Princeton’s Noah LaPorte slams the ball through in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game with. Byron at Prouty Gym. He scored 29 points to lead the Tigers to a 53-51, breaking the PHS all-time scoring record. (Mike. Vaughn)
The key, LaPorte said, was for PHS to play its game, not Byron’s.
“We played at our pace because they like to speed things up, full-court passes, stuff like that,” he said. “We just had to take the fast-break points when they were there and slow down in half-court offense when they were. They’re physical, so we had to rebound the ball. We did those things and capitalized.
“They kind of took it to us last year. They just beat a tough Dixon team last night. We knew they were coming off a high, but so we are. We’re putting wins together and playing good together, and it’s feeling great.”
The win couldn’t have come at a better time for Princeton, which is playing its best ball of the season ahead of the postseason seedings that are coming out this week.
“It means a lot. We’re getting right for postseason, won five straight. Just got to keep cruising and play hard,” Reinhardt said.
“Hopefully, it puts us in a position for coaches to seed us correctly,” Smith said. “If they look at over our track record and what we’ve done when I’ve had everybody available, we’re a pretty dangerous team.”
Reinhardt chipped in 15 points for Princeton.
Byron’s Newton finished with a 28 points, scoring his 1,000th career point in the process.
Princeton also won the JV game 56-54 in overtime. Jack Oester and Hayden Sayler each scored 17 points for the Kittens.
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Princeton Fire Lt. Nick Dykstra is sworn in by City Manager Theresa Wittenauer on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Derek Barichello)
For the past six years, newly-promoted Princeton Fire Lt. Nick Dykstra has been an acting company officer, and over that time, he’s responded to several structure fires and medical emergencies.
“I think it’s safe to say, I don’t think we’ve had a more battled tested person for lieutenant,” Princeton Fire Chief Scott Etheridge said on Monday during Dykstra’s promotion ceremony.
Dykstra was sworn into his new position in front friends, family and colleagues. The fire department’s Color Guard presented the flags and a bagpiper performed while Dykstra received his pin.
“I’m very honored,” said Dykstra, who will be lieutenant of the Gold Shift. “I look forward to serving the community and working with my guys and look forward to what’s to come. We’ve had some adventurous years, I can only imagine what the future will bring.”
Jerod Doty, president of the Princeton Firefighters Local, said Dykstra is a reliable person. Doty said he was reminded of Dykstra when he listened to a podcast talking about the difference between a 6 p.m. friend and a 3 a.m. friend, which is a friend that is there no matter what.
“No matter what’s asked, he’s always there,” Doty said of Dykstra. “I would even go further than that, I would call him the ‘never heard his voicemail friend.’ For the long time I’ve known Nick, I can say with confidence, I don’t know what his voicemail says, because he’s always there.”
Etheridge said Dykstra has been trusted with projects, to handle the fire department’s software program and he’s a part of the department’s firefighter apparatus purchasing committee. The fire chief said Dykstra has asked questions that have led to improvements.
Princeton Fire Lt. Nick Dykstra is pinned Monday, March 3, 2025, during his swearing-in ceremony at the fire department. (Derek Barichello)
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Dave Moore, formerly head football coach at Princeton and Bureau Valley, and head track coach with the Storm, has taken over as the new head track coach for the Tigers. (Kevin Hieronymus)
Princeton athletic director Jeff Ohlson didn’t have to turn far to find a new boys track coach.
In fact, he knew right were to look.
Dave Moore, who had a run of success as both the track and field and football coach at neighbor Bureau Valley, has taken over the reins of the Tigers’ boys track program. He succeeds Dan Foes, who retired after 19 years.
“I always said I’d do track longer than I’d do football. I really missed it. It’s one of the first things when I went to Manlius and first started started teaching (in 1986),” Moore said.
“I asked my wife (Judy) and she said, ‘I don’t care.’ She loves track as much as I do. It’s just something I wanted to do (again), and I never really had the chance to do it. There‘s something about going to Eastern (Illinois University for state) with those kids. We’ll see how it goes this year. I still have a lot of relationships with the football kids.”
“I always said I’d do track longer than I’d do football. I really missed it.”
Ohlson, who succeeded Moore as head football coach at Bureau Valley, has worked closely with Moore at both schools and knew he was just what the Tigers needed.
“We are super excited to get someone of Coach Moore’s experience and expertise. I know he will do a great job,” he said.
Moore did junior high track for two years at Manlius and then teamed with Kenny Bourquin, his future father-in-law, and Don Wallace, when Manlius co-oped with Tampico. He said he learned a lot from those two.
He succeeded Bourquin as head track coach when he retired after the 1997 school year and coached through the 2008 season. The Storm won sectional titles in 2001 and 2005 for Moore with 26 state medalists, including two state champions: Mike Behrens in discus (2001) and Jason Bill in the 1600 (2002).
PHS junior sprinter Casey Etheridge for one said it’s great to have Moore taking over.
“I asked my dad (Scott) how much experience coach Moore has and he’s like, ‘He’s probably has way more than you’ve been alive,‘ ” he said about his father, who had Moore as coach when he was at Tampico. “It’s awesome having him and you can tell he’s an experienced (coach). And having an experience coach, you can put your trust in them and get you to the next level.”
Moore, who won a state football championship at Bureau Valley in 2005, took over as head football coach at Princeton from 2008-11. He still has a footprint in the Tigers’ program helping out as an assistant.
He is the only person to be head track coach at both Princeton and Bureau Valley, as well as the only one to serve as head football coach at both schools.
Moore said he had about 40 kids turn out for the initial meeting in February. The Tigers ran their first indoor meet Tuesday in Sterling.
During Foes’ 19-year tenure, the Tigers’ track team won two sectionals, two Three Rivers Conference championships and had at least one state qualifier every year.
“He’s had some real good success, especially when he had Teegan (Davis), Payne (Miller), Bennett (Wlliams) and all those other guys,” Moore said. “The cupboard isn’t really bare right now. I’ve got Cade Odell and Ian Morris both coming back. Got a lot of young kids.”
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Updated: April 6, 2025 @ 10:23 am
The front page of the March 19, 1925 edition of The Princeton Clarion-News delivers the first reports of the destruction caused by the Tri-State Tornado of March 18, 1925.
Images of the destruction from the Tri-State Tornado of March 18, 1925, published in the March 1927 editions of The Princeton Clarion-News.
Photos published in the Princeton Clarion-News in the days following the Tri-State Tornado of March 18, 1925.
Images of the tornado damage published in The Princeton Clarion-News of March 1925.

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The front page of the March 19, 1925 edition of The Princeton Clarion-News delivers the first reports of the destruction caused by the Tri-State Tornado of March 18, 1925.
Images of the destruction from the Tri-State Tornado of March 18, 1925, published in the March 1927 editions of The Princeton Clarion-News.
Photos published in the Princeton Clarion-News in the days following the Tri-State Tornado of March 18, 1925.
Images of the tornado damage published in The Princeton Clarion-News of March 1925.
PRINCETON — A historical marker is dedicated in the Baldwin Heights subdivision Tuesday afternoon at 4:15 p.m., the approximate time the deadly Tri-State Tornado destroyed the south side of Princeton 100 years ago.
A century later, the tornado retains notoriety as the longest in duration, traveling the longest distance of 219 miles across multiple states in 3 1/2 hours; the fastest tornado averaging 62 mph but reaching 73 mph; the deadliest tornado, killing 695 people; the most destructive tornado, leveling 15,000 homes with winds that may have exceeded 300 mph.
On that day, Princeton’s south end was bustling at the H.J. Heinz factory just off South Main Street and the Norfolk Southern train shops.
The Clarion-News produced a special extra the morning after, reporting “racing cross winds suddenly swooped from a sky of ominous blackness and whirling into a funnel began lapping up buildings…The talons of the wind seized and tore asunder the great H.J. Heinz plant. Homes whirled up in kindling wood, the roaring mist sucked at everything in its path, literally devastating the Southern railroad shops…”
The newspaper reported that for a moment after its passing, there was silence. “The central and northern part of the city hardly guessed what had happened. Then began the ringing of telephone bells and presently cars began rushing up Main Street, Hart Street, Prince Street, Gibson, Seminary and Race. Many of these cars were battered and broken; they bore a freight of dazed and bleeding human beings. They rushed to doctor’s offices, they rushed to the hospital, steadily the stream of maimed — men, women and children — kept growing.”
F.F. Felts, superintendent of the Heinz plant, was in the building when the tornado hit, but escaped injury. “We had 75 persons, men and women, in the factory and about fifteen in the greenhouses. The latter were leveled,” he told The Clarion while spending the night at the hospital with his injured family.
The community organized a food committee for relief at Memorial Methodist Church at Gibson and Illinois Streets to serve the affected neighborhoods. The Elks Home opened and offered shelter as well.
With a shortage of doctors to attend to all of the injured, physicians from Vincennes, Petersburg, Oakland City and other places responded. Two morgues were filled to capacity, and undertakers from Petersburg and Vincennes responded to help.
Roy Montgomery, an employee of The Clarion-News, had just reached his home in Baldwin Heights when the crash came. With his family around him, he saw his home blown to pieces. He and his family escaped injury.
The newspaper reported that south of Christian Street, it was doubtful that a whole home remained. “There must be 500 wrecked homes in the South Side. There must be 1,500 persons homeless. At least 200 persons were injured,” The Clarion-News reported.
In all of the destruction, there were stories of miraculous escapes. Thomas Deeson told the newspaper that he left home at 3 p.m. but when he returned, his car was wrecked and his home leveled. The wind blew down the walls of his house while his wife and children huddled inside. “They were huddled against one of the walls. It fell. That baby’s high chair standing there caught the wall and not one of them was hurt,” he said.
George White, 18, was driving a grocery truck in the south part of Princeton when he saw the tornado coming. He lay down in the bed of the truck, which was in the path of the worst wind, and the top was torn from the vehicle. White was stripped of his clothing, hurled through the air and sustained three broken ribs. Rescue parties found him, wrapped him in a blanket and rushed him uptown for medical assistance.
While the tornado didn’t hit Owensville with full force, the north side of town felt some of the fury of the wind. The library in Owensville was in use as a hospital. The family of Elvis Williams north of Owensville was wiped out by the twister, with the exception of two children who had not yet made it home from school. Town officials estimated 19 people dead, several hundred injured, 50 local buildings wrecked and 75 farm homes badly damaged with another 15 farm homes demolished.
The tornado lifted the Christian Church from its foundation and carried it across the street, while Owensville school windows were blown out.
Directly east of Princeton, houses and big barns were laid flat at the Nash farm. The McRoberts brick house on the top of the hill was leveled to the foundation. Wind damaged the Sam Spence house and at Seminole, all buildings were flattened.
Battery D of the 139th Field Artillery Princeton National Guard Unit organized to patrol the devastated areas and assist in rescue work. Stretchers from the South Main Street armory were rushed to Baldwin Heights and cots and blankets taken to Methodist Hospital.
A continuous string of automobiles was pouring into the city and forced military authorities to close Main Street to traffic. Guards armed with rifles and revolvers had instructions to permit no one to enter the area.
RECOVERY EFFORTS
Princeton Mayor Niemeier and the Red Cross called a meeting of citizens in the Hotel Kidd to further organize relief work. The committee issued an appeal across the nation for donations to raise $100,000 to help rebuild homes. Among those responding to the call was John E. Butler of Franklin, Pennsylvania, the drummer boy of Civil War fame, extending sympathy to Princeton and Gibson County and authorizing a draft of $100.
Indiana Farm Bureau opened a relief depot in the county agent’s office, sponsored by Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Relief Association, to care for stricken farm families and provide supplies including tents, stores, blankets and clothing.
As the recovery effort progressed, Princeton officials devised a unique fundraising event, planning an automobile tour of the affected areas.
Governor Ed. Jackson toured the area on Sunday, March 22. The March 23 edition of The Clarion-News reported the auto tour drew thousands of vehicles that Sunday, assisted with traffic control by 11 Evansville police officers and National Guardsmen.
It was estimated that between 100,000 and 150,000 visitors were in Princeton that day, traveling in about 20,000 automobiles bearing license plates from Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Michigan and even Florida. Outside Princeton in the late forenoon, families parked their cars and many ate their dinners there.
The visitors left donations of $3,595.63 at relief stations set up in the area.
Animals from devastated farms were wandering about the city in the midst of the tours, the newspaper reported.
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A view of a sepia colored sky next to a barn on Route 251 on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Peru. A tornado watch has been issued for La Salle, Bureau, Putnam, Livingston and Marshall counties until 9 p.m. Wednesday. (Scott Anderson)
A tornado watch has been issued for La Salle, Bureau, Putnam, Livingston and Marshall counties until 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Tornadoes are possible, according to the National Weather Service. There could be scattered hail up to ping pong ball sizes. Wind gusts of up to 70 mph also are possible.
In the event of a tornado warning, the National Weather Service recommends:
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Princeton’s Jordan Reinhardt shoots over Byron’s Ben Hively in Wednesday’s sectional semifinals at Marengo. Princeton won 46-42 to advance to Friday’s championship against Rock Falls. (Mike Vaughn)
Class 2A Marengo Sectional Semifinals: Princeton 46, Byron 42
Running play by play, how they scored
B – Hively 3-pt left wing, 7:15 (P 0 B 3)
B – Considine layup, 4:57 (P 0, B 5)
B – McGough drive, missed FT, 4:31 (P 0, B 7)
P – Smith 3-pt top, 2:25 (P 3, B 7)
B – Newton 3-pt, 2:04 (P 3, B 10)
B – Hively on break, 1:05 (P 3, B 12)
P – Reinhardt pull-up from rt elbow, 34.7 (P 5, B 12)
Second quarter
P – Fulkerson on break, 6:46 (P 7, B 12)
B – Considine in post, 5:52 (P 7, B 14)
P – LaPorte drive rt baseline, 3:14 (P 9, B 14)
B – McGaugh 2-2 FTs, 2:42 (P 9, B 16)
P – Reinhardt back door (from LaPorte), 2:26 (P 11, B 16)
P – LaPorte 1-2 FTs, 2:09 (P 12, B 16)
P – LaPorte in post, 1:33 (P 14, B 16)
B – Hively drive left wing, 1:11 (P 14, B 18)
Third quarter
B – Newton jumper, 7:50 (P 14, B 20)
P – LaPorte drive lane, missed FT, 7:31 (P 16, B 20)
B – Hively drive lane, 7:11 (P 16, B 22)
P – LaPorte 1-2 FTs, 6:56 (P 17, B 22)
B – Newton 3-pt left wing, 6:30 (P 17, B 25)
B – Newton steal & layup, 6:10 (P 17, B 27)
P – Reinhardt layup (from LaPorte), 5:55 (P 19, B 27)
B – Considine drive, 5:37 (P19, B 29)
B – Edmonson layup, 3:39 (P 19, B 31)
P – LaPorte 2-2 FTs, 3:11 (P 21, B 31)
B – Edmonson putback, 2:43 (P 21, B 33)
P – Gartin 2-2 FTs, 2:23 (P 23, B 33)
P – LaPorte 2-2 FTs, 0:37.7 (P 25, B 33)
P – Smith 3-pt left wing, 0:01 (P 28, B 33)
Fourth quarter
P – Reinhardt putback, 7:30 (P 30, B 33)
P – Gartin putback & FT, 6:06 (P 33, B 33)
P – LaPorte 3 pt right corner, 5:29 (P 36, B 33)
P – LaPorte 2-2 FTs, 3:41 (P 38, B 33)
B – Hively 2-2 FTs, 2:56 (P 38, B 35)
B – Newton 2-3 FTs, 2:29 (P 38, B 37)
P – LaPorte dunk (from Reinhardt), 1:58 (P 40, B 37)
B – Hively 3 pt left corner, 1:24 (P 40, B 40)
P – Reinhardt drive lane, 1:10 (P 42, B 40)
B – Newton 1-2 FTs, 1:03 (P 42, B 41)
P – Fulkerson runout (from Smith), 0:12 (P 44, B 41)
B – Newton fouled on 3 pt, 1-3 FTs, 6.3 (P 44, B 42)
P – Reinhardt 2-2 FTs, 5.0 (P 46, B 42)
Final score: Princeton 46, Byron 42
SCORE BY QUARTERS
BOXSCORE
Byron (21-10): Newton-G 4 4-8 12, Edmonson-F 2 0-0 4, Hivey-F 5 (2) 2-2 14, Considine-F 3 0-0 6, McGaugh-F 1 2-3 4, Aiken 0 0-0 0, Auker 0 0-0 0, Haas 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 (4) 8-13 42. Fouls: 18 (Hively 5). Turnovers: 11. Rebounds: 19.
Princeton (22-12): Reinhardt-G 6 3-3 15, Fulkerson-G 2 0-2 4, Lanham-G 0 0-0 0, Smith-F 2 (2) 0-0 6, LaPorte-C 5 (1) 8-12 19, Gartin 0 2-2 2, Mason 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 (3) 13-19. Fouls: 14. Turnovers: 16. Rebounds: 23.
Att: 650 (est). Time of game: 1:25.
Princeton’s Noah LaPorte throws down a slam dunk in Wednesday’s sectional semifinals at Marengo. Princeton beat 46-42 to advance to Friday’s championship against Rock Falls. (Mike Vaughn)
Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986 and is Sports Editor of Putnam County Record. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals magazine. He is a 2021 inductee into the IBCA Hall of Fame (Media) and a 2023 inductee into the Illinois Valley Hall of Fame as "Distinguished Media"
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Paw Paw firefighters spray water on a home in 300 block of Maple Street on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Earlville. The fire happened about 10 a.m. (Scott Anderson)
An Earlville residence is considered a total loss, but no one was injured, in a Monday fire that kept six companies on scene about five hours.
Earlville Fire Chief Larry Todd said firefighters were dispatched at 9:55 a.m. to 315 Maple St. The dwelling was occupied, he said, but all occupants left safety.
About 40 firefighters from the Earlville, Mendota, Leland, Troy Grove, Paw Paw and Ottawa departments battled the fire until about 3 p.m. Somonauk Ambulance was on scene, as well.
The cause of the fire is undetermined and remains under investigation by the State Fire Marshal’s Office. Todd said the fire, which is not thought to be suspicious, is thought to haven been started by a spa or whirlpool.
Heat from the fire caused undetermined damaged to a neighboring house, but Todd said that fire was extinguished.
Firefighters from Paw Paw, Somonauk, Troy Grove, Mendota, Earlville, Leland, Utica and Ottawa respond to a house fire Monday, April 22, 2024, in the 300 block of Maple Street in Earlville. The fire happened about 10 a.m. (Scott Anderson)
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