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Postseason starts today: PHS, St. Bede baseball at home

Princeton's Bennett Sierens dives back into first base as Bureau Valley's Bryson Smith takes a pickoff throw Thursday in Manlius. The visiting Tigers won 12-6.

Area baseball and softball teams are turning their attention to the postseason this week. Here’s a look:

Baseball

The Princeton and St. Bede baseball teams open regional play at home today.

The No. 6 seeded Tigers (10-6) will ride a five-game win streak in to postseason play, hosting No. 8 Erie-Prophetstown (8-13) in their own Class 2A regional at 4:30 p.m. at Prather Field. The winner will advance to face No. 2 Hall (18-8) in Wednesday’s semifinals. The second semifinal will pit No. 3 Riverdale (15-4) vs. No. 5 Bureau Valley (13-10) on Thursday.

In 1A regional baseball, No. 8 St. Bede (6-18) will host No. 10 Earlville (3-17-1) in the Class 1A Ottawa Marquette Regional at 4:30 p.m. today. Their winner advances to face No. 1 Marquette (26-3) on Wednesday.

No. 2 Putnam County (23-8) awaits the winner of today’s game between No. 9 Indian Creek at No. 6 HBR in Wednesday’s Class 1A semifinals at Somonauk.

Softball

In today’s Class 2A Kewanee Regional softball action, No. 7 Bureau Valley (12-11) will host No. 8 Mendota (9-11) while No. 11 Hall (1-19) will play at No. 5 Kewanee (18-8).

Princeton (16-5) looks for revenge on No. 6 Riverdale, which beat the Tigresses 6-1 in last year’s semifinals, on Wednesday in the Class 2A Rockridge Regional. Their winner has a probable date against defending state champ Rockridge (28-0) in Friday’s finals.

Three Rivers East champ St. Bede (17-3, the No. 1 seed in the sub-sectional and ranked No. 4 in Class 1A, awaits the winner of today’s No. 8 Amboy and No. 7 Henry play-in game on Tuesday in its own regional.

Girls soccer

No. 4 Princeton won its second straight Class 1A girls regional soccer championship Friday night and will face No. 1 Rockford Christian at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Hinckley Sectional. The Tigresses edged the Royals 4-3 to win the sectional crown at Oregon last year.

Both won big in their own regional championships.

The Tigresses (16-7) bombed Genoa-Kingston 6-0 to win their own regional while host Rockford Christian (15-1) downed Winnebago 6-1.

The Princeton-Rockford winner advances to Friday’s sectional finals between Wednesday’s winner between No. 1 Rock Island Alleman (15-2-1) and No. 2 Byron (17-3-1).





Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

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 regular contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals Magazine. He is a member of the IBCA and Illinois Valley Hall of Fames. He is one of 4 sportswriters from his tiny hometown Atlanta, IL