Bureau County Prep Sports

Softball: Logan’s Maddie Gibson no-hits Bureau Valley

Logan Lions

Logan Lions

By Kevin Hieronymus

Princeton Logan’s Maddie Gibson no-hit Bureau Valley in a 12-1 win in Starved Rock Conference junior high softball play Tuesday.

The Logan pitcher struck out six and walked one.

Logan cracked 13 hits as team, led by Avah Oertel with three and Josie Sierens (3 RBI), Piper Hansen (2 RBI) and Payton Brandt (2 RBI) with two each. Emma Wahlgren had a pinch hit single.

The Lions (2-0) play at Oglesby Holy Cross Wednesday and Putnam County on Thursday.

Mya Nugent drew a walk in the second inning and scored Bureau Valley’s lone run.

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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 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"