Bureau County Prep Sports

Softball: Logan defeats PC to capture Puma Invite

MCNABB - Princeton Logan Junior High defeated host Putnam County 7-1 to capture the Puma Invitational softball tournament Saturday.

Winning pitcher Avah Oertel pitched a three-hitter and struck out 17. Payton Brandt and Taylor Compton each had one hit and two RBIs Kiyrra Morris and Piper Hansen each had one hit and a RBI.

In the first game of the day, Logan beat Fieldcrest 9-1 behind winning pitcher Maddie Gibson. Oertel had three hits and four RBIs and Addison Parry had two hits.

Logan then beat Spring Valley JFK 13-0 with Hansen pitching a six-hit shutout over four innings. Oertel had three hits and two RBIs, Parry had two hits and Anna Ellis, Brandt, Payten Harden and Hansen each had RBI hits.

No. 3 Logan will host No. 6 Dunlap in regional play on Wednesday, Sept. 7.

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"