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BCR roundup for Tuesday, Oct. 4: Lexi Bohms, Tigresses place second at E-P Invite

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Princeton senior Lexi Bohms ran a 20:12.94 to place second in Tuesday’s Erie-Prophetstown Invitational cross country meet at Lake Country Club.

Teammate Kiana Brokaw finished eighth in 23:05.88 as the Tigresses (55) finished second behind E-P (38), equally their best finish in this meet. Avery Waca (24th, 24:57.09) also placed in the top 25 for Princeton. Also for PHS, Claire Grey was 31st (26:07) and Ella Grey was 34th (28:20).

Jaelyn Weber (23:59.31), Macy Zeglis (24:04.06) and Sierah Shaver (24:05.24) finished 17-19 for St. Bede.

The Bureau Valley boys finished fourth, led by Elijah House (5th, 16:47), Benjamin Roth (16th, 17:36.62) and Adrian Gallardo (25th, 18:30.22). Rounding out the top five for BV were Rhiley Pinter (42nd, 20:13.15) and Owen Larkin (43rd,20:13.46); both recording personal-record times.

Also running for Bureau Valley were Maddox Moore (45th, 20:26.69), Landon Hulsing (46th, 20:27.21), Payton Walowski (47th, 20:33.41), Andrew Roth (63rd, 22:28.25) and Nathan Siri (72nd, 24:08.97).

Riverdale (25) took first followed by Erie-Prophetstown (55), Newman (59) and BV (98).

Augustus Swanson had Princeton’s best freshman finish in nine years in the meet, placing 22nd in 18:20.31.

Race winners were Tommy Murray of Riverdale (15:12) and Olivia Thomsen of Orion (19:21).

VOLLEYBALL

Kewanee def. St. Bede 25-23, 14-25, 25-19: The Lady Bruins, who lost on the road Tuesday night, were led by Emily Robbins (18 digs, 6 kills), Ella Hermes (10 digs, 4 aces) and Reagan Stoudt (8 kills, 4 blocks, 2 aces).

Little Ten Tournament: Host LaMoille, the No. 9 seed, beat No. 8 Hiawatha 25-21, 25-18 in the first match of the Little Ten Conference Tournament on Monday.

The Lions lost Wednesday to No. 1 Indian Creek 25-10, 25-11 and were to play IMSA in a consolation semifinal on Friday.

No. 11 DePue lost to No. 6 Hinckley-Big Rock 25-14, 25-14 on Monday.

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986, covering Bureau County and IL Valley Sports. 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