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Basketball roundup: Cooper Balensiefen to Landon’s Hulsing for the Bureau Valley win

Storm beat Boilermakers, 54-52

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It was the Perfect Storm.

Cooper Balensiefen drove to the basket on the left side, dished to Landon’s Hulsing on the right side for the game-winning basket at the buzzer to lift Bureau Valley to a 54-52 win at Kewanee Friday night in Three Rivers East play.

Balensiefen led the Storm with 13 points. Hulsing, Corban Chhim and Elijah Endress each added 11 points for BV.

Kewanee’s Blaise Lewis led all scorers with 21 points.

Cooper Balensiefen
Cooper Balensiefen

Newman 53, Hall 41: Mac Resetich scored 22 points for Hall, but the Red Devils fell at home Friday.

Nolan Britt and Lucas Simpson each scored 16 points for the Comets, who pulled away for the win with a 14-7 fourth-quarter edge.

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