Illinois Valley

Boys basketball: Bureau Valley, Spring Valley to play for SRC titles

No. 1 Storm to meet No. 2 Ottawa in 7th grade; No. 2 Wildcats to play No. 1 LaSalle in 8th grade

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MENDOTA - Bureau Valley and Spring Valley will play for SRC championships in the junior high boys basketball tournament at Northbrook School in Mendota today.

Top-seed Bureau Valley will meet No. 2 Ottawa for the 7th-grade title at 6:30 p.m. The Storm beat No. 5 Peru 27-18 while the Rams topped No. 4 Streator 33-21 in Wednesday’s semifinals.

No. 2 Spring Valley JFK punched its ticket for today’s 8th-grade title game at 7:30 p.m. vs. No. 1 LaSalle Lincoln with a 44-40 win over No. 2 Princeton Logan. The Lynx beat No. 4 Ottawa 45-35.

In third-place games, Peru and Streator will meet at 4:30 p.m. in the 7th grade while Logan will meet Ottawa in the 8th grade at 5:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games

7th grade

No. 1 Bureau Valley 36, No. 8 Mendota 16

No. 2 Ottawa 36, No. 7 LaSalle 21

No. 5 Peru 30, No. 4 Princeton 24

No. 6 Streator 41, No. 3 Spring Valley 25

8th grade

No. 1 LaSalle 60, No. 8 Bureau Valley 25

No. 4 Ottawa 51, No. 5 Mendota 35

No. 2 Princeton 38, No. 7 Peru 26

No. 3 Spring Valley 53, No. 6 Streator 45

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"