Boys basketball: Bureau Valley boys win first SRC championship

Top seed Storm beat No. 2 Ottawa to take seventh-grade title

The Bureau Valley Storm, the top seed, captured the SRC 7th-grade championship, defeating No. 2 Ottawa 35-13 Thursday at Mendota. It's the first boys title for BV since joining the BVEC in 2019-20. Team members and cheerleaders are (front row, from left to right) Bentley Chamberlain, Levi Slock, Carson Gruber, Waylon Miller and Owen Cady; and (back row) Lily Fritz, Lydia Gross, Coach Jim Nugent, Charles Taylor, Chase Stier, Wyatt Smith, Brady Smith, Addelle Burden, Myleigh Benavidez and Ariana Comer. — The Bureau Valley Storm, the top seed, captured the SRC 7th-grade championship, defeating No. 2 Ottawa 35-13 Thursday at Mendota. Carson Gruber led the Storm (13-1) with 18 points while Owen Cady had eight and Charlie Taylor added seven. It's the first boys title for BV since joining the BVEC in 2019-20. Team members and cheerleaders are (front row, from left to right) Bentley Chamberlain, Levi Slock, Carson Gruber, Waylon Miller and Owen Cady; and (back row) Lily Fritz, Lydia Gross, Coach Jim Nugent, Charles Taylor, Chase Stier, Wyatt Smith, Brady Smith, Addelle Burden, Myleigh Benavidez and Ariana Comer. Not pictured is Reid Kalapp. (Photo provided)

January 12, 2024 at 2:10 pm CST

The Bureau Valley Storm made school history by capturing the SRC seventh-grade championship, defeating Ottawa 35-13 Thursday night at Mendota.

The Storm (13-1) were the top seed and Ottawa was No. 2.

Carson Gruber led the Storm with 18 points while Owen Cady had eight and Charlie Taylor added seven.

Other squad members are Bentley Chamberlain, Waylon Miller and Owen Cady, Levi Slock Chase Stier, Wyatt Smith, Brady Smith and Reid Kalaap. They are coached by Jim Nugent.

No. 1 La Salle beat No. 2 Spring Valley 52-38 for the eighth-grade championship

No. 4 Ottawa defeated No. 2 Princeton 38-31 for third place in the eighth grade while No. 5 Peru beat No. 6 Streator 38-23 for third place in the seventh grade.