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Hall, Princeton girls win in the Three Rivers East: BCR Roundup for Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024

Girls basketball

Hall 52, Newman 32: The Red Devils showed little rust after a week off, rolling to a Three Rivers East victory at home Thursday. Ella Sterling led Hall with 20 points, Charlie Pellegrini had 10, McKenna Christiansen eight and Kennedy Wozniak seven.

Princeton 46, Mendota 19: The Tigresses scored the first 19 points of the game and never looked back in a runaway Three Rivers East victory on the road Thursday.

Camryn Driscoll had a double-double with 11 points and a team-high 10 rebounds for PHS (16-6, 6-1). Keighley Davis led the Tigresses with 13 points and Makayla Hecht had 10.

PHS won the F/S game 21-17. Ava Kyle led PHS with six points.

St. Bede 53, Henry 26: The Bruins won on ‘80s Night at the Academy in Tri-County Conference play Thursday. Ali Bosnich had 17 points, Ella Hermes 14 and Lili McClain added nine.

Kewanee 54, Bureau Valley 49: The Boiler Girls snuck away with a Three Rivers East win at the Storm Cellar Thursday, outscoring the Storm 12-5 in the second quarter to pull ahead to a 25-17 halftime lead.

Mya Dearing had 20 points for Kewanee and Tejhiana Amos added 17. Kate Salisbury scored 17 points for the Storm.

Kewanee won the F/S game 37-36 on a half-court 3-pointer at the buzzer by Audrey Clucas. Zemke led the Storm with 15 points and Maupin added 11.

Wrestling

Tigers split at Rochelle: Princeton split a triangular Thursday, beating Kewanee 48-36 and losing to the host Hubs 44-32.

Ace Christiansen, Michael Kurth, Preston Arkels, Augustus Swanson and Cade Odell each won twice for the Tigers.

Christiansen won by 15-0 technical fall and by fall in 1:10, Kurth won 15-13 in overtime and by fall (1:40), Arkels recorded falls in 3:30 and 0:51, Swanson won by fall in 2:25 and 0:55 and Odell had pins in 1:43 and 1:29.

Also for the Tigers, Ian Morris won by fall (0:55) vs. Rochelle, while Jaydon Cooke, Kaydin Gibson and Casey Etheridge all had pins against the Boilermakers.

Princeton's Jordan Vandeventer defends against Mendota's Ella Martin Thursday at Mendota.
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