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Girls basketball: Princeton calls on BV at the Storm Cellar

Bureau Valley vs. Princeton

MANLIUS - The Princeton and Bureau Valley girls basketball teams will do battle one last time in Three Rivers Conference play at the Storm Cellar tonight.

It will also be their last meeting for the foreseeable future. Bureau Valley will be leaving the Three Rivers next year in favor of the Lincoln Trail Conference.

The Tigresses stand 18-8 overall, 8-1 atop the Three Rivers East. They will be out to avenge a 55-45 loss at the hands of the Storm (14-13, 5-4) on Dec. 4 at Princeton.

The Bureau County rivals have met 49 times since first playing in 1995-96 with BV winning 26 and Princeton 23. They have played every year except for 2003-04 and 2010-11.

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