Illinois Valley

Girls basketball: A look at Bureau County area sectional champions

The Neponset Lady Zephyrs won three straight sectional championships, capped by a 44-42 victory over host Dunlap in 1993.

The Neponset Lady Zephyrs won three straight sectional championships, capped by a 44-42 victory over host Dunlap in 1993. (Shaw Local News Network)

By Kevin Hieronymus

Here are Bureau County area girls sectional champions with opponent and scores, including Amboy, Annawan, Bradford, Hall, Kewanee, PC, Marquette, Mendota, Neponset, Princeton and St. Bede

YearTeamOpponentScore
1977KewaneeBrimfield52-51
1978AnnawanGalena79-46
1979KewaneeMoline49-46
1980BradfordYorkville29-26
1981BradfordToulon46-38
1982Putnam CountyBradford45-43
1983Putnam CountyWyoming53-41
1984BradfordPutnam County42-37
1984AmboyWinnebago66-59
1985BradfordEureka53-35
1988KewaneeOrion58-36
1989KewaneeStronghurst63-54
1991KewaneeFarmington53-50
1991NeponsetDunlap46-44
1992NeponsetSt. Bede61-42
1993NeponsetBradford-Tiskilwa68-27
1998MendotaDunlap58-48
1999MendotaStark County67-53
2000St. BedeRockridge60-38
2003MarquetteNewark68-61
2004MarquetteIVC42-34
2006HallSt. Bede65-57
2007PrincetonHinckley-Big Rock47-37
2012AnnawanWethersfield58-44
2013AnnawanHinckley-Big Rock64-44
2014AnnawanPutnam County80-50
2015AnnawanAmboy50-26
2017AnnawanAFC48-34
2018AnnawanNewark52-45
2019AmboyNewark39-35
2024St. BedeSerena50-48
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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"