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Girls track
Bureau Valley repeats at Byron: The Storm won the Byron Indoor Classic for the second year in a row on Saturday with 16 top three finishes, including four firsts and seven seconds.
Bureau Valley scored 141 points to top the field by 26 points followed by Lena-Winslow (115), Byron (99), Aurora Christian (43) and West Carroll (32).
Maddie Wetzell won the 1600m with a time of 6:14.99.
Constance Gibson won the long jump (4.62m) and took second in the 200m (29.06) and third in triple jump (8.84m).
Lynzie Cady claimed seconds in the 400m (1:06.49), shot put (9.02m) and long jump (4.30m).
McKinley Canady was second in the 55m (7.88) and fourth in triple jump (8.75m).
Kate Salisbury took thirds in the 55m (8.18) and high jump (1.37m).
Other top individual place-finishers for BV were Emma Mussche, second in the 800m (2:47.56), Leah House, second in the 3200m (15:38.89), Landry Hitzler, third in shot put (8.72m), and Elizabeth Backer, fifth in high jump (1.37m)
The Storm won the 4x200 relay with a time of 1:55.53 with Gibson, Salisbury, Taylor Neuhalfen and Canady and the 4x400 relay (4:37.13) with Mussche, Salisbury, Canady and Cady.
BV finished second in the 4x800 relay with a time of 11:36.85 ran by Mussche, Gemma Moore, Backer and Wetzell.
At Monmouth: Princeton’s Camryn Driscoll placed second in the 400-meter dash, setting a PHS indoor record with a time of 1:01.01 at Galesburg’s Silver Streak Last Chance Invite held at Monmouth College.
Also for PHS, Morgan Foes finished fourth in the shot put with a PHS meet best 11.81m (38-8 3/4) and Ashlynn Weber was fifth in triple jump at 10.07m (33-0 1/4).
The Tigresses placed 16th among the 26 teams with 17 points.
Boys track
At Monmouth: Andrew Peacock led the Princeton boys with a fourth-place finish in the pole vault by clearing 3.34 meters (11-0) at Galesburg’s Silver Streak Last Chance Invite held at Monmouth College. The 4 x 800 relay of Augustus Swanson, Tyler VandeVenter, Michal Sanchez-Rodriguez and Dawson Lambert placed eighth in 9:36.78.
The Tigers were 23rd among 27 teams.
Softball
Bureau Valley 2, Putnam County 1: The Storm scored both runs in the third inning and senior pitcher Carly Reglin made it hold up for a nonconference victory in Manlius.
Reglin went the distance, scattering three hits and one walk while striking out seven.
The Storm got five hits from five different players off PC pitcher Paxton Stunkel, who had two of the Panthers’ three hits on the day.
Kylee Moore doubled in PC’s only run of the day for a 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
Princeton 7, Dixon 2: The Tigresses rode freshman pitcher Avah Oertel’s five-hitter to their second win in as many days in a nonconference game in Dixon.
Oertel struck out eight in a complete-game victory in her high school debut.
The Tigresses took a 4-1 lead with three runs in the top of the fourth inning and added two insurance runs in the seventh to go up 7-2.
Caroline Keutzer (RBI), Makayla Hecht (RBI), Oertel (RBI), Ellie Harp and Sam Woolley (RBI) each had two hits while Izzy Gibson had one hit and a RBI.
St. Bede 9, Newark 7: Reagan Stoudt was 2 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs to help the Bruins earn a nonconference victory in Newark.
Maddy Dalton went 2 for 3 with a double, two RBIs and a run for St. Bede (3-0), while Maci Kelly was 3 for 4 with two RBIs.
Winning pitcher Ella Hermes allowed five runs (2 earned) on seven hits while striking out 13 and walking three in five innings. Stoudt picked up the save with two innings of relief.
Baseball
Dixon 6, Princeton 1: Ace Christiansen led off the game with a triple and scored, but the Tigers didn’t score again, dropping their season opener in Dixon.
Jordan Reinhardt led the Tigers with two hits (2-2), including a double and RBI. The Tigers had just three hits on the day.
The Dukes scored six runs on 10 hits off two Tiger pitchers. Starter Braden Shaw and Will Lott each went three innings, allowing five hits and three earned runs.
St. Bede 18, Newark 1: The Bruins wrapped out 12 hits for a 10-run rule victory in four innings at Newark.
Gus Burr led the Bruins’ hit parade with a 3 for 3 day with five RBIs, a double, triple and home run.
Also for St. Bede (3-0), Geno Ferrari had two hits, Carson Riva had a hit and three RBIs and Nathan Husser and Logan Tunnell each had a hit and two RBIs.
Husser went three innings for the win, allowing two hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
Girls soccer
Metamora 7, Princeton 0: The Tigresses dropped their season-opener at Bryant Field.