It will be a big night Tuesday for three Bureau County girls basketball teams.
Bureau Valley and Princeton will be playing in opposite semifinal contests in the Class 2A Princeton Regional. The Storm (11-19) will face top-seeded Rock Island Alleman (22-9) at 6 p.m. followed by the host Tigresses (19-9) vs. Sandwich (14-15) at 7:30 p.m.
Their winners will meet for the regional championship at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The Storm advanced with a 54-42 win over Somonauk-Leland in quarterfinal play on Saturday.
Host St. Bede (20-12) will meet Tri-County Conference rival Ottawa Marquette (21-10) in the Class 1A regional semifinals at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy. The No. 3-seeded Crusaders took two regular-season contests over the No. 5 Bruins, who came back to claim the third matchup for the TCC tournament title.
St. Bede dispatched Gardner-South Wilmington 61-19 on Saturday.
The first semifinal of the night at St. Bede matches No. 2 Amboy vs. No. 10 Putnam County at 6 p.m.
Hall (16-14) saw its season end with a 34-28 setback to Oregon in Monday’s semifinals. Hall did not score in the fourth quarter.
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