SOFTBALL

Bureau Valley 13, Annawan-Wethersfield 6: Bureau Valley stormed out with eight runs in the first inning on the way to regional semifinal victory Thursday at Annawan.

The Storm (9-16) advance to the 1A Annawan-Wethersfield Regional title game against No. 1 seed Stark County (18-9) at 4 p.m. Friday.

Ali Carrington (triple) and Khloe Trujillo both went 3 for 5 with two RBIs and two runs scored for BV. Kadyn Haage (two RBIs), Emily Wright (RBI, triple), Remie Marshall (RBI, double) and Maggie Besler (RBI) each added two hits.

Winning pitcher Mallory Maubach-Williams scattered 12 hits and two walks with nine strikeouts.

BOYS TENNIS

At LaSalle: Princeton senior Jackson Mason went 2-0 in the opening round of the LaSalle-Peru Sectional on Thursday to earn a top 4 finish and punch his ticket to the state finals.

Mason won his first match 6-0, 6-0 and claimed the second 6-4, 6-4.

He’ll return to determine his final sectional placement on Friday.

BOYS TRACK

At Galesburg: Princeton’s Casey Etheridge qualified for the state track meet next weekend in both hurdles at the 2A Galesburg Sectional on Thursday.

Etheridge placed third in the 300 hurdles with a PR of 39.76 seconds and fourth in the 100 hurdles in 15.40, advancing by qualifying time in both events.

Etheridge also qualified on the Tigers’ 4x400 relay with Ayden Agushi, Tyler VandeVenter and Gavin Lanham, who squeaked in with a qualifying time of 3:30.1, the ninth team in the event to advance.

Princeton sophomore Landen Hoffman placed sixth in the shot put at 14.47 meters and 12th in discus.

BASEBALL

Hall 12, E-P 2 (5 inn.): The Red Devils wrapped out 15 hits enroute to a Three Rivers East victory in five innings at Prophetstown to finish league play in second place at 8-2.

Greyson Bickett (RBI), Jaxon Pinter (two RBIs, double) and Braden Curran (two RBIs, double) led the Hall hit parade with three hits. Luke Bryant (two RBIs), Noah Plym (two RBIs) and Jack Curran (RBI, double) added two hits each.

Bryant went the distance for the win, allowing three hits while fanning nine.

Eureka 11, Princeton 1: The Hornets scored five runs in the sixth inning to put the 10-run rule in play Thursday at Prather Field.

Stihl Brokaw led the Tigers with two hits including a double.

Putnam County 15, Bureau Valley 1 (5 inn.): Peyton Barto went 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs to lead the Panthers to a nonconference victory in Manlius.

Wyatt Zellers was 1 for 2 and drove in three runs, Johnathon Stunkel was 2 for 3 with two runs and an RBI and Traxton Mattingly doubled, scored two runs and drove in a run.

Stunkel was the winning pitcher for PC (20-11), allowing one run on four hits with six strikeouts and two walks in four innings.

Logan Philhower doubled and scored a run and Reid Maynard was 1 for 2 with an RBI for BV (14-23), while Drake Taylor was the losing pitcher.