L-P girls bowling wins 5th straight Cavalier Classic: Saturday’s NewsTribune roundup

GIRLS BOWLING

At Peru: La Salle-Peru won its own Cavalier Classic for the fifth year in a row.

Evelyn Milton, Leah Ricci and Kaitlyn Miller placed second, third and fourth, respectively, to lead the Cavaliers, while Kamryn Oscepinski won the survivor tournament.

North Scott placed second, followed by St. Bede in third and Dixon in fourth.

St. Bede’s Maddy Fabish won the individual title with a 626 three-game series, while Ava Diaz led Hall by finishing eighth.

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Paisley Leal of Ottawa bowls ball down lane at the L-P Cavalier Classic on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at Super Bowl in Peru. (MaKade Rios for Shaw Local)

BOYS BASKETBALL

Putnam County 78, DePue 38: Braden Bickerman scored a game-high 24 points to lead the Panthers to a nonconference victory in Granville

Traxton Mattingly added 16 points for PC (3-11).

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Princeton 53, Joliet Catholic 48: Camryn Driscoll had 19 points, five rebounds and three assists as the Tigresses beat the Angels to win their pool in the Ottawa Holiday Tournament.

Keighley Davis had 14 points, eight rebounds and four steals, while Payton Brandt contributed 12 points and nine rebounds.

Princeton will play Ottawa in the semifinals at 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Joliet Catholic 53, La Salle-Peru 22: Alexus Hines scored six points as the Cavaliers lost their final pool play game in the Ottawa Holiday Tournament.

Metamora 55, Fieldcrest 32: Macy Gochanour had 22 points and three rebounds as the Knights lost their final pool play game in the Ottawa Holiday Tournament.

Serena 52, Putnam County 10: Addy Leatherman and Kaylynn Hill each had three points for the Panthers in a nonconference loss in Serena.

BOYS WRESTLING

At DeWitt, Iowa: Princeton’s Casey Etheridge won the 165-pound bracket at the DeWitt Sabre Invitational.

Etheridge beat West Liberty’s Briggs Collins 15-8 in the championship match.

Also for the Tigers, who placed sixth among the 15 teams with 112.5 points, Augustus Swanson (113) placed second, Kane Dauber (138) took third, Jaydon Cooke (126) finished fourth, Eli Berlin (190) was fifth and Brady Peach (106) was sixth.

GIRLS WRESTLING

At Metamora: Putnam County-Hall senior Ella Irwin placed second in the 190-pound bracket at the Metamora tournament.

Irwin won her first match by pin in 24 seconds and her second by pin in 2:46 before losing via pin in the title match.

BOYS SWIMMING

At Sterling: The La Salle-Peru co-op finished third in the Sterling Invitational.

The Cavaliers scored 234 points to finish behind DeKalb-Sycamore (282) and the host Golden Warriors (248).

Jonathan Neu won the 50-yard freestyle (23.08 seconds) and placed second in the 100 freestyle (49.76 seconds) for L-P, while Wyatt Dauber won the 100 backstroke (57.56 seconds).