BCR Roundup for Tuesday, Aug. 29: Bureau Valley volleyball rallies at Mendota

The Bureau Valley Storm rallied for a 2-1 win on the road in its Three Rivers East opener at Mendota Tuesday night.

The host Spikers took the first game, 25-19, only to have the Storm charge back with a pair of 25-18 wins to steal the match.

Emma Stabler (6 points, 12 digs) led the Storm (3-4, 1-0) with 11 kills while Kinley Canady (8 points, 3 blocks, 2 digs, 1 ace) added seven kills. Kate Salisbury dished out 24 assists and tallied five kills, eight points, three aces, a block and eight digs.

Other BV leaders were Taylor Neuhalfen (4 kills, 12 points, 7 digs), Kate Stoller (2 aces, 13 digs), Lesleigh Maynard (6 points, 13 digs) and Emma Stull (3 kills, 3 blocks).

Laylie Denault had 11 digs, six kills and two aces for the Spikers, while Lilly Leifheit had 21 digs and an ace.

GIRLS GOLF

At Princeton: Medalist Addie Hecht shot a 50 to lead host Princeton to a 214-220 win over Stark County Tuesday at Wyaton Hills. Also for PHS, Addie Carr had a 53, Halli Peterson a 54, Brinley Kloepping a 57, Ava Morton a 59 and Hanna Claiborne a 61.

At LaSalle: St. Bede (228) defeated host L-P (235) at Oak Ridge Tuesday behind Erin Dove (50), Anna Cyrocki (55), Aleah Espel (61) and Bella Hagenbauch (62).

L-P’s Allie Thome was the medalist with a 45, while Delani Duggan (55), Sophia Chiu (61) and Makenna Zimmer (78) also scored for the Cavaliers.

BOYS GOLF

At Spring Valley: Host Hall and medalist Landon Plym (42) topped Kewanee, 187-230 Tuesday at Spring Creek. Also scoring for Hall were Johnni Escatel (47), Joe Perez (48) and Noah Plym (50).

Logan Corsolini and Elliott Quartucci each shot 50s to lead the Hall JV to victory.

At Dwight: St. Bede (176) took second behind host Dwight (155) in a quadrangular at the Dwight Country Club Tuesday including Roanoke-Benson (177) and Midland (187). Luke Tunnell led St. Bede at 41, with Logan Potthoff adding a 43, Abe Wiesbrock a 45 and Zach Husser a 47.

JUNIOR HIGH SOFTBALL

Princeton Logan 15, Peru Parkside 3: The Lions scored 15 runs on 15 hits to win in four innings Tuesday at Peru. Addison Parry (6 RBIs), winning pitcher Piper Hansen (RBI) and Payton Brandt (3 RBIs) each had three hits while Liberty Sousa (3 RBIs) and Anna Ellis each had two hits.

CROSS COUNTRY

At Ottawa: Mendota’s Anthony Kelson ran a 17:57.75 to win a 3-mile race at Catlin Park by a minute and a half.

Teammate Dagen Setchell finished third in 19:41.38, as the Trojans placed third among the three full teams with 55 points. Ottawa won with 28.

Hall’s Eri Martinez-Prado placed seventh in 20:40.47.

In the girls race, Mendota’s Peri Manning was 29th, and Hall’s Evelyn Castelan was 32nd.

At Chillicothe: Henry-Midland’s Daniella Bumber ran a 21:34.88 to win a 3-mile race at Three Sisters Park.

Five schools competed, but only one had a full team.

Bureau Valley freshman Leah House finished 19th.

In the boys race, Bureau Valley finished third with 72 points. Henry was fourth with 96. IVC won with 22.

Adrian Gallardo placed seventh in 19:38.88 for the Storm, while teammate Landon Hulsing was 10th in 19:49.21. The Mallards’ Preston Rowe was 12th in 20:07.21.