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Junior high softball: Princeton Logan, Bureau valley wins regional semifinals

Logan Lions

Princeton Logan scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth to break open a tied game and went on to defeat Mendota Holy Cross/Dimmick, 10-6, in an IESA Class 2A Fieldcrest regional softball semifinal Saturday morning.

Addison Parry had three hits, including a solo home run, and two RBIs, and winning pitcher Piper Hansen and Kendall Rauh each added two hits for the winners. Liberty Sousa, Payton Brandt and Collyns Etheridge drove in two runs apiece for Logan.

Hansen struck out 11 and scattered seven hits to gain the win.

The top-seeded Lions (16-4) advance to the regional championship on Tuesday against the winner of Saturday’s second semifinal between No. 2 Ottawa Marquette and No. 3 Peru Parkside.

At Kewanee: Bureau Valley defeated Williamsfield, 3-2, in Wethersfield Class 1A regional semifinal Saturday. The No. 3 seeded Storm will play host and top-seeded Wethersfield at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Howes Park in Annawan. Wethersfield beat No. 4 Mercer County, 3-1.

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986 and is Sports Editor of Putnam County Record. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a regular contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals Magazine. He is a member of the IBCA and Illinois Valley Hall of Fames. He is one of 4 sportswriters from his tiny hometown Atlanta, IL