BCR roundup for Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023: Doubles teams lead Princeton tennis to 4-1 win

Princeton swept doubles play to defeat Peoria Christian, 4-1, in girls tennis action at the PHS courts Thursday.

PHS got doubles wins from Nora Schneider and Caitlin Meyer at No. 1 (6-1, 6-0), Katie Kammerer and Kambri Fisher at No. 2 (7-5 , 6-1 ) and Erah Goodale and Abby Brown at No. 3 (6-1, 6-1).

Emilee Merkel was a 6-2, 6-2 winner at No. 1 singles. Josie Leone fell 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2.

Emilee Merkel makes a return for Princeton Thursday against Peoria Christian. She won 6-2, 6-2. (Mike Vaughn)

VOLLEYBALL

Newman 2, Princeton 0: League leader Newman (13-2, 5-0) defeated the Tigresses 25-22, 25-20 in Three Rivers East play Thursday at Prouty Gym.

Keighley Davis led the Tigresses (9-9-1, 2-4) with four kills and Karsyn Brucker and Kathy Maciczek added three each. Also for PHS, Natasha Faber-Fox had 11 assists and eight points while Miyah Fox, Kelsea Klingenberg each had five points.

PHS swept the sophomore (25-17, 25-20) and freshmen (25-10, 25-19) matches

Kewanee 2, Hall 0: The Boilermakers swept the Red Devils 26-24, 25-16 in Three Rivers East play in Spring Valley.

St. Bede 2, Lowpoint-Washburn 0: The Bruins scored a 25-19, 25-18 victory in a Tri-County Conference match at the Academy.

BOYS GOLF

At Rock Island: Princeton’s Tyson Phillips shared medalist honors with Rockridge’s Kaden Cope Thursday at Highland Springs Golf Course.

The host Rockets (176) edge Princeton (179) while Erie-Prophetsown (190) finished behind the pack.

Also scoring for PHS were Jackson Mason (43), Kaiden Coomer (47) and Luke Smith (47) with Jayden Fulkerson adding a 48.

At Sheffield: Wyatt Novotny shot a 37 and Landon Smith a 39 to lead host Bureau Valley to a 158-170 win over Hall in a Three Rivers rival dual at Hidden Lake Golf Club Thursday.

Also scoring for the Storm were Colin Stabler (40) and Landen Birdsley (42) with Atticus Middleton and Logan Philhower adding 46s.

Landen Plym topped Hall with a 38 with Noah Plym a 42, Jacob Diaz and Joseph Perez each with a 45, Johnni Escatel a 47 and Cody Orlandi a 48.

At Kewanee: St. Bede (169) defeated host Annawan-Wethersfield (187) and Elmwood (196) at Midland Golf Club Thursday. Luke Tunnell led the Bruins with a 39 with Ryan Slingsby adding a 41, Logan Potthoff a 43 and Zachary Husser a 46.

GIRLS GOLF

At Princeton: Sterling (204) edged host Princeton (206) by two strokes Thursday at Wyaton Hills Golf Course while Erie-Prophetsown (242) took third.

Ava Morton led PHS with a 46 followed by Addie Carr (51), Addie Hecht (52), Reese Reviglio (57), Mya Callison (63) and Morgan Foes (70).

At Kewanee: Anna Cyrocki shot a 58 and Erin Dove and Bella Hagenbuch each had 60s for St. Bede at Midland Golf Club Thursday. Host Annawan-Wethersfield (223) swept St. Bede (245) and Elmwood (254).

CROSS COUNTRY

At Spring Valley: Hall’s Eri Martinez-Prado won Thursday’s race against L-P and Putnam County with a time of 18:27.15, while Adam Kasperski (18:36), Griffin Hammers (19:17.91) and Braylin Bond (19:30.41) finished 2-4. Hall’s Joseph Caracheo (20:40.25) was fifth.

L-P defeated Hall, 22-36.

Evelyn Castelan (29:12.66) was the Hall girls’ top finisher in 11th place.

The L-P girls had the top five finishers in a meet at Hall Thursday.

Nora Schneider makes a backhand return for Princeton Thursday against Peoria Christian. She teamed with Caitlin Meyer for a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 1 doubles. (Mike Vaughn)