BCR roundup for Saturday, Oct. 7: Tigresses place second in Princeton Invite

Princeton went 2-2 to finish second in its own invitational volleyball tournament on Saturday.

The Tigresses dropped the first match of the day to Sherrard, 25-19, 25-22.

They came back to beat Mendota, 25-16, 25-21 and Reed-Custer, 25-23, 25-21, but lost to Byron, 21-25, 25-15, 15-13.

Leaders on the day for PHS (16-15-1) were Ellie Harp (25 kills, 14 digs, 19 points), Caroline Keutzer (22 kills), Karsyn Brucker (14 kills), Mariska Mount (32 points), Natasha Faber-Fox (41 points, 14 aces, 17 digs, 69 assists), Miyah Fox (20 points, 7 aces, 28 digs), Camryn Driscoll (21 points, 4 aces) and Kelsea Klingenberg (15 points, 14 digs).

Harp and Mendota’s Lily Leifheit and Reanna Brandt were named to the all-tournament team along with MVP Eva Zimmerman of Sherrard, Makenzie Keller and Adilene Fierro of Reed-Custer and Sarah Nyamwange of Byron.

Sherrard went 4-0 for first place, Mendota finished third, Reed-Custer fourth and Byron fifth.

The tournament’s “Volley for the Cure” fundraiser brought in $4,582 for St. Jude.

Bureau Valley 2, Princeville 1: The Storm rallied for a 18-25, 25-16, 25-21 victory on the road Saturday afternoon at Princeville. Leaders for the Storm were Emma Stabler (8 kills, 7 points, 14 digs), Taylor Neuhalfen (7 kills, 8 points 1 ace, 3 blocks), Kate Salisbury (2 aces, 2 blocks, 8 digs, 21 assists), Kate Stoller (6 points, 12 digs) and Lesleigh Maynard (8 points, 2 aces, 13 digs).

Newark wins Little Ten Tournament: Newark defeated Indian Creek 25-9, 25-16 to win the 49th annual Little Ten Tournament championship Saturday at Leland.

In other matches, Earlville defeated Somonauk 25-7, 25-17 for third place and Serena defeated Hiawatha 25-17, 22-25, 25-15 for the consolation title.

BOYS GOLF

At Bloomington: Bureau Valley’s Wyatt Novotny placed 64th in the IHSA Class 1A State Golf Meet at Prairie Vista Golf Course, shooting an 82 Saturday, finishing with an overall score of 169.

Novotny recorded a birdie on No. 8 and had nine pars on the day.

The Storm sophomore advanced to Day 2 by hitting the cut at 87 during Friday’s opening round.

Thomas Hereau, a senior from River Ridge, won state medalist honors with a 143.

Bureau Valley sophomore Wyatt Novotny placed 64th in the IHSA Class 1A State Meet in Bloomington. (Photo provided by Bureau Valley High School)

FOOTBALL

Newman 28, Hall 7: The Comets defeated the Red Devils in Three Rivers Mississippi (East) play in a Saturday matinee at Sterling High School.

Nate Lankford scored the Red Devils’ touchdown in the final 30 seconds on a 16-yard touchdown on a 4th-and-6 play.

CROSS COUNTRY

At Sterling: Princeton sophomore Avery Waca (24:21.3) finished 54th in the varsity girls race in Saturday’s Sterling Invitational.

The PHS freshmen girls ran in the F/S race with Ruby Acker (21:27) placing fourth, Payton Frueh (21:38) and Alexandra Waca (22:53) seventh in the F/S race.

Augustus Swanson led the PHS boys, placing 62nd in 17:42. Kamden Wahlgren placed 84th with a season’s best 22:38.

In the F/S race, Ethan Mallery (21:10) was 42nd, Jackson Drozda (23:32) 50th and Cruz Rodriquez (27:59) 57th.