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BCR roundup Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023

Princeton coach Andy Puck rallies the troops between sets of Tuesday's regional semifinals at Chillicothe. The Tigresses fell to El Paso-Gridley 25-17, 25-20.

St. Bede and Putnam County moved on in the postseason, while Princeton, DePue and LaMoille saw their volleyball seasons come to a close in IHSA regional play Tuesday.

At Granville: St. Bede defeated La Moille 25-13, 25-14 and host Putnam County downed DePue 25-6, 25-9 in the Class 1A regional quarterfinals at RM Germano Gymnasium.

St Bede and PC will meet in Wednesday’s semifinals at 7 p.m. following the Wethersfield/Galva match at 6 p.m.

At Chillicothe: No. 7 Princeton fell 25-17, 25-20 to No. 3 El Paso-Gridley in the second semifinal of the night in the Class 2A IVC Regional.

Kewanee gave top-seed IVC an early scare by winning the first set 25-20 in the first match of the night. The Ghosts rallied to take the match with 25-19, 25-16 wins.

IVC (25-10) and EPG (26-5) will meet for the title at 6 p.m. Thursday.

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