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Girls basketball: Princeton Logan sweeps SRC championships

The Logan Lions girls basketball teams swept the Starved Rock Conference tournament championships Thursday at Mendota. The seventh-grade defeated Ottawa, 19-13, while the eighth-grade topped No. 1 seed Bureau Valley, 42-36.

The Logan Lions girls basketball teams swept the Starved Rock Conference tournament championships Thursday at Mendota. The seventh-grade defeated Ottawa, 19-13, while the eighth-grade topped No. 1 seed Bureau Valley, 42-36. They received a police escort when they arrived back in town. (Photo provided)

By Kevin Hieronymus

It was twice as nice for the Princeton Logan girls basketball teams.

Logan captured both the seventh- and eighth-grade championships Thursday night at Mendota Northbrook.

The seventh-grade Lions, the No. 1 seed, defeated No. 3 Ottawa Sherpherd, 19-13.

In the eighth-grade championship, No. 3 Logan topped No. 1 Bureau Valley, 42-36. It was a repeat SRC championship for the Logan eighth-grade class, which also won at the seventh-grade level last year.

The last Logan class to win back-to-back SRC titles was the eighth-grade class of 2022, now sophomores at PHS.

In the third-place games, No. 2 Bureau Valley beat No. 4 Peru in the seventh grade while No. 2 Ottawa topped No. 4 Peru in the eighth grade.

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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