Illinois Valley

Bureau Valley wins regional opener: BCR Roundup for Monday, Feb. 19

Bureau Valley Storm

There’s going to be one more Bureau Valley vs. Princeton boys basketball game this season.

The No. 5 seeded Storm scored a quarterfinal victory in the Class 2A Prophetstown Regional, defeating No. 12 Erie-Prophetstown 59-51 at the Storm Cellar Monday night.

Corban Chhim led the Storm with 27 points while Elijah Endress added 15 points.

The Storm (16-16) and No. 4 Tigers (14-15) will meet in the second semifinal on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. following the No. 1 Rock Falls (18-10) vs. No. 10 Morrison (11-16) opener.

BV and Princeton have split two games this season.

CLASS 1A

Annawan rolled to a 62-27 quarterfinal win over Amboy in the Class 1A Wethersfield Regional while St. Bede, DePue and LaMoille all saw their seasons end.

Annawan 62, Amboy 27: Brody Childs scored 17 points while Maddux Heitzler and Tommy Covington added 11 each for the Braves, who advanced to Wednesday’s semifinals against Galva at 6 p.m.

Eddie Jones led the Clippers with 10 points and Troy Anderson added eight.

Galva 57, St. Bede 50: Halden Hueneburg had 16 points and Logan Potthoff added 14 points for the Bruins (11-20), who fell to the Wildcats on their home court in a regional quarterfinal contest.

The Bruins jumped out to 17-9 lead after one quarter and led 27-26 at the half.

Wethersfield 63, LaMoille 48: Tom McGunnigal’s Flying Geese moved on for another day on their home court with a quarterfinal win over the Lions. Landon Sauer led the Geese (12-18) with 30 points.

For the Lions (7-24), Brayden Klein had 17 points and four assists, Tyler Billhorn had 16 points and 14 rebounds and Josh Martin had eight points and seven rebounds.

Fulton 72, DePue 25: The Little Giants saw their season end at 7-22 with a loss to the Steamers at Fulton.

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 contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals magazine. He is a 2021 inductee into the IBCA Hall of Fame (Media) and a 2023 inductee into the Illinois Valley Hall of Fame as "Distinguished Media"