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Junior high softball: Logan takes No. 1 seed into regional play

September 08, 2023 at 9:00 am CDT

Princeton Logan Junior High will take the No. 1 seed into 2A regional play in Wenona.

The top-seeded Lions (15-4) will face No. 4 Mendota Holy Cross at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Fieldcrest Regional. Holy Cross beat No. 5 Fieldcrest, 21-4, on Wednesday.

The second semifinal Saturday will match No. 2 Ottawa Marquette and No. 3 Peru Parkside.

Logan has not played Marquette this season, but has defeated Holy C

The regional championship is set for 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12.

Fieldcrest will also host the sectional beginning on Saturday, Sept. 16

Logan won the regional championship in 2017 at Wenona, defeating Peru Parkside, 2-1, to remain undefeated at 17-0.

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