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Volleyball: BV, Princeton players named first team all-conference

St. Bede's Johnna Bogatitus sends a spike past Bureau Valley's Kate Salisbury on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023 at Bureau Valley High School.

Bureau Valley's Kate Salisbury (right) was one of four players unanimously Three Rivers All-Conference. (Scott Anderson)

By Kevin Hieronymus

Bureau Valley senior setter Kate Salisbury was one of four players chosen unanimously to the 2023 Three Rivers All-Conference volleyball team.

Salisbury was joined on the first team by Princeton seniors Natasha Faber-Fox and Miyah Fox.

Newman seniors Jess Johns and Kennedy and Kewanee senior Emma Ellenberger were also chosen unanimously with seniors Reanna Brant of Mendota and Addison Foster of Newman rounding out the first team.

Second Team selections included BV senior Emma Stabler, Hall senior Taylor Coutts and Princeton senior Chrissy Sierens and junior Ellie Harp. Rounding out the second team are seniors Lilly Leifheit of Mendota, Avery Yepsen of Kewanee and Sam Ackman of Newman.

Honorable mention honors went to Hall senior Haylie Pellegrini, Bureau Valley junior Lesleigh Maynard, Kewanee junior Aailyah Duarte and Newman senior Sophia Elly.

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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