Wyatt Novotny leads Bureau Valley over St. Bede, A/W in boys golf: BCR roundup, Thursday, Aug. 29

Boys Golf

At Sheffield: Wyatt Novotny took medalist honors at 36 as Bureau Valley (156) defeated St. Bede (178) and Ananwan/Wethersfield (204) at Hidden Lake Golf Course on Thursday.

Also scoring for the Storm were Logan Philhower (39), Collin Stabler (40) and Landen Birdsley (41) with Atticus Middleton adding a 42 and Landon Smith at 48.

Kaden Nauman and Zach Husser each shot 44s for St. Bede and Abe Wiesbrock and Chris Gedraitis had 45s.

At Princeton: Jackson Mason shot a 39 for Princeton (177), which fell five strokes to Peoria Christian (172) at Chapel Hill Golf Course.

Also for the Tigers, Luke Smith had a 43, Jayden Fulkerson a 46, Nolan Kloepping a 49, Andrew Boughton a 50 and Tyler Forristall a 63.

IVC finished third in the triangular at 226.

Kaiden Coomer shot a 42 to lead the Princeton JV.

At La Salle: Hall’s Landen Plym shot an 81 on Thursday to place eighth individually in La Salle-Peru’s Cavalier Invitational at Senica’s Oak Ridge Golf Course.

The Red Devils tallied a 343 to place third behind Ottawa (307) and Rochelle (340). Also for Hall, Jacob Diaz carded an 86, Noah Plym had an 87 and Joseph Perez added an 89.

Girls Golf

At Sheffield: Ananwan/Wethersfield (214) swept St. Bede (232) and host Bureau Valley (247) at Hidden Lake Golf Course.

Anna Cyrocki shot a 51 to lead St. Bede with Breanna Martinez adding a 58, Violet Lopez a 61 and Eden Galvin a 62.

For Bureau Valley, Michaela Noder shot a 55, Faith Hanson a 56, Gracie Phillips had a 66 and Elizabeth Bowyer a 70.

Volleyball

Mercer County def. Bureau Valley 25-20, 25-23: The Storm fell short in a nonconference match at the Storm Cellar Thursday night.

Kinley Canady (2 blocks, 3 digs, 3 points, 1 ace) led the Storm at the net with nine kills and Taylor Neuhalfen (5 digs, 3 points) added seven kills.

Other leading contributors for the Storm (0-3) were Madison Wetzell (1 block, 5 digs, 1 kill, 10 points, 2 aces). Landry Hitzler (9 digs), Lesleigh Maynard (11 digs), Emily Wright (4 digs), Libby Endress (9 digs, 14 assists, 2 kills, 4 points, 1 ace), Emma Stull (1 block, 2 kills), Madison Smith (3 kills) and Emma Mussche (5 assists).

St. Bede 2, Marquette 0: The Bruins edged the Crusaders 27-25, 26-24 in a Tri-County Conference thriller in Spring Valley.