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Bureau Valley, Princeton and St. Bede girls set for regional semifinals

Storm to face top-seed Alleman followed by PHS vs. Sandwich while Bruins face rival Marquette for the fourth time this season

By Kevin Hieronymus
Marquette's Kelsey Cuchra grabs a rebound over St. Bede's Savannah Bray during the Tri-County Conference championship game on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 at Roanoke-Benson High School.

St. Bede and Marquette will clash for the fourth time this season in tonight's Class 1A regional semifinals at the Academy. (Scott Anderson)

It will be a big night Tuesday for three Bureau County girls basketball teams.

Bureau Valley and Princeton will be playing in opposite semifinal contests in the Class 2A Princeton Regional. The Storm (11-19) will face top-seeded Rock Island Alleman (22-9) at 6 p.m. followed by the host Tigresses (19-9) vs. Sandwich (14-15) at 7:30 p.m.

Their winners will meet for the regional championship at 7 p.m. Thursday.

The Storm advanced with a 54-42 win over Somonauk-Leland in quarterfinal play on Saturday.

Host St. Bede (20-12) will meet Tri-County Conference rival Ottawa Marquette (21-10) in the Class 1A regional semifinals at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy. The No. 3-seeded Crusaders took two regular-season contests over the No. 5 Bruins, who came back to claim the third matchup for the TCC tournament title.

St. Bede dispatched Gardner-South Wilmington 61-19 on Saturday.

The first semifinal of the night at St. Bede matches No. 2 Amboy vs. No. 10 Putnam County at 6 p.m.

Hall (16-14) saw its season end with a 34-28 setback to Oregon in Monday’s semifinals. Hall did not score in the fourth quarter.

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