Girls basketball: Bureau Valley, Logan win SRC openers

The Bureau Valley and Princeton Logan girls basketball teams won Starved Rock Conference tournament openers Saturday in Mendota.

In the seventh-grade, Logan’s top-seeded Lions defeated No. 8 Streator, 40-12, while No. 2 BV beat LaSalle Lincoln, 22-7. They advance to Tuesday’s semifinals with Logan facing No. 4 Peru at 4:30 p.m. and BV playing No. 3 Ottawa at 6:30 p.m. at Mendota Northbrook School.

In the eighth-grade, the top-seeded Storm defeated No. 8 Mendota , 42-2, and No. 3 Logan beat No. 6 Spring Valley JFK, 38-16. BV will face No. 4 Peru at 5:30 p.m. and Logan will meet No. 2 Ottawa at 7:30 p.m. in Tuesday’s semifinals.

The finals will be held Thursday with the third-place games at 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. followed by the title games at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.