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Girls basketball: Princeton Logan Lions roar to 7th grade SRC championship

By Kevin Hieronymus
Princeton Logan Junior High captured the seventh-grade SRC girls basketball championship, defeating top seed Bureau Valley 34-13 Wednesday night at LaSalle. Team members are (front row, from left) Kaylee Tanner, Marilyn Scanland, Payton Brandt, Anna Ellis and Piper Hansen; and (back row) coach Kellie Brandt, Jocelyn Strouss, Willow Anderson, Avaya Koning, Eryn Crowder, Annie Thompson, Kinley Fogarty and coach Darcy Kepner.

Princeton Logan Junior High captured the seventh-grade SRC girls basketball championship, defeating top seed Bureau Valley 34-13 Wednesday night at LaSalle. Team members are (front row, from left) Kaylee Tanner, Marilyn Scanland, Payton Brandt, Anna Ellis and Piper Hansen; and (back row) coach Kellie Brandt, Jocelyn Strouss, Willow Anderson, Avaya Koning, Eryn Crowder, Annie Thompson, Kinley Fogarty and coach Darcy Kepner. (Photo contributed)

Princeton Logan Junior High defeated top seed Bureau Valley 34-13 to capture the 7th grade SRC championship Wednesday night in LaSalle.

Avaya Koning led the No. 2 Lions with 10 points with Payton Brandt adding eight and Anna Ellis six.

The Lions reached the championship by defeating Streator 44-15 and Peru 39-9.

In the eighth-grade tournament, No. 1 Ottawa defeated No. 2 Bureau Valley 40-25 for first place. Scorers for the Storm were Libby Endress (10), Dani Morris (6), Sierrah Taylor (6) and Mya Nugent (3).

Logan beat host LaSalle Lincoln 27-6 for third place in the eighth-grade tournament Thursday.