10 Sports 10 • Thursday, February 27, 2014
Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com
Boys basketball roundup
IHSA girls state tournaments
Bruins outlast Midland, face PC
1A girls
By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com The St. Bede Bruins lived for another day Monday night in the Marquette 1A regional action at Marseilles, defeating Midland 48-46 in overtime. Jarrett Olson, who has made a living of heroics this season, hit a 3-pointer with 11.1 seconds at the end of regulation to tie the game at 39. Olson gave the Bruins a 47-46 lead with a layup with 23.2 second left in overtime and added a free throw to cap the Bruins victory. He finished with a game-high 23 points. The Bruins (17-12) advanced to face top-seeded Putnam County (21-8) in Wednesday’s semifinals. Midland bowed out at 12-17. Marquette 71, DePue 67: The Little Giants proved to not be what the Crusaders thought they were in Monday’s regional play. The Little Giants completely changed their game plan after losing to the Crusaders by 15 points Saturday, playing man to man defense instead of zone and play an uptempo style of offense. That switch worked well for the Little Giants, who led 33-30 at halftime and as much as five early in the third quarter. Marquette (17-11), which advanced to face No. 2 seed Henry on Wednesday, used a 12-1 run to go up 54-41 early in the fourth quarter. “On Saturday, we played a zone the whole game last time, and they tore us up,” DePue coach Charlie Klinefelter told the Ottawa Times. “So, I said let’s just have a little fun and do a little run-and-gun, see what happens and try to get back on defense in a man-to-man the full game. I was wor-
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Photo courtesy Bob Jagers, Annawan Super Fan
The Annawan Bravettes are returning to the IHSA 1A State Tournament, defeating Cissna Park 71-52 in the Bloomington Super-Sectional Monday Night. The No. 1 ranked Bravettes will face Lanark Eastland at 2 p.m. Friday at Redbird Arena. Annawan placed third in 2013.
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From Page 9 ankle a year ago. Annawan got off to a fast start behind Morgan VanHyfte, who scored 19 points in the first quarter to spark the Bravettes to an 18-10 lead. The Bravettes held a 36-22 lead at halftime, struggling to find their mark a bit (13 of 34 from the floor) at the Shirk Center, which has not exactly been the friendly confines for the Bravettes. They were 1-1 in previous super-sectional contests and 2-4 overall, including the State Farm Classic tournament. “I said at halftime, everybody has been thinking it but nobody has mentioned it, we struggle shooting here. We have to go down low to Celina and play off of her,” Burkiewicz said. “We couldn’t get anything to fall early so we went to our all-stater, and she took care of us tonight.” What the VanHyfte sisters didn’t provide, senior Cearra Davis did, adding 15
Close company Annawan will be joined by neighbor Prophetstown in Normal this weekend. The Lady Prophets earned their first trip to state, defeating El Paso-Gridley 58-58 at the Monmouth Super-Sectional. Clare Kramer scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Lady Prophets outscored EP-G 14-4 in the second quarter. The BCR will take a look at the neighboring schools’ connection in Saturday’s paper. Both could bring home State championship though located just 20 miles apart.
points to the mix. Cissna Park (22-9) managed to close within 11 at 38-29 in the third and 55-44 early in the fourth, but the Bravettes were able to pull ahead to victory. Davis (15 points) converted a 3-point play and Celina VanHyfte scored to put the Bravettes back ahead 60-44. Comment on this story at www. bcrnews.com
Team to beat: Annawan (29-4). Pairings: Friday - Game 1: Carrollton (24-6) vs. Mowequa Central A&M (27-5), 12:15 p.m. Game 2: Annawan (28-4) vs. Lanark Eastland (28-5), 2 p.m. Saturday - Third place: losers 1-2, 12:15 p.m. Title: winners 1-2. 2 p.m. BCR insider: Annawan returns to Normal with four starters from last year’s third-place team. It has been ranked No. 1 since the preseason and primed to stay there. All-Stater Celina VanHyfte teamed up with Cearra Davis in the sectional finals, each scoring 29 points against Putnam County. VanHyfte (22) and her sister Morgan (20) powered the Bravettes to the Super-Sectional win over Cissna Park. ... Eastland, which beat Amboy 55-54 for the sectional championship, makes its first state tournament appearance. Kevin Hieronymus’ prediction: Annawan over Mowequa Central A&M.
2A girls state
Team to beat: Champaign St. Thomas More (31-2). Pairings: Friday - Game 1: Champaign St. Thomas More (31-2) vs. Teutopolis (28-5), 6:30 p.m. Game 2: Elmhurst Immaculate Conception (25-6) vs. Prophetstown (29-2), 8:15 p.m. Saturday - Third place: losers 1-2, 6:30 p.m. Title: winners 1-2, 8:15 p.m. BCR insider: St. Thomas More returns to Normal, having placed second in 2013, falling to Nashville 42-29 in last year’s state title game. The Sabers ride a 21-game win streak, having not lost since Dec. 14 to 4A power Chicago Whitney Young. They are 63-5 over the past two seasons, much in part to Tori McCoy, a 6-4 sophomore, averaging 18.7 points and 9.1 rebounds. ... Prophetstown has rewarded longtime coach Don Robinson his first state appearance in his 37th year. EIC also makes its first state appearance. Teutopolis, on the other hand, makes its 15th. The Lady Shoes have claimed five state championships, the last coming in 1995, and four seconds. ... Prophetstown has won its last 23 games. Kevin Hieronymus’ prediction: STM over Prophetstown.
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