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Baseball and softball: IHSA postseason pairings announced

Bureau Valley sent to Class 2A Princeton Regional in baseball; BV, Princeton sent to 2A Rock Falls Regional in softball

By Kevin Hieronymus
St. Bede's Reagan Stoudt lets go of a pitch to Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell on Monday, April 29, 2024 at St. Bede Academy.

St. Bede's Reagan Stoudt lets go of a pitch to Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell on Monday, April 29, 2024 at St. Bede Academy. The Bruins will host their own regional, this year in Class 2A coming off a state championship in Class 1A. (Scott Anderson)

IHSA postseason pairings for baseball and softball were released Wednesday afternoon. Rivals Bureau Valley and Princeton were sent to the same regionals in both sports. Here’s a rundown of Bureau County area regionals.

Baseball

1A St. Bede Regional: The Bruins (16-11) will take the No. 3 seed into their own regional facing No. 7 Princeville at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 16.

The regional gets underway Monday, May 13 with No. 8 Putnam County (6-14) hosting No. 9 Midland (7-17-1). Their winner will meet No. 2 Ridgewood (15-5) in a semifinal at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15

The regional championship will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 18.

2A Princeton Regional: As expected, No. 1 Sherrard (17-3) and No. 4 Bureau Valley (11-10) will join the host No. 5 Tigers (7-9) in regional play. Princeton will host No. 8 Rockridge (8-13) while No. 6 Monmouth-Roseville (10-12) will host No. 7 Aledo Mercer County in May 13 quarterfinal games.

No. 1 Sherrard, which won last year’s regional at Princeton, will draw the Monmouth-Roseville/Mercer County winner on May 15 while the Storm await the winner between Princeton and Rockridge on Thursday, May 16.

The regional final will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 18 at Prather Field.

2A Hall Regional: The No. 3 Red Devils (13-8) will face No. 9 Kewanee (6-13) at 6:30 p.m. on May 15 at Kirby Park in Spring Valley. The first semifinal of the day will match No. 2 Chillicothe IVC (15-9) against the winner of Monday’s quarterfinal between No. 11 Knoxville at No. 10 Orion.

The regional championship will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 18.

Softball

1A St. Bede Regional: The Bruins (18-2), who are the defending 1A state champions, were bumped to 2A this year. They will take the No. 1 seed into their own regional, awaiting the winner of the May 13 quarterfinal game between No. 10 Fieldcrest and host No. 9 Hall in semifinal play at 5 p.m. on May 14.

The second semifinal will pit No. 4 Manito Midwest Central vs. No. 8 El Paso-Gridley at 5 p.m. on May 15.

The regional championship will be held at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 17 at Abbot Philip Davey Field.

2A Rock Falls Regional: No. 7 Bureau Valley (11-8) will host No. 8 Erie-Prophetstown (6-12) in a regional quarterfinal at 4:30 p.m. on May 13. Their winner will advance to face No. 2 Morrison (14-7) at 4:30 p.m. in semifinal play on May 14 at Rock Falls.

No. 3 Princeton (13-6) and No. 6 Rock Falls (10-13) will meet at 4:30 p.m. on May 15 in the second semifinal.

The regional championship is set for 4:30 p.m. on May 17.

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