Bureau Valley avenged an earlier loss to Princeton Logan by defeating the Lions 35-17 to capture the seventh-grade girls basketball championship of the Starved Rock Conference Tournament Thursday night in Peru.

The Storm ran away to a 21-4 halftime lead. Leading scorers for the Storm were Tinley Yepsen (12), Mya Wallace (8), Kaylee Jamison (6) and Kinley Gruber (6).

Bureau Valley reached the finals by defeating No. 7 Spring Valley 34-2 and No. 3 Ottawa 34-9.

In the eighth-grade finals, No. 2 Ottawa upset No. 1 Spring Valley JFK 25-17.

In third-place games, No. 3 Ottawa defeated No. 4 Mendota 25-21 in the seventh grade while No. 3 Princeton topped No. 5 Peru 51-33 in the eighth grade.

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