Bureau Valley, Fulton volleyball teams to meet for regional title at St. Bede

St. Bede took on a big hitting team from Fulton with a Division I recruit and while it battled, in the end the No. 1-seeded Steamers were too much to tame as the No. 7 Bruins fell 25-19, 25-16 in the first Class 1A St. Bede Regional semifinal Wednesday in Peru.In the second match, No. 4 seed Bureau Valley took down No. 5 Marquette 25-20, 25-17.Fulton (30-5) and Bureau Valley (26-7-1) will each take long winning streaks into the final at 6 p.m. Thursday. The Steamers have won 20 matches in a row, while the Storm have won 14 straight.Fulton def. St. Bede 25-19, 25-16: The Bruins kept things tight early on with Kijah Lucas putting down a kill.Fulton’s Kerby Germann raised some eyebrows with a power shot as the score was tied at 8.“We knew we would have to play some solid offense tonight,” Fulton coach Stacy Germann said. “St. Bede is a good team and when we get the good set up to our big hitters, it’s almost a guaranteed kill for us, but they made us work for it.”Chloe Wilkin put down a k