Strong first half propels Lady Bruins

SPRING VALLEY -- The St. Bede Lady Bruins used a pivotal first half dominating performance to cruise to a 64-43 victory over their nearby neighbor, the LaSalle-Peru Lady Cavaliers Tuesday night, in non-conference girls basketball action. Trailing 7-6, early -- L-P's only, brief lead of the game, came at the 5:05 mark of the first period on a Lisa's Ghighi offensive putback -- the Lady Bruins scored the game's next 14 points to take control for good. "That's nice, wow," St. Bede coach Tom McGunnigal. "That's one thing we talked about, coming out of the lockerroom at the start, was coming out with intensity. At the end of the first quarter, I knew that we'd been on a run, but I didn't realize it was 14-0." McGunnigal was more impressed the