St. Edward wears crown at Dakota
The St. Edward girls basketball team couldn't ask for any more momentum than it has right now, and right now is when it's needed.
The Green Wave won two more games Saturday to finish the Dakota Thanksgiving Tournament 5-0, winning the championship for the first time.
After handling River Ridge 49-26 in its first game of the day, the Wave came back and knocked off Class 1A No. 2 Freeport Aquin 50-41 in the championship game.
"We had a great day today," said St. Edward coach Michelle Dawson. "Both games were absolutely team wins. Aquin's a team that's not going to go away and they made a couple runs at us but we were able to keep our composure and withstand them.
"Our defense really carried us through. Our girls kept their composure and we had a good tournament all the way around."
Callie Johnson had 19 points to lead the way against River Ridge, while Alex Lee added 12 and Maddie Kerr had 10. Against Aquin, Rena Ranallo had 13 points with Johnson and Kerr adding 10 each. Katherine Von Ahnen had 8 points in the title game. Kerr was named to the all-tournament team.
St. Edward will take its momentum from Dakota into its home opener Tuesday night against Montini. The defending 3A state champs are ranked No. 2 in the Daily Herald Top 20 but lost to Geneva Saturday 45-42.
Bartlett 67, Metea Valley 43: The Hawks moved to 6-0 on the season and closed out the Naperville Central/Benet tournament with this win over Metea. Haley Videckis struck for 29 points for Bartlett, while Kristin Conniff had 12 points and 4 rebounds.
Huntley 44, Minooka 34: San Andrews had 16 points to lead Huntley to a win and a 3-1 record at the WarHawk tournament at Waubonsie Valley. Kayla Linthicum added 9 points and 3 steals for the Red Raiders (3-2), while Haley Ream had 8 points and 10 rebounds.
Pittsfield 42, Jacobs 38: Lauren Grady had 16 points and Amy Becker 10 for Jacobs at the Quincy Tournament.
Quincy 42, Jacobs 30: Jess Tennant and Amy Becker had 9 points each for the Golden Eagles (0-4) at Quincy.