2013 Girls Basketball State Finals
February F-E-V-E-R as now been
elevated to MARCH M-A-D-N-E-S-S especially in the
State of Illinois and Girls high school basketball,
as the best of the best from Class
3A and
4A have
punched their tickets to play downstate. It's that time again basketball fans.... March Madness time as our calendars turn to March in a couple of days Illinois features the best of the best Girls 3A / 4A basketball teams on one court at Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal - Friday and Saturday, March 1-2. This is the 37th annual edition of this tourney, the 22nd consecutive year that Redbird has served as the host and the sixth year of the four-class system. The following teams are playing downstate CLASS 3A CLASS 4A Illinois Girls Championship Saturday was absolutely FANtastic.... Over 100 days later, two teams were crowned the champ... Class 3A - Quincy Notre Dame; Class 4A - Marian Catholic.
It’s the SHOT heard ALL over the State in the Illinois High School Association Girls 4A championship when sophomore Kauai Bradley grabbed the rebound and put back the winning shot with less than 1 second on the clock for the Spartans (33-1) to seal the victory over Rolling Meadows. “I was just praying the shot went in,” Bradley said after the game. To read more, click here. All you need is a FREE Yahoo! account Class 4A Third Place Game Young 60, Huntley 27 The 2012 Class 4A champs came out playing the way we are used to seeing them play – aggressive and attacking basketball. Back to playing their form of play, the Dolphins (27-5) jumped out to a substantial double digit lead in the first half, 28-9, and took TOTAL control of the game. Senior guard Linnae Harper dominated the first period with 15 points, that was six more points than the entire Red Raiders (26-8) team, who only had 9 at the half. Continue reading... click here. |
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Class 3A Championship
Quincy Notre
Dame 62, Vernon Hills 45 The two-time defending Class 2A girls basketball champion, Quincy Notre Dame, moved up this year and put some distance between them an ALL of the naysayers as they won the 2013 IHSA Girls Class 3A championship Saturday afternoon in Normal against Vernon Hills 62-45. Continue reading... click here. Class 3A Third Place Game Montini 42, Morton 38 Lady Broncos were led by Kelly Karlis, who scored 11 points followed by teammate Pauline Castro who added 9. Junior guard Sara Ross contributed 8 points and 8 boards. Sarah Livingston had the hot hand for the Potters with a natural double-double – she knocked down 16 points and 12 boards. read more... MARCH 1 - SEMI-FINALS Below is this weekends' semi-finals coverage... For more, click here. CLASS 3A
CLASS 4A In the night cap, 4A class will put Huntley (26-6) and Rolling Meadows (29-3) in the opening game, followed immediately by last years champion Whitney Young (28-4) and Marian Catholic (31-1) up against each other.
For THE MOST CURRENT coverage, visit and bookmark our LIVE BLOG at AmateurSports365.comIMPORTANT NOTE The games will air live on the IHSA TV Network (click for local listings) and will also be carried live on the internet at www.IHSA.tv. Fans can also get unprecedented coverage of the state finals on Twitter by following @IHSAState. Lee Hall and ISU legend Jill Hutchison will bring viewers the 3A action and Dave Bernhard and Patricia Babcock McGraw step in to call the 4A games. Matt Rodewald will handle the hosting and sideline duties, along with the Class 3A and 4A finals of the Country Financial Three-Point Showdown on Friday and the Country Financial Queen of the Hill three-point shooting on Saturday, which pits the four class winners head-to-head. You can also listen LIVE to ALL of the game via the Internet by SportsTownChicago.com |
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