DUPO– Waterloo Gibault handled to stand up to an Ocean’s fury on Saturday afternoon.
2 3-pointers, with a 2 simply inside the arc in between, brought 8 points from junior Ocean Bland in a 60-second stretch that offered the East Alton-Wood River Oilers a 12-0 lead with 5:30 left in the very first quarter.
However the Hawks would draw within a point after one quarter and lead by halftime with an extended rally that beat the Oilers 44-35 on Saturday afternoon in the national championship of the Cat Traditional ladies basketball competition at Dupo High School.
Gibault, in the Cat Traditional title video game for the very first time because losing to Dad McGivney in 2017, enhances to 3-0 for the very first time because breaking at 5-0 in 2000. EA-WR, rejected its very first Cat Traditional title because beating McGivney in 2018, is 2-1.
Bland ended up with 10 indicate lead the Oilers, who got 8 points from Kaylynn Buttry and 6 points from Mia Plumb. EA-WR’s fast 12-point lead was lowered to 12-11 after one quarter and Gibault utilized a 20-7 2nd quarter to lead 31-19 at the half.
Gibault junior Kailynne Small struck 3 3-pointers and led all scorers with 15 points. Alma Freixes Sanchez and Bri Baldridge both scored 7 points and Karmon Grohmann cracked in 6 points for the Hawks.
Roxana 40, Metro-East Lutheran 24 — The Shells recovered from a semifinal defeat to EA-WR to beat the Knights to take 3rd location at the Cat Traditional. Roxana is 2-1. MEL is 1-2.
The Shells, without a senior on a 13-player lineup with 6 juniors and 7 freshmen, buried the Knights with a 20-2 second-quarter rise that made Roxana’s halftime lead 30-6.
” We have a great deal of freshmen and underclassmen getting playing time today,” Roxana coach Brian Diskin stated. “I have actually been dealing with a great deal of the ladies because they remained in 6th grade. I understand what their capacity might be, so it’s enjoyable enjoying it form.”
Junior Kinsley Mouser scored 9 points, with juniors Laynie Gehrs and Ava Strohmeier both getting 8 points for the Shells.
” It’s certainly a huge self-confidence booster for the start of the season,” Gehrs stated. “We wished to come out strong this year and this competition did that for us.”
MEL was led by 8 points from Kate Jose and 7 points from Sarah Huber.
” It was an excellent way to end the competition,” Diskin stated. “It was an excellent group win.”
