Shepherd women’s basketball plays hard at SRC tournament
The eighth-grade Rams went undefeated (17-0) this season while beating Bureau Valley 40-25 to claim the Starved Rock Conference Tournament championship. Shepherd was led by Ashlynn Ganiere (20 points, six rebounds), Reese Purcell (six points), Karsyn Moore (six points) and Alaina Schulz (four) points. The Rams reached the title game with a 42-13 semifinal win over La Salle Lincoln.
The seventh-year team fell to top seed Bureau Valley 20-18 in the semifinals, but bounced back to defeat Peru Parkside 16-9 in the third-place game. Against BV, Kennedy Kane had 10 points and Chloe Thrush had five points and eight rebounds. In the win over Parkside, Kane had 12 points, Thrush four points and 10 rebounds.
Marquette Academy eighth-grade women’s basketball wins
Marquette Academy’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team, led by 18 points from Morgan Collins, 10 from Anna Hjerpe and eight from Hunter Hopkins, recently defeated Pontiac St. Mary’s 41-8,
