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1997 Class AA Girls Summary

Boys - Girls | 1996 — 1998

Wilmette (Loyola Academy)
State Champions
Front row, left to right: Manager Lindsey Schaefer, Manager Adam Braeback, Devin McCue, Jackie Sadowski, Katie Murphy, Megan Finn, Manager Jim Nelsen. Back row: Assistant Coach Cindy Cernech, Laura Sobieszczyk, Kristina Santa, Carolyn Proesel, Olga Gvozdenovic, Elizabeth Fletcher, Jeanette Paukert, Erin Munroe, Head Coach Tanya Johnson.

Box Scores of All Games
Super-Sectionals
Galesburg (H.S.) 76, Belvidere 56
Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) 50, Joliet (Twp.) 49
Buffalo Grove 57, Wheaton (W. Warrenville South) 41
Taylorville 80, Paris 71
Chicago (Marshall) 49, Chicago (Young) 44
Chicago (Mother McAuley) 57, Hinsdale (Central) 54
Normal (Community West) 60, Springfield (H.S.) 44
Wilmette (Loyola Academy) 56, Lincolnshire (Stevenson) 25
Quarterfinals
Galesburg (H.S.) 66, Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) 42
Taylorville 69, Buffalo Grove 61
Chicago (Marshall) 75, Chicago (Mother McAuley) 44
Wilmette (Loyola Academy) 62, Normal (Community West) 49
Semifinals
Taylorville 67, Galesburg (H.S.) 61
Wilmette (Loyola Academy) 70, Chicago (Marshall) 61
Third Place
Chicago (Marshall) 80, Galesburg (H.S.) 61
Final
Wilmette (Loyola Academy) 59, Taylorville 40

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Wilmette (Loyola Academy)   Tanya Johnson            31-2   1952
2  Taylorville                 Carol Wilson             34-1    915
3  Chicago (Marshall)          Dorothy Gaters           26-6   1766
4  Galesburg (H.S.)            Evan Massey              33-2   1604
   Buffalo Grove               Tom Dineen               29-3   1744
   Chicago (Mother McAuley)    Barbara Edwards          23-8   3928
   Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)     Sandy Todd               25-6   2249
   Normal (Community West)     Berny Chiaro             30-1   1162
   Belvidere                   Ron Wallace              24-7   1518
   Chicago (Young)             Arthur Penny             25-4   1946
   Hinsdale (Central)          Steve Gross              23-7   1821
   Joliet (Twp.)               Gerry Edwards            24-8   4482
   Lincolnshire (Stevenson)    Frank Mattucci          14-18   2958
   Paris                       Tom Punzelt              25-5    810
   Springfield (H.S.)          Dave Urish               23-8   1317
   Wheaton (W. Warrenville Sou Jim Allured              28-5   1998

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Olga Gvozdenovic, Wilmette (Loyola Academy)     3  33   0  13  79
Kristin Santa, Wilmette (Loyola Academy)        3  22  12  17  73
Sabrina Minter, Chicago (Marshall)              3  25   0  14  64
Allison Curtin, Taylorville                     3  28   0   7  63
Kourtney Walton, Chicago (Marshall)             3  14   3  16  47
Molly Watson, Galesburg (H.S.)                  3  14   7   7  42
Sarah Larson, Galesburg (H.S.)                  3  14   0  12  40
Christina Evans, Chicago (Marshall)             3  15   0   7  37
Melanie Pendergrass, Galesburg (H.S.)           3  13   8   0  34
Alexis Givens, Taylorville                      3  17   0   0  34

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Allison Curtin, Taylorville                  5-9    Jr.    
Olga Gvozdenovic, Wilmette (Loyola Academy)  6-2    So.    
Sabrina Minter, Chicago (Marshall)           5-7    Jr.    
Kristin Santa, Wilmette (Loyola Academy)     5-8    Sr.    
Molly Watson, Galesburg (H.S.)               5-4    Sr.

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Glenview (Glenbrook South)              26-0
 2  Galesburg (H.S.)                        27-0
 3  Taylorville                             27-0
 4  Wilmette (Loyola Academy)               21-2
 5  Chicago (Young)                         21-3
 6  Chicago (Marshall)                      19-5
 7  Des Plaines (Maine West)                24-2
 8  Normal (Community West)                 24-0
 9  Buffalo Grove                           23-2
10  Country Club Hills (Hillcrest)          23-1
11  Chicago (Resurrection)                  18-4
12  Rock Island (H.S.)                      23-1
13  Orland Park (Sandburg)                  24-3
14  Lake Zurich                             23-3
15  Chicago (Mother McAuley)                16-6
16  Paris                                   21-4

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