Week of 12/9 Standout Performers
There were many outstanding individual performances during the week, here are some that caught my eye.
Southwestern Conference:
Sydney Harris Sydney Harris 6'0" | SG Edwardsville | 2022 State IL (2022) of Edwardsville had 22 points and 7 rebounds against Highland in the Edwardsville Shootout. The Lady Tigers avenged the loss from last year in the same event as Harris hit 4 threes and was a perfect 4/4 from the charity stripe. Bella LaPorta Bella LaPorta 6'0" | C Highland | 2021 State IL (2021) had 14 points and 9 rebounds in the loss for Highland. Caite Knutson Caite Knutson 5'5" | CG Collinsville | 2020 State IL (2020) from Collinsville had a big night putting up 22 points with 5 rebounds and 4 steals in a loss to O’Fallon. Kayla Gordon Kayla Gordon 5'10" | CG O'Fallon | 2020 State IL (2020) and Amelia Bell Amelia Bell 6'1" | C O'Fallon | 2021 State IL (2021) each had a good night with Bell getting 15 and Gordon with 14 in the victory for O’Fallon. Knutson has been outstanding on defense for the Lady Kahoks but this was her first big scoring night. She was 9/15 from the field scoring inside and in the mid range. Collinsville also dropped a game to East St. Louis.In that game Jazzman Westly-Young(2022) had 17 points and 13 rebounds for East St. Louis and Kristyn Mitchell Kristyn Mitchell 6'0" | PF Collinsville | 2020 State IL (2020) led Collinsville with 18 points and 9 rebounds. Mitchell is one of the top unsigned 2020 post players in Southern Illinois.
Mississippi Valley Conference:
Anna Hall Anna Hall 5'11" | PF Civic Memorial | 2020 State IL (2020) of Civic Memorial continued her hot start to the season by scoring 22 points and pulling down 9 rebounds in a victory over Triad. Kourtland Tyus Kourtland Tyus 5'10" | CG Civic Memorial | 2020 State IL (2020) added 12 points, 5 assists and 4 steals for CM. Alyssa Powell Alyssa Powell 5'10" | PF Triad | 2022 State IL (2022) from Triad had 20 points in a tough loss to Freeburg. In the victory Haley Kimes(2020) had 18 points and 8 steals and Maddy Schwemmer Maddy Schwemmer 5'9" | SF Freeburg | 2022 State IL (2022) had 18 points and 8 rebounds for Freeburg. In a victory over Waterloo, Mascoutah freshman Sophia Loden Sophia Loden 5'11" | SF Mascoutah | 2023 State IL (2023) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Aubrey Hubbard(2020) had 17 for Waterloo in the loss. Abby Manns(2020) and Clare Breden Clare Breden 5'5" | CG Jerseyville | 2021 State IL (2021) each averaged 12 points per game in a 2-1 week for Jerseyville. A loss to Highland was followed by non conference wins against Alton Marquette and Carrollton for the Lady Panthers..
Prairie State Conference
Abby Williams Abby Williams 5'10" | SF Alton Marquette | 2022 State IL (2022) averaged 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 steals per game in a 2-1 week for Alton Marquette. In a tight win over Beardstown on Saturday, Father McGivney senior Madison Webb(2020) had 21 points on 9/17 shooting. Earlier in the week in a conference win over Nokomis junior sharp shooter Anna McKee Anna McKee 5'8" | SG Father McGivney | 2021 State IL (2021) had 5 threes en route to 19 points. Emma Daniel(2021) from Metro East Lutheran had a career high 20 points in their first victory of the season over Bunker Hill. Aubrey Robinson(2020) had 13 points in a tough loss for East Alton/Wood River.
South Central Conference
Jillian Hamilton Jillian Hamilton 5'11" | SF Pana | 2022 State IL (2022) from Pana had 22 in a key conference win over Gillespie. Keaton Link Keaton Link 5'10" | SG Gillespie | 2021 State IL (2021) continued her excellent season with 12 for Gillespie in the loss. Natalie Iberg Natalie Iberg 5'9" | SF Greenville | 2021 State IL (2021) had 21 and Megan Halleman Megan Halleman 5'5" | C Greenville | 2020 State IL n(2020) 18 in another key conference victory for Greenville over Hillsboro. Nikya Harston(2021) from Hillsboro had a big 16 point game in a home loss to Alton Marquette. Eryn Seal(2021) averaged 13 points per game as Carlinville got back on track with 3 wins last week. She hit 8 three pointers during the week.
Other top performances:
- Haley Kimes(2020) averaged 10 points, 5 assists and 7 steals per game for Freeburg in 3 wins. Haley set a school record with 15 steals in a game the week before.
- Lanie Wolter(2020) scored 24 points and had 5 steals in a win for Mount Zion over Moroa Forsyth.
- Karrington Krabel Karrington Krabel CG Paris | 2020 State IL (2020) from Paris had 16 points and 11 rebounds in a key conference win over Olney. Sarah Isaf Sarah Isaf 5'9" | PF Paris | 2020 State IL from Paris had 31 points and 10 rebounds in that game too.
- Claire Wilhour(2020) from Beardstown had 20 points. 5 rebounds and 4 assists in the loss to Father McGivney.
- Lee Triplett(2023) from Charleston had another great game with 18 points and 14 rebounds in a victory over Mt. Zion
- Mallory Ramage Mallory Ramage 5'11" | CG Mattoon | 2022 State IL (2022) from Mattoon had another outstanding game with 27 points and 7 rebounds.
I am sure there are many outstanding performances that I missed, but here are just a few of the girls putting up big numbers.