IHSA Girls Dundee-Crown Supersectional: Rockford Christian gets a blowout of North Shore Country Day in Class 1A, Rolling Meadows gets a tight win over Carmel Catholic is Class 4A!!

Big Tim
13 hours ago
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Senior Shea Ludwig of Rochford Christian outscores North Shore Country Day by herself with a double/double. Eastern Illinois commit Dalia Grandberry of Rolling Meadows with a double/double outduels freshman sensation Liv Johnson of Carmel Catholic who was in foul trouble all night.

Christian (Rockford) 52 North Shore Country Day (Winnetka) 20:

Rockford Christian has double digit losses on their record playing a tough schedule. It prepared them for this point as they jumped on North Shore Country Day early and never let up. A lot of fouls were called in the first quarter as both teams were in the double bonus. More were called on North Shore Country day as Ludwig lived at the free throw line hitting 9 of 10 from the stripe in the quarter. Rockford Christian led 21-6 at the end of first quarter, and 37-10 at recess. Ludwig had 19 points at halftime. Led 50-18 at the end of thrid quarter which precipitated a running clock. Northshore Country Day shot 8/46 from the floor for 17.4% and 0/16 from three.

Rockford Christian ups it's record to 25-11 and advanes to State Semifinals at Illinois State University in Bloomington/Normal on Thursday. Opponent will be Deer Creek Macinaw.

North Shore Country Day ends season at 17-7 and are slated to have three starters back next season.

Top performers:

Rockford Christian:

Senior Shea Ludwig 26 points 11 rebounds 2 steals

Senior Lucy Gargani 7 points 4 rebounds 6 steals

Junior Teagan Lawver 10 points 8 rebounds 3 blocks

Northshore Country Day:

Senior Reese Meyers 4 points 2 steals 1 block

Sophomore Leila Kvamme 4 points

Junior Claire Borovicka 4 points 1 block

Rolling Meadows 41 Carmel Catholic (Mundelein) 37:

This was a tough back and forth game as foul trouble decided this as well as big three shots in the third quarter by senior Abby Ramel gave Rolling Meadows the seperation they needed. She hit three in a row to give Rolling Meadows a 7 point lead in a low scoring game. Key points were Johnson getting her third foul with 3 minutes to go in the first half, then her fourth in the middle of the third quarter. Meantime Grandberry was doing some elite rim protecting. Blocked 4 shots and altered many others. Carmel had a 10-7 lead after the first quarter and 22-16 at recess even with Johnson and senior Maron Bowes foul trouble. Third quarter changed the game was Rolling Meadows had a 16-5 advantage to lead 32-27 at the end of it. Carmel still had chances and cut it to three with 11 seconds left, came down looking for the tying shot but turned the ball over. Grandberry went 1/2 from the free throw line with 4.1 seconds left to clinch it.

Rolling Meadows ups it's record to 22-10 advances to State Semifinals at Illinois State University in Bloomington/Normal on Friday. Opponent will be Loyola Academy (Wilmette).

Carmel Catholic (Mundelein) ends season at 25-10. Freshman Liv Johnson has a bright future, the daughter of former Illinois and Maine West (Des Plaines) star Lucas Johnson had a bad shooting night affected by foul trouble.

Top performers:

Rolling Meadows:

Senior Abby Ramel 18 points 3 blocks