This Memory Monday looks back at the smiles and moments from the St. Joseph-Ogden girls' basketball team's 2019 third-place finish in Class 2A at state.
Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks
NORMAL - St. Joseph-Ogden's Peyton Crowe hugs teammate Bree Trimble after their Class 2A victory over Hillsboro in the third-place game at the IHSA Girls Basketball State Finals. The Spartans led by as much as 26 points on their way to the program's best finish in school history. Crowe scored 13 points in the win, while Trimble put a team-high 28 points on the board on the way to a 68-53 win on Saturday. SJO ended 2018-19 season with just one loss after January 1, finishing the season 29-5. The team's 14-game winning streak was interrupted in the state semifinal game against Teutopolis a day earlier.
All photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks
TOP LEFT: Getting quality minutes under the lights, freshman Ella Armstrong dribbles to the paint past Hillsboro's Sheridan Lyerla. MIDDLE: Rebounding from their loss to Teutopolis a day earlier in the Class 2A semifinals, Joseph-Ogden's Hannah Dukeman and teammates celebrate ending their season with a huge win. TOP RIGHT: Payton Jacob, also a freshman, loses control of the ball after it was slapped out of her hands by Hillsboro's Nikya Harston. BELOW: With the game well in hand, Armstrong shares a laugh on the bench with teammates. After three more seasons with the Spartans, Armstrong joined the Truman State program for two seasons and transfered to Grandview College where she now a student assistant coach.
Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks
