Box: Valmeyer 66, New Athens 44

"I never really thought of myself as being that different," Okawville senior Alayna Kraus said. "Just me being who I am."

"This was one we had to win, we just weren't going to lose," said Highland senior Abby Schultz, who finished with a team high 10 points.

"Our kids knew that we didn't have a very good first half," IWA coach Dan Rolfes said. "We turned up the pressure a little bit in the second half."

The Jaguars beat the Trojans for the first time since 2022 and pulled into a tie for the girls basketball league lead.

“I think it just shows how close this team has been,” Clayton senior Anna Stouffer said.