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Girls Basketball Class AA State Final Results
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1997-98 
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 Wilmette (Loyola) 62, East St. Louis (Lincoln) 48
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East St. Louis (Linc vs Wilmette (Loyola)              03/07/98  8:00pm      
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HOME TEAM: Wilmette (Loyola)   TIME   SCORE  MAR  VISITORS: East St. Louis (Lin
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made JUMPER by GVOZDENOVIC,O   07:42   2-0   H 2                                
                               07:07   2-2   T 1  made JUMPER by COLE,Lakeisha  
made JUMPER by GVOZDENOVIC,O   06:48   4-2   H 2                                
                               06:35   4-4   T 2  made JUMPER by WALKER,Kyetta  
                               06:02   4-6   V 2  made JUMPER by COLE,Lakeisha  
                               05:35   4-8   V 4  made JUMPER by ADAMS,Rita     
                               05:19              FOUL on ECKFORD,Syret(P1T1)   
--- MEDIA TIMEOUT ---          04:59                                            
                               04:42              FOUL on POWELL,Monica(P1T2)   
                               04:26   4-10  V 6  made JUMPER by COLE,Lakeisha  
made LAYUP by  PAUKERT,Jeane   04:10   6-10  V 4                                
made JUMPER by GVOZDENOVIC,O   03:38   8-10  V 2                                
made LAYUP by  PAUKERT,Jeane   02:45  10-10  T 3                                
made 3-PNTR by PAUKERT,Jeane   01:46  13-10  H 3                                
                               01:02  13-12  H 1  made LAYUP by  COLE,Lakeisha  
made JUMPER by SOBIESZCZYK,L   00:37  15-12  H 3                                
made JUMPER by SOBIESZCZYK,L   00:09  17-12  H 5                                
  
SCORE: Wilmette (Loyola)               17   East St. Louis (Lincoln)       12 
East St. Louis (Linc vs Wilmette (Loyola)              03/07/98  8:00pm      
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HOME TEAM: Wilmette (Loyola)   TIME   SCORE  MAR  VISITORS: East St. Louis (Lin
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made JUMPER by GVOZDENOVIC,O   07:42  19-12  H 7                                
                               07:23  19-14  H 5  made LAYUP by  ECKFORD,Syret  
made LAYUP by  GVOZDENOVIC,O   07:10  21-14  H 7                                
made 3-PNTR by MURPHY,Katie    06:20  24-14  H10                                
                               06:06  24-16  H 8  made LAYUP by  ECKFORD,Syret  
                               05:51              FOUL on POWELL,Monica(P2T3)   
made JUMPER by GVOZDENOVIC,O   05:47  26-16  H10                                
                               05:41              --- 20sec TIMEOUT ---         
                               05:29  26-18  H 8  made JUMPER by ADAMS,Rita     
made 3-PNTR by SOBIESZCZYK,L   05:07  29-18  H11                                
FOUL on GVOZDENOVIC,O(P1T1)    04:53                                            
                               04:53              --- MEDIA TIMEOUT ---         
                               04:04              FOUL on ECKFORD,Lolet(P1T4)   
made F THROW by GVOZDENOVIC,O  04:04  30-18  H12                                
made F THROW by GVOZDENOVIC,O  04:04  31-18  H13                                
                               03:54  31-21  H10  made 3-PNTR by WALKER,Kyetta  
                               03:39              FOUL on ADAMS,Rita   (P1T5)   
                               02:42  31-23  H 8  made JUMPER by COLE,Lakeisha  
                               02:00  31-25  H 6  made LAYUP by  COLE,Lakeisha  
made LAYUP by  FLETCHER,Eliz   01:40  33-25  H 8                                
made JUMPER by MURPHY,Katie    01:05  35-25  H10                                
                               00:55  35-27  H 8  made LAYUP by  ADAMS,Rita     
made LAYUP by  PAUKERT,Jeane   00:35  37-27  H10                                
                               00:30              FOUL on ECKFORD,Lolet(P2T6)   
made F THROW by PAUKERT,Jeane  00:30  38-27  H11                                
  
SCORE: Wilmette (Loyola)               38   East St. Louis (Lincoln)       27 
East St. Louis (Linc vs Wilmette (Loyola)              03/07/98  8:00pm      
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HOME TEAM: Wilmette (Loyola)   TIME   SCORE  MAR  VISITORS: East St. Louis (Lin
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                               07:27  38-29  H 9  made JUMPER by COLE,Lakeisha  
made JUMPER by GVOZDENOVIC,O   07:13  40-29  H11                                
                               06:02  40-31  H 9  made JUMPER by ADAMS,Rita     
--- TIMEOUT # 1 ---            05:54                                            
                               05:34              FOUL on COLE,Lakeisha(P1T1)   
missd F THROW by MURPHY,Katie  05:34                                            
missd F THROW by MURPHY,Katie  05:34                                            
                               05:24  40-33  H 7  made JUMPER by ADAMS,Rita     
                               05:07              FOUL on POWELL,Monica(P3T2)   
                               05:01              FOUL on ECKFORD,Syret(P2T3)   
made F THROW by GVOZDENOVIC,O  05:01  41-33  H 8                                
made F THROW by GVOZDENOVIC,O  05:01  42-33  H 9                                
                               04:44  42-35  H 7  made JUMPER by COLE,Lakeisha  
                               04:09  42-37  H 5  made JUMPER by COLE,Lakeisha  
made 3-PNTR by PAUKERT,Jeane   02:40  45-37  H 8                                
FOUL on GVOZDENOVIC,O(P2T1)    02:22                                            
                               02:22  45-38  H 7  made F THROW by ECKFORD,Syret 
                               02:22              missd F THROW by ECKFORD,Syret
made JUMPER by GVOZDENOVIC,O   02:07  47-38  H 9                                
                               01:32  47-40  H 7  made JUMPER by COLE,Lakeisha  
                               01:05              FOUL on ECKFORD,Syret(P3T4)   
made F THROW by GVOZDENOVIC,O  01:05  48-40  H 8                                
made F THROW by GVOZDENOVIC,O  01:05  49-40  H 9                                
                               00:45  49-43  H 6  made 3-PNTR by ADAMS,Rita     
made LAYUP by  PAUKERT,Jeane   00:14  51-43  H 8                                
  
SCORE: Wilmette (Loyola)               51   East St. Louis (Lincoln)       43 
East St. Louis (Linc vs Wilmette (Loyola)              03/07/98  8:00pm      
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HOME TEAM: Wilmette (Loyola)   TIME   SCORE  MAR  VISITORS: East St. Louis (Lin
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                               06:41  51-46  H 5  made 3-PNTR by ADAMS,Rita     
made LAYUP by  GVOZDENOVIC,O   06:07  53-46  H 7                                
made JUMPER by FLETCHER,Eliz   05:49  55-46  H 9                                
                               04:57              FOUL on COLE,Lakeisha(P2T5)   
                               04:57              --- 20sec TIMEOUT ---         
missd F THROW by PAUKERT,Jeane 04:57                                            
made F THROW by PAUKERT,Jeane  04:57  56-46  H10                                
                               04:57              --- MEDIA TIMEOUT ---         
FOUL on FLETCHER,Eliz(P1T2)    04:35                                            
FOUL on MURPHY,Katie (P1T3)    04:22                                            
made LAYUP by  GVOZDENOVIC,O   03:38  58-46  H12                                
                               03:06              FOUL on ECKFORD,Syret(P4T6)   
                               02:45              FOUL on ECKFORD,Syret(P5T7)   
missd F THROW by GVOZDENOVIC,O 02:45                                            
missd F THROW by GVOZDENOVIC,O 02:45                                            
                               02:08  58-48  H10  made JUMPER by COLE,Lakeisha  
--- TIMEOUT # 1 ---            01:53                                            
                               01:07              FOUL on ADAMS,Rita   (P2T8)   
made F THROW by PAUKERT,Jeane  01:07  59-48  H11                                
made F THROW by PAUKERT,Jeane  01:07  60-48  H12                                
                               00:46              --- TIMEOUT # 1 ---           
                               00:06              FOUL on ECKFORD,Lolet(P3T9)   
made F THROW by GVOZDENOVIC,O  00:06  61-48  H13                                
made F THROW by GVOZDENOVIC,O  00:06  62-48  H14                                
  
SCORE: Wilmette (Loyola)               62   East St. Louis (Lincoln)       48 
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E   T O T A L S                          
East St. Louis (Lincoln) vs Wilmette (Loyola)                                   
03/07/98 8:00pm at Normal, IL ISU - Redbird Arena                               
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VISITORS: East St. Louis (Lincoln) 28-3                                         
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS                         
No.     N A M E           FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP   A TO BLK S MIN
31 ECKFORD,Syretha      f  2  4   0  0   1  2   5  4  9   5   5   0  0  0  0  29
45 POWELL,Monica        f  0  2   0  0   0  0   1  1  2   3   0   0  0  0  0  16
05 ADAMS,Rita           g  7 13   2  7   0  0   1  3  4   2  16   3  1  0  2  32
21 COLE,Lakeisha        g 11 24   0  5   0  0   1  3  4   2  22   2  5  1  0  32
35 WALKER,Kyetta        g  2 10   1  6   0  0   2  2  4   0   5   3  1  0  0  29
25 Hunter,Latosha          0  1   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0   1  1  0  0   3
33 ECKFORD,Loletha         0  1   0  0   0  0   1  1  2   3   0   0  1  1  1  19
TEAM ........................................   4  0  4                         
TOTALS                    22 55   3 18   1  2  15 14 29  15  48   9  9  2  3 160
                                                                                
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-28  .464   2nd Half:  9-27  .333   Game:  .400   DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1- 5  .200   2nd Half:  2-13  .154   Game:  .167   REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half:  0- 0  .000   2nd Half:  1- 2  .500   Game:  .500      0    
                                                                                
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HOME TEAM: Wilmette (Loyola) 36-1                                               
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS                         
No.     N A M E           FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP   A TO BLK S MIN
12 PAUKERT,Jeanette     f  6  9   2  5   4  5   0  1  1   0  18   7  3  0  0 32-
22 FLETCHER,Elizabeth   f  2  4   0  0   0  0   2  3  5   1   4   2  4  0  2  27
24 GVOZDENOVIC,Olga     c 10 17   0  0   8 10   3  7 10   2  28   1  0  2  1 32-
25 SOBIESZCZYK,Laura    g  3 10   1  4   0  0   2  2  4   0   7   4  0  0  1  31
32 MURPHY,Katie         g  2  3   1  1   0  2   0  4  4   1   5   2  2  0  1 32-
04 HELLER,Amy              0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0  0+
05 MURPHY,Nell             0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   1
10 LaFRANCO,Elizabeth      0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0  0+
14 JONES,Meghan            0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0  0+
15 SWITSKI,Christine       0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0   1  1  0  0   5
20 TOREN,Kristen           0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0  0+
30 CHICZEWSKI,Kelly        0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0  0+
TEAM ........................................   1  2  3                         
TOTALS                    23 43   4 10  12 17   8 19 27   4  62  17 10  2  5 160
                                                                                
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-28  .571   2nd Half:  7-15  .467   Game:  .535   DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3- 7  .429   2nd Half:  1- 3  .333   Game:  .400   REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half:  3- 3 1.000   2nd Half:  9-14  .643   Game:  .706      3    
                                                                                
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OFFICIALS:   Steven Alexander, Robert Lau, Leonard Sanford                      
TECHNICAL FOULS:                                                                
East St. Louis (Lincoln)      -  none                                           
Wilmette (Loyola)             -  none                                           
ATTENDANCE:                                                                     
SCORE BY PERIODS:                  1st  2nd  3rd  4th  OT1  OT2   TOTAL         
East St. Louis (Lincoln)            12   15   16    5                48         
Wilmette (Loyola)                   17   21   13   11                62         
                                                                                
Coaching Records:                                                               
Lincoln: Charles McDonald, 15 years (298-81)                                    
Loyola: Tanya Johnson, 4 years, (119-11), overall 14 years (321-75)             
Winning Coach Tanya Johnson, Wilmette (Loyola) 
 
It’s just a sense of accomplishment.  I don’t even know the answer to this, but how many teams win back-to-back titles? 
 
And I didn’t mess it up! 
 
It feels diffferent but the same.  The monkey was on our back all year. They got here and they finished the job. 
 
Olga has the heart of a lion. 
 
Losing Coach Charles McDonald, East St. Louis (Lincoln) 
 
Feel we could have played better but Loyola played a very good game. 
 
There two big girls are excellent ball players.  We tried to keep them off the blocks as much as we could but they did a very good job. 
 
I feel exhausted. 
 
RECORDS TIED: 
Olga Gvozdenovic scored 28 points to tie the Class AA title game record set by Nora Lewis of Peoria (Richwoods) vs. Chicago (Maria) in 1983. 
 
AP All-Tournament Team 
 
First Team 
Olga Gvozdenovic (Jr.), Willmette (Loyola) 
Kourtney Walton (Jr.), Chicago (Marshall) 
Rita Adams (Jr.), East St. Louis (Lincoln) 
LaKeisha Cole (Jr.), East St. Louis (Lincoln) 
Laura Sobieszczek (Jr.), Wilmette (Loyola) 
 
Second Team 
Ruth Kipping (Sr.), Quincy (Sr.) 
Jeannete Paukert (Sr.), Wilmette (Loyola) 
Sarah Kustok (So.), Orland Park (Sandburg) 
Kimya Murray (Jr.), Chicago (Marshall) 
Cappie Pondexter (Fr.), Chicago (Marshall) 
 
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