Southwestern Girls 8th Grade Take Second In State - Game Video!

GERMANTOWN HILLS - Southwestern’s girls made it a game to the end in the IESA 8-3A Girls Basketball Championship against  Teutopolis on Thursday.

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Southwestern lost 28-23 in a nip-and-tuck game that could have gone either way at the end.

Addie Green, impressive all season, led Southwestern with 11 points. Morgan Durham had 4 points, Whitney Keith added 3 points, while Hannah Nixon and Cami Bolin had 2 points and Laura Lei Hewitt had 1 point.

Grace Tegeler led T-Town with 9 points, while teammate Isabella Hardiek scored 8 points, making 6 of 7 free-throw attempts, critical in the win.

Southwestern’s head girls coach Steve Wooley said his girls were behind in the first half by 8-4 and 16-7 margins and didn’t shoot well in the first half. In the second half, he said he was proud his team came back and made a game of it.

“We made a run and put ourselves in position to win,” Wooley said.

The coach said he looks forward to 2018-2019 with these girls on his young Southwestern High School team. 

Green, a talented eighth-grader, said she was disappointed to win, but she thanked her teammates for such a wonderful season and placing second in state.

Nixon echoed Green’s comments and said she enjoys the defensive side of the game and looks forward to high school basketball.

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