“It’s really cool to win three in a row,” Zumwalt West senior Heidi Pickett said.
"This win puts us on the map and shows we can play with any team," Loganne Love said.
"Back then, you couldn't talk about girls basketball without someone saying Thad Strobach," former Visitation athletics director Judie Stahl said.
Alton uses its size advantage to down Breese Central 60-56 in the title game of the 46th annual Mascoutah Invitational.
The Red Knights won their 138th successive game and eighth Visitation title in a row.
“I’ve always just been a player that’s gonna attack downhill when I can,” MICDS senior point guard CeCe Harris said.
Lift for Life (7-2), which won the Class 4 state title last season, faces Incarnate Word, the Class 6 champion, in the title match at 7 p.m. Saturday.
LADUE — The offensive maturation of Madison Blomenkamp is in full swing.
WATERLOO — The Waterloo Holiday girls basketball tournament got underway Thursday.
St. Dominic (6-1) will play University City (5-3) in a semifinal game at 4 p.m. Friday.
Civic Memorial remained unbeaten at 12-0 and is off to its best start since the 2021-2022 team won its initial 13 games.
The 50th annual Visitation Academy Christmas Tournament got underway on Saturday with eight first-round games.
Alton coach Deserea Howard said: “I’m happy we stayed with it."
"Her dedication is unbelievable," Incarnate Word's Peyton Hill said of teammate Addi Owen.
Mater Dei senior center Alyssa Koerkenmeier set to lead Knights on path to state tournament before heading off to St. Louis University.
Read about some of the St. Louis area's top high school girls basketball players to watch this season.
BELLEVILLE — With Principia’s leading scorer on the bench having fouled out, Nya Walker connected on just one shot but it was a big one at the right time for the Panthers.
“It’s always nice to win,” Lindbergh coach Michelle Pittroff said. “We got off on the right foot. It was a battle tonight and we grinded it out."
“It felt good to win this tournament last year,” Addie Gansauer said. “But it’s great to win this year and know that I was able to contribute to the win.”
The girls high school basketball season gets underway this week with two traditional tournaments.
Incarnate Word coach Dan Rolfes, who is recovering from a heart attack, has cherished watching former player Napheesa Collier in the WNBA Finals.
"Always remember where you came from," former St. Joseph's athletics director Michaela Witcher said Saturday. "One of the best schools in the country."
"He brings a wealth of experience, knowledge and success to the program," Angels athletics director Maureen McVey said.
A 1979 St. Joseph's grad, Julie Matheny began as an assistant in 1992 and took over as head coach in 1999 of the Angels girls basketball program.
The girls basketball coach, who suffered a heart attack at the state tournament, will undergo outpatient physical therapy.
Read about the St. Louis area's top high school girls basketball players and their accomplishments throughout the 2023-24 season.
Incarnate Word Academy junior point guard Nevaeh Caffey is the Post-Dispatch All-Metro girls basketball player of the year.
The Hawks went 28-3 under Chantell Polk this season and won the Class 4 girls basketball state championship, the program's second title in four seasons.
Dan Rolfes is listed as "stable with small signs of improvement" according to a release from the school's president. He is still in the intensive care unit.
With longtime coach Dan Rolfes in the intensive care unit of a hospital across the street, Incarnate Word persevered to win to its seventh straight state title.
Check out some of the best performances produced by St. Louis area high school athletes last week.
Check out some of the best performances produced by St. Louis area high school athletes last week.
Check out some of the best performances produced by St. Louis area high school athletes last week.