Spartans win Regional Championship

BY FRED KRONER
Fred@mahomenews.com

Addy Martinie and Addison Frick both scored six fourth-quarter points on Thursday (Feb. 15) as the St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team held off Kankakee Bishop McNamara, 45-41, in the championship game of the IHSA Class 2A Clifton Central Regional.

Martinie knocked down five three-pointers en route to a team-high 21 points. Frick ended with 11 points.

SJ-O led 18-17, at halftime and 29-28 after three quarters.

Katie Ericksen tallied five points and Sara Kearney finished with four points. Timera Blackburn-Kelley collected three points and Addison Brooks notched a free throw.

SJ-O hit nine three-pointers. Others besides Martinie who made shots from beyond the arc were Frick (two), Blackburn-Kelley (one) and Ericksen (one).

The Spartans connected on 6 of 8 free throws, all in the final quarter. Martinie was 4-for-4 from the charity stripe.

SJ-O (17-11) has won five of its last six games and returns to action on Tuesday (Feb. 20) in the 7:30 p.m. semifinal game of the Iroquois West sectional in Gilman. The third-seeded Spartans will take on top-seeded Peotone.

The schools played on Feb. 6 with Peotone winning by 12 points.