Form held on Wednesday during regional semifinal-round play in the Class 3A Antioch Sectional girls basketball tournament, setting up what could be competitive games in Friday’s regional finals, and keeping alive the possibility for a dream sectional next week that would involve area schools Antioch, North Chicago and Vernon Hills.
Friday’s regional-final matchups have top-seeded Antioch playing No. 8. St. Viator from the East Suburban Catholic Conference at 7 p.m. at Wauconda; No. 2 North Chicago facing No. 7 Lakes at 7 at Northside Prep in Chicago; and No. 4 Johnsburg playing No. 5 Regina Dominican on Friday at Elmwood Park.
The other regional that feeds into Antioch’s sectional was a Thursday night game matching No. 3 Vernon Hills against Chicago Latin.
If the favored teams all win regionals, next Tuesday’s sectional semifinals at Antioch will pit Antioch against Johnsburg and North Chicago against Vernon Hills.
In Class 4A, No. 4 Stevenson is alive in the Carmel Regional and will play No. 5 Buffalo Grove for the title on Friday night. The winner will advance to the Palatine Sectional.
The only other area team still playing in 4A was Libertyville, which was scheduled to play top-seeded Palatine Fremd in the Lake Forest Regional final on Thursday night.
Here’s a look at some of Wednesday’s action:
Antioch 78, Chicago Senn 15: The Sequoits (27-3) led 39-2 after one quarter and 59-6 at halftime in the Wauconda Regional semifinals. Fifteen different players scored in the game for the winners, led by sophomore Ashley Reiser’s 13. Carly McCameron had 10 points and Olivia Duehr nine.
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North Chicago 82, DePaul Prep 37: With this easy win over the school that used to be called Gordon Tech, North Chicago gets a third game against Lakes. The Warhawks beat Lakes 64-40 early in the season but lost to the Eagles 43-40 less than a month ago.
Lakes 52, Northside Prep of Chicago 41: The Eagles continued their late-season run of good play and now face North Chicago in the regional final at Northside Prep in Chicago. Lakes is 1-1 this season against North Chicago.
St. Viator 53, Wauconda 40: Down two points at halftime, St. Viator outscored Wauconda 36-21 in the second half to win going away in the Wauconda Regional semis to earn a shot at top-seeded Antioch. Antioch beat Wauconda 49-39 and 51-44 this season. Katie Rossetti had 15 points for Wauconda in this game. Kayne Stanley led the winners with 19 points. St. Viator is coached by Paul Missavage, who spent one year coaching Waukegan High’s boys team in the 1990s, and also served during that decade as Grayslake High’s girls coach.
CL South 47, Grant 46: CL South was the top seed in the six-team Grant Regional, but needed a late three to take out the home team in the regional semifinals. Grant, which had beaten McHenry 40-37 in the quarterfinals, got 21 points from junior Jasmine Sangster and 11 from freshman Mallory Harrity. Grant was 7-for-15 from the foul line in the game.
Prospect 50, Grayslake North 25: Prospect led 23-3 after one quarter in a game in which the Knights twice scored just three points in a quarter. Freshman Brandi Thibeaux led Grayslake in scoring with 10. Sophomore Sidney Lovitsch scored.