Raider Varsity Girls Basketball Wins IHSA Regional

For only the second time in school history, the Raider Girls Basketball team won an IHSA Regional. They defeated Ida Crown 42-40 for the title. Ida Crown had defeated the Raiders by 17 during the regular season.

The game was tight throughout, tied 11-11 at halftime and then 26-26 after three quarters. Scoring really took off in the fourth quarter as sophomore Annie Kroll hit a number of 3-point shots. Ida Crown though was not going away and was up 38-35 with 2:26 to go. With under 2 minutes to go, though, the Raiders took the lead 39-38 and never gave it up from that point on withstanding a strong effort in the last few seconds by Ida Crown Aces.

Senior Captain Ilhana Redzovic cutting down the net

On Tuesday February 12th, the Raiders will travel to Westminster Christian to play the winner of tonights Chicago Hope vs. Morgan Park Academy game at 7:30 pm in the Sectional Semi-final.