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On Tuesday night, before a capacity crowd at Joliet West High School and a WJOL1340-AM listening audience, the girls of Joliet West and Joliet Central put on a show on Joliet's West side. With the huge crowd and the two powerhouse Joliet hoops squads, the game had the feel of an IHSA Class 4A sectional championship game. Winning their 22nd consecutive game, West (27-3,15-1) held off the Steelwomen (26-5, 13-3) 44-41 to take home the 2019-20 Southwest Prairie Conference Eastern Division championship. The Tigers and Steelwomen...
Back on December 21, 2019 in the District 99 Crosstown Classic at Downers Grove South, the Downers Grove North girls cruised past the host Mustangs, 55-29. In a West Suburban Conference postseason crossover game between the Gold and Silver Divisions' third-place teams on Monday, the Trojans did it to their crosstown-rivals again, this time, 41-21. The Trojans (25-6, were led by their 6-foot sophomore center Eleanor Harris and all-everything senior guard Ellie Gross. Harris, poured in 14 points and hauled down 13 rebounds,...
Back on December 9 at "The Old Barn" on the campus of Joliet Central High School; Central girls varsity basketball coach the Steelwomen defeated the Tigers, 47-44. Placher's Tigers (26-3, 14-1), have not lost a game since. They have won 21 consecutive games, and 14 of the consecutive games have come in the Southwest Prairie East Conference. The Tigers take a one-gam, Southwest Prairie East lead over Joliet Central (26-4, 13-2) into Tuesday's "Joliet Rumble" at West at 6:30 p.m. The Steelwomen have won 23 of their last 24,...