Nov 26, 2011
Two tight games both went Highland's way Saturday and resulted in the Hawks winning the championship of their Thanksgiving Girls Basketball Tournament.
Highland edged Hamilton, 47-45, in the title game. Jordan Hagen scored 17 points in the win over Hamilton and was one of four Highland players chosen to the all-tournament team. Highland junior guard Olivia Lucero was the tournament most valuable player. Lucero averaged 13 points a game. Lucero netted 16 points in a 65-60 win over Dobson in the semifinals, including the go-ahead 3 with 45 seconds left after Dobson had taken a 60-59 lead. Highland finished 6-0 in the tournament. Hamilton posted a 5-1 mark.
Rounding out the all-tournament team were:
Amy Pavlica and Krysta Buntrock (Highland); Lauren Evans, Aliyah Dickson and Kyndall Adams (Hamilton); Katherine Hamilton and Tori Lloyd (Dobson); Desiree Smith and Bri White (Tolleson); Maraja Johnson (Valley Vista); Julia Barcello (Seton); Lyndsay Leikam (Flowing Wells) and Ashley Clubb (Mountain Pointe).
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Flowing Wells went 3-2 in the tournament.
FW 60 - 51 Gilbert
FW 68 - 50 Cibola
FW 47 - 25 Desert Ridge
FW 52 - 64 Valley Vista (eventual 5th/6th place overall)
FW 29 - 54 Highland (eventual champions)