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Another highly ranked opponent, another close loss for the West High girls basketball team.

West High dropped its fourth straight game to a ranked opponent falling to Montini Catholic (Illinois) 44-43 at Renaissance Coliseum at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois on Saturday.

Class 5A ninth-ranked West High dropped to 11-7 on the season with its third loss to an out-of-state opponent.

Cailyn Morgan led West High with a game-high 17 points while Logan Cook had 13 points and Rachael Saunders added 10.

Sam Mitchell led three Montini Catholic (26-2) players in double figures with 14 points.

West High                 8   7  13  15 –  43

Montini Catholic       13  6  13  12  – 44

West High (43) – Cailyn Morgan 17, Lauren Zacharias 3, Rachael Saunders 10, Logan Cook 13.

Montini Catholic (44) – Sam Mitchell 14, Alyse Pitts 10, Aaliyah Patty 12, Lindsey Jarosinski 2, Frankie Kokenis 3, Sydney Prochaska 3. 

Regina Locks Up RVC South Title

Regina secured at least a share of the River Valley Conference South Division title with a 62-49 win over Wilton on Saturday in Iowa City.

Class 2A seventh-ranked Regina jumped to a 23-4 lead after one quarter and led 37-21 at the half while improving to 14-4 on the season and 13-2 in RVC play.

Wilton dropped to 12-7 and 9-7 in conference play.

Regina            23 14  13  12  –  62

Wilton             4  17  13  15  –  49

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Regina Rolls Past Wilton

Regina followed up an upset of eighth-ranked Northeast on Friday with an 82-40 win over Wilton on Saturday in Iowa City.

The win was the fifth straight for Regina and improved the Regals to 13-3 on the season and 13-1 in RVC South Division play.

Masen Miller led Regina with 15 points while Jocoa Kerschen had 14 and Michael Conlon and Blake Berns each had 23.

Even Brauns added nine points and three blocked shots.

Regina            22  26  16  18  –  82

Wilton             7   11  12  10  –  40

Regina (82) – Zach Seaman 8, Michael Conlon 12, Bryce Barnett 2, Masen Miller 15, Jocoa Kerschen 14, Ryne Schooley 3, Ashton Cook 2, Even Brauns 9, Nick Wagner 2, Steve Sehl 3, Blake Berns 12.