Dawson leads Lowell to its first sectional championship since 2000.
Lowell sophomore Brooke Dawson takes charge with ‘a look in her eye.’ She sees postseason titles to win.
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Portage’s Michael Ortega invests ‘passion and intensity in everything he does.’ He’s doing a lot of winning.
Ortega has won conference, sectional and regional titles this season.
A point guard again, Savannah Ballard ‘just had to get back into it.’ She gets Highland back into the regional.
Ballard guides Highland to its second Class 3A sectional title in three seasons.
Crown Point transfer Tiaan Coetzee is different player for Andrean. Growing 8 inches in 2 years will do that.
Coetzee has had to adjust to more than a new school but has made an impact for Andrean.
Johnnie Hudson hasn’t played much organized basketball. But Calumet junior is ‘a legitimate college prospect.’
Despite Hudson’s lack of experience, he’s averaging 15.1 points and 7.4 rebounds.
Malika Jenkins has big dreams. ‘WNBA is the main goal.’ Sophomore guard has Merrillville thinking big too.
Jenkins, who averages 13.8 points, 3.0 assists and 2.6 rebounds, leads Merrillville into the postseason.
Munster’s Lia Sotiropoulos, playing through pain, keeps ‘fighting all season long.’ She wants her last shot.
Sotiropoulos, who holds a Munster record for 3-pointers, has experienced abdominal pain for months.
Hobart’s Luke Juris may be ‘loud,’ even ‘obnoxious.’ But he makes noise another way at the sectional meet.
Juris, a college football commit, wins his first sectional title in wrestling.
Crown Point’s Ivy Henderson ‘affects the game in so many different ways.’ She’s happy to be back in that game.
Henderson, who missed most of her freshman seasons in two sports, is a force inside.
East Chicago Central’s Lela Edmonds craves a sectional title. ‘It goes back to 2003,’ when mom fell short.
Edmonds’ grandfather Ron was her mother Lani’s coach in 2003, when the Cardinals went undefeated until the sectional final.