Fremd

Brianna Wooldridge, who missed the first six weeks of the season with a serious knee injury, scored 23 points, powering a Fremd second-half rally from 13 points down past Geneva 46-40 in the championship game of the inaugural Morton College Girls Basketball Christmas Tournament.

York scored two goals in each half to beat Fremd 4-0 in the Class 3A final and capture the first state soccer championship in school history.

'We had our chances' In a tense 80-minute thriller between two of the top teams in Class 3A soccer, Fremd beat Morton 1-0 in a state semifinal.

Sophomore pitcher Ava Goettel, who spent the regular season in a secondary role in the circle, turned in her second splendid start of the week Thursday, leading fifth-seeded St. Charles North past second-seeded Fremd 8-2 in the sectional final.