07-03-2025
Saint Ignatius girls' basketball advances to 3-A Illinois State Championship game after win
The Saint Ignatius College Prep girls' basketball team made their first-ever trip downstate for the IHSA state series Thursday.
The Wolfpack beat Washington Community High School Panthers of downstate Washington, Illinois in a 3-A Semifinal game. Saint Ignatius advanced to the semifinal after beating Marian Catholic 15-31 and winning the 3-A Supersectional Championship this past Monday night.
In the first quarter, the Wolfpack scored 19 unanswered points, while the Panthers did not score at all.
But as noted by the Peoria Journal Star, Washington outscored Saint Ignatius 33-29 throughout the next three quarters. The score was 29-10 Wolfpack at halftime, and Washington got it down to within six points with under two minutes to play, the newspaper reported.
But Saint Ignatius' Reganne Reardon missed a jump shot, but got a rebound and scored, giving the momentum back to the Wolfpack.
The final score was 48-33 Saint Ignatius. The Wolfpack advances to the 3-A State Championship game at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Saint Ignatius held 40-minute classes and dismissed school early on Thursday so the school community could travel to the Illinois State University Redbird Arena in Normal, Illinois, to cheer on the Wolfpack.
Also in girls' high school basketball Thursday, Montini Catholic of Lombard, Illinois, beat Quincy Notre Dame in a 3-A Semifinal 50-41. Montini also moves on to the championship.
