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Midland tops Yorkville Christian for first regional title since 1999 · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Midland tops Yorkville Christian for first regional title since nineteen
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  Speaker 1: ninety nine. Written by Brian Hoxy, This article is being
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  Speaker 1: read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  Speaker 1: Midland senior point guard Emma Franks wears uniform No. Twenty two.
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  Speaker 1: I wanted Nomer eleven when I came in as a freshman,
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  Speaker 1: but it was taken, so I took number twenty two
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  Speaker 1: and have had it ever since, Frank said. Frank's looked
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  Speaker 1: eerily like another player that wears that number when she
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  Speaker 1: switched a three pointer from about thirty feet just right
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  Speaker 1: at the top of the key that snapped a tie
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  Speaker 1: game with one minute forty seconds left in Thursday's Class
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  Speaker 1: one A Serena Regional championship game against Yorkville Christian. Oh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Caitlin Clark, But I wore it before she was famous,
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  Speaker 1: so she copied me, Frank said, while a laugh about
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  Speaker 1: the WNBA superstar. The long shot gave Midland the lead
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  Speaker 1: for good in a fifty two to forty five win
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  Speaker 1: over the Mustangs on Al Stegman Court and a first
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  Speaker 1: postseason championship since nineteen ninety nine. Yep, it had been
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven years, Midland coach Xavier Warren, this means the
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  Speaker 1: world to our program in our community. These girls have
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  Speaker 1: worked so hard to get to this, and as their coach,
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't be happier for all of them. Midland twenty
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  Speaker 1: five to seven, now plays on Tuesday in Indian Creek
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  Speaker 1: Sectional semifinals against Aurora Christian, which defeated Indian Creek thirty
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  Speaker 1: one to twenty nine in the SOMNOK Regional final. Yorkville
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  Speaker 1: Christian finishes the season at seventeen to twelve. We hit
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  Speaker 1: big shots in timely moments and they were scared to
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  Speaker 1: take them. Warren said. This group is tough as nails,
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  Speaker 1: and when the situation gets tight, that's when they rise
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  Speaker 1: up and play their best. When we are in a
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  Speaker 1: tough spot. I'm never worried because they've shown over the
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  Speaker 1: course of the season that they are going to find
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  Speaker 1: a way to come out on top. Midland led ten
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  Speaker 1: to four after the opening quarter, twenty two to sixteen
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  Speaker 1: at halftime, and thirty six to twenty eight heading to
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  Speaker 1: the fourth Yorkville Christian used a drive by freshman Keana
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  Speaker 1: Oguley and a tray by senior Peyton Wallen. To not
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  Speaker 1: the score at forty three all with two twenty six left.
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  Speaker 1: We knew Midland had good outside shooters, and they also
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  Speaker 1: have an inside presence with a couple girls over six
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  Speaker 1: foot that have very good footwork. Yorkville Christian coach John
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  Speaker 1: mccadams said, we knew we had our work cut out
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  Speaker 1: for us. We were able to get really good looks
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  Speaker 1: for most of the game, but just didn't convert them.
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  Speaker 1: I really thought when we got it tied up at
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  Speaker 1: forty three all with a couple minutes left, we were
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  Speaker 1: going to be okay. But then, like she did all night, No.
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  Speaker 1: Twenty two, Franks stepped up and make a big shot.
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  Speaker 1: We had a couple looks in the final minutes, but
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  Speaker 1: they just didn't fall for us. After the franks aforementioned triple,
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  Speaker 1: the Mustang's Hannah Aguado scored on a rebound hoop. From there,
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  Speaker 1: Midland's Anima Glassen hit a pair of free throws, and
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  Speaker 1: between a pair of three point misses by Yorkville Christian
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  Speaker 1: Adeline Stakel and Franks each hit one of two from
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  Speaker 1: the line to help seal the win. Emma's two threes
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  Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter were so big, but They were
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  Speaker 1: two shots that she stepped into shooting the ball with confidence.
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  Speaker 1: Warren said the second was a deep one for sure,
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  Speaker 1: but I knew even before she let it go that
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  Speaker 1: it was going in. She just had that look. Frank's
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  Speaker 1: and mc glasson each had thirteen points from Midland, while Ella,
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  Speaker 1: Foster and Steifel each added ten points and Jordan Piles
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  Speaker 1: chipped in six points. My teammate Ella was yelling shoot it,
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  Speaker 1: so I did, Frank said of the lead taking three pointer.
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  Speaker 1: When your teammates have confidence in you to take shots,
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  Speaker 1: it just gives you even more confidence in yourself. I
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  Speaker 1: felt like I was in rhythm and just let it go. Honestly,
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  Speaker 1: I knew it was going in right when it left
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  Speaker 1: my hand. My freshman year, we weren't really very good,
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  Speaker 1: so to have this happen is so satisfying. I'm excited
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  Speaker 1: to text everyone what we've done. Yorkville Christen was led
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  Speaker 1: by Wallin's game high twenty four points, while ugle A
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  Speaker 1: netted ten points.