By Mike Miazga
Correspondent
The Timothy Christian girls basketball team brought a seven-year drought to an end by winning its own Class 2A Timothy Christian regional championship.
The Trojans, who last won a regional in 2011, were 42-33 winners over Lisle in the regional final.
Timothy led 16-7 after the first quarter and 25-21 at halftime. The Trojans upped their lead to 36-28 after three quarters.
Emily DeBoer led the Trojans with 14 points on the strength of 6-for-10 shooting. Olivia Schuringa added nine points, while Abby Carstensen and Lauren Gehrke each had six points. Timothy shot 41 percent from the field.
Heidi Westra added five assists, while Sureya Alex had four assists. Jordyn Strube and DeBoer tied for the team high in rebounds with seven, while Hannah Schuringa had six rebounds.
Timothy reached the regional final by scoring a 49-30 win over Chicago Collins Academy in the regional semifinals. Timothy led 12-2 after the first quarter, 20-6 at half and 38-18 after three quarters.
Strube led the Trojans with 16 points, while Olivia Schuringa had 11 points. Hannah Schuringa finished with eight points. Carstensen had four assists, while Westra and Gehrke each had three assists. DeBoer led the way with seven rebounds, while Hannah Schuringa had six rebounds and Olivia Schuringa had five rebounds. Strube had four steals and six deflections.
The Trojans played in the Class 2A Chicago Christian sectional earlier this week against Chicago Carver Military Academy. If Timothy won that game it will play for the Chicago Christian sectional title tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Gehrke moved on to the sectional round of the Class 2A state 3-point shooting contest. Gehrke hit seven 3-pointers to advance to Chicago Christian this week.
