Congratulations

to our 8-1A State Champions!

from the I.E.S.A. website - 

Game Comments: Royal Prairieview Ogden Starters: 2, 5, 10, 11, 25. Springfield Blessed Sacrament Starters: 00, 10, 15, 23, 45. Springfield Blessed Sacrament went on a 6-0 run late in the first quarter to gofrom a 6-5 lead to a 12-5 lead on a pair of jumpers in the paint from Logan Larson and a baseline jumper from John Witsman. A rebound basket by Louis Acklin for Royal Prairieview Ogden with 3:20 to go in the second quarter cut his team's deficit to 17-12. A layup from John Witsman and a layup from David Smith pushed the Blessed Sacrament lead to 21-12 with less than a minute to go in the half.Royal Prairieview Ogden came out in the third quarter launching three-pointers from all spots around the court and used three from Louis Acklin and one from Aaron Woller to pull to within 29-28 with 1:28 to go in the third quarter. After a spin move layup by Blessed Sacrament's Logan Larson for a 31-28 lead, Royal Prairieview Ogden took the lead at the end of the quarter, 32-31, on a jumper by Bryce Stewart with 0:00 on the clock. But the Royal Prairieview Ogden offense stalled and Blessed Sacrament went on a 10-0 run to build a 41-32 lead that broke the game wide open. David Smith put on a layup show in the spurt, hitting three with two coming on perfect lob passes from Dominic Vespa. Smith also canned a pair off free throws for a 45-33 lead with less than a minute to play. Royal Prairieview Ogden scored only three points in the fourth quarter after lighting up the scoreboard for 18 in the third period. Blessed Sacrament's Logan Larson was a bulldog under the basket and made five field goals from under the basket in the second half and ended with 16 points as did David Smith, who scored six in the first half and also 10 in the second half. Louis Acklin led Royal Prairieview Ogden with 14 points, 12 coming on three-pointers.