Rockford – McHanery players and coaches overshadowed each other in one of the best sessions of the program.
The warriors, who broke a school record with their 26th win two days ago, did not want to see their time together in court.
But aggressively charged Garn Warren was too much to handle on Friday.
Top seed Blue Devils denied the dream of second seeded warriors to celebrate their first sectional title since 1976 with a 70-38 win in Class 4A Gillford Sectional Final at Rock Valley College.
Warren (31-4), the winner of 11 in a row, proceeded to face the number 2 paletin (27-8) in NIU SupersaTal at 7:30 pm on Monday.
“This season meant everything,” the guard Marco Visjewack said, who passed 1,000 points during his senior season. “These are the most important people who have ever met in my life. I would not like to do it with anyone else.
“We passed through ups and downs throughout the year. People said that we were not very good, but we kept going. ,
Warren was led by Freshman Jackson Davis with 18 points, two 3-pointers and eight rebounds. Senior Forward Alex Daniel threw in 13 points, and Junior Guard Jack Wolf had 12 points and two 3 from the bench.
Junior Guard Kaleb Jet led McHenry (26–9) with 14 points. Junior Forward Dylan Harks added nine points, seven of Visjwack, and Senior Forward Hayden Stone had five points and two blocks.
McHeenry Coach Corkie Card, who won his 300th career on Wednesday, stated that Warriors were unable to match the materiality of Blue Devils quickly. Warren took a 23–7 lead after the first quarter and led 41–16 in Halftime.
The warriors tied a season with their 38 points, finishing 28% (14 out of 50) from the ground. Meanwhile, Warren shot 48.3% (28 out of 58).
The card said, “Our children had trouble with how physical it was and never really recovered, it was difficult to come into the flow.” “We lowered the ball up and down. We could not just score. They took it to us. ,
Warren’s coach Zack Ryan was happy how his team did not stop against a Warriors team which was an average of 62.7 points on Friday.
,[Visnjevac] In fact, it is giving light light in the last few sports, ”Ryan said. “We put our best defender [sophomore Braylon Walker] On that, it is simply making them hard for them, not let them look clean and ensure that we are active on the ball. I think they got our pressure. ,
Stone, who moved from Indiana as a sophomore, said he would snatch a lot of good memories from his time with warriors.
“We passed through ups and downs throughout the year. People said that we were not very good, but we kept going. ,
– Marco Visnjewac, McHenry Senior Guard
“These people immediately made me feel like a family,” Stone said. “And I think this year, especially this year, we surprised a lot of people at this point.”
The card said that he appreciated the hard work of all including his five seniors: Visjewac, Stone, Marcus Honia, Tyler Harks and Julian Mendez.
“As a coach, sometimes you get a lot of credit,” the card said, which was hired late in summer after Chris Madson went into the position of athletic director.
“And, in fact, coaches Madson and Coach [Rob] Everything was established near Niemic, children were prepared to be good. I just enjoyed the journey, how much they were connected and how much they sacrificed for each other. We played 11 children in almost every game. This does not happen in today’s game. ,
McHeenry players spoke a long and emotional talk after the season-ending defeat.
Stone said, “The US five seniors were talking to the young people, making sure that they are still rocking and rolling for the next year.” “We are all clinging together. Tons of us will see each other in school and outside school, some of us are going to college together. ,
Visnjevac, who plans to play in college, is proud to change some heads this season. Warriors finished ninth in FVC last year. He finished fourth this year, improving seven wins in conference play.
“We are no longer in the lower part of the conference,” said Visjewac.
