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The Monticello Junior Lady Billies completed the championship sweep this past Wednesday after defeating the Star City Junior Lady Bulldogs in the finals of the 2025 4A Junior District Championship Tournament.
The championship would complete the season sweep as the Junior Lady Billies were also the regular season conference championship.
Star City would get on the board first in the championship contest with Millie Ram Bin getting two points with 5:17 on the clock.
After the Junior Lady Bulldogs scored, the Junior Lady Billies would shut out Star City for the rest of the quarter.
Mariah Jenkins would get Monticello on the board first on a pair of free throws at the 4:04 mark with Monticello opening up a 12-0 run that extended into the second quarter.
Monticello would outscore Star City 10-2 in the first quarter and would get the first two points of the second quarter on a shot by Lexi Bowman.
Monticello would score five points in the second quarter, outscoring Star City 5-4 in the quarter to take a 15-6 lead at the halftime break.
JaNiyah Goodman would score three of the Junior Lady Billies five points in the second quarter and would continue her momentum in third quarter, scoring the first four points and five of the eight points scored in the quarter for Monticello.
Monticello would take the third quarter 8-3 to hold a 23-9 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Star City would put up better offensive numbers in the fourth quarter but Monticello would still have the advantage in the quarter after a three pointer connected from Jacie Coleman with three seconds remaining in the contest to give Monticello a 14-13 advantage in the quarter to take the 37-22 victory to claim the 8-4A District Tournament Championship to go along with their regular season championship.
Goodman would lead the way for the Junior Lady Billies with 13 points followed by Lexi Bowman and Mariah Jenkins with six points each.
Jacie Coleman added five with Jasmyne Harris, KiLee Coleman, and Sariya Thompson with two points each.
ShaRiyah McCoy would round out the scoring with one point.
With the win, the Junior Lady Billies finished the season with an 8-0 conference record and would go 18-1 overall.
The Monticello Junior Billies would also have an opportunity to win the District Tournament Championship as well after advancing to the finals to face Hamburg.
The Junior Billies would get off to a slow scoring one point in the first quarter as Hamburg would jump out to a 12-1 lead.
Hamburg would continue to put points on the board in the second quarter, outscoring Monticello 13-8 to lead 25-9 at the halftime break.
Monticello would make some ground on the scoreboard in the third quarter, outscoring the Lions 14-8 to trial by 10 points, 33-23 heading into the final quarter.
Hamburg would take back their momentum in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Junior Billies 13-10 in the final quarter to claim the 8-4A District tournament Championship, as well as the regular season title, by a score of 46-33.
The Junior Billies finish the season as the 8-4A District Tournament runner-up.
