As for the Clare Droesch division of the TOC, I wrote in a previous post that I didn't understand why Westtown.PA, Jordyn Palmer's team, and IMG Academy,
Kellis Fisher's team, weren't in the championship division. I may have found an explanation, as far as Westtown is concerned, it seems
Jordyn Palmer was absent or unable to play. The match sheets are available on the official tournament website and although her name appears, there's nothing to record, no points and no personal fouls. For IMG Academy, the decision to go for this division was perhaps linked to the fact that there were two Australian teams entered, and the decision may have been taken to give Lara Somfai the chance to fraternize more with her two teams. Now for the results of the two teams, Westtown finished the competition in 7th place and IMG Academy, after a 40-38 loss to PHH Prep.AZ in the semi-finals, won their final match against ATC Academy Premier of Australia, 47-46 to finish 3rd.
Kellis Fisher scored 15 pts, including 11 in the last quarter.
The team they defeated in their final game is a group of elite players from Australia created to give access and visibility to athletes interested in playing at university level in the USA. Ruby Perkins, who scored 28 pts in the game against IMG, played for Australia's U17 team at the World Cup last summer. The other Australian team on site was from the Center of Excellence, which is dedicated to future members of the National teams, finished 5th. In the end, it was Toronto's Crestwood Prep who won this year's Championship.
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