{"id":99048,"date":"2022-02-24T12:52:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T18:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=99048"},"modified":"2022-02-24T12:52:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T18:52:16","slug":"montini-catholics-tournament-semifinal-win-signals-program-turnaround","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/montini-catholics-tournament-semifinal-win-signals-program-turnaround\/","title":{"rendered":"Montini Catholic\u2019s tournament semifinal win signals program turnaround"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alyssa Muir<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Montini Catholic High School Broncos defeated the Trinity High School Blazers 53-27 in the Girls Catholic Athletic Semifinals this month in a loss that knocked Trinity out the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Trinity continued regular season play afterwards. The Broncos fell to Mother McAuley High School 39-36 in the GCAC tournament championship the next day, but the team remains a championship contender.<\/p>\n<p>The GCAC includes 13 catholic high schools in the Chicago area.<\/p>\n<p>For the Broncos, winning against the Blazers was much more than just one victory\u2014it was another sign the program is turning a major corner after finishing last in the conference just a season ago.<\/p>\n<p>Playing just two days after National Girls and Women in Sports Day made the game even more meaningful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means so much for us to be able to have this awesome tournament during this week of all the weeks,\u201d Broncos junior guard Shannon Blacher said. \u201cIt\u2019s all really inspiring, especially for us being coached by a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Tournament - Montini\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/681092206?h=d976011496&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:<\/p>\n<p>0:16-0:33: <em>Shannon Spanos (Montini head coach) quote<\/em>: \u201cIt\u2019s huge. Our conference is very competitive. On any given night, anyone can win. To be 5-0 in the conference and to get to the championship, this is what we strive for and work hard for all season. We\u2019ve hit another one of our goals, which is great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>0:38-0:48: <em>Shannon Blacher quote:<\/em> \u201cLast year we were last in (the) conference. To be all the way in the championship and first in conference for regular season, it\u2019s just a big step. It shows how much we\u2019ve grown as a program and how strong we are as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>1:00-1:19: <em>Shannon Spanos quote: \u201c<\/em>It\u2019s so great because these girls have been given so many opportunities, but it\u2019s because of Title IX and things like that. So, we really talk about gratitude; we talk about opportunities. We all share in that same passion of playing sports, competing every day, women in leadership, women in power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Alyssa Muir is a sports reporter at Medill from Tampa, Florida. You can follow Alyssa on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alyssa_muir21\">@alyssa_muir21<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alyssa Muir Medill Reports The Montini Catholic High School Broncos defeated the Trinity High School Blazers 53-27 in the Girls Catholic Athletic Semifinals this month in a loss that knocked Trinity out the tournament. Trinity continued regular season play afterwards. 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