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ROCKFORD — Jefferson girls basketball coach has seen a lot in his 30-plus years at the helm of the Lady Wildcats.
Saturday’s battle versus Lincolnview in the finals of the Chatt Insurance Holiday Tournament was one he probably hasn’t seen too often before and hopes he never sees again as the Lady Lancers dismantled the ’Cats 48-22.

In the boys consolation contest, Jefferson dominated the third period by a margin of 17-5 and went on to a 55-38 triumph.
In the girls consolation bracket, Parkway needed two throws from senior Kylie Snyder with 9.0 ticks on the clock to emerge with a 55-54 triumph.

In the girls finals, statistics didn’t lie in this one. The Wildcats (4-7) shot an icy 8-of-45 from the floor (2-of-13 beyond the arc) for 17.8 percent and only 4-of-7 at the line (57.1%). Junior Rileigh Stockwell was high scorer with nine and the next-highest was classmate Makayla Binkley with four.

The performance left Hoffman shaking his head, at a loss for words.

“I don’t know. We didn’t do anything on either end of the floor; we didn’t do what we needed to do,” he confessed. “I never saw anything like it. We have a week to figure things out before we play again; I hope we do.”