Campanelli wins IBCA honor; 4 on All-FVC girls hoops

HUNTLEY — Huntley senior Anna Campanelli gained recognition from the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) as well as All-Fox Valley Conference as the Red Raiders fared well in post-season honors.

Campanelli was announced as an IBCA Class 4A First Team selection. Last season she made the Class 4A Special Mention Team.

Seniors Campanelli, Paula Strzelecki, Ava McFadden and junior Aubrina Adamik were honored all-FVC as selected by the FVC head coaches. The Red Raiders breezed past FVC foes to an 18-0 FVC championship season, and advanced to the supersectional round and finished 35-1 overall. Two of the team leaders will continue to play at the collegiate level, as Campanelli is a commit to D-1 Kent State University and Strzelecki is headed to D-II University of Illinois – Springfield.

“Campanelli is the only player in program history to win four straight FVC conference titles,” head coach Steve Raethz said. “She is a versatile guard who can score at all three levels and is an excellent player who can defend at multiple positions.”

HHS won the Rockford Jefferson regional and Huntley sectional championships (with a 63-50 win over Libertyville) before suffering their first loss of the season, a 57-33 defeat to Loyola Academy at the Gurnee (Warren Township) supersectional. Previous tourney titles were at the Dundee-Crown Thanksgiving tournament and its first D-C Komaromy Classic.

Campanelli is a three-time all-league selection. Her career totals include 1,404 points; 362 assists; 583 rebounds; 284 steals and 107 3-point field goals.

For this just completed season, Campanelli totaled 596 points, averaged 16.6 points per game and 186 rebounds, 5.2 per game; 124 assists, 3.4 per game and 109 steals, three per contest. She led her team in scoring, assists, steals and was second in rebounding. She shot 224-of-494 for twos, 41-of-154 for 3-pointers.

Strzelecki, a two-time All-FVC player, totaled 417 points and averaged 11.6 points per game. She also garnered 287 rebounds, 8 rebounds per contest to lead the team. She made more than 50 percent of two-pointers, 178-331 and 9-for-21 for 3-pointers. In addition to rebounding, Strzelecki set the pace with 40 blocked shots. She also contributed 69 assists and 73 steals.

Adamik, whose 20 points pushed Huntley past Libertyville to win the Red Raiders’ sectional, 63-50 Feb. 27, finished with 100 total points, a 5.4 points per game average. She shot 39.6 percent for two-pointers and 32 percent for 3-point shots. She also had 70 rebounds and 53 steals.

McFadden, a third-year varsity player, scored 106 points, averaged 5.2 points per game; made 65-for-220 two-pointers, 29.5 percent, 50-for-165 3-pointers, 30 percent. She also chalked up 84 assists and 43 steals.

Contributions from seniors also included Isabella Boskey, who pitched in 97 points, 3.6 points per game; 39 rebounds and 34 steals. Madison Diaz topped 100 points at 111, 3.3 per game; 39-of-88 two-pointers, 44.3 percent; 20-of-40 3-pointers, 50 percent, 48 rebounds, 35 assists and 35 steals.

Returning players include Luca Garlin, a junior, who tallied 156 points, 4.6 points per game and contributed 64 rebounds, 62 assists and 50 steals. Alyssa Borzych, a junior, scored 105 points, with 38 rebounds, 23 assists and 31 steals.

Frosh Evie Freundt made 60 percent of her field goal attempts, scored 81 points and had 18 rebounds.

Soph Lana Hobday ended with 96 points, on 34-of-102 two-pointers, 34.3 percent; 21-of-65 3-pointers, 32.3 percent. She also pitched in 36 rebounds, 31 assists and 41 steals.