By SCOTT NOVAK
Dowagiac Daily News

The St. Joe Bears captured their second straight Class B District Girls’ Basketball Tournament championship Friday night with a 63-37 win over arch rival Lakeshore.

This was the third consecutive meeting for the Bears and the Lancers in the district finals.
Lakeshore won the championship two years ago.

The game was close for just one quarter as St. Joseph grabbed an 11-7 lead and stretched it to 29-16 at the intermission.

The Bears opened up a 26-point lead (47-21) heading into the final quarter and cruised home from there.

The win propels St. Joseph to the Class B Regional Tournament at Three Rivers High School on Tuesday. The Bears will take on Battle Creek Harper Creek.

Kaitlin Mavis scored a game-high 23 points to lead the Bears, who also got 18 points from Erika Priebe.

No Lakeshore player reached double figures on the contest. Kaitlin Cornwell scored eight points to lead the Lancers. Taylor Maas finished with seven.

ST. JOSEPH 63
Aleysa Schalk 0, Christina Valentine 8, LeAnne Priebe 5, Lindsay Peirce 2, Kaitlin Mavis 23, Courtney Caid 0, Sydney Weisser 0, Jasmine Williams 7, Erika Priebe 18, Hayley Knuth 0. TOTALS: 22 15-20 63
LAKESHORE 37
Emily Lamana 0, Kaitlin Cornwell 8, Regan Gollenhur 6, Heather Gusse 0, Lindsay McNair 0, Cam Tyler 6, Christina Welch 2, Taylor Maas 7, Stevie Eagle 2, Rachel Zwar 2, Jillian Buchleitner 0, Cara Sandman 0, Colleen Carlson 1. TOTALS: 12 11-21 37

St. Joseph 11 29 47 63
Lakeshore 7 16 21 37
3-point baskets: St. Joseph 4 (Mavis 3, Valentine), Lakeshore 2 (Cornwell, Gollenhur). Total fouls: St. Joseph 18, Lakeshore 19. Fouled out: Eagle (L). Varsity records: St. Joseph 16-7, Lakeshore 7-16