IndyStar Readers Asked to Vote for Regional Girls Basketball Standouts

Vanessa Rosswurm scored 36 points on 13-of-20 shooting with five 3s as Norwell rolled to a 90-56 win over Fort Wayne Snider, and IndyStar is asking readers to vote in its regional players-of-the-week poll. Scroll to the bottom of the article to vote. Voting is open until noon Friday.

The package highlights Maddy Shirley’s barnburner stat line despite Evansville Central’s overtime loss to Washington: Shirley finished with 16 points, 18 rebounds and six blocks unofficially and capped a career with more than 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds; Washington’s Katie Reed answered with 12 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks, including a couple clutch 3s in the fourth quarter in the thrilling overtime win. Shirley’s Southern Indiana signing and career milestones create a rare statistical share hook for voters and local coverage.

Fremont mounted a major regional upset of top-ranked Marquette Catholic as Mya Turner posted 26 points, six rebounds and three blocks, a performance that pushed her past 1,000 career points. Grace Scharlach added 20 points to power the Eagles to their first regional championship since 1999, a program landmark that reshapes the postseason map in northeast Indiana.

Lapel senior and Butler commit Laniah Wills dominated the glass and scoreboard in her final home game, scoring 22 points and pulling down 19 rebounds to lead Lapel to its third regional championship in four seasons with a win over Rensselaer Central. That string of titles underscores a sustained program trajectory and a local recruiting pipeline that feeds Division I interest.

Norwell’s backcourt production did the heavy lifting against Snider beyond Rosswurm. Macie Saalfrank scored 25 points on 10-of-13 shooting, drilling five 3s while dishing four assists and collecting six steals in 28 minutes. Those two performances from Norwell paint a picture of an explosive postseason offense worthy of voter attention.

Other regional standouts on the ballot include Carlee Schrader, who scored 20 points to lead Northview to its first-ever regional championship in a 50-38 win over Brebeuf Jesuit; Riley Rarick, who netted 25 in Borden’s regional championship victory over Orleans; Ava Richie, the Crown Point standout who tallied 14 points, six rebounds, two assists and four steals in a win over Penn; and Keara Lipscomb-Allen, a senior who scored 20 including 10 points in the opening eight minutes to help the Mavericks rout Hamilton Southeastern.

The packet also lists Elyse Snively of Heritage Christian without a statline in the excerpts provided. IndyStar will have complete coverage of this year’s girls basketball state tournament, including live postgame editions of The Scorers Table on YouTube; readers are encouraged to follow Brian Haenchen on Twitter at @Brian_Haenchen and sign up for the High School Sports newsletter. An X post from IndyStar urging votes has 835 views so far.

Vote now by scrolling to the bottom of the article; voting is open until noon Friday, and the winners will be a useful snapshot of which players and programs are shaping Indiana girls basketball heading into state tournament week.