Photos: O'Fallon girls beat Cardinal Ritter at O'Fallon Shootout

Dowell earns Most Valuable Player honor

O'FALLON, Ill. – Shannon Dowell scored 17 points to lead the O'Fallon girls basketball team to a 41-40 win over visiting Cardinal Ritter at the Bank of America Shootout on Friday.

Dowell, a high-scoring senior shooting guard, finished with 17 points, five rebounds and five steals and earned the game's Most Valuable Player award as O'Fallon improved to 26-4. The Panthers are ranked 10th in the SBLive Illinois Power 25 girls basketball rankings.

Haeli Tart, a senior point guard, added 13 points in the win over Cardinal Ritter (12-7).

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Here is a look at the game from photographer Ricky Slaughter:

O'Fallon Shootout: Cardinal Ritter vs. O'Fallon girls basketball

Photos from Ricky Slaughter

Published Feb 4, 2023

NATE LATSCH, SBLIVE SPORTS

Nate Latsch is a Regional Editor at SBLive Sports overseeing high school coverage for Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. A veteran sportswriter and multimedia content creator, Latsch has covered high school sports in the St. Louis area and Missouri for 20 years, with a focus on high school football, basketball, baseball and football and basketball recruiting. He has worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, STLhighschoolsports.com, the Associated Press, FOX Sports Midwest, MLB.com and Scout.com. In addition to covering high school sports, Latsch has covered youth, college and professional sports, including covering the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams, the University of Missouri and Saint Louis University.

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