Duet leads Clarion Herald’s 2024 Elite girls’ Team

St. Scholastica enjoyed a remarkable season in which the Doves posted a 23-6 record and the No. 4 seed in girls’ Division I basketball. 

Photos by Ron Brocato | CLARION HERALD

By Ron Brocato
Clarion Herald

The 2023-24 high school basketball season yielded just one district champion among the 12 local Catholic schools fielding teams.

Surprisingly, the lone champion came from the Academy of the Sacred Heart, a school heralded for its championship volleyball and track teams over the decades.

But this year, the Cardinals  took their place among team champions by winning the District 9-3A basketball title with a 7-0 record. And the No. 5 seed advanced to the state quarterfinal round of the Select Division III playoffs, as well.

St. Scholastica, Archbishop Chapelle and Academy of Our Lady were runners-up in their respective districts. And although there were no state champions among the 12 local Catholic schools, there were stars aplenty.

The brightest on the Clarion Herald’s Elite Girls’ Team was St. Scholastica’s junior point guard Emilee Duet, who also made the Elite team as a sophomore last season.

She was the leader of a team that posted a 23-5 record and the No. 4 seed in the Division I state tournament. And although the Doves were eliminated in the quarterfinal round, Duet’s numbers were impressive.

She averaged 16.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 4.8 steals per game.

Also earning spots on the team for the second year were junior Kaylee Dublin of Archbishop Chapelle, Mount Carmel senior Lauren Fowler and St. Mary’s Academy sophomore Don’Shai Lewis.

2024 Elite Girls' Basketball Team




KAYLEE DUBLIN
Abp. Chapelle

 

EMILEE DUET
St. Scholastica

 

LAUREN FOWLER
Mount Carmel

 

DON’SHAI LEWIS
St. Mary’s Acad.

 

ADDISON PONTIFF
St. Scholastica

 

McKENNA SINON
Abp. Hannan


 

CHAVEZ SMITH
St. Charles Cath.

 

KALIE TU
Dominican

 

LEAH VARISCO
Sacred Heart

 

MADISON VAUGHT
Abp. Chapelle