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Publication: The Daily Cardinal, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison WI.
Michigan State recruit Sidney Cooks is The Associated Press’ girls basketball player of the year in Wisconsin after a stellar career as a four-year starter at Kenosha St. Joseph.
Cooks averaged 27.6 points and 13.8 rebounds as a senior, to go with 2.9 assists, 2.6 blocks and 1.8 steals. The 6-foot-4 Cooks finished her career with 1,909 points.
She scored nine points and went 3 of 5 from the field in 16 minutes in the McDonald’s All American Game on Wednesday in Chicago.
The AP coach of the year is Howards Grove coach Heidi Georgeff. She led the school to its first title in its second tournament appearance following a 44-43 victory over Aquinas.
Howards Grove (27-1) finished the season with a 26-game winning streak.
The remarkable run included a stretch of close games for a senior-laden team.
“We’re used to battling through some of these close games toward the end,” Georgeff said in the Sheboygan Press after the school won the title on March 11 in Ashwaubenon. “When it was...