Jillian Sanderson scored 17 points and Penn surged past LaPorte, 56-28, to reach the Championship Game of the Penn Class 4-A Girls Basketball Sectional.
Penn (23-3) plays South Bend Adams (11-8) in the Sectional Championship Game, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, at Penn.
Lexi Werner scored 14 points.
Makenzie Juszczak scored 10 points.
Anna McCullough scored six points.
PENN 56: Lexi Werner 14, Jillian Sanderson 17, Anna McCullough 6, Makenzie Juszczak 10, Quinn Driscoll 4, Anica Gensic 3, Bella Wroblewski 0, Alivia Dawson 2, Kyah Ukobizaba 0, Haven Skarritt 0, Knixley Brandy 0, Audrey Knapick 0.
LaPorte: Suroweic 6, Burdon 1, Ohime 2, Roundtree 13, Walker 0, Poulos 3, Dawsey 0, Grant 0, Hart 3, Wileman 0.
PENN 21 38 52 56
LaPorte 7 10 17 28
Three-pointers: PENN 5 (Jillian Sanderson 3, Lexi Werner 1, Anica Gensic 1), LaPorte 3 (Suroweic 2, Poulos 1).
