Girls Basketball: Sanderson scores 18 as Penn defeats Carroll

Freshman Jillian Sanderson scored 18 points and Penn defeated visiting Fort Wayne Carroll, 64-23, on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026.

Penn (18-3) plays at South Bend St. Joseph on Thursday, Jan. 22, for a chance to win the Northern Indiana Conference Championship.

Lexi Werner scored 12 points and Alivia Dawson scored 11.

Non-seniors scored 62 of Penn’s 64 points.

PENN 64: Lexi Werner 12, Jillian Sanderson 18, Anna McCullough 8, Makenzie Juszczak 7, Quinn Driscoll 3, Anica Gensic 3, Bella Wroblewski 2, Alivia Dawson 11, Haven Skarritt 0.

Carroll 23: Lanning 2, Gibbs 0, Myers 3, Hoch 4, George 10, Cortes 0, Booker 2, Leach 0, Mireles 0, Riczo 2.

PENN          11     36     51     64

Carroll          7       9      16     23

Three-pointers: PENN 8 (Alivia Dawson 3, Lexi Werner 2, Jillian Sanderson 2, Anica Gensic 1); Carroll 1 (Myers).