St. Viator senior captain Avery Albritton was very excited, and it was hard to blame her. She had just been at the center of a team photo in which she held the Class 3A IC Catholic Sectional trophy, the Lions’ prize for defeating Burlington Centra l 25-10, 25-20 in Thursday’s final in Elmhurst.

“This team has been working since July,” said a beaming Albritton. “We have been working so hard — emotionally, on the court, off the court, physically - and it just feels so good to finally feel something for that and be able to accomplish something for it.”

The Lions (32-7) now have four sectional titles in program history and three over the past five seasons after missing out on one in each of the previous two years. They will face Prairie Ridge in the Streamwood Supersectional at 6:30 p.m. M

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