Naperville North guard Ava Podkasik took a hard fall with 2:19 remaining in the third quarter of the Huskies game Tuesday night against visiting Geneva .

The junior was knocked to the ground after a tough foul and lay motionless on the court for several anxious moments, then had to be helped to the sidelines.

“It was mostly pain in my jaw,” said Podkasik, who said she was hit in the forehead and the back of the head on the play. “I don’t know exactly what happened, but I tried to calm myself and stay composed. I wanted to come back in the game.”

She did just that in dramatic fashion, returning midway through the fourth quarter to help finish off a Huskies 49-41 nonconference victory over the Vikings.

Podkasik and her teammates got a huge assist down the stretch from Mia Podkasik, Ava

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