St. George’s girls take overtime showdown

Olivia Mellor drives the baseline for a shot against Tekoa/Rosalia's Tatiana Mendoza in the Saturday game at Rosalia. Ashtyn Aune is in the background for the Bulldogs.

St. George's girls, led by junior guard Hailey Hagashi, rolled up 14 points in overtime to defeat Colfax 63-59 Tuesday in the battle for the first-place finish in the NE south side league. Both teams went into the game with 11-2 records with Tuesday's rattler at Colfax the last game of the league run.

St. George’s, which fell into a 12-point hole before the half, gradually battled back into the game in the second and third quar...