To say last year was tough for Elliana Fowler would be an understatement. After suffering an injury that kept her out last girls basketball season, she had to watch from the sideline as Joliet Central put together one of its better seasons in recent memory.

“Every game I watched last year I wanted to go out there and help,” she said. “I wanted to give the best I could, but I had to just watch.”

A senior now, she’s done watching. Fowler is back in the starting lineup for the Steelmen and she was in top form Thursday night against Plainfield East . She scored 18 points in the first half alone and finished with 22 as the Steelmen cruised to a 68-23 victory on their home court.

The game itself was never really in question. After falling behind 4-2, the Steelmen went on a 17-0 run and fi

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