LOWELL — Communities always remember champions.

After battling the same school in a nail-biter during the final last winter, Izzy Kittredge decided to flip the script Saturday. The junior forward erupted for a game-high 28 points, taking over in the second half as top-ranked Medfield clinched the Div. 2 girls basketball championship for a second straight season with a convincing 62-20 romp over No. 6 South High at Tsongas Center.

“She’s special,” Medfield coach Mark Nickerson said. “We all know it. It’s so hard. We have so many great players. Sometimes it’s one player, not another … they all are special players. It’s just not the same person every game.”

It was a rematch of the Div. 2 final when Medfield was able to claim the hardware with a thrilling 48-42 contest, one which came down to the wire. This time around, all early signs pointed to a similar finish, as the schools struggled to gain any semblance of an offensive tempo. South (19-5) attempted to turn the game into a possession battle, bleeding clock every time it touched the ball. The plan worked for a half at least, as Medfield (23-2) found itself clinging to a slim 19-13 lead at the break.

“We didn’t really want to play them again,” laughed Nickerson. “I’ve got to be honest with you, I was watching the Whitman-Hanson game. No disrespect to Whitman-Hanson, but I would have liked to play someone different, because I know how tough Worcester South is…They’re aggressive, they’re tough, they’re physical, they’re fast. They present a lot of problems.”

However, the Warriors were able to find their usual groove as soon as the third quarter began, and they relied on Kittredge for the spark. The junior took on a lead role, draining 14 points in the frame alone. By the time the dust settled and fans had a chance to exhale, Medfield had embarked on a 28-6 run to break things open. Abby Broderick drilled a three at the buzzer, as the Warriors coasted into the fourth quarter with a commanding 47-19 advantage.

As the fourth quarter played out, the Warriors closed with suffocating defense, holding South to just one point in the frame to seal the deal.

Broderick and Tess Baacke added 10 points apiece in the win for Medfield, while Ava MacCollom and Bryan Bascones each dropped in six points for South.

As Kittredge walked to a media scrum for postgame interviews, a small crowd of young fans strolled to the corner of the stadium seats, all chanting in unison to a newfound cry: “MVP!”

“It’s great,” Kittredge said. “All season long, this team supported me so much. It’s great to know that the whole team is behind us, the whole town.”