St. Charles East senior guard Paige Jordan has left the team, citing escalating off-court drama with teammates that affected her "everywhere and everything."

Jordan later referred to her motives as "just girl stuff," but given East's 5-0 start in the Upstate Eight Conference River Division, the ripples figure to go beyond the superficial.

"I guess it's just the team and I have had many difficulties throughout the years, and I decided that it wasn't worth all the stress and always being upset," Jordan said Thursday. "And I wanted to put all my focus toward golf since I'm playing that in college, so I thought it would be best to put all my focus toward my future with golf."