It wasn’t the start the Helias Lady Crusaders were looking for Saturday afternoon. Helias had problems on both ends of the floor, allowing the Ava Lady Bears to jump out to an eight-point lead at the end of the first quarter in the Class 4 quarterfinals at Lebanon High School. “If somebody was watching us for the first time, they probably thought we were out of it,” Helias coach Garrett Wiggans said. “But that’s not in our girls’ DNA. They were going to battle back.”
The Helias Lady Crusaders haven’t advanced to a basketball Final Four since 1995. The Ava Lady Bears have never been. One of those streaks will end this afternoon when eighth-ranked Helias (22-7) takes on ninth-ranked Ava (22-5) in the Class 4 quarterfinals at Lebanon High School. Game time is 1 p.m.
It was a close game in the first quarter. The South Iron Panthers put it away in the second quarter. South Iron used a 13-0 run during the end of the first quarter and the start of the second to cruise past the St. Elizabeth Hornets for an 85-51 victory Friday night in the Class 1 boys state semifinals at Hammons Student Center.
The Helias Lady Crusaders haven’t advanced to a basketball Final Four since 1995. The Ava Lady Bears have never been. One of those streaks will end this afternoon when eighth-ranked Helias (22-7) takes on ninth-ranked Ava (22-5) in the Class 4 quarterfinals at Lebanon High School. Game time is 1 p.m.
It was a close game in the first quarter. The South Iron Panthers put it away in the second quarter. South Iron used a 13-0 run during the end of the first quarter and the start of the second to cruise past the St. Elizabeth Hornets for an 85-51 victory Friday night in the Class 1 boys state semifinals at Hammons Student Center.