Helias senior Gabrielle Bax has been a superstar all postseason, but she managed to save her best for last. Bax scored a career-high 24 points, including back-to-back 3-pointers that gave the Lady Crusaders the lead for good late in the third quarter. Those six points helped propel Helias to a 51-40 win against the St. James Lady Tigers in the Class 4 girls third-place game Saturday morning at JQH Arena.
Back on Dec. 27, the Helias Lady Crusaders defeated St. Joseph Benton in the first round of the Jefferson Bank Holiday Hoops Tournament at Capital City High School. When they meet this afternoon, the stakes, and the gym, will be a lot bigger when Helias (23-7) and Benton (24-5) meet at 4 p.m. in the Class 4 semifinals at Hammons Student Center in Springfield.
The Helias Lady Crusaders dropped a 57-42 decision to the Rock Bridge Bruins in Central Missouri Activities Conference action Wednesday night. With the win, Rock Bridge claims the CMAC title with a 6-0 record. Helias finishes second with a 5-1 mark.
The Helias Lady Crusaders dropped a 57-42 decision to the Rock Bridge Bruins in Central Missouri Activities Conference action Wednesday night. With the win, Rock Bridge claims the CMAC title with a 6-0 record. Helias finishes second with a 5-1 mark.
The Helias Lady Crusaders closed the first half on a run. The 10-minute break at intermission didn’t slow them down. Helias scored eight of the final nine points of the second quarter to take a five-point lead at intermission, then outscored Jefferson City 29-12 in the second half to take a 54-32 victory in Central Missouri Activities Conference action Monday night at a packed Rackers Fieldhouse.