With offense at a premium, Southern Boone got the shot it needed just in time. Chloe Bukowsky drained a 3-pointer from the left corner with :02.2 showing on the clock to give the Lady Eagles a comeback 33-31 win against the Fatima Lady Comets in the Class 4 sectional round Tuesday night at Missouri S&T’s Gibson Arena.
Alli Robertson did it all for Fatima. Robertson scored a game-high 18 points, brought down a game-high 13 rebounds, dished out a game-high seven assists, blocked a game-high two shots and tipped away a steal to help lead the Lady Comets to a 54-46 win Thursday against the Owensville Dutchgirls in the semifinals of the Class 4 District 10 Tournament.
The Helias Lady Crusaders never quit. Top-seeded Helias rebounded from a seven-minute stretch without a field goal with an 11-3 run late in the fourth quarter to come back for a 57-53 win against the third-seeded Fatima Lady Comets in the championship of the Comet Classic.
Life is full of second chances. So was Saturday’s Class 3 softball state championship game between the Fatima Lady Comets and the Chillicothe Lady Hornets. Fatima pitcher Taylor Baumhoer received a second chance in that game, and she made the most of it.
The Fatima Lady Comets would like to remind everyone no lead is safe until the final out is made. That lesson earned themselves a softball state championship Saturday afternoon. Trailing by nine runs at the end of two innings against the Chillicothe Lady Hornets, the Lady Comets scored 10 unanswered runs, and after losing a one-run lead in the bottom of the seventh inning, they had two more runs cross the plate in the eighth inning. Those final two runs were the deciding factor, among many other key moments along the way, that gave Fatima a 16-14 victory against Chillicothe in the Class 3 state title game at Killian Softball Complex.