Neillsville And Owen-Withee Girls Heading To State
Sunday, March 16th, 2014 -- 2:10 PM
Two Eastern Cloverbelt Girls Basketball teams are heading to the WIAA State Girls Basketball Championships at the Resch Center in Green Bay.Division3:
The unbeaten and No. 1 ranked Neillsville Warriors squeaked by the Hayward Hurricanes on Saturday night in a Sectional Final at River Falls 31-30. After Hayward led by as many as 5 late in game, Neillsville was able get back into it and then Senior Katelyn Crothers gracefully knocked down a short runner with 10 seconds left to give Neillsville the lead and Hayward?s potential game-winning shot at the buzzer rimmed out and Neillsville (26-0) is going back to State for the third straight year. Jenny Lindner led the Warriors with a game high 15 points, Crothers added 7. Neillsville will now take on the No. 2 team in Division 3, Brodhead (25-0) in a Division 3 State Semi-final at around 10:45 am on Friday morning. You can hear it live on 92.7 FM WPKG.
Division 5:
Behind 35 points from Stephanie Heggemeier, Owen-Withee held off South Shore 51-48 on Saturday in a WIAA Division 5 girls basketball sectional final at Spooner. The Blackhawks (22-5) are returning to state for the first time since falling to Heritage Christian in the 2012 state title game. They will now take on unbeaten Barneveld in a Division 5 State Semi-final on Thursday afternoon at around 3:15pm. You can hear it live on 92.7 FM WPKG.
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