Brief State Tournament review

What a weekend!  This past weekend the McPherson High School girls made it to the state tournament.  We played our first round game verus Girard.  They had a phenomenal point guard who scored 31 points but we have the Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year on our team, Katelyn Loecker.  Kate scored 32 points, had 4 blocked shots, I think 11 rebounds, etc.  Our team played really well giving us the right to advance to the semifinal game as we beat Girard by 18 points.  Friday, we played Bonner Springs.  Both of us were 23-1 going into the game.  It was a tight game all the way through but we won 49-40.  Saturday we played in 4A State Championship game versus the undefeated Holton Wildcats.  They had a 51 game winning streak coming into the game.  Talk about a defensive battle...it was intensely amazing!  Our halftime score was 8-7!  We ended up winning 34-27.  We did not get to shoot any free-throws until 3 minutes to go in the game!  We were 10-11 from the FT line in the final 3 minutes!  We scored almost half our points in the closing minutes to win the game!  It was such an exciting time!  When the buzzer sounded there were tears of joy from almost all of us!  It brought me back to my playing days that's for sure.  Our girls worked so hard and are so deserving of the title.  I told Kamryn..."just wait girl, 15 years from now, this could be you!!!"  And the journey continues....