正如Michael Errigo在《网络彩票平台》上所说:很长时间以来, 长时间, Paul VI dominated the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division I girls’ basketball bracket. 年复一年, the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference powerhouse would wrap up its conference season and then spend a week pummeling VISAA opponents en route to a state title.
去年的冠军 这是黑豹队的第16连胜吗.
但今年冬天,一个严峻的挑战者出现了. 艾尔顿主教参加了VISAA锦标赛
WCAC的爆发运动. And on Saturday afternoon at Benedictine College Prep in Richmond, the Cardinals capped their uplifting season with an achievement to remember.
Ireton ended Paul VI’s reign of state tournament dominance with a 56-52 win in the VISAA Division I title game. The victory secured the first state title in program history.
“We really didn’t talk about their streak at all before this game. We wanted to focus on us,” Cardinals Coach Kesha Walton said. “We wanted to play our best basketball and let everything else take care of itself.”
The Panthers (19-15) and Cardinals (24-9) earned the top two seeds in the bracket and played their VISAA quarterfinals three days after getting
在WCAC锦标赛半决赛中被淘汰出局. 周六的决赛, 这两支球队看起来很熟悉,也很般配, 上半年大部分时间都是交易篮子. The Panthers led by one at halftime and held that slim advantage after the third quarter.
The Cardinals made their move midway through the fourth, tying the score at 46 and then pulling ahead on a 6-0 solo run by junior forward Nyla Brooks. 他们再也不会追踪了.
“I had been focused on defense and rebounding to that point,” Brooks said. “但我知道第四节至关重要, and I wanted to do whatever I could to help us close out the game.”
布鲁克斯以17分领跑红雀队, followed by guards Amirah Anderson and Saniyah King with 14 apiece.
“It was our last game together, no matter what,” Brooks said. “We prepared really well and just enjoyed playing together.”