March 24, 2005

sports

Front row, from left: Taylor Ennis, Hannah Kumbusky, Alex Beer and Stephanie Lloyd; back row: coach John Beer, Aprile Doubt, Mariah Clark, Natasha Perry, Stephanie Scott, Kelly Miller and coach Chris Lloyd.

Girls reach tourney finals

The Yellow Springs sixth-grade girls basketball team ended its season two weeks ago in the championship game of the Mini March Madness tournament at Cedarville University. Although the girls lost in the finals to a select team from Miami Trace, they showed great determination to reach the championship game.

Stephanie Scott led the team in the title game with 37 points and numerous rebounds.

After losing their first game, the Lady Bulldogs made it through the losers bracket and won their next three games against Greeneview and two Xenia select teams before losing to the Panthers.

Coaches John Beer and Chris Lloyd could not have been more proud of the girls. “They never got down and they gave it everything they had, especially the last night of the tournament,” Beer said. “The girls had to play three consecutive games and every team member contributed.”

After winning only two games the previous two years, this year’s team finished 9–9.

“Everyone improved from last year and finally realized through hard work and determination what they had to do as a team to put it all together to be successful,” Lloyd said.

The team and the coaches thanked the team parents and the community, especially Mike Haller, the league representative, for their support.

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