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The Alexandria Lady Cardinals saw their season come to an end in the Section Semifinals on Saturday. Alexandria struggled to get their footing in the first half but still went to the locker room tied 20-20. In the second half the Cardinal offense woke up sparked by Sophomore Kaia Emter’s 3 back to back to back 3 point shots. The Lady Cards struggled to put together stops into the defensive end and could not pull away.
DL stayed within striking distance with free throws and some Cardinal miscues. The Cards executed beautifully in the waning moments of regulation that led to a Hadley Thul 3 point shot. Alexandria had a defensive breakdown and DL stuck a 3 of their own to force the first OT. In a game that went back and forth it was the Lakers that had the final run forcing the Lady Cards to foul. Scoring for the Cards was Allie Haabala 16, Hadley Thul 15, Kaia Emter 9, Chloe Scholl 9, MaCee Linow 8, Elle Heydt 7, Kate Hennesey 2 and Lillian Thul 1.
It was a disappointing turn of events for the young Cards but the future is nothing but extremely exciting and bright for this crew of underclassmen. Lillian Thul, Tessa McGrane and Carli Wolf played their last game on the AAHS court and we will miss their leadership and thank them for being such great role models and mentors to their younger counterparts. The Cardinals finished the season 12-14 and lost multiple games by 5 points or less. We are proud of these girls who grew in so many ways this season and will be ready to fly next season.