The West Central Area girls’ basketball team had a 43-33 edge on the boards and shot 40% (23-57) from the field on Thursday night as they posted a 64-53 win over the Henning Hornets to win the Section 6A championship, qualifying for the quarterfinal round of the Class A State Tournament which will be held on Tuesday night at a location to be determined. Their opponent will be determined during seeding over the weekend.
Henning held a slim 27-26 lead over Underwood at halftime of their 6A girls’ basketball semifinal contest on Tuesday night, however, the Hornets put together a solid second half on the way to a 58-45 victory over the Rockets.
The Underwood girls’ basketball team came from a nine point second half deficit on Friday night to defeat New York Mills 58-56 in a battle between a number 2 and number 3 seed in the Section 6A playoffs.