Stories from Saturday, February 9, 2008

CLAY CITY -- For the second consecutive season the Union (Dugger) Bulldogs had their season end against North Central. The Lady Thunderbirds avenged a 20-point loss four days ago with a 58-45 victory in the semifinals of the Clay City Class A Sectionals on Friday night...

CLAY CITY -- White River Valley is one game away from claiming its fifth sectional title and first since 2004 after its 58-34 victory over Shakamak on Friday night in the semifinals of the Clay City Class A Sectional. Three nights after pouring in a school record 36 points, WRV sophomore Stephanie Fougerousse was limited to just 14 points. But the Wolverine supporting cast stepped up and complemented Fougerousse well, led by Kelsey Anderson's 19 points...

Eastern Greene girls basketball coach Dan Fidago has talked about the continued improvement of center Kaci Helms, especially during the second half of the season. The 5-foot-11 Helms made Fidago sound prophetic as the junior poured in a career-high 15 points to go with eight rebounds and four blocked shots to help the Lady Thunderbirds defeat North Knox 60-47 in the semifinals of the Class 2A Bloomfield Sectional on Friday night at Guy Glover Gymnasium...

After watching underdog South Knox jump out to a 6-4 lead after the opening quarter, Bloomfield junior Siera Fuller had seen enough. The 5-foot-7 Fuller scored eight points in the second stanza as Bloomfield forged ahead 19-12 at intermission and went on to 37-26 victory in the semifinals of the Class 2A Bloomfield Sectional at Guy Glover Gymnasium on Friday night...

Eastern Greene defeated Bloomfield 33-27 in the Class 2A Bloomfield Sectional title game Saturday night, and White River Valley defeated North Central 54-42 in the Class A Clay City Sectional title game. Eastern Greene and WRV will take part in the regional next Saturday...