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A yearbook from Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School in Nashville shows trans mass killer Audrey Hale in her teenage years smiling from ear-to-ear alongside her basketball teammates.

With offense at a premium, Southern Boone got the shot it needed just in time. Chloe Bukowsky drained a 3-pointer from the left corner with :02.2 showing on the clock to give the Lady Eagles a comeback 33-31 win against the Fatima Lady Comets in the Class 4 sectional round Tuesday night at Missouri S&T’s Gibson Arena.

A pair of area conference champions will meet tonight for a spot in the Class 4 girls basketball quarterfinals. The Fatima Lady Comets and the Southern Boone Lady Eagles face each other in the sectional round at Missouri S&T’s Gibson Arena in Rolla. Tip-off is at 6 p.m.

Back on Jan. 17, the Fatima Lady Comets dropped a 51-34 decision to the Owensville Dutchgirls in Westphalia. It was time for the Lady Comets to decide what kind of season it was going to be. “After that game, I told them everything was here to win a district title,” Fatima coach Matt Baker said. “You’re talented, it’s just a matter of trusting it and putting it together. And they did it.”

The Blair Oaks Lady Falcons earned the No. 1 seed in the Class 4 District 10 Tournament by virtue of defeating each of the other five teams in the district during the regular season. But when the Lady Falcons lost their starting point guard to a season-ending knee injury in the regular-season finale, they went from being the favorites to facing a steep uphill climb to begin their postseason.

Alli Robertson did it all for Fatima. Robertson scored a game-high 18 points, brought down a game-high 13 rebounds, dished out a game-high seven assists, blocked a game-high two shots and tipped away a steal to help lead the Lady Comets to a 54-46 win Thursday against the Owensville Dutchgirls in the semifinals of the Class 4 District 10 Tournament.

The Westchester Lady Comets relied on their defense to defeat the sharp-shooting Granada Hills Highlanders 51-44, winning the 2022 CIF City Section girls’ basketball Open Division Championship.

WARDSVILLE — For the first 10 minutes it was a back and forth affair. The final 22 minutes were all Fatima.

Blair Oaks junior Halie Eaton was one of the Lady Falcons’ first two state qualifiers in girls wrestling last season. She needs one more win to become the program’s first state medalist this season. Eaton posted a 2-1 record in the 155-pound bracket Wednesday on the first day of the Class 1 girls wrestling state championships at Mizzou Arena.

With the start of the postseason just around the corner, the Jefferson City Lady Jays played perhaps their best game of the season. Jefferson City jumped out to an early double-digit lead, fought off a Fatima rally, then kicked it back into gear Thursday night as the Lady Jays defeated the Lady Comets 61-31 in a state-ranked clash.