The Winner Lady Warriors basketball team was not going to let an 11 point deficient stop them from reaching their goal of playing in the state tournament.
Winner won the Region 7A title with a 58-52 overtime victory over No. 1 seed Little Wound in Pine Ridge on March 1. Down 11 points at halftime, the Lady Warriors rallied back for the victory outscoring the Mustangs 12-6 in the overtime.
Cox led the scoring for Winner with 18 points followed by Fritz, 12; Volmer, 9 and Horstman, 8. Cox pulled down 9 of Winner’s 36 rebounds. Volmer pulled down 8 and Horstmam, 7.
The Lady Warriors take a 19-4 record into the state tournament which will be played in Watertown March 10, 11 and 12. The last time Winner played in the state tournament was in 2014 in Spearfish.
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