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March 2, 2012 Volume 18, Issue 3
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March Madness Begins
Clayton Bothun Heidi Christofferson Brooke Ferenczy The girls basketball team wins its first playoff game on Monday night. Shawnie Hestenes by Brooke Ferenczy Morgan Jennen The Hillcrest Comets led by one point at the buzzer signals the end of the game, the Ronnie Johnson Grant Malmstrom halftime, and the tired girls run off the court girls smile and embrace each other, knowing Nisius McAllister-Powell and disappear into the locker room. Ten that they have accomplished what they had Zach Nersten Katie Thorkildsen minutes later, they reappear with renewed hoped. Gene Twedt “We know now how each of us plays,” enthusiasm as they prepare to play hard and If you are interested in having the HLA Today mailed to your house, contact the front office, 218-739-3371. The cost is $30 per year.
give the last half of the game everything they have. Dribbling, shooting, passing, and blocking, the girls sprint up and down the court, working together to score as many points as possible. It is their first playoff game, and Rothsay’s crowd is cheering loudly. But the Comets are determined, and they fight to make their hard work pay off—and it does. As
said senior Gracia Larson. “We know each other’s strengths and weaknesses, and that helps us to help each other. Now that we are in playoffs, we’re doing the best together as a team that we have yet. That’s just what we hoped for: that this point in our season would be our peak.” As the basketball season comes to a close, the girls team expresses a sense of unity. “I continued on page 2