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Jordan Jablonski takes an outside shot against Gothenburg in the subdistrict final.
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Looking for an opening, Sophie Spady dribbles into traffic against Gothenburg in the subdistrict final. Her three-pointer in the opening minute of the game sparked Chase County’s offense.
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Coach Randy Longoria congratulates his team after last Thursday’s win which sent them into this Friday’s district final. A win against Wahoo Friday will send the Lady Longhorns to state.
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Mallie McNair is up above the hands of the Gothenburg defenders, en route to two of the 11 points she scored in Chase County’s 47-32 win.
Lady Longhorns’ state berth just a game away
Friday’s C1-8 district title game in Kearney has a bit of a deja vu to it.
After Chase County breezed through its C1-11 subdistrict last week, they advanced to the district final against the same team on the same floor as in the 2019 district contest.
Chase County will go up against Wahoo at Kearney High School with tip-off set for 7:30 p.m. CT.
But this year, Chase County has the better record and a higher seed.
The Lady Longhorns take an 18-3 record into Friday’s game, and are sitting No. 8 in power points.
Wahoo, at 17-7, sits right below in the No. 9 spot in the point standings.
Chase County will be the home team in Friday’s battle, whose winner will be one of eight headed to Lincoln for the state tournament March 5-7.
Coach Randy Longoria is prepared to face Wahoo.
He said he’s watched about nine hours worth of film on Wahoo this season, and is ready to focus on them at practice this week.
He said Chase County and Wahoo are different teams, but both have had some similar ups and downs this season.
“It’s down to 16 teams now and all of them can perform. (The winners) will be those who can outshine the others,” he said.
Longoria said they will prepare to face man, box and one and combination defenses from Wahoo.
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