Girls State Basketball: Providence Academy makes history with 4th straight state title
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Girls Basketball: C-I falls to 4-time state champion Providence Academy
MINNEAPOLIS — Crosby-Ironton head coach Pete Vukelich knows too well what it feels like to place second at the state tournament. He played on the 2007-08 C-I boys’ basketball team that placed second in the Class 2A State Tournament. Seventeen years later, he coached the C-I girls’ team in the Class 2A title game where the Rangers fell 81-63 to the Providence Academy Lions Saturday, March 15, at Williams Arena. Providence junior and University of…
Providence Academy makes it four straight by beating Crosby-Ironton for 2A crown
About seven rows up at center court a Providence Academy fan held a sign saying, “Lions Gave Up Losing for Lent,” and one seat over a fan held up a smaller sign that simply said “Again.” They aptly sum up Saturday’s Class 2A girls’ basketball championship and the past few years. Tight for a while, the quickness of Providence Academy took over en route to the Lions topping Crosby-Ironton 81-63 at Williams Arena. The 32-0 Lions are the first team …
Girls State Basketball: Providence Academy makes history with 4th straight state title
It was a state record fourth consecutive title for the Lions (32-0) and stretched their winning streak over the past two seasons to 44 in a row. The previous mark of three championships in a row was shared by five others, including Benilde-St. Margaret’s, which captured a three-peat earlier Saturday.
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