Girls State Basketball: Providence Academy makes history with 4th straight state title

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.

McClave captures fifth girls basketball title in program history

GREELEY – For the fifth time in school history, and the first since 2009, McClave is living out a state championship dream The Cardinals beat Idalia 47-33 to win the Class 1A girls basketball title at Bank of Colorado Arena. “We finally got it done,” Addison Vallejos said. “We’ve been up here at number one, and we’ve never gotten it done. We don’t like that feeling so we didn’t want to end it like that.” The Cardinals got their fifth championshi…

FINAL: Providence Academy secures fourth straight title behind 40 point performance from Maddyn Greenway against Crosby-Ironton

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