Laconia Girls Advance to Division 4 State Championship

The Laconia girls basketball team advances to the Division 4 state championship with a 67-49 victory over the Prairie School on Thursday night at the Resch Center in Green Bay. The Spartans were up by as many at 9 points in the first half before Prairie’s JJ Barnes hit a three right before the halftime buzzer to cut the deficit to 4, 33-29. The Prairie School tied the game at 33 in the second half. From there, Laconia went on a 10-0 run to take a double digit lead. At one point in the second half the Spartans outscored Prairie 17-3 on their way to a victory. Tierney Madigan led the Spartans in scoring with 20 points and 18 points off the bench from Molly Duel,

Cuba City defeated McDonell Central in the other Division 4 matchup 48-45 setting up the championship game against Laconia Saturday afternoon. We will have pre-game coverage at 12:30pm on NewsTalk 1450 KFIZ and 100.7 FM. Chuck Freimund and Nick Van Nocker on the broadcast.

Chuck Freimund files these reports from Green Bay: