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Last Year’s State Finals in Review

Two Appearances, Two Titles for Evansville Mater Dei in Class 2A
The Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats, after discov-
ering the joy of a Class 2A championship in their first
state finals appearance a year ago, resolved to do it
again. Mission accomplished.
The Wildcats repeated as champions by toppling
the Eastern (Greentown) Comets, 62-42, in the 2013
girls finals. A familiar cast of team leaders contributed
for Mater Dei, led by 18 points and a 2A title-game-
record 17 rebounds from Tori Schickel. In the 2012
final, Schickel totaled 11 points and 11 rebounds in
the Wildcats’ 56-52 overtime victory over Fort Wayne
Bishop Luers.
Mater Dei, ranked No. 1 in the Class 2A ICGSA
poll, grabbed a 13-5 lead after one quarter and never
trailed. The Wildcats used their size advantage
to outrebound Eastern, 43-28. They also held the
Comets to 16-of-55 shooting (29.1 percent).
Beth Fischer had 14 points for Mater Dei. For
Eastern, Brittany Neeley had 16 points and Allison
Oyler scored 12. Bethany Neeley and Taylor Holliday
each grabbed nine rebounds for the Comets.
Coach Steve Goans’ Mater Dei squad finished
28-2. Coach Jeremy Dexter’s sixth-ranked Comets,
who were making their first state finals appearance,
ended at 22-4.

Fincher Leads Canterbury to Another Class A Title

In a matchup of elite small-school teams, Kindell That’s when Canterbury went to work both offensively
Fincher scored 17 points and defensively. Bailey Farley
and grabbed a record 19 drove for the Cavaliers’ first
rebounds, powering her bucket of the fourth quarter
Fort Wayne Canterbury with 2:51 left. Fincher then
squad to a 42-35 victory contributed four points to close
over Vincennes Rivet in out the game as Rivet went
the Class A championship scoreless over the final 3:23.
game. Fincher’s rebound-
For the Canterbury ing total was a record for all
girls, it marked the fifth classes in girls championship
state title in the last six games and the most in a title
seasons. Rivet was the game since 1988. Canterbury
only team to interrupt also got 10 rebounds from
Canterbury’s streak, Katherine Smith. Darby Mag-
capturing the 2011 championship. gard scored 11 points.
Canterbury held a 14-point lead at halftime, but Rivet Ivers led Rivet with 17 points. Bailey Dreiman totaled
kept chipping away and turned up its defense against 11 rebounds.
the state’s top-scoring team. When Kelsey Ivers hit a Coach Wayne Krieger’s Canterbury team, ranked
3-pointer to end the third quarter, Rivet cut Canterbury’s No. 1 in the ICGSA Class A poll, finished 25-3. Coach
lead to single digits at 36-28. Ivers hit four more points to Tim Young’s Rivet squad, ranked No. 4, was 22-5.
open the fourth and Lauren Herman added three, pulling
the Patriots within one (36-35) of the Cavaliers with 3:23
remaining.

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