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Last Year’s State Finals in Review

2A Eastern Tops Oak Hill for Schools First State Title

The Golden Eagles opened the second half scoring eight
straight points to tie the game at 22, but never found a way
to take the lead, and the Musketeers used an 8-2 run in the
fourth quarter to stay ahead.
Eastern won its first state championship in the school’s
history and appeared in the girls state finals for the first time
after winning the program’s first regional and semi-state
titles. The Musketeers finished the year 23-7 in Michael
McBride’s 10th season as head coach.
Steward scored 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting to lead the
Musketeers while Taylor Drury and Isabell Claywell each
finished with nine points and six rebounds.
Oak Hill shot just 29.4 percent from the field on 10-of-34
shooting, uncharacteristically low for a team that entered
the state finals making 45.2 percent of its shots.
Eastern (Pekin) survived an early second half spurt by
Oak Hill and the Musketeers held on to knock off the No. 5 The Golden Eagles finished the season 27-2 under head
Golden Eagles 42-31 to win the Class 2A girls state title. coach Todd Law. Oak Hill made it to the finals for the first
time since finishing runner-up in back-to-back seasons in
Eastern’s Rachel Stewart made a lay-up late in the second 2008 and 2009.
half to put the Musketeers ahead 22-11 before Oak Hill’s
Jenessa Hasty hit a 3-pointer and Eastern led 22-14 at Hasty had 13 points and five rebounds, Taylor Westgate
halftime. finished with six points and eight rebounds while Kaela
Robey had six points and seven rebounds.

Second Quarter Run Propels Wood Memorial to First State Championship
Wood Memorial used a late first-half spurt and a big fourth points and 12 rebounds and while Chloe Barley finished
quarter to pull away in a 68-43 victory over Union City to with eight points, 10 rebounds and six assists.
win the Class A girls state title.
Union City made its first appearance in the finals and ended
The No. 1 ranked Trojans went on an 8-0 run late in the the season 24-5 under head coach Sarah Black.
second quarter to take a 10-point lead on the No. 8 ranked
Indians when Chloe Bartley made two free throws to give Justiss Cantu led the Indians with 18 points while Kelsey
Wood Memorial a 33-23 lead with 1:26 remaining in the Zimmers and Kora Kerns each scored eight.
first half.
The Trojans outscored the Indians 19-13 in the second
quarter and 22-7 in the fourth quarter, including their final
eight points of the game from the free throw line. Chloe
Mowery made a free throw with 12 seconds to go to put the
Trojans ahead by 25, their largest lead of the game.
Wood Memorial finished 28-1 under head coach Johnnie
Bartley and the Trojans won a state title for the first time in
school history in any sport. They appeared in the finals for
the second time in girls basketball after finishing runner-up
to Oregon-Davis in 2007.
Brenna Maikranz led the Trojans with 26 points, including
10-of-14 shooting from the free throw line. Carsen Robin-
son scored 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field and
Sydney Day added 10 points. Lexi Lashbrook had seven
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