The Stanton Girls Basketball team is making their first trip to state since 1990 as the Mustangs punched their ticket to Lincoln with a 47-37 win over Twin River in the C2-3 District Final in Columbus Friday night.
Stanton led 16-2 at the end of one. The Titans won the second quarter 12-11 to make it a 27-14 game at the end of three.
Twin River outscored the Mustangs 13-9 in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 9 at 36-27 at the end of three.
Stanton notched 11 fourth quarter points compared to 10 for the Titans.
Hiliary Huss led the way with 18 points. MacKenzie Brandl totaled 9 while Bree Burtwhistle registered 8.
Head Coach Greg Wegner says his team came out strong in beating the Titans for the third time this year. "Yeah we really did. We played them twice earlier in the year. The first time we played really well. We shot well. And the second time my girls kind of took it a little easier, they thought they weren't as good as they were. But I tried warning them. And in the third game they came out real hot, they didn't want that happening again like the second time."
19-7 Stanton meets 25-1 Guardian Angels Central Catholic in Lincoln on Thursday.
Wegner says the Bluejays are the real deal. "They're tough. Looking across the board they have great heighth, they have great speed, great fundamentals. And they can all score so I mean it's going to be a tough matchup for us. All I want out of my kids is for them to play as hard as they can."
The thing with GACC is they don't have just one great player, or a couple of really good players. The Bluejays are a complete team.
Huss, Brandl, Burtwhistle, and others all need to step up and score even more than they did against the Titans.
The Mustangs' players need to score like GACC, and match the Bluejays' defensive intensity.
Stanton is going to have to play a whale of a game to knock off mighty GACC. The Mustangs have state experience working against them so Stanton is going to have to play out of their minds to hang and compete with and ultimately beat the Bluejays.
Anything is possible though so the Mustangs can certainly win.
GACC has their sights on winning the whole thing, but it would be Stanton's pleasure to spoil the party for the Bluejays.
The biggest thing for the Mustangs is to go out and play their best. If Stanton gives their best effort and plays the best game they can, that will be good.
Not a lot of teams in Class C-1 or below are capable of beating GACC so we'll find out if the Mustangs become one of them.
Thursday's game is set to tip off at 2:00 p.m. at Lincoln Southwest. The game will be aired on 107.9 the Bull.
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