No. 3-ranked Holyoke High School girls basketball team can’t hold in the excitement after securing a 50-44 win over No. 2 Wray in semifinal action Thursday, Feb. 21, in Sterling. Head coach John Baumgartner is pictured in center with his team behind him, from left, Ashley Rahe, Shianne Willmon, Taylor Trumper, Sarah Razo, assistant coach Ben Rahe and Kristin Vieselmeyer. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications
Regionals call for another long trek to Meeker
Taking second place in the district tournament last weekend, Holyoke High School’s girls basketball advanced to regionals ranked 14th. As such, the Dragons will play Denver Christian (No. 19) in the first round of regional competition Friday, March 1, at 7 p.m. in Meeker. Meeker (No. 3) will play Dolores (No. 30) at 5:30 p.m. The winners of those two games will play for the Region 3 championship Saturday, March 2, at 1 p.m.
Other District 2 teams playing in the first round of regionals Friday are Yuma (No. 2) hosting Dayspring (No. 31), Wiggins (No. 32) at Limon (No. 1), and Wray (No. 9) playing Burlington (No. 24) at Ignacio.
The championship team from each of the eight regional brackets will go on to compete in the Colorado 2A state tournament at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland on March 7-9.
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