In a game just completed the Lady Gladiators beat Rappahannock County 61-53 to capture the Region 1-B title and move on to the state final four, but unless you were there in person, you sure did not get much out of the experience. I say that because (GRRRR!!!) the NFHS freezing problem was worse for this game than all the others I have tried to watch put together. I checked with friends during the game and they were having the same issues.
So to give you the very little bit of detail that I can......RHS took control early and led by double digits after the first quarter, but Rapp came back in the second and early stages of the third to make a game out of it. I have no idea if they ever actually took the lead.
Riverheads then re-established control and led by double digits again before the Lady Panthers made one final push and had the lead down to three and had the ball as near as I could tell. But Riverheads held on and was able to hit enough foul shots down the stretch to win the game.
For a better recap, I might suggest Googling NewsVirginian.com later in the day as they most likely had someone at the game. The Lady Gladiators will now travel to face the Region A champion. I believe that title game is tonight and I would assume the state semi-final down that way will not be any earlier than Wednesday.
So to give you the very little bit of detail that I can......RHS took control early and led by double digits after the first quarter, but Rapp came back in the second and early stages of the third to make a game out of it. I have no idea if they ever actually took the lead.
Riverheads then re-established control and led by double digits again before the Lady Panthers made one final push and had the lead down to three and had the ball as near as I could tell. But Riverheads held on and was able to hit enough foul shots down the stretch to win the game.
For a better recap, I might suggest Googling NewsVirginian.com later in the day as they most likely had someone at the game. The Lady Gladiators will now travel to face the Region A champion. I believe that title game is tonight and I would assume the state semi-final down that way will not be any earlier than Wednesday.