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Chippewa Valley This Week
At Eau Claire North for the Sectional Final, the Lady Macks (26-2, 13-1 Western Cloverbelt Conference) faced a familiar foe in the Crickets (24-4, 13-1 WCC), who represented McDonell's only conference loss the last two years.
As the rubber match went back and forth initially, the Lady Macks could never quite pull away from Fall Creek, who had a late surge and pulled within a single basket at the break. In the second half, however, McDonell steadily built and then maintained a double-digit advantage, punching their ticket to State for the fourth straight year!
After falling behind 19-0 to start the game Chippewa Falls(4-22) outscored Marshfield(23-2) 21-15 the rest of the half and went into the locker room down 34-21, after having got as close as 10 at 29-19.
The Tigers then scored the first 10 points of the 2nd half in growing their lead to a game-high 23 and they never looked back on their way to an 81-40 win.
In a rematch of their very first game of the season, but this time on the road in a win-or-go-home scenario, the Macks (16-9 8-6 Western Cloverbelt Conference) faced off against a talented and experienced squad in the Cardinals (19-6, 11-3 Dunn-St. Croix).
Throughout the night, neither team was able to pull away by more than three possessions, as the teams traded the lead back and forth. In the final minutes, however, some timely shooting by Spring Valley, undoubtedly spurred on by a full house of fans, propelled them to a Regional Final and ended McDonell's season.
