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The Lady Wolverines of West Lincoln Broadwell have won yet
another state basketball championship. WLB won both the Seventh
and Eighth Grade Class 1A State Championship titles in 2017,
2018 and now 2019.
On Thursday night they defeated A-C Central 39-28 in Clinton to
win the 2019 Eighth Grade Class 1A State Championship.
These girls are perfect. For real. They finished the 2019
basketball season 29-0. More impressively, they have compiled a
record of 161 wins (165 including forfeits) and no losses during
their reign under Head Coach Kari Froebe. Their success is
unprecedented at any level of sports.
At the end of the Lady Wolverines close win over A-C Central
Thursday night Coach Froebe focused her thoughts on her team.
“I just want to congratulate these girls,” said Froebe. “They
have put in the work over the last eight years. What they’ve
done for girls basketball in the Lincoln community and our
school district, they’ve truly provided a legacy for themselves
and for our program. Without their hard work and the dedication
from them and their parents and the community, this would not
have been possible. I appreciate all of their support through
all of this. We are going to miss them.
"Our quote this year has been “One More, Just One More” and I
told them it’s probably different for you than it is for me. I
would like one more practice, one more game, one more night, and
for them it’s just one more championship. To me it was more
about wanting one more….just one more year. It went so fast. And
every year with these girls it gets harder and harder.”
Froebe mentioned the fact that these girls will be moving on to
high school and she is always proud of the girls advancing. This
year will undoubtedly be tough on the coach, though, as her own
daughter, Kloe, moves on to the next level.
Kloe Froebe led WLB in scoring in the championship game with 14
points. Jenna Bowman and Becca Heitzig each tossed in 10 points.
WLB 39
Froebe 14
Bowman 10
Heitzig 10
Turner 3
Goodey 2
A-C Central 28
Privia 14
Roberts 6
Arthalony 5
Cookson 3
2019 Roster
*denotes 8th grader
*Kloe Froebe
*Becca Heitzig
*Regan Goodey
*Jenna Bowman
*Alison Turner
*Tori Geriets
*Alyssa Bishop
Emma Baker
Jane Turner
Mia Clark
Lily Holmes
Rebecca Burge
Marin Luckhart
[Teena
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