Kennett High senior Maddie Stewart puts up a shot just as the buzzer sounds ending the state championship game against Bishop Brady at Bedford High School on Sunday. The Green Giants edged the Eagles 54-52. (LISA EASTWOOD PHOTO)
The Kennett High girls' basketball team finished as the state runner-up for Division II on Sunday following a 54-52 loss against Bishop Brady at Bedford High School in Bedford. (LISA EASTWOOD PHOTO)
Kennett High senior Maddie Stewart puts up a shot just as the buzzer sounds ending the state championship game against Bishop Brady at Bedford High School on Sunday. The Green Giants edged the Eagles 54-52. (LISA EASTWOOD PHOTO)
The Kennett High girls' basketball team finished as the state runner-up for Division II on Sunday following a 54-52 loss against Bishop Brady at Bedford High School in Bedford. (LISA EASTWOOD PHOTO)
CONWAY — This one might hurt for a little while, but if the Kennett High girls’ basketball team members were told last July when it looked like there might not be winter sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that they would, in fact, have a season; compile a 15-game win streak; and come within 25 seconds of winning the Division II State Championship, everyone would have taken that in a heartbeat and been delighted.
The Eagles were oh-so-close to winning just the third state title in girl’s basketball on Sunday evening. Playing Bishop Brady in the championship game at Bedford High School, Kennett led by 52-50 with 50 seconds to play. The Green Giants managed to knot the game on a fadeaway jumper by Ami Rivera with 20 seconds to play. KHS took a timeout with 12 ticks left on the clock with Coach Larry Meader designing a play for the last shot.
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