One team was going to return to the Show-Me Showdown and 2nd ranked Principia outscored 3rd ranked Centralia 10-4 to finish the game and won 47-41 in a Class 3 Quarterfinal contest in St. Louis on Saturday. In the battle of Panthers, Principia led by as many as seven points four times in the third quarter, but Centralia kept battling back….
Brad Boyer with the call on NEMOPressbox.com. Principia led 37-33 heading into the fourth quarter. Centralia was able to pull even…
Principia scored the next five and hit enough free throws to close out the game. 6-2 post Dasia Scott finished with 19 points. Principia improves to 25-5 and will play Wednesday at 2:00 against Portageville in the semifinals. Braylin Brunkhorst scored 15 and Ryenn Gordon added 13 for Centralia. The Panthers finish with the most wins in school history at 28-2. Their only senior, Bailey Schuering, was named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game. Her four years was the winningest stretch in program history at 94-21.
postgame with Megan Brinkmann:
