>>> A BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

THE ICE STARTING TO HEAD OUT OF THE DES MOINES RIVER, BUT IT IS PLENTY WARM INSIDE OF THE WELLS FARGO ARENA AND WHY NOT SPENT A SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN A CLASS 2A AND TWO UNDEFEATED TEAMS THE NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, AND NOBODY HAS LOST AND SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE.

WELCOME INSIDE.

ALONGSIDE LAURA LEONARD, I'M PAUL JAEGER, AND LAURA, WE HAVE NOT HAD THIS WHERE WE HAVE HAD TWO UNDEFEATED TEAMS IN THE FINALS, AND SURE, WE HAVE A REMATCH, BUT WE HAVE TWO EXTREMELY GOOD DEFENSIVE TEAMS, AND TWO VERY SIMILARLY MATCHED OFFENSIVE TEAMS, AND SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE.

>> YEAH, YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT IMAGES OF ONE ANOTHER, AND SO WHAT IS GOING TO GIVE AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE STATIST EKS FROM THIS WEEK AND IT IS THE BATTLE OF THE GLASS, AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD IS A TEAM THAT HAS DONE A GOOD JOB TO GET TO GLASS AND THIS IS MAYBE WHERE THE GAME IS WON.

>> AND THE WOLVERINES IS A FAMILIAR NAME IN VOLLEYBALL, AND THE FOURTH TRIP TO STATE IN BASKETBALL.

THIS PROGRAM HAS TAKEN BABY STEP, AND TOUGH "D," LAURA, AND AVERAGING 19 POINTS PER WIN.

AND THEY HAVE THREE SENIORS ELLA IMLER, AND TAYA TUCKER, BUT IT IS EMERSON WHITTENBAUGH, AND WHAT THE KEY FOR THEM?

>> THEY HAVE TO SETTLE DOWN.

>> OKAY.

LET'S GO INSIDE AND JUST IN TIME FOR THEHE IOWA SCHOLARSHIP >> AND THE IOWA SCHOLARSHIP WHO EXCELS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE COMMUNITY.

THE RECIPIENT WILL RECEIVE A $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO THE COLLEGE OF HER CHOICE.

THE 2021 E SCHOLARSHIP WINNER IS LEXI SHIK, AND THANK YOU TO JULIE WILLIAMS FROM THE BANKER ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP OF THIS AWARD AND THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF ISGHAU.

>> THANK YOU, HARTFORD FANS.

LET'S HEAR IT FOR YOUR WOLVERINES.

>> AND MAQUOKETA VALLEY FANS.

LET'S HEAR IT FOR YOUR WILDCATS.

>>> AND IT IS TIME TO INTRODUCE YOUR PLAYERS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

FIRST FOR THE DIKE NEW HARTFORD.

NUMBER 3, JADYN PETERSEN.

NUMBER 5, ADDY SOHN.

NUMBER 11, CAMILLE LANDPHAIR.

NUMBER 13, EL RI KNOCK.

NUMBER 15, MARYN BIXBY.

NUMBER 21, TAYLOR KVALE.

NUMBER 23, PAULA GONZALEZ.

NUMBER 25, PAYTON PETERSEN.

AND THE COACHES ARE BRUCE DALL AND ASSISTANT COACHES MAV DOVE AND AMBER GERRINGER AND ASHLEY BENINGA.

AND NOW NUMBER 3, CAELYN SANDS, NUMBER 5, KENNEDY RAUSCH, NUMBER 10, CARISSA SABERS, NUMBER 11, ELLA MENSEN, NUMBER 23, LIZ McDOWELL, NUMBER 23, HALEY RONNEBAUM, NUMBER 35 PAIGE WINTER, NUMBER 33, E ISABEL IMLER, AND NUMBER 44 ERIN KNIPPER.

THE COACHES FOR MAQUOKETA VALLEY ARE BRAD HUBER, JESSE WOOTEN, HEIDI HOEGER AND ALI SCHERRMAN AND HEAD COACH SCOT MOENCK.

AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ARE YOU READY FOR THE STARTING LINEUPS.

FOR DIKE NEW HARTFORD THE 6'4" SOPHOMORE EL RI KNOCK.

AND FOR DIKE NEW HARTFORD, 23SHGS PAULA GONZALEZ.

AND FOR MAQUOKETA VALLEY A 5'6" SENIOR, NUMBER 15, ELLA IMLER.

FOR DIKE NEW HARTFORD A 5'6" FRESHMAN, PAYTON PETERSEN.

AND FOR MAQUOKETA VALLEY, A 5'9" SENIOR, NUMBER 20, TAYA TUCKER.

FOR DIKE NEW HARTFORD, NUMBER 33 SPHIA HOFFMANN.

AND FOR MAQUOKETA VALLEY, NUMBER 21 EMERSON WHITTENBAUGH.

THE HEAD COACH FOR DIKE NEW HARTFORD IS BRUCE DALL.

THE HEAD COACH FOR MAQUOKETA VALLEY IS SCOT MOENCK.

WELCOME MAQUOKETA VALLEY AND DIKE NEW HARTFORD FOR THE 2020 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> THE THEME OF "WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE" IS APPROPRIATE.

WHAT DO YOU SEE IS THE KEY?

>> WELL, THEY CAN'T LET THE NERVES GET IN THE WAY, AND THIS IS WHAT COACH DALL HAD SAID, AND THEY HAVE TO SWITCH UP THE DEFENSIVE ZONES.

>> AND FOR MAQUOKETA VALLEY?

>> THEY HAVE TO RELY ON THE FUNDAMENTALS AND THEY HAVE DONE THAT ALL SEASON LONG.

AND WIN THE BATTLE OF THE BOARDS.

>> AND THE TIP-OFF HERE AT 4:09, SATURDAY, MARCH 6th, 2021, AND THE FIRST SHOT FOR THE WOLVERINES IS OFF OF THE MARK, AND MAQUOKETA VALLEY WILL GET THEIR FIRST POSSESSION.

THAT IS MADISON IMLER UP TO SABERS AND THEY HAVE TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING THERE FOR MAQUOKETA, BUT IT IS GOING OUT FOR REBOUND FOR WHITTENBAUGH, BUT BOTH TEAMS EARLY SHOTS, LAURA.

>> EARLY AND QUICK.

THEY ARE LETTING IT FLY AND ATTACKING ON BOTH ENDS.

>> WHITTENBAUGH IS WAY OUT FRONT.

AND THEY SWING IT BACK OVER TO SABERS, AND MAQUOKETA VALLEY IN THE HOME WHITE UNIFORMS.

BACK DOOR, AND THEY GO UP TWO, BUT IT IS A TRAVEL BY CHESNUT AND OVERPURSUIT, AND SIMILAR TO WHAT WEST LION DID EARLIER TODAY.

>> THE TWO-THREE ZONE TO LEAVE THE BACK LINE OPEN.

>> NO SCORE EARLY ON.

THE HOFFMANN WILL PUT IT IN FOR TWO, AND SOPHIA PUTS IT IN FOR TWO.

>> LUCKY TO PUT IT IN FOR A CHARGE, AND CONTINUE TO PLAY, AND CONTINUE TO FINISH RIGHT THROUGH IT.

>> TO THE RIGHT SIDE GOES TO WILDCATS AND NOW A FOUL OUT FRONT WITH TAYLOR KVALE, AND 6:29 TO PLAY HERE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

2-0, DIKE NEW-HARTFORD.

>> COACH DALL SAYS SHE IS AN INTENSE DEFENDER, AND SHE IS GOING TO GET AFTER YOU NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE ON THE FLOOR.

>> AND WHITTENBAUGH PULLED UP AND MISSED THE MARK.

TAYA TUCKER IS GOING TO GET ANOTHER AS SHE IS FOULED IN THE SHOT.

>> GOOD STRONG REBOUND, AND KEPT THAT BALL UP, AND THEN MADE THAT NICE POWER MOVE TO THE GLASS.

>> LAURA WE HEAR IT ALL OF THE TIME WHEN THE COACH CALLS A GIRL A GLUE GIRL, AND TUCKER IS MORE THAN THAT.

AND SHE IS THE UNWRITTEN PART OF THAT AS SHE CONVERTS ON THE FREE THROW, AND THAT ONE KICKS OUT.

>> WELL, THE POINTS DON'T MATTER TO HER, AND SHE WANTS TO WIN BALL GAMES AND HOWEVER SHE CAN HELP THE TEAM TO WIN BALL GAMES, SHE WILL DO IT.

>> ELLARY KNOCK'S THREE MISSES WIDE.

IMLER BRINGS IT UP.

IMLER HAD A SHADOW AGAINST NOTAWAY VALLEY THIS THE SEMIFINAL, AND WE WILL SEE IF THE WOLVERINES DO THE SAME THING.

AND NOW, RATTLES AROUND FOR SABERS AND OVER TO IMLER.

WHITTENBAUGH OPENS UP, AND KICKS.

SO THE TWO-THREE ZONE, LAURA, ON THE TEAM THAT DOES NOT SHOOT SO WELL FROM THE OUTSIDE, IS THAT A GOOD DEFENSIVE STRATEGY?

>> IT ALLOWS THEM TO SAG INTO THE MIDDLE AS WELL IF THEY ARE NOT THAT GREAT OF SHOOTERS FROM THE OUTSIDE.

YOU CAN CHEAT A LITTLE BIT AND SAG.

THEY ARE CONTINUING THOUGH TO POUND IT INSIDE, AS TUCKER IS ABLE TO GET ANOTHER BUCKET.

>> 5-2, WILDCATS AND 5:08 TO PLAY THE FIRST QUARTER.

DRIVING DOWN AND MOVING THE HANDLE IS ELLARY KNOCK, BECAUSE ONE OF THE MAQUOKETA VALLEY PLAYERS KNOCKED IT OUT.

A LOOK AT SCOT MOENCK ON THE SIDELINE.

IT WILL GO BACK TO MAQUOKETA VALLEY ON THE ALTERNATING POSSESSION.

A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SQUADS HERE, TOO, LAURA AS YOU CAN SEE DIKE NEW-HARTFORD DEPLOY SOME PRESSURE ON THE BACK COURT.

IMLER IS GOING TO BE CALL FOR EITHER -- >> I THINK IT TOOK THEM TOO LONG TO GET IT ACROSS THE HALF-COURT LINE.

>> MAQUOKETA VALLEY IS EXPECTED THIS YEAR TO BE HERE WITH THREE SENIORS AND DIKE NEW-HARTFORD, THEY WERE AT THE TOURNAMENT LAST YEAR, AND KIND OF AN OVERHAUL.

OUTSIDE TO PAYTON PETERSEN WHO IS FOULED IN THE ACT OF SHOOTING.

DIKE NEW-HARTFORD REPLACED FOUR PLAYERS AND THIS IS WHY COACH DALL SAID THAT WITH THE GOALS, THIS TEAM HAS TO FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE.

KNOCK IS FOULED.

>> YEAH, THEY FELT LIKE SETTING GOALS, AND MAYBE NOT THE BEST THING FOR THIS TEAM.

AND AFTER THEY PLAYED A FEW GAMES, THEY REALIZED THAT, NO, THEY DON'T NEED TO SET GOAL, BUT THEY NEED TO PLAY AND WIN, AND REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT HE FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED TO WORK ON WAS THE FREE THROW SHOOTING, AND BRING UP THAT PERCENTAGE.

>> AND HOLLIS' SHOT WAS NO GOOD.

AND TUCKER WAS A BIG PART OF THE TEAM BECAUSE OF THE FOUL TROUBLE IN LAST GAME.

SO THE TEAMS CAN IDENTIFY THE PLAYERS AND GET THEM IN FOUL TROUBLE, AND IMLER WITH THE TRANSITION SHOT IS GOOD, BUT THE LID SEEMS TO BE ON THE BASKET FOR BOTH OF THE SQUADS.

>> AND TIGHTNESS FOR BOTH TEAMS ARE NOT SHOOTING AS PURE AS THEY NORMALLY WOULD.

>> AND IN THE FIRST GAME, THEY ADMITTED THEY WERE VERY NERVOUS, AND MORE RELAXED IN THE SEMIFINAL GAME, BUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS A DIFFERENT BALL OF WAX.

>> YES, AND FOR SOMEBODY LIKE PAULA GONZALEZ, SHE IS AN EXCHANGE STUDENT, AND SO MAYBE SHE HAS NOT EXPERIENCED A STATE TOURNAMENT AS PUT ON HERE IN THE STATE OF IOWA.

>> THE WOLVERINES HAVE TO TAKE A TIME OUT AS MAQUOKETA VALLEY JUMPED OUT TO 7-2 LEAD, AND HOW THE TWO TEAMS HAVE GOTTEN HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE HINTED AT.

MAQUOKETA VALLEY, THE ONE SEED, HAD TRAILED AT HALFTIME AGAINST ROCK VALLEY WHO KNOCKED OUT NORTH LINN.

AND SO THERE IS GOVERNOR WHO HAS BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND SENATOR CHARLES GRASSLEY IS NORMALLY AND ATTENDEE OF THE TOURNAMENT, BUT HE HAS BEEN WATCHING AFTER A LATE VOTE LAST NIGHT.

>> YES, WE HAVE DONE IT THAT WAY EVERY YEAR, BUT CHANGED A FEW THINGS AND ADAPTED AND THIS IS WHAT SENATOR GRASSLEY IS DOING WATCHING IT ON THE STREAM.

HE RARELY MISSES IT.

>> HOFFMAN DOES MISS IT, BUT SENATOR DOES HAVE A ROUTING INTEREST HERE BEING FROM NORTH HARTFORD.

>> WELL, HE PROBABLY DOES HAVE A FAVORITE HERE THAT HE IS CHEERING FOR.

GOOD DISH ON THE OUTSIDE.

JUST A LITTLE STRONG.

>> IMLER LOOK FOR HELP, AND WHITTENBAUGH IS COMING IT TO, AND THREE ON THE WAY IS GOOD.

YOU BET.

YOU BET, YOU BET, SAYS IS TAYA TUCKER.

SHE HAS EIGHT POINTS.

>> REALLY DOING A NICE JOB OF CHANGING UP HER GAME, AND FACING UP, GOING INSIDE, AND GETTING PUTBACKS.

SHE HAS JUST HAD A REALLY NICE FIRST QUARTER HERE.

>> THREE FROM GONZALEZ, AND THAT ONE GOES.

PAULA POUNDS IT HOME FROM HOME FOR THREE.

THE WOLVERINES CUT IT TO THREE.

>> YEAH, GIVE HER A LITTLE DAYLIGHT, AND SHE LIKES TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR, AND SHE LIKES THAT RANGE TO KNOCK IT DOWN, AND YOU GIVE HER SOME ROOM, AND SHE IS GOING TO LET IT FLY.

>> AND WHITTENBAUGH FLASHES TOP SIDE, AND GETS IT BACK TO THE LANE, AND THOUGHT ABOUT A THREE, BUT GIVES IT TO WHITTENBAUGH, AND SHE IS CUTTING, AND STORY.

>> THAT IS A GREAT SEQUENCE OF PASSING, AND I THOUGHT ONE EXTRA PASS, AND FINALLY THE LAST BOUNCE PASS INSIDE.

>> THEY GIVE IT TO PAYTON PETERSEN, AND SHE HAS BEEN QUIET.

SHE HAS BEEN FOULED TWICE, BUT THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN IT INTO HER YET.

IS IT BECAUSE OF THE DEFENSE OR MAYBE DIKE NEW-HARTFORD IS STRUGGLING TO GET IT INTO HER?

>> WELL, THEY HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO GET IT INTO HER, AND SHE HAS TO MOVE TO GET TO HER, SO MAYBE IT IS BOTH.

SHE HAS TO GET THE ANGLES TO GET IT TO HER, AND SHE HAS TO MOVE TO GET THE DEFENSE ON THE BACK SIDE AND GET BIG AND CALL FOR THE BALL.

>> WHITTENBAUGH GOES OUT.

AND THE FREE THROW IS GOOD FROM PAYTON PETERSEN.

AND AGAIN SOME PRESSURE.

AND AGAIN, THAT TIME, JUST KEEPS ON TICKING AS IMLER DRIBBLES THROUGH, AND JUMP STOP, AND NOW TUCKER.

THREE-HEADED MONSTER ON THE HEAD OF THE TWO-THREE ZONE WITH LANDPHAIR IN THE GAME.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A TRAVEL ON IMLER.

>> THEY LIKE TO THINK THAT LANDPHAIR, KVALE AND HOFFMANN ARE THAT THREE-HEADED MONSTER UP TOP THAT REALLY CAUSEDS HAVOC ON THE FRONT PART OF THAT DEFENSIVE STAND THAT DIKE NEW-HARTFORD HAS.

>> THE DEFENSE WORKS AND IT CAUSES THE TURNOVER EARLY ON, AND MAQUOKETA VALLEY WITH THREE TURNOVERS AND NONE FOR THE WOLVERINES.

LANDPHAIR WITH IT.

GONZALEZ HIT FROM ALMOST THAT SPOT FROM THE LAST TIME.

GETS IT AGAIN, AND SHE IS GOING TO SHOOT IT AGAIN.

AND NOT GET IT TO GO.

AND BEFORE CHESNUT COULD GET RID OF IT, SHE LOST HER FOOTING, AND THAT IS ANOTHER MAQUOKETA VALLEY TURNOVER.

HOFFMANN ON THE LINE, NO.

IMLER WITH THE REBOUND, AND FINAL 45 SECONDS HERE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

>> IT HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE FOR BOTH TEAMS TO GET IN ANY KIND OF RHYTHM OFFENSIVELY.

>> CHESNUT OPEN.

PUMP FAKES THE DEFENDERS.

CHESNUT HAS BEEN PART OF THE STRATEGY OF A COUPF TEAMS THINKING THAT SHE IS NOT LOOKING TO SHOOT, AND THE LAST TWO GAMES SHE HAS SHOT WELL AT KEY TIMES TO KIND OF MAYBE OPEN UP SOME LOOKS.

>> THEY FORGOT ABOUT HER BEHIND THE BACK LINE OF DEFENSE, BUT, THERE YOU GO, YOU ARE GOING TO FIND KVALE WIDE OPEN, AND SHE IS GOING TO GET THE ANSWER.

>> SHE PULLS IT WITHIN TWO, SO WE ARE GOING TO BE AT A CLOSE SCORE AFTER THIS FIRST QUARTER.

FINAL FIVE, AND IMLER IS FOULED BY KVALE, AND IF I HAVE THAT RIGHT, IF THAT IS KVALE, THAT IS HER THIRD FOUL.

>> THAT IS.

>> THAT IS HUGE TO HAVE THE THIRD FOUL IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

IT IS NOT THE POINTS THEY NEED, BUT THE DEFENSE THEY NEED.

>> THAT IS THE GAMBLE THAT COACH DALL PLAYED WITH, AND HE GOT BURNED LEAVING HER IN.

>> MAQUOKETA VALLEY WITH THE TWO-POINT LEAD HERE IN CLASS 2A IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> BOTH OF THE TEAMS ARE T IT THEY HAVE NOT FLIRTED WITH LOSSES HERE.

BOTH HAVE TRAILED AND CHALK THAT UP, BECAUSE YES, DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WAS HERE LAST YEAR, AND THE YEAR BEFORE, BUT NOT EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM.

AND MAQUOKETA VALLEY, THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE BEEN TO THE TOURNAMENT IN SOME TIME, AND NEW EXPERIENCE AND SOME PRESSURE, AS SPHIA HOFFMANN TAKES THE FIRST SHOT OF THE SECOND QUARTER AND MISSES.

>> WELL, YOU HAVE TO SHAKE THE NERVES AND SHAKE WHAT IS GOING ON, ON THE FLOOR, AND THE STAGE THAT YOU ARE ON, AND GET BACK TO PLAYING BASKETBALL.

SO I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE HERE WITH THE STATS MONITOR THAT WAS WRONG.

KVALE ONLY HAS TWO FOULS, AND THAT IS GOOD NEWS, BECAUSE SHE BACK ON THE FLOOR.

>> YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE STATS ON THE ARENA AND THE STAT SIDE, AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE SCRATCH YOUR HEAD MOMENT.

>> BUT EVEN STILL WITH THE TWO FOULS, SHE HAS TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT MORE CAUTIOUSLY, AND MAYBE CAN'T PLAY WITH THE RECKLESS ABANDON THAT SHE PLAYS WITH ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THINGS.

>> A COUPLE OF CHANCES MISSED BY THE WILDCATS.

KVALE BACK IN, AND LEFT ELBOW THREE, NO GOOD FROM THE LEFT WING.

IMLER, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT ELLA IMLER HAS BEEN BIG ON THE REBOUND AND THREE SO FAR IN THE GAME.

>> WELL, AND WE SAID THAT IT MIGHT COME DOWN THE REBOUNDING, AND WHOEVER DOES THE BEST JOB ON THE GLASS ESPECIALLY AFTER GOING AFTER THE OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS GIVING YOURSELVES EXTRA OPPORTUNITIES AND POSSESSIONS, AND THAT COULD WIN A BALL GAME.

>> AND THE TRAVEL CALLED ON MAQUOKETA VALLEY, AND EMERSON WHITTENBAUGH IS SET TO CHECK IN AND SHE HAS TWO FOULS.

AND TALKING ABOUT THE KEY REBOUNDING, AND SHE WILL PICK THEM UP, BUT THEY NEED EMERSON WHITTENBAUGH FOR THE SCORING.

A LOT OF THE OFFENSE COMES THROUGH HER AT THE TOP OF THE FREE THOUGH LINE.

>> YOU TAKE A KEY COMPONENT OUT OF A WELL OILED MACHINE, AND IT WON'T RUN AS WELL, AND SO THEY NEED HER IN THE LINEUP.

>> THAT WAS A PASS INTO GONE SALDZ THAT WRITTEN BAU HAD FRONTED AND TIPPED IT AWAY.

AND NOW THE WILDCATS AND BACKDOOR TO WHITTENBAUGH, AND TUCKER THOUGHT THAT EMERSON WAS THERE.

A COUPLE OF TIMES AGAINST NOTAWAY VALLEY, THERE WERE BACKDOOR CUTS AN LANES THAT WERE OPEN, AND THINGS THAT THE MAQUOKETA VALLEY COACHES SAW ON TAPE THAT THEY FELT THAT ON OVERPURSUIT, AND THE COACHES LOOK AT A LOT OF TAPE, AND THE EYES ARE LITTLE BUG EYE AND SCOT MOENCK, AND I SAID, HOW MANY HOURS HAVE YOU SLEPT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, NONE.

AND MY WIFE SAID TO ME IN THE HOTEL, WHY ARE YOUR EYES SO BLOODSHOT, BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SLEPT.

>> AND YOU NEED A GOOD GAME PLAN, AND AT SOME POINT, YOU HAVE TO PUT IT TO BED, AND YOU HAVE TO SAY, I HAVE FAITH IN MY KIDS, AND WE ARE GOING TO EXECUTE THE WAY WE KNOW HOW.

>> AND WHITTENBAUGH IS GOING TO FIND AN OPEN CHESNUT.

LONG SHOT, AND HOFFMANY WITH THE LONG REBOUND.

UP AHEAD, AND KVALE WITH THE MOMENTUM, AND SHE IS GOING TO WATCH THAT ON REPLAY, AND SAY, OH, THE FOOT DID.

>> SHE THINKS THAT SHE GOT THE ONE FOOT DOWN, AND SKIDDED ON THE OTHER FOOT, BUT THEY HAVE THE NUMBERS, AND THEY JUST COULDN'T MAKE THE CONNECTION TO GET THE EASY BUCKET.

>> IMLER FINDS TUCKER FROM THE LOGO, GOOD.

TUCKER HAS TEN POINTS.

EIGHT IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND TWO HERE TO EXTEND IT TO A FOUR-POINT LEAD FOR MAQUOKETA VALLEY.

>> SHE REALLY HAS HAD A NICE START TO THIS BALL GAME.

AND REALLY, SHE IS KEEPING THE TEAM IN THIS GAME WITH THE SCORING, AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE AHEAD AND NOT NECESSARILY JUST KEEPING THE TEAM IN IT, BUT SHE HAS HELPED THEM TO GET THE LEAD, AND STAY IN THE LEAD.

>> AND NOW, TUCKER, RIGHT ON CUE, LAURA, ANOTHER PLAYER FOLLOWING THE SCRIPT THAT WE SET UP FOR THEM.

>> YES, TUCKER AVERAGES AROUND 13 A GAME, AND SO SHE IS ALREADY KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF THAT IN THE FIRST HALF.

>> AND GONZALEZ' SHOT IS OFF OF THE MARK.

THE SPANIARD SAID, SHE HAD NEVER PLAYED IN FRONT OF THE BIG CROWD LIKE THIS, AND THE CLUB BACK IN SPAIN, AND SHE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT IS PARENTS, AND SOME FAMILY, AND NOT THE MEGA CROWDS.

WHEN SHE CAME DOWN MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE TEAM TO GET A EXPERIENCE OF THE WELLS FARGO ARENA, AND ARE YOU KIDDING?

THIS IS THE WAY WE DO IT?

AND ELLA IMLER SAYS THIS IS THE WAY I DO IT.

AND NOW IT IS A 12-POINT ADVANTAGE FOR THE WILDCATS.

TIME-OUT FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

AND IT IS IMLER WHO HAS BEEN PICKING UP THE PACE HERE, AND THAT IS HER ONLY FIRST BUCKET, BUT SHE IS SHOOTING IT, AND EVENTUALLY, IT IS GOING TO FALL.

SCOT MOENCK AND THE CREW SAYING, WE ARE FINE.

JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

THE TWO TEAMS ARE NOT FAR APART OFF OF HIGHWAY 20, AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD IS 120 MILES FROM DES MOINES, AND DELHI IS GOING TO BE WHERE NOT THE HALFWAY POINT IS JESSUP, BUT -- >> ARE YOU GETTING A PLUG IN FOR THE HOMETOWN?

>> MAYBE, MAYBE, JUST SAYING THAT JESSUP, WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH BOTH OF THE SCHOOLS AND VERY FAMILIAR WITH DIKE-NEW HARTFORD AS A VOLLEYBALL SCHOOL, BUT BASKETBALL AS COACH DALL SAID YESTERDAY, WE HAVE DONE THIS ONE BABY STEP, AND FIRST THE REGIONAL FINAL, AND THEN THE STATE TOURNAMENT, AND THE SEMIFINALS AND NOW THEY ARE IN THE FINALS.

SO THE PASS INTO PETERSEN TIPPING IT AND USING VOLLEYBALL SKILLS TO KEEP IT ALIVE.

HOFFMANN WITH THE RUNNER.

>> AND THAT IS A BUCKET THEY NEEDED.

WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY TIMES AFTER A TIME-OUT, THE TEAM RESPONDS AND GETS SETTLED DOWN AND BACK TO FUNDAMENTALS.

>> THAT IS THE FIRST FIELD GOAL OF THE SECOND QUARTER.

THEIR LAST ONE CAME JUST 20 SECONDS LEFT IN THE FIRST.

>> THAT A DROUGHT THAT YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> WILDCATS ON THE OUTSIDE.

AND AGAIN, THEY HAVE WHITTENBAUGH OUT OF THE GAME, AND SO IT IS GOING TO RELY ON TUCKER FLASHING, AND RIGHT NOW, MAQUOKETA VALLEY IS CONTENT GOING ON THE OUTSIDE.

>> UNLESS THEY GET SOMETHING THAT IS POINT BLANK, THEY WILL BE CONTENT TO HOLD, AND SETTLE FOR A GOOD HIGH PERCENTAGE SHOT.

>> PAULA GONZALEZ WHISTLED FOR THE FOUL.

TUCKER THERE ON THE DRIVE AND GONZALEZ GOT BEHIND HER.

>> FROM THE BACKSIDE.

ANY TIME YOU LOWER THE HANDS OR DIP THOSE HANDS ACROSS A PLAYER THAT IS DRIVING, YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE CALLED FOR THAT FOUL.

>> TUCKER, HIS THE FIRST AND THE SECOND.

>> YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE WHITTENBAUGH ON THE BENCH.

IF THEY CAN MAINTAIN THIS LEAD WITH HER OUT AND PROTECT HER WITH THOSE TWO FOULS, PROBABLY ONOT GOING TO SEE HER UNTIL THE THIRD QUARTER.

>> HOFFMANN DRIVES AND DISHES AND THE ONE COMING AS EL RI KNOCK, THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET INTO KNOCK, AND SHE HAS A CHANCE WITH THE THREE-POINT PLAY WITH THE CLOCK STOPPED.

LOOK AT THAT DISH.

>> GOOD DRIBBLE DRIVE, AND ABLE TO DRAW THE DEFENDER, AND SABERS GOT CAUGHT UP TOO HIGH, AND GREAT DUMP DOWN.

>> AND THE FREE THROW IS GOOD BY KNOCK, AND SHE HAS THREE FOR THE SOPHOMORE.

TREYNOR LED DIKE-NEW HARTFORD BY EIGHT IN THE QUARTERFINAL, AND WEST BRANCH LED BY THREE IN THE SEMI SEMIFINAL, AND SO DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, THE BIGGEST LEAD WAS NINE TO START OR MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, SO, IT HAS BEEN DONE, BUT IT IS A LOT HARDER TO DO AS YOU OVERANALYZE THINGS THIS.

INSIDE AND THE FOUL ON THE ENTRY PASS.

THAT TIME IT IS PETERSEN.

>> SHE GOT CAUGHT BEHIND, AND AS THE PASS WAS COMING IN, TRIED TO REACH OVER IN THE PASSING LANE.

AND SHE GOT TOO MUCH CONTACT.

>> THAT IS OUT, AND IMLER TO INBOUND WITH 2:04 AND 23-17.

MAQUOKETA VALLEY IN THE LEAD.

>> LOOKING FOR THE BACKDOOR CUTS.

NICE HANDOFF.

>> IMLER ON THE RUNNER WON'T GO.

REBOUND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD AND THAT WAS ELLARY KNOCK.

>> KNOCK WAS IN THERE CHANGING THE SHOT, AND ALTERING IT OFF OF THE DRIVE, AND A GREAT SETUP, AND NICE HANDOFF AND WELL DESIGNED, BUT KNOCK RIGHT THERE TO BLOCK IT AWAY.

>> GONZALEZ' SHOT MISSES, AND IT IS GOING TO STAY WITH DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, AND I THINK THAT CHESNUT TOUCHED IT WITH THE LONG ARMS.

GREAT DEFENDER.

KNOCK THROWS IT UP, TRAVELS.

>> THE DEFENSE IS RIGHT THERE, AND SABERS GOT OVER TO STOP THE DRIVING LANE.

KNOCK TRIED TO PLOW THROUGH IT, AND GOT THE FEET ALL MIXED UP AND TRAVELED.

>> 1:21 TO GO BEFORE THE INTERMISSION.

IT HAS BEEN A GAME OF DEFENSE.

IMLER WITH THE NICE OFFENSE WITH THAT SHOT, AND I THINK THAT SHE WAS EXPECTING CONTACT, BECAUSE IT WENT REALLY WIDE.

>> YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT SHE REALIZED HOW OPEN SHE WAS GOING TO BE AFTER THE SPIN MOVE.

>> AND A CHARGE CALLED ON HILLARY KNOCK AS CHESTNUT SPOKE UP TO TAKE THE CHARGE.

BACK IN IS LANDPHAIR.

>> THEY WILL GET PETERSEN SOME REST.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET HER ANY PASSES DOWN LOW.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET HER SET UP IN THE POST AREA WHERE SHE CAN MAKE ANY MOVES OR CAUSE ANY DAMAGE IN THE SCORING COLUMN.

>> NOW, MAQUOKETA VALLEY LOOKS LIKE THEY MIGHT BE CONTENT FOR A LAST SHOT OF THE HALF.

TUCKER AND IMLER BOTH GOING TO PLAY ON IN COLLEGE IN DIFFERENT ENDEAVORS.

TUCKER WITH SOFTBALL AT NYAC AND IMLER BASKETBALL AT CO. AND SO NO MATTER WHERE IT IS, IF YOU HAVE SOME ATHLETIC ABILITY, ATHLETIC AS WE GO TO WORK WITH 13 SECONDS TO GO, AND IMLER WAY OUT FRONT, AND GETS IT PAST THE DEFENDER, AND FLIPS IT UP AND SCORES.

>> YOU CAN SEE THAT KVALE WILL TRY TO GET IT TO GO.

>> AND SHE LAUNCHES IT UP.

AND MAQUOKETA VALLEY EXTENDS THE LEAD AT THE BREAK.

SO, DIKE-NEW HARTFORD SCORES FIVE POINTS, AND IF MY MATH IS CORRECT, MAQUOKETA ONLY SCORED NINE, SO SINGLE DIGITS FOR BOTH.

THAT MEANS, A, GREAT DEFENSE, OR B, NOT SO GOOD OFFENSE OR C, A COMBINATION OF BOTH?

>> I AM GOING WITH THE C, THE COMBINATION OF BOTH.

WAS IT A PRODUCT OF THE DEFENSE BEING PLAYED?

I THINK SO, BUT MAYBE BOTH OF THE TEAMS ARE TIGHT THE WAY THEY ARE PLAYING AND THE NERVES PLAYING INTO THIS ONE, AND THEY JUST DON'T HAVE IT GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THINGS.

>> IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 700,000 GIRLS HAVE PLAYED IN IOWA HIGH SCHOOLS AND OUT OF THIS NUMBER, 241 GIRLS SPANNING 201 YEARS HAVE BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE IOWA HALL OF FAME.

TODAY, THREE MORE LEGENDS HAVE BEEN SELECTED BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMERS.

LET'S MEET THIS YEAR'S CLASS.

PRESENTING THE AWARD IS CRAIG HILL, THE PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA FARM BUREAU.

TONIGHT'S INDUCTEE STARTED FROM 2008 THROUGH 2012 LEARNING AT THE HEELS OF HER COUSIN KELSEY BOLTE, SHE WAS A PREMIER PLAYER WHILE LEADING THE FALCONS TO A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2011.

A FOUR-YEAR STARTER SHE FINISHED WITH 1,873 POINTS AND 800 CAREER REBOUNDS.

SHE WAS A THREE-TIME FIRST-TIME ALL-STATE SELECTION AVERAGING 20 POINTS A GAME FOR HER CAREER.

AFTER AVERAGING 18.1 AND 17.2 REBOUNDS AND A STATE BEST 5.2 STEALS PER GAME, AND LEADING HER TEAM TO UNBEATEN SEASON.

SHE SET A STATE TOURNAMENT RECORD BY MAKING 7 OF 7 THREE-POINT ATTEMPTS IN A SEMIFINAL WIN OVER MONTICELLO AND NAMED THE CAPTAIN OF THE CLASS 2A ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM.

SHE ALSO HELPED WITH A RUNNER UP TO THE ALL RUNNER-UP TEAM.

SHE HAD INJURIES DERAIL HER CAREER AFTER RED SHIRT SEASON.

SHE IS NOW WORKING TOWARD HER DOCTORATE IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, AND PLEASE WELCOME BACK A FAMILIAR FACE, OUR FAVORITE JESSE FOLLY.

HARD WORK AND DISCIPLINE AND DRIVE WERE THE TRADEMARKS THAT MADE OUR FINAL INDUCTEE ONE OF THE TOP BASKETBALL PLAYERS IN THE STATE AND LATER ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS TO EVER WEAR A UNIVERSITY OF IOWA BASKETBALL UNIFORM.

SHE WAS A THREE-TIME FIRST-TEAM ALL-STATE SELECTION IN ALL WEST CITY HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE HEL AND THE TROJANS TO REACH THE STATE FOUR TIMES WITH TWO TRIPS TO THE FINALS WHILE SELECTED TO TWO ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM.

SHE WAS PART OF THE IOWA WEST SQUAD THAT CAPTURED THE CHAMPIONSHIP WHILE AVERAGING 16.4 POINTS A GAME, AND THEN IN THE TOURNAMENT SHE AVERAGED 16 POINTS A GAME, AND 7 REBOUNDS.

IN THE FIRST ROUND SHE SUFFERED A DEFEAT, AND FINISHED HER CAREER WITH 7,571 POINTS.

SHE WAS NAMED MISS IOWA BASKETBALL FOR 2013.

HER TALENTED LANDED HER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA WHERE SHE BLOSSOMED INTO ONE OF THE STEADIEST PLAYERS IN BIG TEN.

SHE WAS SELECTED TO THE BIG TEN ALL FRESHMAN TEAM AVERAGING 13.1 POINTS AND 16.2 REBOUNDS A GAME.

AND HER STAT LINES AND ACCOLADES CONTINUED TO ACCUMULATE WITH EACH SEASON NAMED SECOND TEAM ALL BIG TEN HER SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR SEASONS.

AS A SENIOR SHE WAS NAMED FIRST TEAM ALL BIG TEN.

THE PROWESS IN THE CLASSROOM ALLOWED HER TO BE FIRST TEAM ALL AMERICAN, AND ACADEMIC ALL AMERICAN OF THE YEAR TWICE, SHE WAS NAMED UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR FOR THE 2016/2017 SCHOOL YEAR.

WHEN HER CAREER CAME TO AN END SHE WAS THE HAWKEYE LEADING SCORER.

SHE WORKS IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN AS A LEADING INVESTMENT AT BARCLAY'S.

CONGRATULATIONS TO HALL OF FAMER ALI DISTERHOFF.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PRESENTING THE ISGAU AWARD TO JESSIE PAULEY AND ALLY DISTERHOFF WAS ALSO KATHLEEN HOKEY OF HAWLEY.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM, BUT LET'S MEET THE 50-YEAR TEAM, THE HONORS TEAM AS WE LOOK BACK ON A PIECE OF HISTORY.

>> THE 1971 STATE TOURNAMENT CENTER AROUND TWO TEAMS, THE MIGHTY MONTEZUMA AND THE WINNING STREAK AND THE POWERFUL MINNEAPOLIS TEAM.

FLYING UNDER THE RADAR WAS SIXTH RANKED FARRAGUT WHO STOLE THE TOURNAMENT.

>> AND NOW, THE LEADING SCORER IN THE TOURNAMENT IS 173 POINTS IN THREE GAMES AVERAGING 50 A GAME, AND HIGHLIGHTED BY 71 POINTS AGAINST MONTEZUMA.

KRUEGER HITS IT, AND IT FARRAGUT, AND A 15-POINT BALL GAME AGAIN.

>> THAT SQUAD WON THE STATE OPENER WITH A 67-37 ROUTING OF HAMPTON.

THEY HAD TO RALLY IN THE QUARTERFINALS ERASING A NINE-POINT DEFICIT TO HOLD OFF ELKHORN.

THEY ADVANCED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH A 65-55 VICTORY OVER WEST MARSHALL.

>> IN THE SEASON OPENING, THE DRIVE-IN LAY-UP SHOT IS GOOD.

THEY COME SWARMING BACK HERE.

>> AND FARRAGUT WOULD BE THE PROHIBITIVE FAVORITES GOING INTO THE GAME, BUT THE COACH DEVICED A PLAN THAT FLUMMOXED THEM.

THEY HAD A RUN THAT WOULD HELP THEM TO TAKE THE LEAD.

>> THAT SHOT IS BLOCKED BY BARB YOUNG AND PICKED UP BY PENNY PHILLIPS.

BRENNER GETS IT ACROSS THE LINE.

BICKET ACROSS THE LINE AND FOR FIRST TIME FARRAGUT TAKES THE LEAD, AND THE FARRAGUT CROWD IS GOING WILD.

BARB WISMEYER TOUT SHOALY, AND HER SHOT IS NO GOOD.

BARB HAS THE REBOUND.

AND NOW, FARRAGUT HAS THE ONE-POINT LEAD AND THE BALL.

GRUBER TO CONNIE BICKETT.

BACK TO GRUBER, AND CONNIE BICKETT.

IT IS 34-31, AND TIME-OUT IS CALLED BY MINNEAPOLIS WITH A SCORE OF 34-31 IN FAVOR OF FARRAGUT.

>> AND THEY NEVER TRAILED AFTER THAT POSTING A 67-60 VICTORY TO WIN THE 1971 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> AND NOW BICKETT, AND GROOVR, AND BACK TO BICKETT AGAIN.

ALBRIGHT.

GROOVER.

GOES TO THE HOOP.

>> AND GROOVER LED FARRAGUT WHILE ALBRIGHT LED THE OTHER TEAM.

JANNICE PIERCE ALSO KEPT MINNEAPOLIS' FRONTCOURT IN CHECK.

>> AND NOW 67-60, AND NOW, ONE SECOND, AND THERE IS THE END OF THE BALL GAME, AND FARRAGUT IS THE NEW STATE CHAMPION OUT OF SOUTHWEST IOWA TO WIN IT.

FARRAGUT IS THE NEW STATE CHAMPION.

>> THEY CAN'T BE WITH US IN PERSON TO CELEBRATE THE 1971 CHAMPIONSHIP, WE STILL WOULD LIKE TO HONOR THAT TEAM FROM FARRAGUT.

>>> ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE THE SIX PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS.

MAQUOKETA VALLEY IS LEADING DIKE-NEW HARTFORD AT HALFTIME.

IT IS TIME TO LOOK AT THE 2021s, AND THE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE PANDEMIC CHANGED OUR LIVES AND PERSEVERANCE FOR IOWA GIRLS AS THEY FOUND COMMUNITY AND A COLLECTIVE MISSION IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY.

>> HERE IS SIEVERS.

TO MORE RENTS AND THEY WIN.

>> THAT IS A COMEBACK FOR THE AGES.

WHAT A GAME.

>> AS THE LIGHTS WENT DOWN ON THE 2020 IOWA GIRLS BASKETBALL SEASON, NOBODY HAD ANY IDEA WHAT LAY AHEAD.

>> CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS HAVE PASSED THE HALF MILLION MARK WORLDWIDE -- >> 3.3 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE.

>> OPEN UP THE TRUNK.

>> IOIANS CAME TO TERMS WITH THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

DECISIONMAKERS WERE FACED WITH DIFFICULT CHOICES INCLUDING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE IOWA GIRLS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, JEAN BERGER.

>> REMEMBER, THIS IS ALL NEW AND WE HAD NO PLAYBOOK, AND YOU ARE OPERATING IN A VACUUM, AND THE SCHOOLS ARE SHUTDOWN, AND THE KIDS ARE NOT WORKING WITH COACHESSH AND WE MADE A DECISION NOT TO HAVE ANY OF THE SPORTS.

>> WHEN THE COACH HAD TO CALL THAT MEETING AND SAY THAT, SORRY, LADIES, NO SEASON.

WHAT WAS THE EMOTION?

>> I LOOK BACK ON IT, AND I WISH I HAD SPENT FIVE MORE MANY MINUTES ON THE FIELD TAKING A DEEP BREATH SAYING, WOW, THAT IS MY LAST TIME.

I WISH I HAD ONE MORE MOMENT ON THE FIELD WITH MY BEST FRIENDS.

>> AND THE SEASON KEPT GETTING PUSHED BACK AND DELAY AND THE PITCHERS AND THE CATCHERS KNEW THAT WE COULD NOT TAKE THIS TIME OFF, SO WE FOUND OPEN FIELDS WHEREVER WE COULD GO TO PITCH AND CATCH TOGETHER.

>> BY THE SUMMER 2020, COVID-19 WAS A FACT OF LIFE.

THE IGSHU CHOSE FOR EACH DISTRICT TO CHOOSE FOR THEMSELVES WHETHER OR NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER SPORTS.

>> A SOFTBALL COACH SAID WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO, AND WE WILL DO IT.

WE WILL DO ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT US TO DO SO WE CAN PLAY.

AND THEY DID.

>> WE ARE ON THE WAY TO A BEAUTIFUL EVENING IN FORT DODGE.

>> THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS NUMBER ONE GOAL WHEN YOU ARE IN A SPORT.

IT IS EVERYONE'S GOAL.

SO WE KEPT THAT IN THE BACK OUR MIND.

>> CHEYENNE BARON IS A .507 HITTER.

>> TAKE THE TEMPERATURE BEFORE EACH GAME AND EACH PRACTICE.

SANITIZE ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT, AND WE HAD OUR OWN BATS AND HELMETS, AND DURING GAMES, WITH HEAD TO TAKE THE BALL INTO THE DUGOUT WITH US, AND INSTEAD OF LEAVING IT AT THE PITCHER'S MOUND.

>> WE WEREN'T ABLE TO STAY IN THE DORMS BEYOND THE REGULAR SEASON, WE WOULD HAVE STAYED AT THE DORMS, SO WE DROVE BACK EVERYDAY, LIKE 2 1/2 HOURS EVERYDAY, TWICE.

>> LEARNED SO MUCH.

SO WE TOOK THAT INTO OUR FALL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND INTO VOLLEYBALL ESPECIALLY.

>> KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY, AND SANITIZING THE BALL, AND HANDS AND NOT SHARING ANY EQUIPMENT AT ALL.

>> WITH ALL OF THE CRAZY GOING ON IN THE WORLD, LIKE WE KNEW THAT WE HAD HAVE VOLLEYBALL TO PLAY AND RELY ON THAT, SO WE WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, AND SO WE WERE GOING TO PLAY AND COMPETE AND HAVE NONE.

>> IF THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, AND ESPECIALLY THE SENIORS LIKE FIONA, AND I, THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE THE PLAY, AND BECAUSE OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

>> THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR CLARKSVILLE.

FIFTH TIME IS A CHARM.

>> WE GOT CUT SOME GAMES AND PRACTICES, AND DOING OUR OWN THING ON OUR OWN TO KEEP AT IT, AND IMPROVE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> AS THE SEASONS CHANGED, SO DID THE CASE COUNTS.

WITH WINTER APPROACHING, THE IOWANS WERE REMINDED THAT NOTHING IN 2020 LEAST OF ALL A SCHEDULE IS GUARANTEED.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE A WORD THAT IT IS A STOPPAGE AND EVERYTHING IS GOING VIRTUAL, AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER STOPPAGE BEFORE THE HOLIDAY BREAK, AND WE ARE SHUTDOWN WITH COVID FOR 10 DAYS.

>> HAVING TO WATCH OTHER TEAMS PLAY, THERE'S A PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU DON'T GET BY PLAYING EVERY NIGHT, AND SO THEY ARE GLAD AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY, AND EVEN IF IT IS TO PRACTICE AT ONE NIGHT, AND SO THEY ARE NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED AT THIS POINT.

>> THAT RESEARCH ON MENTAL HEALTH REALLY STRUCK A CHORD WITH ME ABOUT WHAT KIDS HAD BEEN GIVING UP.

>> LOSING SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE THAT PASSIONATE ABOUT AFFECTS A LOT.

>> HONESTLY FOR ME, I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT WE WERE IN A PANDEMIC, AND I WAS FOCUSSED IN THE MOMENT, BECAUSE YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT BACK, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD BACK ANY OF THE ENERGY OR ANY OF THAT.

>> THE BEST PART WAS GOING TOUT COMPETE AND FORGET ABOUT WHAT WAS AROUND US.

SO WE WERE BANDING TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER, AND GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND SEE SPORT.

>> AND THAT SMILE SAYS IS IT ALL.

EVERYONE JUST SEEMED SO EXCITED.

>>> GREAT JOB TYLER GRENINGER ON THAT PIECE, AND LAURA, LET'S LOOK AT THE FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS AS IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF DEFENSE.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE STATISTICS THERE.

AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD IS ONLY SHOOTING 29%, WHEREAS MAQUOKETA VALLEY IS AT 48%, AND TAYLOR KVALE WITH THE THREE, AND TAYA TUCK WER A HUGE FIRST HALF WITH 14 POINT, AND SPHIA HOFFMANN HAS BEEN BIG, AND THEN IMLER WITH A COUPLE OF TRANSITION BUCKET, AND STAT WISE, LAURA, POOR SHOOTING IS A LOT TO OVERCOME, BUT LOOK AT THE REBOUND DIFFERENCE, 18-6.

>> THAT IS ONE THING THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME ON THE REBOUNDING STATISTICS IS THE REBOUNDING NUMBERS.

WE SAID THAT THE GAME IS GOING TO BE WON ON THE BOARDS, AND RIGHT NOW, MAQUOKETA VALLEY HAS THE UPPER HAND IN THAT CATEGORY.

>> AND ANOTHER NOTE SECOND-CHANCE POINTS, AND MAQUOKETA WITH 10, AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WITH ZERO.

SO WE WILL SEE HOW THAT ENDS UP.

THE SECOND QUARTER IS ABOUT TO BEGIN FROM WELLS FARGO ARENA.

ALONGSIDE LAURA LEONARD, I'M PAUL JAEGER HERE ON THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON OF CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL.

FOUR GAMES TODAY AS EMERSON WHITTENBAUGH IS BACK IN, AND CONNECTING IS CARISSA SABERS AND HER FIRST POINTS OF THE GAME COME, AND THAT COULD SET A TONE FOR THE REST OF THE HALF.

>> IT COULD.

EVERYTHING WAS CONCENTRATED IN THE PAINT, AND THEY WERE ABE TO KICK IT OUTSIDE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THAT WE HAVE SEEN A GOOD CLEAN LOOK AND PASS INSIDE TO PETERSEN, AND THAT MAY SET THE TONE FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

>> SHE AVERAGES 14 POINTS A GAME, AND WELL UNDER THAT WITH THREE ON THAT BUCKET.

WHITTENBAUGH BACK TO SABERS WHO JUST HIT THAT THREE.

SABERS WILL TRY AGAIN, AND DIFFERENT RESULT, BUT WHO GOT THE REBOUND?

TAYA TUCKER.

>> THAT IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, AND AGAIN, GOING TO THE OFFENSIVE GLASS, AND SAVING THE POSSESSION AND GIVING YOUR TEAM ANOTHER CHANCE TO SCORE.

>> THAT IS TUCKER'S 10th REBOUND OF THE GAME, AND THERE SHE GOES, AND THE SHOT IS NO GOOD.

GONZALES WITH THE REBOUND.

SO, DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HOLDING SERVE.

NOW THEY HAVE TO CUT INTO THIS NINE-POINT LEAD.

KVALE, GONZALEZ.

EIGHT FOOTER MISSES.

AND LOOSE BALL GRABBEDED BY ONE OF THE FIVE WHITE SHIRTS THAT WERE AROUND THE BASKETBALL.

>> THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF BOXING OUT, AND BEING THIS THE RIGHT SPOT, AND MOVING THE FEET, AND HUSTLING AFTER LOOSE BALLS.

>> THE CROWD THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THERE WAS A TRAVEL ON THE LAST PLAY.

>> THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO ENTER THE BALL IN ON THIS ZONE, AND KICK IT BACK OUT.

>> TUCKER AND WHITTENBAUGH ON THE BLOCK, AND KICKS IT OUT.

TUCKER IS SHORT.

IT WILL GO OUT OF BOUNDS.

TUCKER AND WHITTENBAUGH KIND OF TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE EARLY MORNING PRACTICES THAT THEY HAD HAD, AND THE 7-UP CLUB THEY HAD AND 15 MINUTES OF BALL HANDLING, AND 20 MINUTES OF SHOOTING AND GAMES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY GOT A T-SHIRT OUT OF THE DEAL.

>> WELL, THAT IS WHAT THE COACH SAID.

I LOVED THE 7-UP CLUB, AND THEY GET TOGETHER, AND IT IS ABOUT 30 KIDS WHO GET TOGETHER IN MORNING TO WORK OUT.

DURING THE BREAK, AND DURING COVID, THEY DID IT VIA ZOOM, AND GOT UP AND GOT TOGETHER VIA ZOOM, AND CONTINUED THEIR WORKOUTS, AND THAT IS DEDICATION.

>> AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITH EACH OTHER.

>> DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WITH THE BASKETBALL, AND THERE IS AN OPENING HERE, AND NOW, WITH THE SHOT, AND A PUTBACK WITH TWO FREE THROWS COMING FOR PAYTON PETERSEN.

>> PAYTON PETERSEN HAS SUCH GREAT STRONG HANDS.

ABLE TO GO UP TO GRAB THAT BALL, AND COACH DALL SAID THAT SHE COULD BE A TIGHT END ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM WITH THE STRONG HANDS, AND THROW IT TO HER, AND SHE WILL GO GET IT WHEREVER YOU PUT THE BALL.

THAT WHY THEY NEED TO GET HER MORE TOUCHES DOWN LOW.

>> THE FREE THROW SCOOTS IN.

THE SECOND ONE.

IT IS GOOD.

TIGHT END, BLOCKER, HITTER, WHATEVER THE SPORT, AND SHE COULD PROBABLY PLAY, AND GOOD ATHLETIC FAMILY, AND HER MOTHER, AND BOBBY THE HEAD VOLLEYBALL COACH, AND HER OTHER TWIN SISTER, AND SHE IS A TWIN, AND NOT TOO BAD IN VOLLEYBALL EITHER.

>> THE TWO OLDER TWINS.

ONE IS PLAYING AT NORTHERN IOWA, AND ONE AT TEXAS, VOLLEYBALL, AND THE YOUNGER ONES HERE ARE COMPETING FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> THEY ARE FRESHMEN, SO THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY A LOT, BUT THEY ARE PLAYING LIKE IT IS MATTERS A LOT HERE, AND THAT IS TOO STRONG IS KNOCK'S SHOT, AND THERE IS GOING TO BE A PUSH.

SO, A FOUL ON DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, AND THAT IS KVALE, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE I BELIEVE HER THIRD FOUL.

>> THAT IS GOING TO TAKE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR DEFENSE OUT OF THE LINEUP.

SHE KIND OF SPEARHEADS THE DEFENSE, AND CALLS DEFENSE AND LEADS THEM TO GET THEM INTO THE SPOTS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

>> 28-21, AND 4:00 TO GO, AND CHESNUT.

>> BALL FAKE, AND SHE DIDN'T PANIC WHEN SHE GOT THE BALL, AND GOT THE DEFENDER UP THIS THE AIR, AND WENT RIGHT BACK UP.

>> GONZALEZ KICK, AND IT LOOKS LIKE MAQUOKETA VALLEY COLLAPSES WHEREVER THEY HAVE THE BALL ON THE DOWN LOW BLOCK, AND TRYING TO GET THE BALL IN, BUT NOT GETTING THE RUNNER TO GO.

AND HOFFMANN WITH ANOTHER REBOUND FROM MAQUOKETA VALLEY.

>> THEY HAVE OWNED THE BOARDS IN THIS BALL GAME.

>> IMLER WITH IT.

STOLEN AWAY FROM LANDPHAIR.

THEY DO NOT HAVE NUMBER, AND LANDPHAIR IS FOULED WITH A CHANCE TO SHOOT TWO WITH THE CLOCK STOPPED.

IMLER PICKS UP THE FOUL.

ON THE STEAL, LAURA, AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT AT THE TEAM RIGHT NOW IF YOU ARE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, RIGHT?

>> YEAH, YOU HAVE THE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU GET IF YOU CAN TURN THEM OVER, IF YOU CAN GET A STEAL, AND GET THE STOP ON THE OFFENSIVE END, AND YOU HAVE TO GET DOWN TO YOUR END, AND YOU HAVE TO START CONNECTING ON THE SHOTS.

>> LANDPHAIR MISSED THE SECOND, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FOUL ON THE REBOUND, AND IT IS GOING TO BE ON MAQUOKETA VALLEY.

LANDPHAIR AGAIN AT THE RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME.

>> SHE KNEW THAT THE FREE THROW WAS COMING OFF OF THE RIM, AND SHE WENT AND BATTLED FOR IT.

SHE WAS ABLE TO DRAW A FOUL ON MAQUOKETA VALLEY AND KEEP THE POSSESSION.

>> SABER IS OUT AND RAUSCH IS BACK IN.

3:12 TO GO.

GONZALEZ WITH THE SET UP THREE, AND IT WON'T GO.

WHITTENBAUGH HAD IT, BUT I THINK THAT LANDPHAIR MAY HAVE HELPED TO SEND THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> AND WHO IS IN THERE AGAIN AND FIRED UP, AND REALLY TRYING TO PROVIDE THE SPARK FOR HER TEAM.

>> UP TOP, GONZALEZ.

PETERSEN HAS IT FOR THE MOMENT, AND IT IS WELL SHORT.

WOLF BLITZER BY EIGHT, LAURA.

>> THERE'S THE TWO OF THE THREE THREE-HEADED MONSTER OUT THERE TRYING TO FORCE MAQUOKETA VALLEY INTO A TURNOVER.

NO RUSH.

IT HAS JUST NOT BEEN A TON OF OFFENSE IN THE 2A FIELD THIS YEAR.

THE HIGHEST POINT TOTAL IN THE TOURNAMENT WAS 57 FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD AGAINST WEST BRANCH.

THE SECOND WAS 53, AND THE THIRD WAS 51.

SO, WE ARE NOT EVEN, AND WE ARE SHORT OF THOSE TOTALS.

WE ARE GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO 40.

A TIPOUT GOING TO MAQUOKETA VALLEY.

>> YEAH, A STRUGGLE FOR BOTH TEAMS.

>> CHESNUT, AND-ONE.

>> THEY GOT HER OPEN ON THE BASELINE AND SHE POWERED THROUGH A COUPLE OF DEFENDERS AND GOT THE GLASS.

THAT IS GOING TO GET THEM FIRED UP.

>> ELLARY KNOCK WITH THE FOUL, AND HER SECOND.

CHESNUT WITH EIGHT POINTS AND THREE BOARDS AND NOW MAKE IT NINE POINTS.

BACK TO 11-POINT LEAD.

TIME-OUT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

BRUCE DALL SAYS ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

WE JUST NEED SOME TYPE OF SPARK HERE, AND WE WILL DISCUSS THE STRATEGY AMONGST OURSELVES, AND WE WILL DO THE SAME.

BACK IN A MOMENT.

FEELING GOOD, BUT THE WOLVERINE FANS ARE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS HERE DOWN 11, AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD SHOT AROUND TODAY AT DOWLING CATHOLIC, AND YESTERDAY AT MARSHALLTOWN, AND LAST WEEK AT THE TOURNAMENT, IT WAS FOR BRUCE DALL LOOKING AT THE TROPHY THAT THEY HAD WON, AND IT GAVE HIM CHILLS.

>> YES, AND LISTENING TO HIM TELL THAT STORY, AND IT GAVE ME CHILLS.

BEING ABLE TO GO LOOK AT THAT TROPHY AND KNOWING THE MEANING BEHIND IT, AND HAVING SOMEBODY GET EMOTIONAL BEHIND IT, AND YOU HAVE TO LOVE THAT.

THAT IS WHAT GIRL'S BASKETBALL IS ALL ABOUT AND THE STATE TOURNAMENT IS ALL ABOUT.

>> AND THE FOUL HERE IS ON MAQUOKETA VALLEY.

AND THE CELEBRATING OF THE PAST GOING ON IN THIS TOURNAMENT WITH DE JONGE.

BUT NOW, MAYBE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD SAYS WE HAVE TO ATTACK AND TRY TO GET TO FREE-THROW LINE AS THE TEAM FOULS ARE GOING TO START TO PICK UP A LITTLE BIT FROM MAQUOKETA VALLEY.

>> THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF WORKING THE BALL INSIDE, AND NOT RELYING ON THE OUTSIDE GAME HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER, AND THEY HAVE GONE INTO MIDDLE, AND INTO THE PAINT.

THEY HAVE TO KNOCK DOWN THE FREE THROWS.

>> HOFFMANN MISSES, SO IF YOU EMPLOY THE STRATEGY, YOU HAVE TO MAKE HALF OF IT WORK.

>> THEY ARE A 58% FREE THROW SHOOTING TEAM, SO THEY HAVE TO MAKE ALL 58% AND MORE WHEN THEY STEP UP TO LINE.

>> GONZALEZ IS GOING TO BE WHISTLED FOR THE FOUL ON THE ENTRY TO WHITTENBAUGH.

AND YOU MENTIONED IT AN HOUR AGO, LAURA, TALKING ABOUT THE TEAM GOALS IS TO SHOOT THE FREE THROWS BETTER.

BUT AS THE TEAM EVOLVED, COACH DALL DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE HAD.

HE HAD SOME FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES, AND IMLER FOR THREE.

NO GOOD.

AND HE HAS THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT WHO IS PAULA GONZALEZ WHO HAS THE EUROSTEP WHICH IS TRULY A EUROSTEP NOT TODAY, AND SEE IF SHE DOES IT THERE TODAY, AND AS KVALE CONNECTS.

>> YEAH, THAT IS MORE OF THE EUROPEAN STYLE DRIVE THE BASELINE, AND THAT JUMP PASS BACK OUT TO PERIMETER SHOOTER, AND KVALE WITH THE BIG SHOT.

>> AND WHITTENBAUGH PULLS UP THE DRIBBLE.

AND NOW, WE ARE SEEING THIS WOLVERINE DEFENSE COME OUT ON THE WILDCATS AS WE APPROACH 30 SECONDS IS YET TO GO HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER, AND WE WILL HAVE A WHISTLE.

IMLER IS GOING TO BE FOULED BY KVALE.

THAT WILL BE HER THIRD FOUL.

KNOCK HAS THREE, AND KVALE HAS THREE, AND PETERSEN HAS TWO.

>> WELL, THEY ARE FLIRTING WITH THE FOUL TROUBLE EITHER WAY, AND THEY HAVE TO BE SMART, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE LOSE ANY OF THE KEY DEFENDERS.

>> IMLER WITH IT.

OUT FRONT UNDER 10.

AND WHITTENBAUGH NOW WITH IT AT THE THREE-POINT LINE, AND CATCH AND SHOOT, AND REBOUND FOR WOLVERINE, AND THEY WILL HOLD IT AND NOT TAKE A CHANCE.

WE HAVE 8:00 STANDING BETWEEN ONE TEAM AND A TROPHY.

BACK IN A MOMENT.

>> MAQUOKETA VALLEY NEVER WON A STATE TITLE AND THE TOWN OF DIKE AND THE SCHOOL OF DIKE WON THE SIXTH IS PLAYER TITLE IN 1988 BUT NOT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, SO SOMEONE IS GOING HOME WITH THE FIRST PLACE TROPHY FOR THE FIRST TIME.

STATE FIRST TIME TITLE GAME APPEARANCE FOR BOTH OF THESE SCHOOLS.

WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THE UNDERDOG RIGHT NOW, THE ONE CHASING LAURA TO TAKE IT HOME?

>> WELL, RELY ON THE DEFENSE, AND I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO GET A FEW MORE PAINT TOUCHES INTO PETERSEN, AND SHE HAS TO WORK TO GET HERSELF OPEN, AND SHE IS ALLOWING THE DEFENSE TO DICTATE WHERE SHE IS GOING ON THE FLOOR, BUT IF YOU CAN GET SOME SHOTS FROM THE PPERIMETER, GUESS YOU DON'T HAVE TO SET UP ON THE INSIDE.

>> KVALE THERE, AND STOLEN AWAY FROM KVALE ON THE BREAK A WAY, AND SOMEHOW SHE WILLED THE BASKETBALL BACK, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE WOLVERINES ARE ALMOST GOING TO GET ANOTHER STEAL FROM IMLER.

>> SHE WAS RIGHT THERE IN PASSING LANE, AND LOOKING TO SWIPE AT IT.

>> FOR MAQUOKETA VALLEY, WHAT IS THEIR KEY, LAURA?

>> THEY NEED TO BE PATIENT, AND CONTINUE TO RUN THE OFFENSE THE WAY THEY HAVE, AND SEE IF THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THE BASKETBALL.

>> WELL, THAT IS GOING TO GET AWAY FROM THEM, TOO, HOFFMANN ON THE BREAKAWAY IS FOULED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT BRUCE DALL SAID TO THE GIRLS AT THE QUARTER, BUT APPARENTLY, IT HAS WORKED.

>> WELL, I THINK THEY HE SAID, LET'S RELAX, WE HAVE 8:00 LEFT, AND LET'S PLAY OUR STYLE OF BASKETBALL, AND LET'S WIN A TITLE.

>> WHITTENBAUGH PICKS UP HER THIRD FOUL.

>> HE MIGHT HAVE SAID, LET'S MAKE SOME FREE THROWS.

>> MAYBE.

HOFFMANN.

MISSED THEM BOTH.

SO BACK WITHIN THREE, AND HELD BALL.

MAQUOKETA VALLEY WITH 7:03 TO GO TO LENGTH OF THE COURT.

AND WHITTENBAUGH TAKES IT WITH THE BLUE JERSEY, AND PETERSEN WITH THE PUTBACK.

AND PAYTON PETERSEN WITH SEVEN, AND THEY ARE WITHIN ONE.

>> SHOWING THE DIFFERENT LOOK AND REALLY CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR MAQUOKETA VALLEY, AND REALLY TURNING UP THE HEAT IN THE BACKCOURT.

>> MAYBE THAT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE SEEN A TEAM THAT ALL OF THE SUDDEN SAY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD TRY A DIFFERENT DEFENSIVE LOOK, AND, IN FACT, THAT IS WHAT MAQUOKETA VALLEY DID AGAINST NOTAWAY VALLEY IN THE SEMIFINAL TO PUT OUT A DIFFERENT DEFENSIVE LOOK, AND NOW, MAQUOKETA VALLEY IS HAVING THE SCRIPT FLIPPED ON THEM.

PETERSEN WITH THE THIRD BUCKET THERE.

>> AND A GOOD JOB TO GO TO THE OFFENSIVE GLASS, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE NOT DONE, AND THEY ARE GETTING OUTREBOUNDED BY TEN.

BUT THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF REBOUNDING.

THEY HAVE SIX OFFENSIVE REBOUND, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET SOME PUTBACKS, AND I WILL HARP ON IT.

WE HAVE SAID REBOUNDING IS GOING TO BE A HUGE KEY IN THE BALL GAME.

>> AND LET'S NOT FORGET THE FOULS EITHER, AND THE FREE THROWS.

IMAGINE THAT, THE FUNDAMENTALS.

YEAH, AND WHO LIKES FUNDAMENTALS?

>> WHAT A DRIVE FROM IMLER ON THE LEFT SIDE!

>> WHAT A GREAT DRIVE AND A GREAT TAKE.

>> KVALE WHO THOUGHT ABOUT IT KICKS IT OUT.

GONZALEZ, AND KVALE WANTS IT AGAIN, AND HOFFMANN INSIDE TO A CUTTING ELLARY KNOCK.

AND THE WOLVERINES ARE BACK WITHIN ONE.

HERE COMES THAT PRESSURE.

>> GREAT BALL ROTATION, AND GREAT MOVEMENT WITHOUT THE BASKETBALL.

>> WHITTENBAUGH BREAKS IT, AND KICKS IT.

IMLER WITH THREE.

LONG REBOUND.

CORRALLED BY THE WOLVERINES.

GONZALEZ CUTS IT, THROWS IT.

THREE -- GOOD!

ELLARY KNOCK -- OH, OH.

AND FOR FIRST TIME SINCE THE FIRST QUARTER, DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HAS THE LEAD BACK.

37-35.

WHAT A TURN OF JUST 4:00.

>> THAT IS ALL DUE TO DEFENSE.

THAT DEFENSE HAS TURNED THE MOMENTUM AND TURNED THE TIDE FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO GET IT OUT TO KNOCK WHO BARELY RIPPLES THE NET.

>> KNOCK IS A 27% SHOOTER FROM THREE, AND THE TEAM IS ONLY 29% COME INTO THE TOURNAMENT.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD IS NOT KNOWN FOR SHOOTING THE THREES, LAURA, BUT HERE THEY ARE HITTING A COUPLE OF BIG ONES.

>> WELL, THEY HAVE KNOCKED DOWN SEVERAL BIG ONE, AND THAT IS GIVING THEM THE MOMENTUM, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTALS, AND I SAID, WHO LIKES TO SHOOT THE FUNDAMENTALS.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE THOUGHT.

OH, BACK TO THE FUNDAMENTALS, BOXING OUT THE RIGHT WAY, AND USING GLASS WHEN YOU SHOOT THAT MID-RANGE JUMPER.

AND SO, NOW FOR THE NEXT 5:30, THEY HAVE TO GET BACK TO FUNDAMENTALS.

>> ONE OF THE KEYS THAT THE COACH TALKS ABOUT IS TO LIMIT THE TURNOVERS, REBOUND AND NOT GET CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT.

SO YOU COULD SAY THAT IS ONE OF THE THINS RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A BIG MOMENT.

IMLER DRIVES AND QUICKLY COLLAPSED UPON.

NOW, CHESNUT.

NOT MANY MOMENTS BIGGER THAT IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> NOT AT ALL, AND FOURTH QUARTER WITH ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO GO.

>> THEY BANTED TO BE VERY DISCIPLINED WITH THE BASKETBALL, AND FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY THEY HAVE.

IT IS GOING TO GO OUT OF BOUNDS, AND STAYING WITH MAQUOKETA VALLEY.

5:04.

AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD UP BY TWO.

WHO IS THE PRESSURE ON RIGHT NOW?

>> I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW IT IS ON MAQUOKETA VALLEY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO SCORE, AND THEY ARE PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON THEMSELVES.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF TIME, STILL OVER 4:00 LEFT IN BALL GAME.

AND THERE IS A BREAK HERE, AND YOU HAVE TO FIND GOOD HIGH PERCENTAGE SHOTS.

>> IT HAS BEEN TWO MINUTES SINCE THEY HAVE SEEN A REBOUND FROM MAQUOKETA VALLEY.

I THINK THAT HAS BEEN A HELD BALL.

>> SHE WAS ON THE END LINE.

>> AND OH.

AND NOW, MAQUOKETA VALLEY WITH THE PRESSURE AND NOW, DOWN TO PETERSEN, AND THE TRAVEL.

SHE SHUFFLED THE FEET A LITTLE BIT.

>> THAT IS A SET PLAY, AND THAT HE DRIVE IT DOWN AND A FLOATER PASS DOWN TO PETERSEN.

>> AND NOW, IMLER THE FUTURE CO-HAWK.

RILEY CHESNUT.

IMLER LOSES IT.

A COUPLE OF BODIES HIT THE FLOOR.

PETERSEN IS THERE TO COLLECT, AND NOW, DIKE-NEW HARTFORD CAN EXPEND ON THE TWO-POINT LEAD.

>> THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO LEAD, AND NOW A FOUL.

>> AND TAYLOR KVALE WILL HAVE TO GO OUT WITH THE FOUL, BUT IT WON'T BE FOR VERY LONG.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD IN THE BONUS.

FREE THROW FROM GONZALEZ THERE, AND THREE WILDCATS AND IT WENT OFF OF ALL THREE OF THEM OUT OF BOUNDS.

OH!

YOU TAKE IT, YOU TAKE IT, NO.

THAT IS A FRUSTRATING PART.

CUTTING, AND THE FOUL IS ON ELLARY KNOCK.

>> ONE OF THOSE BASELINE OUT OF BOUNDS PLAYS THAT YOU PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME THAT YOU NEED TO USE IT, THEY RAN IT PERFECTLY.

THEY COULDN'T GET THE SHOT TO FALL, BUT GETS TO THE FREE-THROW LINE.

>> AND THE FREE THROW CHALLENGES CONTINUE FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WITH 46% FOR THE GAME.

>> AND AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THE BALL GAME AND CLOSER TO THE THE END OF THE BALL GAME, THAT COULD BE A STRATEGY OF THE MAQUOKETA VALLEY.

>> THE SECOND ONE IS GOOD FOR HOFFMANN WHO NOW HAS SEVEN TO ALLOW SOME PRESSURE TO BE SET UP, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO TAKE MAQUOKETA VALLEY LONG.

NICE RUNNER BY IMLER, AND SHE IS GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE AT SOME FREE THROWS.

>> LANDPHAIR IS GOING TO PICK UP THE THAT FOUL.

SHE WAS RIGHT AT THE HIP POCKET THE ENTIRE WAY.

>> SO LOOK AT THE FACE OF ELLA IMLER RIGHT THERE, AND DO YOU THINK THAT THEY ARE UP OR DOWN?

>> NOT REALLY.

>> THAT IS WHAT THE COACH SAYS, I CAN'T TELL IF WE ARE UP OR DOWN 40, BECAUSE SHE HAS THE SAME DEMEANOR.

>> AND SOME BIG PLAYERS WILL MAKE A BIG PLAYER, AND FIRE IT UP OR DOWN, BUT SHE IS JUST THE SAME.

>> IMMER MAKES SHOT.

SHE HAS EIGHT, AND STILL DIKE-NEW HARTFORD BY TWO, AND 38-36, AND 3:50 TO PLAY.

BACK OVER THE TAYLOR KVALE.

WE WILL SEE IF DIKE-NEW HARTFORD STILL ATTACKS.

A LOT GAME THE PLAY.

AND THREE ON THE WAY, AND GONZALEZ STILL GETS A SECOND ONE TO FALL.

SHE HAS BEEN SHOOTING, AND SHOOTING, AND SHOOTING, AND SHE NOW HAS SIX.

>> IN MY HEAD, I AM THINKING, DON'T SHOOT THAT, AND BRING IT BACK OUT, AND SHE NAILED IT.

>> THAT ONE OF THE NO, NO, NO, NO YES!

>> THAT IS A BIG BUCKET.

>> DIKE-NEW HARTFORD BY FIVE.

WHAT DO THE WILDCATS HAVE IN THE TANK?

>> THEY HAVE TIME.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO FORCE ANYTHING.

>> IMLER'S THREE IS NO GOOD.

AND PAYTON PETERSEN GRABS A HOLD.

AND NOW, IT IS LOOKING LIKE MAC VALLEY IS TRYING TO FOUL.

GONZALEZ BACK TO KVALE.

>> TRYING TO GET A QUICK STEAL IF THEY COULD, AND NOW THEY ARE CONTENT TO SIT BACK AND PLAY A LITTLE DEFENSE.

>> EVENTUALLY THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LENGTHEN THE GAME WITH FOULS.

>> WELL, YOU DON'T WANT TO FOUL KVALE, BECAUSE SHE IS 72%, AND HOFFMANN IS 68%, AND WHO IS FOULED BUT SOPHIA HOFFFMANN.

HOFFMANN ON THE DAY IS 0 OF 4.

AND SO MUCH FOR THE PERCENTAGES AT THE FREE-THROW LINE FOR SIX POINTS.

ACTUALLY SEVEN.

IT IS GOING TO STAY AT SEVEN.

THE STRATEGY WORKS.

>> KNOWING THAT THE TEAM IS RIGHT UNDER 60% FROM THE LINE FOR THE SEASON, YOUR PERCENTAGES ARE WITH YOU IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, BECAUSE YOU THEN ADD IN THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME NERVES AND TENSION AND THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS ON THE LINE, AND YOU FIGURE THAT THE SHOOTERS ARE GOING TO BE MORE TIGHT THAN WHAT THEY ALREADY ARE STEPPING UP TO THE FREE-THROW LINE.

>> TUCKER, AND PETERSEN KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO MISS A SHOT LIKE THAT AT 2:11.

HOFFMANN IS DRIBBLING AROUND AND FOULED BY TUCKER.

>> NOW THEY ARE IN THE DOUBLE BONUS.

AND YOU CAN SEE AS HOFFMANN IS FOULED, SHE LOOKED UP TO THE SKY AND THOUGHT, OKAY, THEY ARE FOULING ME FOR A REASON, AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO KNOCK THE SHOTS DOWN, AND SO MAYBE A LITTLE SELF-TALK HERE, AND SHE CAN TALK HERSELF DOWN TO KNOCK A COUPLE THROUGH.

>> FIRST ONE NO GOOD.

A COUPLE OF THE PLAYERS TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY JUST, LIKE ELLA IMLER SAYS THAT I BELIEVE EVERY TIME I SHOOT THAT IT IS GOING IN, AND SO MUCH OF THE SPORTS IS MENTAL, AN BOTH OF THE FREE THROWS ARE NO GOOD.

I TALKED TO HER, AND I WAS THINKING, YOU ARE ONLY DOWN BY FIVE, AND IT IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY THOUGH.

IMLER WITH THE EIGHT FOOTER, OOH!

SHE GOING TO GET TWO.

WE HAVE THE FOURTH FOUL CALLED.

IGOING TO GET TWO.

SGOING TO GET TWO.

WE HAVE THE FOURTH FOUL CALLED.

WE HAVE THE FOURTH FOUL CALLED.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WENT ON KNOCK OR PETERSEN.

IT IS KNOCK.

SHE HAS FOUR.

AND TUCKER IS OUT.

AND IMLER WHO WANTS TO STUDY BUSINESS NEXT YEAR HAS 20 POINTS.

SHE HAS NINE AND THE GAME WINNING FREE THROWS IN THE GAME AGAINST NOTAWAY VALLEY.

>> YOU CAN HEAR THE COACH IN BACKGROUND SAYING GO GET HER EVERY TIME HOFFMANN TOUCHES THE BALL.

>> IMLER COMMITS FOUL.

SHE IS ONE WHO HAS FOULS TO GIVE.

SABERS HAS FOUR, AND TUCKER HAS FOUR, AND WHITTENBAUGH HAS THREE.

AND REALLY MAQUOKETA VALLEY FOR A WHILE HAD NOT PUT ANY SUBSTITUTES INTO THE BALL GAME.

AGAIN, A TREE THROW IS MISSED.

TUCKER BACK, AND KENNEDY RAUSCH BACK IN.

AND SO NOW THEY MIGHT NEED HER IN THERE.

AND THE LOOSE BALL IS OVER TO KVALE.

>> NOW, YOU HAVE TO FOUL WHOMEVER, AND GET OUT THERE TO STOP THE CLOCK.

IT CAME OFF OF THE FRONT OF THE RIM, IT CAME OFF OF ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT HANDS BEFORE IT WENT INTOKVALE'S HANDS.

>> YOU CAN SEE THAT SHE HAS GOOD HANDS AND INTENSE.

AND YOU KNOW THE COACH CALLS HER, LITTLE DOGS GET NERVOUS AROUND BIG HORSES, AND THEY GET NERVOUS, AND THAT IS WHAT SHE SAYS.

THEY GET 12 POINT, AND 42-37, AND IMLER IS HAVING TO CHASE THE LOOSE ONE DOWN AND THERE IS A FOUL OUT FRONT.

SHE PICKED UP FOUL FOUR.

>> TRYING TO GO FOR THE STEAL.

YOU ASKED WHO IS NERVOUS NOW?

WELL, IT IS MAQUOKETA RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

>> IMLER HITS THE FIRST FREE THROW.

RAUSCH IS GOING TO CHECK IN FOR THE FIRST SHOOTER.

I WOULD NOT TAKE HER OUT, BUT I AM NOT COACHING.

IMLER HITS A PAIR.

MAQUOKETA VALLEY TAKING THE THIRD TIME-OUT, AND IN THAT HUDDLE, LAURA, THEY ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE SENIORS OF WHITTENBAUGH AND TUCKER AND IMLER AND THEY WILL ASK ABOUT ANNA WHO DIED IN A CRASH, AND THEY VOTED TO MAKE HER THE QUEEN, AND TAY HUNT THE KING WHO ALSO DIED IN AN ACCIDENT.

AND SO HER PARENTS WERE PRESENTED A JERSEY AND A COUPLE OF THE PLAYERS HAVE AT THE TOO AND A THIRD ONE GOING TO GET IT, AND BASKETBALL IS MORE ABOUT LIFE, BUT THIS IS A HUGE LIFE MOMENT RIGHT NOW.

>> IT IS.

AND YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THAT SITUATION, COACH MOENCK SAID THAT THEY HAVE TAUGHT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS, AND HOW THEY HAVE DEALT WITH IT WITH SUCH CLASS AND GRACE, AND THEY HAVE TAUGHT THE COMMUNITY HOW THE HANDLE THE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, AND WE HAVE PLAYED WITH HER, AND NOW WE PLAY FOR HER.

>> WELL, THE COACH ALSO SAYS THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE BALL GOING INTO THE HOOP, BUT WE CAN CONTROL HOW HARD WE PLAY.

SO WE WILL SEE HOW HARD THEY PLAY DEFENSE HERE DOWN THREE.

GONZALEZ GETS IT AWAY, AND WE HAVE NEARLY A TURNOVER, BUT IT IS STILL NOT SAFE FOR THE WOLVERINES AS KNOCK IS FOULED.

IT LOOKS LIKE KENNEDY RAUSCH IS FOULED THERE.

A LOT OF LIFE MOMENTS TAUGHT.

ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO SEE IS THE GIRLS WHO COME INTO THE LOCKER ROOM AFTER THE GAME, OR THE POST GAME MEDIA AREA IN TEARS AND YOU HAVE TO EL THE -- TELL THEM, YOU KNOW HOW MANY GIRLS WOULD LIKE TO BE IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RIGHT NOW SEPARATED BY THREE POINTS WITH 1:03 TO PLAY.

>> EVERYBODY WOULD.

EVERYBODY WHO SUITS UP, AND LACES UP THE SNEAKERS, THEIR GOAL IS TO BE AT WELLS FARGO TO BE ABLE TO PLAY IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

>> KNOCK WITH THE SECOND FREE THROW GOOD.

IMLER WITH IT, AND WHITTENBAUGH WITH ONLY TWO POINTS IN THE CONTEST, AND IT HAS BEEN TAYA TUCKER AND HER 14, SO WE WILL SEE WHO THE WILDCATS TRY TO DESIGN THE PLAY, AND BACKDOOR AND IMLER ON THE CUT, AND THROWN INTO TWO BLUE JERSEYS, AND WE HAVE A HELD BALL.

IT'LL STAY WITH THE WILDCATS.

>> IT WAS OPEN, BUT ONLY FOR A SPLIT SECOND THAT SHE TRIED TO THREAD THE NEEDLE, BUT IT CLOSED QUICKLY.

>> TIPPED AGAIN.

PETERSEN COLLECTS.

NOW, DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WITH 40 SECONDS.

THEY ARE GOING TO HOLD TO GET FOULED.

PETERSEN IS THE ONE WHO WAS FOULED TO GO TO LINE.

AND TA KVALE SAYS YOU THIS.

FOULING OUT IS CARISSA SABERS.

>> LOOKING UP AND DOWN THE LINEUP FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF SENIORS THERE, AND THEY WILL GRADUATE PAULA GONZALES WHO IS A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM SPAIN, AND SHE HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THE TEAM, AND A COUPLE OF SENIORS ADDY AND ABBY ZONE WHO HAVE BEEN GREAT LEADERS FOR THE TEAM ALL YEAR.

>> AND ON THE MISSED FREE THROW, THE REBOUND, AND THERE IS A FOUL.

STAY WITH DIKE-NEW HARTFORD.

AND BOTH OF THE SOHN SISTERS HAVE AFFIXED THE NAME DIKE-NEW HARTFORD TO THE BRACKET AFTER EACH GAME, AND THAT A STEAL BY RAUSCH, AND THE LAY-UP WON'T GO, AND THERE FOR THE REBOUND IS DIKE-NEW HARTFORD AS WE GET UNDER 30 SECONDS.

WE HAVE A WHISTLE.

IT IS A TIME-OUT, WOLVERINES.

ALL RIGHT.

STILL FOUR POINTS.

YOU ARE GOING TO FORCE DIKE NOW TO INBOUND THE BASKETBALL.

3/4 OF THE COURT TO GO.

FOULING HAS SEEMED TO WORK, BUT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONVERT ON THE OTHER END, BUT DO YOU STAY WITH THAT STRATEGY, LAURA?

>> WELL, YOU HAVE TO.

YOU TO BANK ON THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE STRUGGLED FROM THE FREE-THROW LINE, AND THEY HAVE, 9 OF 25, FROM THE FREE-THROW LINE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN PUT THERE QUITE A BIT OVER THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE MINUTE, AND SO, YES, YOU ARE GOING TO GO WITH THE SAME STRATEGY TO LENGTHEN THE GAME, AND STOP THE CLOCK, AND IF YOU CAN GET TO THE OTHER END, AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FOUL THEM AND PUT THEM ON THE LINE AND RINSE AND REPEAT.

>> THE WOLVERINES BREAK THE HUDDLE.

FRANKLY, MAYBE YOU COULD MAKE A ARGUMENT THAT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD IS A YEAR OR TWO EARLY OR MAYBE GETTING READY FOR A HECK OF A RUN IN 2A.

>> YES, I THINK THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR A BIG RUN.

>> A TURNOVER, BUT BEFORE KNOCK CAN GET RID OF IT, SHE IS FOULED, BUT MORPH THE PRECIOUS COMMODITY TIME GOES OFF OF THE TIME, THE CLOCK.

KNOCK WITH THE FREE THROW.

GOOD.

>> IF THIS TEAM IS GOING TO MAKE A RUN THIS YEAR OR THE YEARF A, THAT -- YEAR AFTER THAT, I THINK THAT THE ONE THING THEY WILL LOOK AT IS THE FREE THROW SHOOTING, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE A GOAL, EVEN IF THEY DID WANT TO SET GOALS, THAT MIGHT BE A GOAL FOR THEM NEXT YEAR.

>> IMLER'S THREE IS SHORT.

REBOUND AGAIN FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, AS PETERSEN IS TIED UP BY TUCKER.

MAQUOKETA VALLEY HAD AN 11-POINT LEAD.

7:36 MARK IN THE THIRD, BUT SINCE THEN, IT HAS BEEN ALL WOLVERINES AS WHITTENBAUGH HITS.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE YET.

IF THIS FREE THROW GOES, YOU ARE STILL WITHIN THREE.

>> AND THERE IS STILL A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME.

>> THE FREE THROW IS GOOD.

COOL AS A CUCUMBER.

TIME-OUT ON THE FLOOR, AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WITH ONE TIME-OUT LEFT, AND MAQUOKETA VALLEY DOWN TO THEIR LAST TIME-OUT.

>> AND IN THAT SITUATION, YOU JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD TO LET THEM SCORE, BECAUSE THE CLOCK IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO RUN AS THE BALL IS COMING THROUGH THE HOOP.

IF THEY HAD TAKEN IT OUT OF BOUNDS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FIVE SECONDS OR FOUR SECONDS LEFT.

CHALLENGE THE SHOT, AND NOW THEY HAVE PUT THEMSELVES INTO A POSITION WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO BE FOULED RIGHT AWAY, AND KNOCK DOWN A COUPLE OF FREE THROWS, AND MAQUOKETA VALLEY COULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO LENGTH OF THE FLOOR TO TRY TO TIE IT UP.

>> SO IF YOU ARE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, DO YOU THROW THE BALL DEEP?

DO YOU INBOUND IT TO THE BEST FREE-THROW SHOOTER, BUT RUN THE RISK OF A POSSIBLE MISHANDLING OF THE BALL, AND MAYBE IT IS LOOSE?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT YOU TRY TO GO DEEP, AND SO IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY ON THE TEAM WHO CAN THROW THE DEEP PASS, THEN YOU MAYBE LOOK AT THAT AS A STRATEGY, AND SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY BRING INTO THE BACK COURT HERE.

>> KNOCK IS GOING TO INBOUND IT FROM THE "A" ON THE FLOOR OF THE ARENA.

SHE CAN INBOUND IT QUICKLY TO SOFIA HOFFMANN AND SHE IS GOING TO WALK THE LENGTH OF THE FLOOR TO SHOOT TWO.

>> ONE OF THE TEAMMATES WALKED UP TO HER AND SAID THAT YOU CAN DO THIS AND EMPHATIC HAND SLAP.

SHE IS READY TO GO, AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN HER EYES.

>> SHE ONE OF THE SOCCER PLAYERS THAT DIKE-NEW HARTFORD HAS, AND SHE HITS BASKETBALL SHOT.

FOR EIGHT, AND AS FOR COACH DALL AND YOU ASKED WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THEM, AND HE SAID, THEY KNOW HOW TO SPLIT THE DEFENSES AND I LOVE THEM.

THEY ARE UP BY FOUR, SO THE PLAYBOOK IS WIDE OPEN HERE.

>> YEAH, IT IS PRETTY WIDE OPEN, AND YOU CAN CERTAINLY FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO HERE DEPENDING UPON THE MAKE OR MISS HERE, BUT IT IS A SITUATION NOW THAT IT IS GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR THEM TO EVEN COME BACK.

>> THEY HAVE TO GO TO LENGTH OF THE COURT UNDER 6.0.

>> NOT GOING TO LEAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TIMED IF THEY LEAVE A BUCKET, BECAUSE YOU CAN EVEN IF THE BALL HITS HOOP, TIME CAN EXPIRE.

>> WELL, AFTER CHRISTMAS, THEY CHANGED THE DEFENSIVE STRATEGY, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT LIKE WHAT WAS HAPPENING, BUT TODAY, THE DEFENSIVE STRATEGY ALLOWS 46 POINT, BUT THEY COULD NOT GET THE OFFENSE TO GO.

>> THAT IS THE KEY, BECAUSE THEY STRUGGLED OFFENSIVELY, AND THE DEFENSE KEPT THEM IN THE BALL GAME.

THEY JUST COULD NOT HURT SHOTS, AND KNOCK DOWN THE FREE THROWS.

>> IMLER IS GOING TO GET IT IN.

AND LAUNCHED THE THREE AT THE BUZZER, NO GOOD.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY ARE STATE CHAMPIONS IN BASKETBALL HERE IN 2021.

>> FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD A 22-POINT OUTBURST IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

IT WAS A GRIND THE ENTIRE WAY FOR BOTH OF THE TEAMS, BUT THEY CAME OUT WITH A RENEWED SENSE OF ENERGY AND A DIFFERENT PURPOSE IN THAT FOURTH QUARTER AND HELD MAQUOKETA VALLEY TO NINE POINTS.

HUGE FOURTH QUARTER WON IT FOR THEM.

>> MAQUOKETA VALLEY IS 14-11-8-9, AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WITH 12-29-8-2.

SO A LOT OF EMOTION AND A TOUGH WAY TO SEE THE SEASON END.

BUT FOR DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, THEY GET TO PUT ON THE PINK SHIRTS.

>> THE CLASS 2A ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM.

PRESENTING THE AWARD IS CRAIG HILL PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA FARM BUREAU AND JOINING HIM ARE KEN REYNOLDS AND MEMBERS OF THE ISAU TEAM.

FROM THE MAQUOKETA VALLEY TEAM, TAYA TUCKER.

FROM DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, PAULA GONZALEZ.

FROM NOTAWAY VALLEY, MADDOX DEVAULT.

FROM WEST BRANCH, SASHA KOENIG.

FROM MAQUOKETA VALLEY, ELLA IMLER.

AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE 2021 CLASS 2A ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM FROM DIKE-NEW HARTFORD PAYTON PETERSEN.

>> HOW ABOUT THIS, LAURA, PAYTON THE CAPTAIN OF THE ALL VOLLEYBALL TEAM AND NOW THE ALL BASKETBALL TEAM.

>> AND WHAT YEAR IS SHE?

>> SHE IS A FRESHMAN.

UNBELIEVABLE.

THERE'S YOUR ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM, DEVAULT WHO IS A GREAT PLAYER FOR NOTAWAY AND KOEGNIG IS GOING TO GO PLAY IN THE VALLEY.

>> AND YES, WE WILL SEE MANY OF THESE PLAYERS AGAIN.

AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD DON'T GRADUATE TOO MANY AND HAVE A VERY GOOD GROUP OF PLAYERS COMING BACK.

>> FANS, HELP US TO RECOGNIZE THE 2021 CLASS 2A RUNNER-UP SCOT MOENCK AND THE MAQUOKETA VALLEY WILDCATS.

[ APPLAUSE ] FANS, LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE 2021 CLASS 2A CHAMPION, THE DIKE-NEW HARTFORD WOLVERINES AND HEAD COACH BRUCE DALL.

>> YOU GRADUATE FOUR FROM A TEAM THAT PLAYED AT STATE LAST YEAR, AND ALMOST AN ENTIRE NEW ROSTER AND A YEAR LATER, YOU ARE STATE CHAMPIONS.

>> THEY ALL JUST CAME TOGETHER, AND THE TEAM CHEMISTRY WAS THERE, AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE AT THE BEGIN OF THE YEAR, BUT AS THE SEASON WORE ON, THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER, AND THEY ARE RAISING THE TROPHY.

>> WELL, DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, THEY COMPLETE THE YEAR 26-0, AND MAQUOKETA VALLEY, 25-1, AND BOTH OUTSTANDING SEASONS, AND WE HAVE HAD OUTSTANDING GAMES ON THIS SATURDAY.

WE HAVE GIVEN AWAY TWO TROPHIES AND ANOTHER ONE TO GO, BUT FIRST, THEY ARE CELEBRATING IN DIKE AND NEW HARTFORD AND THE STATE 2A CHAMPIONS.

THE STATE 1A COME UP AT 6:30.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT IOWA PBS, WE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD IS THE STATE CHAMPION IN IOWA 2A.