The Apollo girls basketball team ended a 24-year Sweet 16 drought, beating Meade County for the 3rd Region Title.
Next in sports ... century ... the proud apollo girls basketball program has come up short on it's quest to return to the kentucky sweet 16's ... ............ tonight they looked to end the drought against meade county in the 3rd region championship game ... to the owensboro sportscenter ... where the e-gal faithful had hopes a trip to lexington was in their future ... .............. however the lady waves were looking to crash on those title dreams ... ................ apollo would break through first ... shelbie beatty from the wing for 3 ... yahtzee ... however that would be the lone e-gal field goal for much of the opening stanza ... ............. meade county would counter that with this dribble drive and deuce by #20 ... but that would be their only basket of the quarter ,,, ................... trailing 4-3 in the final minute of the first ... amber dunn finally gets apollo back in the scoring column with this tough take for two ... e- gals lead 5-4 after one ... .................. dunn stays hot to start the second ... stopping ... popping and dropping the quick mid-range jumper ... .............. and apollo decides to ride the hot horse ... beatty's long outlet sets up dunn for a full contact hoop and harm ... she goes onto complete the 3- point play ... ............. then it's back beatty ... capping a 9-0 apollo run with the spinderella short range bucket ... and the e-gals end the seweet 16 drought ... they're headed back to rupp
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