Lady Blues are going to the playoffs

The Lady Blues checked one of two boxes from their season checklist Friday night. The team entered the season with two goals: playoffs and a district championship. After a 40-31 win the Lady Blues have earned a spot in the postseason and sit one win away from a district championship.

When the Lady Blues and Lady Huskies meet fans know to expect a tough, close and physical game. The physicality was on display from the opening minutes as Kate Gober and Chloe Percy crashed to the floor battling for a rebound on the Lady Blues’ end of the court.

“It’s tougher if you got a team that’s full-court physical and you’re not because you’re worried about foul trouble,” Lady Blues coach Ky Graham said. “So you’re not playing that way and you can’t play that way and it hurts you worse(...)We talked a lot about that before the ballgame. We had one point in the second quarter where I think it got to them a little bit. They missed some easy shots and the free throws weren’t dropping, but they really composed themselves at halftime. We said we’re not going to do it. We are going to go out and be calm. Not everything is going to go right, but we are going to whether the storm and win this game. I’m really proud of them.”

For the rest of the story, see the Feb. 3 edition of The Graham Leader.