Lady Cats Advance To District Final
The Axtell Lady Cats basketball team is one victory away from earning an automatic bid to the 2013 Nebraska State Girls Basketball Tournament in Lincoln on Feb. 28-March 2.
The Lady Cats (17-7) will meet the Giltner Hornets (18-6) on Friday, Feb. 22 at Gibbon High School when they play for the Class D-4 district title with tip set for 7 p.m.
Axtell advanced to the district final by knocking off SEM in the semifinals and upsetting Amherst in the D2-8 subdistrict final on Thursday to get into position to reach the state tournament.
The second-seeded Lady Cats opened the D2-8 subdistrict by taking on the SEM Mustangs in a semifinal clash in Wood River on Feb. 12.
The full article can be found in the February 20, 2013, edition of the Minden Courier.