RICHMOND -- Behind the Millbrook bench sat a symphony orchestra. Its first-chair players wore powder blue shirts, and the instruments were whistles and screams and yells and claps. With 10 seconds remaining in the Group AA, Division 3 state championship game at the Siegel Center on Saturday, the orchestra began to play its championship sonata.
Courtni Green could barely walk, let alone run. The Millbrook sophomore landed awkwardly running on a fast break late in the third quarter and hit the hardwood floor at Virginia Commonwealth University's Siegel Center with a thud.
RICHMOND -- Lacey Harris sat in the first chair of the Millbrook bench, waiting for the Group AA, Division 3 championship trophy presentation to begin.
RICHMOND -- All season long, Millbrook coach Debby Sanders has talked about how composed her team is. That's why it really wasn't a surprise that when Millbrook was trailing by 10 points in the second quarter of the Group AA, Division 3 state final, the players had no doubts they were going to come back.
RICHMOND -- As Courtni Green limped around and made play after play in the fourth quarter of Millbrook's state championship victory Saturday, I couldn't help but think of the movie, "The Karate Kid."
WINCHESTER -- Last summer, Alisha Mobley's family was searching for a place to build a house, preferably an area where Mobley could play in a strong basketball program. Luckily for Mobley, she had two Amateur Athletic Union basketball teammates in Millbrook's Courtni Green and Sara Mead who were happy to help steer her in the right direction.
WINCHESTER -- There's no question that defense will be a big factor in Saturday's Group AA, Division 3 state final between Millbrook and Greensville County.
RICHMOND -- All season, the Millbrook Pioneers have preached the importance of taking their campaign one game at a time. When winning the state championship is a preseason goal, there's no room for getting caught looking too far down the road, thereby stumbling in the postseason's early rounds.
RICHMOND -- Millbrook senior Lacey Harris was in shock. As the Pioneers' girls basketball team traveled from their hotel rooms to the game on Tuesday morning, things were very different on the bus.
WINCHESTER -- Millbrook coach Debby Sanders knows her squad has one big advantage over most of the remaining teams left in the Group AA, Division 3 girls basketball state tournament. The Pioneers like to use their full-court press and play at a fast tempo, and slowing them down won't be easy.
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RICHMOND -- Behind the Millbrook bench sat a symphony orchestra. Its first-chair players wore powder blue shirts, and the instruments were whistles and screams and yells and claps. With 10 seconds remaining in the Group AA, Division 3 state championship game at the Siegel Center on Saturday, the orchestra began to play its championship sonata.
