Apparently, the Woodlawn Lady Bears' late-season turnaround is still underway.After making a run to the 8-2A District Tournament championship game, the Lady Bears responded with a third-place finish at the Class 2A South Region Tournament last week at Acorn High School. They will face Mountainburg in the first round of the state tournament at 4 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 29) at Mansfield High School.Mountainburg brings as 24-5 record into the tournament as the no. 2 seed from the West Region. The Lady Bears are 18-15 overall and the no. 3 seed from the South Region.Woodlawn won just one of its first eight games to start 2024, but managed to pull of a 45-41 win the regular season finale at Rison. The Lady Bears backed that up by upsetting the no. 4 and no. 2 seeds in the 8-2A District Tournament at Woodlawn before finally coming up short against Fordyce in the district finals, 53-48.That momentum carried over into last week's regional tournament as the Lady Bears knocked off Murfreesboro, 46-41, in the first round to earn a spot in the state tournament. The fell to the 7-2A top seed and tournament host Acorn, 55-26, in the semifinals on Friday before bouncing back with a 41-33 win over Spring Hill on Saturday to take the South Region's no. 3 seed into state tournament..Here is a look back at each of Woodlawn's regional games.Woodlawn 41, Spring Hill 33 The Woodlawn Lady Bears were able to shake off a lopsided loss to Acorn in the regional semifinals on Friday to bounce back with a 41-33 win over the Spring Hill Lady Bears on Saturday to finish third in the tournament.Blakelee Adams got Spring Hill off to a fast start, scoring 11 of her 17 points in the first quarter to give her Lady Bears a 15-8 advantage over Woodlawn at the end of the opening frame.However, Spring Hill cooled considerablye in both the second and third quarters as Woodlawn began to get its offense in gear. A 3 f...
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