STATE FINALS: A good Knight as LCC, Luers, Castle capture girls BB crowns (Heritage Christian, too)

Your 2006
girls basketball state champions are:

Class A: No. 13 Lafayette Central Catholic, a 75-68
winner over 15th-ranked South Central (Elizabeth)
Class 2A: Top-ranked Heritage Christian, a 46-34
winner over No. 17 Westview
Class 3A: No. 9 Fort Wayne Luers, a 65-54 winner over
seventh-ranked Evansville Memorial
Class 4A: No. 11 Castle, an 83-72 upset winner over
top-ranked South Bend Washington

You
couldn’t have asked for a pair of more different games as the girls basketball
state finals reached the halfway point March 4 at Conseco Fieldhouse.

In the Class A opener, Lafayette Central Catholic blew up from the free throw
line, going 22 of 28 in the fourth quarter to trump a 35-point period from
South Central (Elizabeth). LCC put four scorers in double figures to overcome
the 28-point performance of SC’s Brittany Schoen to win, 75-68.

Then top-ranked Heritage Christian bounced back from an early Westview lead to
roll to a 46-34 Class 2A victory over the No. 17 Warriors. The victorious
Eagles held Westview’s standout sophomore center Tiffany Fisher to only nine
points with suffocating defense.

Following an afternoon break, Fort Wayne Luers opened the Class 3A championship
game with a 20-5 lead over Evansville Memorial, and the ninth-ranked Knights
held on to beat the No. 7 Tigers, 65-54.

But that was all just window dressing for a fantastic 4A final that saw no less
than 14 records sets as 11th-ranked Castle shot 50 percent from the field in
toppling No. 1 South Bend Washington.