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PHOTOS: Richfield Defeats Hill-Murray to Advance to State Girls Basketball Semifinals
This is the second consecutive trip to state for the Lady Spartans.
The Richfield High School girls basketball team beat out Hill-Murray School in the first round of the Minnesota State Girls Basketball Tournament Class AAA with a 54-35 win.
The Lady Spartans led out of the gate and never looked back. At halftime, the team was up 30-17. Seniors Jessica January and Sierra Ford-Washington put up 19 and 13 points, respectively.
This is the second consecutive year, and second year overall, that Richfield made it to the state tournament. Hill-Murray made its fourth consecutive and 13th overall tournament appearance.
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Richfield now advances to semi-final game, which will be held at noon Thursday at Target Center. Richfield will face the winner of the Red Wing-New Prague game. Richfield defeated Red Wing last year in the tournament opener. The Spartans made it all the way to the finals, where they fell to DeLaSalle.
Richfield Patch will continue it's coverage of the tournament.
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