Heartbreak In Des Moines For The Cardinals

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL GIRLS BASKETBALL RECORD BREAKING SEASON CAME TO AN END IN IN THE CLASS 4A GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT LAST NIGHT AS THEY FELL TO DALLAS CENTER GRIMES. AT THE END OF THE FIRST PERIOD DALLAS CENTER GRIMES HAD A THIRTEEN POINT LEAD 20-7. AT THE HALF THE CARDINALS HAD CLOSED THE GAP TO TEN TRAILING 31-21. IN THE SECOND HALF THE LADY CARDINALS CAME ALIVE, CLOSING THE GAP AT THE END OF THE THIRD PERIOD TO TWO POINTS TRAILING DALLAS CENTER GRIMES 38-36. THE CARDINALS WERE ABLE TO TIE THINGS UP CLOSE TO THE END OF THE GAME BUT DALLAS CENTER GRIME SLAMMED THE DOOR SHUT BY EXTENDING THEIR LEAD TO 5 AT THE CONCLUSION ON THE CONTEST. AT THE FINAL BUZZER IT WAS DALLAS CENTER GRIMES 49 MAQUOKETA 44. THE CARDINALS GIRLS RECORD BREAKING SEASON COMES TO AN END WITH A 21-3 RECORD.