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Article: Everything falls into place for Black Eagles: ; South Charleston stuns No. 3 Nitro girls in regional championship
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- February 27, 2008
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It is a mystery worthy of a CSI episode.
Last week, third-ranked Nitro High looked to be in state
championship form in scoring a 40-point win in its girls basketball
sectional final.
Well, looks can be deceiving.
Aggressive South Charleston (14-10) took advantage of Nitro's
lackluster play to pull off the biggest upset of the girls'
postseason to date, advancing to next week's State Tournament at the
Charleston Civic Center with a 62-56 win in the Class AAA, Region 7
final.
A crowd of 850 at the Charleston Catholic Athletic Complex
probably would have been bigger had not many area fans written off
the Black Eagles' chances for a regional championship.
But after falling behind a quick 5-0, ...