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>> WILL BE LAST BE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRST?

>> THE FIRST IN WENT OVER TIME DID YOU LOOK AT THAT, DCG BEAT NORTH POLK, IN OVERTIME.

YOU WILL HAVE GOT TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT IN THEIR BACK POCKET, BUT THIS GAME WILL COME DOWN TO THE WIRE.

THESE TWO TEAMS ARE VERY CLOSE IN SCORING.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THESE TWO.

WHEN YOU PLAY THE BLIND TEST, THE OLD THING WITH COFFEE, WHICH ONE IS YOUR MORNING COFFEE?

YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH THESE SQUADS.

>> YOU CAN LOOK AT THE STATISTICS AND THE NAMES, THEY ARE SIMILAR.

SCORING IS ABOUT THE SAME, FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE ABOUT THE SAME, THREE POINT GOAL PERCENTAGE, ALL OF IT IS RIGHT THERE, ALL SIMILAR.

>> FOR NORTH POLK, THEY HAD THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY WHERE THEY PLAYED BALLARD, FOR OUR, AND GRABER.

THEY WON ALL THREE GAMES.

AT THAT POINT, COACH ALBERTSON SAYS, YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM.

>> HE IS RIGHT, THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD TEAM.

SCHEDULED ALL THE WAY TO PLAY TOUGH COMPETITION, SO YOU CAN TEST YOUR TEAM BEFORE TOURNAMENT TIME.

THERE IS ALWAYS A POINT IN THE SEASON WHERE A COACH GOES, ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

I THINK THEY FOUND THAT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LAURIE.

WE WILL HAVE THE CALL WITH DJ SHAMAN AND A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOW WE WILL TALK ABOUT ONE OF OUR OTHER CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.

LET'S SEE HOW THE SEMI FINALS PLAYED OUT HERE.

CENTRAL LYON AGAINST POCAHONTAS IN THIS CONTEST ON FRIDAY, THEN IF THE PLAYERS WERE TO TALK, A VERY GOOD WEEK.

ADDISON, SHE WOULD HAVE 20, GOING TO PLAY FOR UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

SHE CAN CREATE WITH PLAYS LIKE THAT.

THEN DESTA HOOGENDOORN, NOT A BAD PLAYER HERSELF, GETS THE DISH.

SHE HAS NINE AND EIGHT.

THEY ARE BACK TO TO A CHAMPIONSHIP LIKE THEY WERE LAST YEAR.

WILL THEY HAVE A REMATCH WITH HARTFORD?

FIRST THEY NEED TO GET PAST -- SINCE 1974.

IT IS A LITTLE MORE RECENT THAN DIKE-NEW HARTFORD, BECAUSE PAYTON PETERSEN, SHE WOULD BATTLE ALL THROUGH THE SKIN, JUST LIKE --HARTFORD.

PETERSON FROM THE LAND FAIR AND DIKE-NEW HARTFORD BACK INTO THE TITLE GAME.

WE HAVE OUR ONLY REMATCH OF THE TOURNAMENT IN THE FINAL GAME.

BRUCE DALL AND HIS SQUAD HAVE A GROUP OF ATHLETES THAT ARE VERY GOOD AT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, THEY ARE CONSISTENT PLAYERS, VERY GOOD PLAYERS IN VOLLEYBALL POINT NOT TOO BAD IN BASKETBALL, EITHER.

WHAT DOES THAT EXPERIENCE MEAN FOR THIS TEAM?

>> WELL, PAUL, THEIR TEAM MOTTO IS NEVER SATISFIED.

YOU MENTIONED VOLLEYBALL.

WE HAVE A LOT OF INCREDIBLE, VERSATILE ATHLETES ON THIS BASKETBALL CREW TONIGHT.

ALEX POINT ON THE VOLLEYBALL COURT AS WELL.

THEY ARE LOOKING TO REPEAT THEIR THIRD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE, BUT THEY ACTUALLY GOT REVENGE, WESTERN CHRISTIAN ENDED UP BEATING THEM FOR THAT IS WHAT CENTRAL LYON IS LOOKING TO DO, TOO, SNAPPED A WINNING STREAK AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MULTI SPORT ATHLETE, THE COACH WILL SAY I JUST WANT YOU FOCUSED ON MY SPORT DURING MY SEASON.

FOR THESE YOUNG LADIES, IT IS BASKETBALL NOW.

AS AN ATHLETE, KELLY, HOW DO YOU FOCUS, TURNAROUND, AND USE YOUR ABILITIES TO PLAY THE >> YOU HAVE PAYTON PETERSEN, SHE HAD A TRIPLE-DOUBLE LAST NIGHT, HER SISTER, JADYN PETERSEN ALSO EMERY KNOX, ALL DEEP, DEEP TALENTED PLAYERS, OR GOING TO MAKE IMPACT ON THIS GAME.

>> Paul: FOR CENTRAL LYON, WE TALKED ABOUT A PLAYER THAT CAN DOMINATE.

A COUPLE PLAYERS THAT STAND OUT, THIS IS ONE OF THEM, ADDISON CLOSE TO HER BUREAU, SHE IS A COMPETITOR, SHE -- ONE DID --DOES SHE REMIND YOU OF ANYONE?

>> Kelly: I FEEL A LITTLE BIT OF ME IN HER, SHE IS A COMPETITOR, GOING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO BRING THE TITLE BACK TO NORTHWEST IOWA.

SHE IS READY FOR REVENGE, AND SHE HAS HAD THIS DAY CIRCLED ON HER CALENDAR SINCE LAST YEAR.

AND SHE HAS EVEN REWATCH THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FROM LAST YEAR MULTIPLE TIMES.

>> Paul: THINK IT WAS HER MOST VIEWED VIDEO IN HUDDLE?

>> Paul: YEAH, SHE IS READY.

>> Paul: SHE CREATES, TOO?

>> Kelly: YEAH, THAT IS WHAT SETS HER APART, AND WILL MAKE HER SUCCESSFUL AT THE DIVISION AND COLLEGE LEVEL.

SHE HAS STEPPED BACK FLOATERS, SHE IS ABLE TO CREATE FOR HERSELF, BUT SHE CANNOT DO IT ALONE.

SHE HAS DESTA HOOGENDOORN, AS WELL AS AFTON SCHLUMBOHM.

>> Paul: I SAID THE WORD REVENGE, COACHES MAY SAY THE WORD REMATCH.

WHAT DOES THIS REMATCH MEAN TO CENTRAL LYON?

>> Kelly: EVERYTHING.

THEY ARE HERE TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

I THINK WE WILL SEE BOTH TEAMS MATCH IN INTENSITY.

I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GAME.

>> Paul: SHOULD BE FUN.

WE WILL HAVE THE CALL OF THE TWO AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

WE HAVE ONE MORE.

THIS IS ONE THAT MANY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR, FOR ONE PARTICULAR PLAYER WE WILL GET YOU IN A MOMENT LET'S SHOW YOU HOW THE TWO TEAMS ENDED UP IN THE TITLE GAME.

WELLS FARGO ARENA -- [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] FOR THAT MATTER, AND THEN MARY WALKER TAKE IT IN.

YOUNGER, WALKER, SOUND FAMILIAR?

HERE IS YOUNGER IN THE SECOND HALF.

FAKES LEFT, GOES RIGHT.

THEN, McKENNA SIEVERS, THE NAME, AGAIN, DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR?

THAT IS THE BLOCKER WHO WAITED IN.

SIEVERS DID THE DIRTY WORK THERE.

FINDS THE WIND, 66-48, AND THEY WILL FACE THE WINNER OF CLEMSON MINUS ST. MARYS AND BISHOP GARRIGAN.

THAT IS REALLY ALL I NEED TO SAY.

AUDI CROOKS WAS GOING TO FEATURE THE TOURNAMENT FOR YEARS.

FOR ST. MARYS, TRYING TO KEEP IT CLOSE, IT WAS TOO MUCH AUDI.

SHE CATCHES, SHE SHOOTS, SHE SHE HAS A 1-8 SCORING RECORD ALREADY THIS WEEK, ALREADY HAS THE ALL-TIME --FOR THE BEARS, AS THEY ROLL INTO THE FINAL GAME, LAURA LEONARD.

AND FOR NEWELL FONDA AND BISHOP GARRIGAN, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS MATCHUP FOR YEARS.

4 OF FIVE YEARS, NEWELL FONDA HAS BEEN IN THE FINAL YEAR, THREE OF THOSE FOUR YEARS AGAINST BISHOP GARRIGAN.

IS THAT AN ADVANTAGE OR A DISADVANTAGE?

>> I THINK IT IS PROBABLY AN ADVANTAGE.

YOU HAVE ALL THE GAME FILM YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT YOU CAN MATCH UP AGAINST BISHOP GARRIGAN, SEE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE RIGHT AND WRONG, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PERSONNEL ON THIS TEAM, SO YOU CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

I THINK IT IS A LITTLE ADVANTAGE FOR THEM.

>> Paul: THEY EMPLOY BOTH STRATEGIES, EITHER SHUT AUDI DOWN, AND MAKE THE OTHERS BEAT YOU, OR LET OUT A JUST SCORE POINTS.

WHICH DO YOU EMPLOY TODAY?

>> I THINK YOU TRY BOTH.

YOU SHOW THEM SOME DIFFERENT LOOKS.

SEE IF YOU CAN KEEP IT FROM GOING INSIDE.

BUT OTHERWISE, IF THAT IS NOT WORKING, GO OUTSIDE AND TRY TO DEFEND ON THE PERIMETER, AND SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE IT REALLY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO FIGHT INSIDE.

>> Paul: ONE COACH TOLD ME THIS WEEK, HE CALLED AUDI CROOKS A ONCE IN A GENERATION PLAYER.

WHAT MAKES AUDI CROOKS DIFFERENT FOR THE FUTURE IOWA STATE CYCLONES?

>> I THINK SHE IS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IN THE FACT THAT I HAVE SEEN HER RUN UP AND DOWN THE FLOOR REALLY WELL THIS YEAR.

I THINK SHE IS A LITTLE STRONGER.

SHE ALWAYS HAS GREAT HANDS.

I THINK SHE MOVES REALLY WELL, MOVING A LITTLE BETTER THIS YEAR.

I THINK SHE IS GOING TO CONTINUE GETTING BETTER IN COLLEGE.

>> Paul: IT IS NOT 5 ON 1, IT IS 5 ON 5.

WHAT HAVE THOSE OTHER FOUR DONE FOR BISHOP GARRIGAN?

>> THEY ARE RUNNING LATE.

TALK ABOUT JOYCE, SHE IS A GREAT POINT GUARD, SHE DISTRIBUTE THE BASKETBALL VERY WELL.

SHE HAS BEEN RUNNING MATE TO AUDI CROOKS, SHE IS THE ROBIN ALL ALONG.

THEN, GIVE ABBIE CAPESIUS, WHO HAS BEEN REALLY UNDERESTIMATED AS WELL, THEN YOU HAVE TWO NEW FRESHMEN COMING OFF THE BENCH THAT CAN SHOOT FROM THE OUTSIDE.

THAT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT -- [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Paul: ALL RIGHT, LAURA LEONARD WILL HAVE THE CALL ON THAT GAME.

ELLIE, I CANNOT LET YOU GO [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] LAST NIGHT BUT IT WAS LIKE TO BE BACK WITH [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THE BROADCAST.

NOW THAT YOU HAVE ONE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME UNDER YOUR BELT, WAS IT LIKE YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TO BE BACK HERE?

>> IT IS SO MUCH BETTER TO BE BACK HERE.

THIS IS SUCH A SPECIAL WEEK, AS A PLAYER, AS A COACH, AND JUST TO COME SEE THE GAME.

IT IS A SPECIAL WEEK, I AM HAVING A BLAST.

>> Paul: IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO HAVE THE TWO OF YOU SET UP HERE.

LAURA, WE WILL SEE YOU IN A BIT.

AS WELL WITH ELLIE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WE WILL CONTINUE THE PAGEANTRY WE HAVE AT THE STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.

THAT IS DOWN ON THE COURT.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> PLEASE WELCOME THE ALL-IOWA ON HER DANCE TEAM, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF KATHY AND YORK, AS THEY PERFORM FOR YOUR PREGAME ENTERTAINMENT.

52 DANCERS WILL PERFORM A GROUP ROUTINE TO "DON'T STOP BELIEVING".

THE PREGAME WAS CHOREOGRAPHED BY RACHEL BYRD AND ELLEDGE HONOR, FROM ELLA.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ALL- IOWA ON HER DANCE TEAM!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> JUST A SMALL-TOWN GIRL, LIVING IN A LONELY WORLD.

SHE TOOK THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN GOING ANYWHERE.

CITY BOY, BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH DETROIT.

HE TOOK THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN GOING ANYWHERE.

DON'T STOP BELIEVING.

HOLD ON TO THAT FEELING.

STREETLIGHTS, PEOPLE.

DON'T STOP BELIEVING.

HOLD ON!

STREETLIGHTS, PEOPLE!

DON'T STOP BELIEVING.

HOLD ON TO THAT FEELING.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THE ALL-IOWA DANCERS WILL NOW PERFORM A PATRIOTIC FINALE, FEATURING ALL THE STATE FLAGS OF OUR GREAT NATION.

THE COLORS ARE PRESENTED BY FOUR FEMALE SOLDIERS REPRESENTING THE ARMY, AND AIR NATIONAL GUARD'S.

PLEASE STAND AS WE HONOR AMERICA, OUR MILITARY, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, SUNG BY O SAY, CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING?

WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING?

AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE OH, SAY, DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE?

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THE ALL-IOWA ON HER DANCE TEAM, AND JACKIE SNELLEN, WITH OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.

THANK YOU.

>> EXCELLENT AS ALWAYS, TO BOTH OF THE ALL-IOWA ON HER DANCE TEAM AND JACKIE SNELLEN, AS WELL.

WE WILL CONTINUE, AND GET YOU RIGHT BACK INTO A FULL PLATE OF GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL BEFORE A 2 A AND 1 A TIPOFF.

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