Warsaw's girls basketball team won the Frankfort 4A Semi-state Saturday by beating McCutcheon in the semifinals and then knocking off #1 and previously unbeaten Hamilton Southeastern in the championship.

Warsaw 66, McCutcheon 48

Warsaw jumped out to a 19-0 first quarter lead on the way to their 25th win of the season.

Joslyn Bricker scored 15 points in that quarter to help Warsaw take a 22-5 lead that they never relinquished. She finished with a career-high 35 points, her second game with over 30 points in this year's tournament.

Brooke Zartman added 11.

Warsaw 67, Hamilton Southeastern 61

Warsaw punched their ticket to the state championship game by beating the Royals in the semi-state final.

Warsaw led for most of the first two quarters, but a strong third quarter by HSE put the Lady Tigers down 47-41 heading into the fourth.

Brooke Winchester's two free throws lifted Warsaw to a one-point lead at 56-55, and the Lady Tigers led the rest of the way.

With Bricker and Winchester out with fouls, Zartman took over in the game's final minute. She made 8 of 9 free throws to put the game in the bank.

The Lady Tigers finished 24-25 from the free throw line for the game.

Zartman finished with 25 points, and Winchester scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Bricker scored 18--giving her 53 points for the day.

Warsaw will play Lawrence North for the 4A State championship on Saturday at 8:15 p.m. and Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

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SOUTH BEND — Heading into Saturday's girls 4A basketball regional, the matchup was billed as Warsaw's high-powered offense vs South Bend Washington's tenacious defense. 

Turns out that the Warsaw defense made the headlines in a 53-43 Lady Tiger win that vaulted them into the final eight teams left in 4A. 

Warsaw held Purdue-commit Kira Reynolds to only 6 points and the opponents to a collective 39-percent shooting from the field. 

Additionally, Warsaw held their own on the boards, finishing one rebound short of Washington's game total and holding them to just five offensive rebounds. 

Warsaw only shot 38 percent themselves and finished with a season-low 53 points, but hit 8 3-pointers and finished off the game 9-11 from the free throw line.

Joslyn Bricker led the Lady Tigers with 19 points and 12 rebounds, and Brooke Winchester added 16 points and 10 rebounds. 

For Bricker, it was the 61st double-figure game in 64 games over three years of varsity basketball, and the 52nd in the last 53.

For the Lady Tigers, it's their first regional championship since 2013. 

Details for the state semi-final matchup (opponent, site and game time) will be announced at 2 p.m. Sunday at www.ihsaatv.org. 

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It was a banner day for the Warsaw girls basketball team on Saturday.

Warsaw broke the school record for points in a game in a 105-21 win over New Haven in the semifinals, then beat Chesterton in the championship 90-29.

Brooke Zartman led the way with games of 28 and 25 while hitting 15 3-pointers. Joslyn Bricker scored 37 in the two games, Brooke Winchester added 33 to go along with 27 rebounds and Alexis Neely had a career-high 24 points in the semifinal and 12 more in the championship.

As a team, Warsaw shot 59% from the field for the day.

For the Lady Tigers, it was their 16th championship in their own holiday tournament in 46 years.

For the season, Warsaw remains undefeated and ranked third in the state.

The girls JV team also won their tournament, finishing with a 45-27 win over Chesterton in the championship.

Both teams travel to Middlebury on Jan. 11 for the massive NLC showdown with Northridge.

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