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Crane caps state championship four-peat with emotional win

A group of teenage girls from Crane tightened their stranglehold on Missouri basketball with a history-making win.

Crane won its fourth consecutive state championship in Class 2 girls basketball with a 78-57 win over Neelyville on Saturday afternoon at Mizzou Arena. Crane becomes just the fifth team to pull off a four-peat since the Missouri State High School Activities Association began sanctioning girls basketball championships in 1973.

A class of six seniors will graduate with a record of 123-7 in four years.

Drury signee Lexie Vaught had a double-double by halftime of the championship game with 12 points and 10 rebounds.