Five high school basketball teams from southwest Missouri have shots to bring home state championships with wins on Saturday.
The Class 1, 2 and 3 boys and girls state championship games take place at Mizzou Arena. Strafford enters the Class 3 girls title game with a chance to go undefeated on the season and win a second consecutive championship.
Strafford has just one senior on its roster, College of the Ozarks signee Abby Oliver. Strafford’s point guard scores an average of 19.8 points per game. Sophomore Hayley Frank, a 6-foot-1 forward, scores an average of 22.4 points per game.