They embodied perfection.
The targets on their backs just got bigger. Strafford capped a perfect 33-0 season by winning the Missouri Class 3 girls basketball state championship, beating Whitfield 80-39 Saturday at Mizzou Arena in Columbia. Strafford players wore bull's-eyes on the backs of their warmup tops all season after winning their first state championship in 2016.
According to Steve Frank, no one embraced the targets more than Strafford’s lone senior, point guard Abby Oliver.
“Abby made a statement in a preseason interview that we were better this year than we were last year, and that was kind of bold,” Frank said.