 It's section final Friday in girls basketball, and there were three local teams trying to punch their tickets to the big dance. Managa in 5A, Redlake in 8A, and Rozo in section 8-2A. In a rematch of last year's section 5A final, Managa was taking on Belgrade-Brutenel Rosa. First half, Managa's Tara Hendrickson uses the nice pump fake down low to give the Braves a 5-point lead. In the second half, Jaguars took a 1-point lead, but Ciara Ulf answers the call with a 3 to put the Braves back in front. Eight minutes left to play, Belgrade's Alyssa Knight scores the land to tie the game up at 31. Next possession down the court for Managa, they find Ulf for 3 wide open. She knocks it down to put the Braves in front for good. Managa goes on to claim their second straight section title with a 46-39 victory. Everyone was delting us all year after we lost three starters in three weeks right before playoffs, and these girls have a lot of fight, and they bought in all year long, and our depth really paid off in big games like this. I couldn't be more proud of them. Our players just stepped up, and we were nervous for a bit, but we knew that we would go through and all our hard work would pay off. I'm super excited. I am ready to go back to state and make our mark this time. And Managa will head down to state next week where the tournament kicks off on March 14th.