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Silver Ball history: Lady Ads 2nd

March 17, 2022 by

Despite a 52-34 loss to rival Bearden in the Division I-Class 4A state title game Saturday evening, March 12, in Middle Tennessee State University’s Murphy Center, the 2021-22 Farragut Lady Admirals finished as state runner-up (28-9) while also making program history by earning its first state tourney trip.

Jason Mayfield’s girls enjoyed commanding wins against Rossview (27-4) in the quarterfinals, 50-38, Wednesday, March 9, before taking down Cookeville (32-2) in the semifinals, 65-53, Friday, March 11.

Memorable post-tourney quotes:

Holding Bearden to 22 first-half points, “Our girls, really more than any team I’ve ever had, bought in to that defensive mentality. ... This is a special group,” head coach Mayfield said.

“... I believed we were going to get here and we were going to have this opportunity,” said Avery “Ace” Strickland, who joined teammates Ashlyn Sheridan and Annalise Bishop on the All-State Tourney team.

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