Glarner Knights Survives Dramatic Road Battle to Win Conference

With everything on the line, the New Glarus girls basketball team withstood late pressure, answered at the stripe and claimed the Capitol South championship outright in a memorable victory that will not soon be forgotten.

Todd Klassy
by Todd Klassy
Glarner Knights Survives Dramatic Road Battle to Win Conference

CAMBRIDGE, Wis. — The New Glarus Glarner Knights varsity girls basketball team walked into Cambridge High School on Thursday night knowing exactly what was at stake: win, and the Capitol South Conference title belongs to New Glarus alone; lose, and it would be shared. They left with a 52-50 victory and a championship no one will forget.

In a game that swung wildly from one run to the next, the Glarner Knights showed poise, grit and just enough late-game composure to silence a roaring Blue Jays crowd and claim the outright crown.

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