{"id":7957,"date":"2026-02-23T09:38:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bryansports.com\/bryanbuilt\/?p=7957"},"modified":"2026-02-23T09:38:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:38:49","slug":"lady-bears-are-sectional-champions-%f0%9f%8f%86%f0%9f%90%bb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bryansports.com\/bryanbuilt\/lady-bears-are-sectional-champions-%f0%9f%8f%86%f0%9f%90%bb\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Bears are SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS! \ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udc3b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lady Bears captured the Sectional Final title tonight with a 48\u201336 victory over St. Mary\u2019s, using a dominant defensive effort and balanced scoring attack to control the game from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p>The Bears set the tone early, leading 11\u20138 after the first quarter and stretching the advantage to 27\u201314 by halftime with relentless pressure and strong execution on offense. They never let the Roughriders gain momentum, extending the lead to 36\u201323 after three before closing out the win.<\/p>\n<p>Offensively, the Lady Bears were led by Josey Arnold with 17 and Averyann Fisher with 13 points. Amiyah Langham also added 7. Defensively, Braya Hepker, Piper Hanna, Mylie Vollmer, Emme Miller, and Gezzy Kidston were each key in tonight\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n<p>This championship effort was a true team win\u2014built on toughness, unselfish play, and a commitment to defending every possession. The Lady Bears left no doubt, battling together and earning the right to keep their season alive. The Lady Bears will play Lima Bath at Miller City on Tuesday, Feb. 24th at 7:30pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Lady Bears captured the Sectional Final title tonight with a 48\u201336 victory over St. Mary\u2019s, using a dominant defensive effort and balanced scoring attack to control the game from start to finish. The Bears <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bryansports.com\/bryanbuilt\/lady-bears-are-sectional-champions-%f0%9f%8f%86%f0%9f%90%bb\/\" title=\"Lady Bears are SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS! \ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udc3b\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":7968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball-girls"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bryansports.com\/bryanbuilt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_6893-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pac8aw-24l","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bryansports.com\/bryanbuilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bryansports.com\/bryanbuilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bryansports.com\/bryanbuilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bryansports.com\/bryanbuilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bryansports.com\/bryanbuilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bryansports.com\/bryanbuilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bryansports.com\/bryanbuilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bryansports.com\/bryanbuilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bryansports.com\/bryanbuilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bryansports.com\/bryanbuilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}