JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Bolles girls basketball team is in the state semifinals for the first time in program history. Here’s a glance at Friday’s game against Somerset Academy-Canyons in Lakeland.
Class 3A girls basketball state semifinals
Bolles (24-5) vs. Somerset Academy-Canyons (20-7)
When: Friday, 9 a.m.
Where: RP Funding Center, Lakeland.
Watch it: Game can be streamed on the NFHS Network. Cost applies for a monthly pass.
Winner gets: Cardinal Mooney or Sports Leadership & Management on Saturday at 5 p.m.
Road here: Bolles d. Episcopal, 62-18; d. South Walton, 65-43; d. Rutherford, 52-38; Somerset Academy d. North Broward Prep, 66-30; d. Bishop Verot, 61-44; d. King’s Academy, 76-53.
Glance: It’s difficult to believe, but Bolles is in the state semifinals for the first time in program history. Rutherford had knocked the Bulldogs out the past two years in the playoffs before Bolles finally cleared the hurdle this year. Head coach Kelly Stevenson has the best team in her 19 seasons with the program. Abby Knauff has been a mainstay her four seasons and leads four Bolles players in scoring (15.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg). Evie Freeman (13.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 5.6 assists per game), Presley Norman (12.3 ppg, 4.1 apg) and Terrell McCoy (12.2 ppg, 7.9 rpg) are an excellent foursome. Stevenson won a state championship during her senior year at Nease in 1999. Her coach then, Sherri Anthony, is an assistant coach on this year’s Bolles team.
