Lady Crusaders aiming to continue last season’s success

Sunday, November 27, 2011

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Olivia Hackmann is one of three returning starters for the Helias girls basketball team.

The Helias Lady Crusaders were consistently inconsistent last year. Until it really mattered.

“All of a sudden, it just kicked in,” Helias coach Doug Light said as the Lady Crusaders prepared to open the basketball season

tonight at Rolla against the Lady Bulldogs.

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The Lady Crusaders didn’t win two games in a row until February last year.

“We’d take one step forward, then one back,” Light said. “And we kept doing that for much of the season.”

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