The Seymour Lady Owls had a chance to do something Saturday night at New Albnay that they hadn’t been able to do since 1991: cut down the nets for winning a sectional.
The Owls defeated Bedford North Lawrence 56-52 in the championship game.
The Owls had to work hard to win tournament as they defeated Jennings County 57-52 in the first round, and topped Floyd Central 55-49 in the semi finals.
This sectional was one of most competitive and balanced 4A sectionals in the state as all six teams in the sectional finished with winning records, and five of them won 15 or more games. Seymour is 18-5 going into the Bedford North Lawrence Regional, Bedford and Jennings County finished with 16 wins, and Jeffersonville and Floyd Central won 15 games.
This is Seymour’s first sectional since 1991, and first title since class basketball.
It is also Seymour’s 11th sectional title. Seymor won the first 10 under the coaching of Donna Sullivan: in 1976, seven straight 1981-87, and in 1989 and 1991.
Crothersville, Brownstown Central and Trinity Lutheran fell short of their goals of wanting to win sectionals, but all three had winning records.
Crothersville won a school-record 17 games and finished 17-7, Brownstown won 13 games under first-year coach Karla Rieckers, and Trinity won 12 games.

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