Special to the News-Leader
The Kickapoo girls basketball team beat Blue Springs South 51-36 to advance to the Class 6 championship game.
It feels like a long time coming for the Lady Chiefs to make it this far. Last season, it lost to Webster Groves in the final four, and for one of them, it was painful in more ways than one.
The day before the Lady Chiefs played Staley, Kaya Goldsby broke her foot near the end of the final practice — and still played in the game.