Special to the News-Leader
Best friends Lacy Stokes and Ellie Johnston have been waiting for a shot at a state championship since they were in middle school.
“One year, we’re going to state,” Stokes remembers the seniors would tell each other. “We believed in ourselves.”
Now, “it’s unbelievable,” she said after scoring 39 points to help boost Mount Vernon to a 78-55 upset victory over Vashon in the first semifinal of the Girls Class 4 Show-Me Showdown at JQH Arena.
The Mountaineers didn’t just win. They shot 75 percent on their field-goal attempts to run away from a team that ranked No.