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Strafford to try for first girls basketball state championship in first final four berth

COLUMBIA--Don’t tell Hayley Frank she is just a freshman, and don’t try to convince her that Strafford overachieved by reaching the final four.

Frank scored 20 points and hauled down 11 rebounds in Strafford’s 48-37 win over St. Pius X on Thursday in Columbia in the girls basketball Class 3 playoff semifinals. For Frank, playing in Mizzou Arena has been a goal since she started attending Strafford High School.

“We always knew that we could do it, from the beginning of the year and all the way through we always said that that’s what we’ve wanted to do.