Sports
BeCaHi Girls Will Play for State Championship
With a win in semifinals on Tuesday, Bethlehem Catholic girls earn a trip to Hershey and a chance to win first state championship in school history.
The Bethlehem Catholic High School girls basketball team has earned the right to play for its first-ever state championship.
The Golden Hawks, who are already District 11 champions, defeated District 1 champion Villa Maria 44-39 on Monday night in a state semifinal played in Warminster. They will play District 7 champion South Park on Saturday night at the Giant Center in Hershey for the PIAA Class AAA state title.
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Sophomore Kalista Walters led Becahi with 20 points, including the 1,000th of her career in Tuesday’s victory, according to this account in The Express-Times.
Bethlehem Catholic has played only once before for the state title, the newspaper reported. The Golden Hawks lost to Pittsburgh North Catholic 62-42 in the 1993 state championship game.
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