Lady Flyers headed to the finals despite series of injuries

The State Journal reports:

The hits keep on coming for the Franklin County girls basketball team, but they won’t keep the Lady Flyers from making another trip to the 11th Region tournament.

FCHS defeated Western Hills 61-36 Tuesday night in the first round of the 41st District tournament at the Frankfort Convention Center.

The victory puts the Lady Flyers in Friday’s district championship game and assures them a spot in the regional tournament.
All of this despite a rash of injuries that started before the season did.

Brittany Mello began the season recovering from a torn ACL and didn’t return to action until January. Ashli Mayes, the team’s only senior, tore an ACL in December and is out for the rest of the season, and point guard Nannilena White is sidelined with a shoulder injury.

Last week, against Dunbar, Mello tore her ACL again.

“When you’ve had adversity like we’ve had all year long, you keep telling the kids to keep faith in each other and keep playing for each other, and we did,” said FCHS coach Joey Thacker, whose team improved to 17-14.


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