Harpers Ferry Fireflies finish as State Tournament Runner-Up ...

The Harpers Ferry Fireflies traveled to West Des Moines Saturday and Sunday, June 7-8 for the Granny Basketball State Tournament. The Fireflies won four of six games they played in the tournament, including a loss in the championship game to make the Fireflies this year’s State Tournament Runner-Up.

During day one of Pool Play competition at the tournament, the Fireflies played three games and won two of those three, falling in their first game by a single point, 49-48, to the Late Bloomers before recording victories of 73-28 over the Classic Mustangs and 70-50 over the Dubuque Kipper Klippers.

With their 2-1 pool play record, the Fireflies were seeded fifth in Sunday’s single-elimination tournament, and again won two of three games played in that bracketed portion of the tournament. They opened that bracketed round of play with a 56-50 win over the CP Model T’s before also defeating the Lady Redbirds, 47-33, to advance to the tournament’s championship game. In that title match, the Fireflies took on the Cedar Rapids Sizzlers and fell by a final score of 52-41 to end up with a second-place tournament finish this year. The Fireflies will now enter the National Granny Basketball Tournament scheduled for July 11-13 in Fort Worth, TX.

Pictured above wearing the second-place medals they won at the State Tournament are (left to right) Sherry Adney, Georgia Jones, Holli Welsh, Linda Mahr, Donna Matti, Judy Kelly, Tracy Nemechek, Tina Hendrix, Selma White, Tracy Fallon, Karen Wagner, Cindy Riniker, Sally White, Roseanne Wicks, Theresa Walsh, Margaret Hermeier and Jackie Friederich. Submitted photo.