Last season, the Decatur High School girls basketball team snuck their way into the state tournament, and as a 14 seed in the district tournament, they upset Bellarmine Prep in the first round, then punched their ticket in a grind-it-out win 36-26 over Auburn Mountainview.

But their season came to a close in the regional round against Roosevelt in a 67-23 loss.

This year, the goal for Head Coach Morris Anderson is to get one step further: the Tacoma Dome. That goal has eluded him in his time at Decatur, but it’s not due to lack of trying. Decatur has made the regional round of the state tournament two out of the last three seasons, but has yet to make the Tacoma Dome.

“My girls stick it out for me, they ride it out for me. Girls were sick during that run who probably shouldn’t have play

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