BIRMINGHAM – Pisgah High School’s magic number is now ‘11’.
The Lady Eagles of Coach Carey Ellison forced 28 Highland Home turnovers Monday night to win the Class 2A girls’ semifinal game 64-31 at the AHSAA’s 105th State Basketball championships being held at the BJCC Legacy Arena this week.
Pisgah advances to the Class 2A girls’ championship game Friday morning at 9 a.m., with 10 state championship trophies already in the school’s trophy case.
Pisgah (21-8) will face Decatur Heritage (28-7) in the finals, which will be produced by WOTM TV, live video streamed over the NFHS Network, and televised live over the Alabama Public Television Network.
Pisgah scored almost half their points (30) off of Flying Squadron turnovers. Paisley Patalas had 17 points and three steals, Madeline Flammia had five steals, seven assists and nine points, and Campbell Barron totaled 15 points, eight boards and three steals. Ella Samples also had nine points.
Highland Home (23-9), coached by GeVonne Cooper, got a strong performance from Janya Foster. She had 16 points. Anicah Rodgers added nine points and nine rebounds, and Annsley Garrard cleared six rebounds.
Pisgah’s past state championships came in 1981, 1982, 1987, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 – the last five coming in a row.
