CANTON — The Pisgah varsity girls basketball team is out to prove a point — and to finish what it started.
After losing two of their three games at the Holiday on the Hardwood Tournament at Cherokee High School, the 6-5 Black Bears dug enough of a hole to be left for dead.
On their return to Pisgah High School, head coach Brandon Holloway held an impromptu team meeting to refocus his girls and the rest, well, is history.
After the meeting, his team has finished the second half of the season with a flurry, winning 20 of their last 21 games, picking up on the way the WNC Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles, and most importantly, took down Thomasville (63-57) in Saturday’s dramatic regional finals to punch their ticket into the state 2-A championship for the first time ...