By the end of the third quarter, the battle of Class 1 undefeateds was hardly a battle at all. A vicious combination of foul trouble for Hermitage and the once-cold hands of Walnut Grove’s shooters heating up spelled doom for the Hornets.
The Forsyth Invitational is set to have a pair of teams in Saturday night’s final that have never won a title in the tournament’s 56-year history thanks to wins by Walnut Grove and West Plains on Friday.
The Walnut Grove Tigers have a fire in their belly. They were on the road to the program’s first ever state championship last season but were stopped short by Stanberry in the state finals, 69-49.