n  Girls Basketball State Tournament
Updated: March 04, 2004 at 07:33 PM
Posted by Ben Kane
 

3/3/04 - The quarterfinal game score will be updated LIVE on the EHS Web site beginning at 1:45 PM on Friday.  Click here to view the live score.

3/2/04 - Congratulations to the EHS girls basketball team, which will make its first trip ever to the IHSA State Tournament this weekend. The team won the Supersectional last night, beating Mascoutah 47-44. The girls, Coach Lori Blade, and her assistants are all to be applauded for this tremendous accomplishment. 

The team will play their quarterfinal game at 1:45 p.m. on Friday, March 5, at Redbird Arena on Illinois State University campus in Normal. If they win on Friday, they would play in a semifinal game at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Redbird Arena. If they reach the semifinals, they would play in either the championship game or the third place game on Saturday night. 

Student tickets will be on sale at EHS from Wednesday, March 3, until 12 noon on Thursday, March 4. Reserved seats cost $10 per session or $40 for the whole tournament. General admission tickets are $8 per session or $32 for the whole tournament. Student tickets are being sold in the Commons, and adult tickets will be sold at the ticket window in the main office. 

Announcements to the students began today, Tuesday, March 2, 2004, regarding ticket sales and permission slips to ride the bus on Friday and/or Saturday in the event that the team advances to the championship game. Permission slips to ride the bus were made available to students beginning today as well.  

We realize that many students will want to attend the game on Friday to support the team. Because it is a school day, however, choices will be limited regarding students attending the game during the time school is in session. 

Students may be excused from school on Friday under the following circumstances only:

·        Students may ride a “fan” bus (furnished by Laidlaw) to the game. Adult chaperones will ride with the students. The bus will leave the school at 10:30 a.m. on Friday. The bus will return immediately after the game; parents should make arrangements to pick up their child approximately three hours after the end of the game. Students must present a ticket and a signed permission slip to be excused from school on Friday and to board the bus.

·        Students may be released to parents on Friday to attend the game. However, parents must come in person to the high school to sign out their child. Parents will not be allowed to call in to have their child leave early, nor will they be able to sign out any child other than their own child to attend the game.

·        Middle school and elementary students will also be excused if they are attending the tournament with their parents. 

Because of the wide gap in time between the semifinal game and the championship game on Saturday, the District will provide bus transportation to the championship game on Saturday evening only if the team wins on Saturday morning. For the score, check the EHS Web site.  Students will need to present a signed permission slip in order to board the fan bus on Saturday afternoon; they should plan to purchase their tickets at the door. The bus will leave at approximately 4:30 p.m. Look for updates on the website, or call the EHS Sports Hotline at 655-6555 for further information. Call Mr. Bohnenstiehl at 656-7100 if you have any questions.

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