2016 Girls State Basketball Recap

For my recap posts of tournaments, it's hard for me to edit down the number of images I share. On one hand, I don't want to overwhelm everyone with a bajillion photos. On the other, there are a lot of great people, in this case student athletes, that I want to share a little glimpse of. 

This year, I photographed 4.5 of the 6 championship games at Pinnacle Bank Area. And of those five games I saw, four had great finishes. It was probably the best overall day of championship games I've seen. 

Starting with Kearney Catholic's game-winner with less than 10 seconds left (fourth photo below). Then Elkhorn South cruised to a 10-point win -- the largest margin of victory all day.

After the session break, Wynot hit a colossal winning three-pointer in the closing seconds, only to almost give up a game-flipping layup at the buzzer. 

Lincoln East brought thousands of supporters along for a tremendous ride that was capped with a wide-open bunny basket as the clincher. But they even still needed to survive another close shot by Millard West on the other end. 

In the nightcap, Crofton made it five state titles in a row with a pair of free throws to keep GACC just far enough away.

So enough with the intro! Here are 60 of my favorite moments from this year's girls state basketball tournament: