In the biggest game of the season, a slow start is the last thing the Rice Lake girls basketball team wanted.
The Warriors fell behind 10-0 and were playing catch-up the entire game. Rice Lake fought hard but wasn't able to climb out of its early hole in a 55-33 loss to Onalaska in a Division 2 sectional final on Saturday at Ole Olsen Gym in Rice Lake.
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
Grace Forsberg (14) and Jordan Roethel (23)
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
Jordan Pagac (34) and Grace Forsberg (14)
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
Jordan Roethel (23)
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
Grace Forsberg (14)
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
Jordan Roethel (23)
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
Jordan Roethel (23)
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
Eliana Sheplee (22)
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
Jordan Pagac (34)
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
Eliana Sheplee (22)
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
Eliana Sheplee (22)
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
Grace Forsberg (14) passes out of a collapsing Onalaska defense during Saturday’s sectional final contest in Rice Lake.
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
Jordan Pagac (34)
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
Grace Forsberg (14)
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Rice Lake girls basketball vs. Onalaska 2-20-21
Eliana Sheplee (22) knocks the ball out of the hands of Onalaska's Olivia Gamoke.
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