 mosphere was great, and our girls coming back from down double digits in the second half to get the win made it much better!” 


  people wrong and hear our name being talked about and respected.”  Player of the Year, Clara Williams. “Even though we had some losses  in those games with the crowd was the best!” The following for Tipton girls’ basketball is remarkable. From the lo-


 Nancy Bookout, this community is second to none. The players heard the support and felt it again this year, at home and on the road. 


          that the entire community is there to support us and cheer us on. The love and support the Lady Cards get from our community is im- 


“It is an amazing feeling knowing that the entire community is there to support us and cheer us on. The love and support the Lady Cards get from our community is immeasurable, and I will forever be grateful.”


“We love Tipton and the amount of support we get from some of the best fans in the Midwest,” added Coach Culpepper. Near the end of a remarkable regular season, the Lady Cardinals


 two-time all-state player and the team’s second-leading scorer, tore two ligaments in her ankle right before district play. “Missing Madi was tough,” admitted Culpepper. “But our girls came together over the course of a couple practices and kind of reinvented our identity. We relied a lot more on defense over the course of our state run because we had to.” Bailey added, “Larrah Petree did an amazing job stepping up and taking the role of being a starter that we needed at the time. She played with determination and would do anything for us to win.” Tipton won three straight games against 20-plus-win teams in


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