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Seventy First Lady Falcons
2004 NCHSAA Girls' Basketball State Champions
Season Review

Final Record 30-1
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Final Regular Season iHigh Coaches and Media Poll

NCHSAA All State Basketball Teams

NCHSAA Girls 4-A Basketball Championship Brackets
East Region Sectional 4
1st Round: Bye
2nd Round: Seventy First 69 Terry Sanford 58
Sectional 4 Championship: Seventy First 57  South View 46
East Regional Semi Finals: Seventy First 74 Western Harnett 49
East Regional Finals: Seventy First 60 Southeast Raleigh 54
Photo Slide Show of East Regional Championship Game from Fayetteville Observer
State Championship Game Team Previews
State Championship Game:  Seventy First 76 - McDowell 70
Photo Slide Show of State Championship Game from Fayetteville Observer

Seventy-First wins second straight girls' state title (Fayetteville Observer - 3/14/04)
Seventy First repeats as 4-A state champion (NC iHigh - 3/13/04 

Other Related Articles
High School Notebook: Pringle finishes with record (Fayetteville Observer/Earl Vaughan - 4/1/04)
71st's Pringle named state's top player (Fayetteville Observer - 3/29/04)

Pringle, Buie named to All-State basketball team (Fayetteville Observer - 3/27/04)

Players of the year Pringle, Johnson set sights on future (Fayetteville Observer - 3/24/04)

Taylor, Walker earn coaching honors (Fayetteville Observer - 3/24/04)
Falcons savoring second state title (Fayetteville Observer - 3/16/04)

Seventy-First girls, East Bladen boys seek titles (Fayetteville Observer - 3/13/04)

Camps is jack of all trades for Seventy-First (Fayetteville Observer - 3/12/04)

Falcons, Eagles find out their opponents (Fayetteville Observer/Earl Vaughan - 3/8/04)

Defending champs earn return trip to title game (Fayetteville Observer - 3/7/04)

Seventy-First girls cruise into region finals (Fayetteville Observer - 3/6/04)

Seventy-First, Smith girls a win from showdown (Fayetteville Observer - 3/5/04)

Falcons top Tigers, head to regionals (Fayetteville Observer - 2/29/04)

Teamwork lifts 71st (Fayetteville Observer - 2/26/04)

Falcon girls rout Bucs (Fayetteville Observer - 2/22/04)

High School Notebook: Taylor's punishment too severe (Fayetteville Observer/Earl Vaughan - 2/19/04)

Controversial win causes 71st coach to miss game (Fayetteville Observer - 2/18/04)

Seventy-First girls roll past Jack Britt (Fayetteville Observer - 2/13/04)

High School Notebook: Seventy-First girls set record for 3-pointers (Fayetteville Observer/Earl Vaughan - 2/12/04)

Local fans overlooking Seventy-First's Pringle (Fayetteville Observer/Earl Vaughan - 1/16/04)

Falcons pull away late (Fayetteville Observer - 1/15/04)

Athlete of the Week - Ta'wuana Cook (SF - Basketball) (Fayetteville Observer - 1/8/04)

71st girls win Holiday Classic (Fayetteville Observer - 12/21/03)

Seventy-First, Smith advance to finals (Fayetteville Observer - 12/20/03)

SunCom Holiday Classic: Falcons seeking elusive title (Fayetteville Observer - 12/18/03)

Athlete of the Week - Latoya Pringle (SF - Basketball) (Fayetteville Observer - 12/11/03)

Holiday tournament seeding announced (Fayetteville Observer - 12/9/03)

Seventy-First girls slip past E.E. Smith (Fayetteville Observer - 12/6/03)

Pringle carries Seventy-First past South View (Fayetteville Observer - 12/3/03)

Athlete of the Week - Christina Camp (SF - Basketball) (Fayetteville Observer - 11/27/03)

Seventy-First's Pringle displays winning attitude (Fayetteville Observer - 11/23/03)

Falcon girls bounce back to beat Pine Forest (Fayetteville Observer - 11/19/03)

Pringle, Gregory sign letters (Fayetteville Observer - 11/13/03)

Seventy-First's Pringle commits to UNC (Fayetteville Observer - 8/15/03)

Pringle, Gregory part of AAU national title team (Fayetteville Observer - 8/9/03)

Trivia Note:
TWO-TIME MVP: LaToya Pringle of Seventy-First earned the Wendy's MVP honor for the second consecutive year in the NCHSAA
state 4-A women's championship game. She scored 25 points and pulled down 18 rebounds while blocking seven shots as the Lady Falcons
got past McDowell 76-70 at Reynolds Coliseum. Only four other female athletes have won back-to-back state championship MVPs. Erin 
Crowder of Thomasville earned the Wendy's MVP honor in both 2002 and '03, as Thomasville won two straight NCHSAA state 1-A women's 
basketball championships and made it three in a row this year with a 67-48 triumph over Farmville Central. Crowder did not get the MVP 
award this time, though, as it went to Thomasville's Charnette Davis. The other multiple winners include Mitzi Yount of Catawba Bandys in 
1987-88 and Christy Cagle of Hayesville in 1990-91.

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