Fremont High School-The Utah High School Activities Association 5A Girls Basketball Champion Fremont High School will become the first team from Utah to compete in the DICK's Sporting Goods High School National Tournament.
Fremont, one of four girls teams competing in the tournament, finished their season with a 24-2 record coached by Lisa Dalebout, including a 60-27 victory over American Fork in the UHSAA 5A Girls Championship game.
Fremont, the tournament's No. 3 seed, will face No. 2 seed Miami Senior High School from Florida on Friday, April 4 at 10:30 a.m. MST. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
DICK'S Sporting Goods community marketing manager Kelly Cowin and girls basketball coach Lisa Dalebout all took turns with the microphone speaking to the crowd Friday.
"I thought our school did a great job coming out and being really loud and excited about all the little things that they got from DICK'S Sporting Goods today," Dalebout said. "It's neat. I think our school needs this right now. It's been a neat experience for everybody to be able to take part in it and it was fun today to see everybody come out and support the girls basketball team."
Fremont is the first school from Utah to ever be invited to the DICK'S Sporting Goods High School National Tournament, now in its sixth season. Also participating will be Riverdale Baptist School (Maryland) and Edgewater High School (Florida). The winner of the Fremont-Miami contest will advance to the championship game at Madison Square Garden.
Fremont (24-2) enters the tournament on a six-game winning streak after dismantling American Fork 60-27 in the 5-A championship on Mar. 1. Miami (25-1) enters the tournament on a nine-game winning streak and defeated Treasure Coast 49-33 in the Florida 8-A championship on Feb. 22.
