Lady Dragons keep making history in 46-44 quarterfinals win over Lady Cardinals

  • Forrest Murphy/Meridian Tribune/Iredell senior Emily Wellborn (12) and the Lady Dragons punched their ticket to the Class 1A regional semifinals after defeating the Lingleville Lady Cardinals, 46-44 in the teams’ regional quarterfinals bout Tuesday night in Stephenville.
    Forrest Murphy/Meridian Tribune/Iredell senior Emily Wellborn (12) and the Lady Dragons punched their ticket to the Class 1A regional semifinals after defeating the Lingleville Lady Cardinals, 46-44 in the teams’ regional quarterfinals bout Tuesday night in Stephenville.
The Iredell Lady Dragons continued their historic 2020-21 run with a 46-44 Class 1A regional quarterfinals win over the Lingleville Lady Cardinals Tuesday night (Feb. 23) in Stephenville, becoming the first basketball team in the school’s history to advance to the regional semifinals. Despite trailing by eight points at halftime (28-20), as well as scoring five less two-point field goals and one…

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