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Fayetteville’s Brody Dooley finds a opening quickly closed by the defense of Jayton in Thursday’s state semifinal. Photo by Jeff Wick -
Jayton Beats Fayetteville in State Semis -
Left: Cash Smith fights for a rebound, and right, Easton Jaeger drives to the basket in Thursday’s state semifinals. -
The members of the Fayetteville Lions basketball team pose with their state bronze medals and state semifinalist trophy after Thursday’s game. -
Fayetteville’s Keagan Supak tries to get past a Jayton defender Thursday. Photos by Jeff Wick
It had taken the Fayetteville Lions 81 years to fight back to the state basketball tournament.But the Jayton Jaybirds didn’t seem to care about that.Jayton overwhelmed Fayetteville 65-26 in their 1A state semifinal in front of 2,424 fans at the Alamodome Thursday. Two days later Jayton defeated Benjamin 60-53 to win the 1A state title.Fayetteville was making its first boys state basketball…
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