Eau Claire’s surprising run to the state championship game brought excitement and energy back to the program.
Unfortunately, Andrew Jackson made sure there was no fairy-tale ending for the Shamrocks. The Volunteers rolled to their second straight Class 2A championship with an 89-36 win over Eau Claire on Saturday at the Florence Center.
Eau Claire coach Ashley Gilmore, who won a pair of state championships as a player at Hunter-Kinard-Tyler, reflected on the team’s journey to get to the title game as she held the runner-up trophy in her hands while doing interviews near the Shamrocks’ locker room…