LINCOLN - Strong defense throughout led Class D2 #2 Falls City Sacred Heart to a 42-27 win over #6 Wynot in the state semi-finals on Thursday.

I was a close, back-and-forth game until the Irish went on a 10-0 run between the 3rd and 4th quarters, giving them a lead they would not relinquish.

FCSH will face #1 Humphrey St. Francis for the state title on Saturday. Wynot, meanwhile, misses out on the D2 championship game for just the second time in the last eleven years.

WYNOT -  4 13  6  4 - 27

FCSH     -  6  9 10 16 - 42

INDIVIDUAL STATS:

FCSH (26-2) - Erison Vonderschmidt, 17 pts; Olivia Eickhoff, 13 pts; DeLanie Witt, 8 pts; Danielle Bippes, 2 pts

WYNOT (20-7) - Emersyn Sudbeck, 2 pts; Autumn Lawson, 6 pts; Edyn Sudbeck, 7 pts; Karley Heimes, 9 pts, Kendra Pinkelman, 3 pts