Mendon’s girls basketball team beat Adrian Madison 48-40 Thursday for the program’s first regional championship. The Hornets move on to the Class C state quarterfinals to take on No. 6 Gobles on March 11. The two teams met on Feb. 18 and Gobles earned a 39-35 victory. Mendon is now 20-2 and the Tigers are 25-0.
Hornets seniors Brooke Howard and Jenna Griffith, both of whom were sophomore starters two years ago in a loss to Niles-Brandywine in the Class D regional finals, talked to JoeInsider.com after the groundbreaking victory.