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    Northwest Girls Hang On to Win First State Championship in School History – Wyatt Smith Reporting

    The steadiness at the foul line from Cayla King and the inside pressure of Elizabeth Kitley were too much for the previously undefeated Bulldogs of Southeastern Raleigh as they lost to the Northwest Guilford Vikings in the Women’s 4-A state championship game in Raleigh on Saturday afternoon. Northwest took advantage of a slow-paced, low-scoring contest in Reynolds Coliseum on the campus of N.C. State University as they battled their way to the first girls’ basketball state championship in Northwest High School history. The opening quarter saw only 14 points racked up between the two teams, with the score knotted at…