Spotting top-ranked Brimfield 14-point lead on its home court too much for Unity girls to overcome

Unity's Kyra Carothers goes between Brimfield's Ellie Doe, left, and Sophie Bedell during Thursday night's Class 1A girls basketball sectional championship game at Brimfield High School. Carothers finished with 15 points in the game. | David Adam

BRIMFIELD, Ill. — Unity girls basketball coach Brad Begeman knew his team needed to play well early to prove it belonged on the same court as No. 1-ranked Brimfield and take the home crowd out of the game. The first eight minutes, however, couldn’t have gone any worse. Brimfield forced No. 7 Unity into nine…

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