The Superior Express -

The Lawrence-Nelson girls basketball team saw their post-season hopes of advancing to the state tournament dashed when their season long nemesis, Silver Lake, handed them a 46-41 defeat, at Roseland last Tuesday. The Raiders came a long way from their 56-16 drubbing from Silver lake on Jan. 28. They fell again to Silver Lake, 42-21, at the Twin Valley Conference Tournament, Jan. 31. This time around they closed the gap to five points.

The Raiders held a 9-8 lead after the first quarter and led 18-17 at the halfway mark of the game. Silver Lake parlayed a solid 20 point third quarter into a fou...