Lady Panthers crumble against top conference opponent

The Lady Panthers went up against the No. 1 team in their conference and No. 2 in the state Friday night and lost 27-74. Burns (2-0, 11-0) played really well and the Panthers (0-2, 5-6) did not, head coach Scott Bokelman said.

He had told the girls to go in relaxed, but he could tell they were pretty intimidated. They had too many turnovers. "The just couldn't handle the press," Bokelman said.

"They are the team we want to be," Bokelman said of Burns.

With that in mind, Bokelman continues to work on basic skills to be able to handle that kind of pressure. "The better they played, the worse we...