After missing all but nine games last season, Ari Johnson found redemption as a "difference-maker" for the state champions.
For the first time since 1981, the Monterey Lady Plainsmen are Basketball State Champions, beating Liberty Hill 64-35 to capture the 5AD2 State Championship at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
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