Donnellson — Good things happen when the Soukup twins are around.
Years after the two of them guided Danville to one of the more dominant runs in southeast Iowa, this year the now coaches have orchestrated their team to within one game of a return trip to Wells Fargo Arena.
Ty Carr lifted the scoring lead as the Bears second half rally guided them to a 44-41 win over Winfield-Mount Union.
Danville will play WACO on Saturday with state on the line at 7:00 p.m. at a neutral site to be determined.
Winfield-Mount Union, to their credit, started hot — leading by three at the first quarter break, one at half and one into the fourth.
But that’s when Carr woke up.
The senior point guard finished with a game-high 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting to ignite the comeback.
Big man Sawyer Nelson chipped in with 10, but it was his post defense that was most evident last night.
Nelson, the Super Conference leader in rebounding, made life difficult in the paint for the two fulcrums of Winfield’s offense: Cam Buffington and Abram Edwards.
Buffington and Edwards finished with just nine points apiece and it was freshman Jake Edwards who had a team-high 13 for the Wolves.
Danville is now 22-2.
Winfield-Mount Union closes their year 21-3.
You can listen to Saturday night’s Substate Final on FM 105.5.
Nathan Bloechl and Kent Bennett will have the call.