WYE MILLS, Md. -- One team made it this far by romping over its last opponent by 32 points. The other was fortunate to be here, needing a late fourth-quarter rally and overtime to advance.
Needless to say, the No. 2-ranked Dunbar Poets were the ones on a roll coming into last night's Class 2A, East Region final. And though it took them longer than usual to get started, they continued to move forward with a 79-62 victory over Cambridge-South Dorchester at Chesapeake College.
Norman Nolan and Billy Wells each scored 20 for the top-seeded Poets (22-3), who will make their second consecutive trip to the state tournament at the University of Maryland College Park. Last year, they defeated Cambridge, 66-60, in the 1A final.