Categories Basketball Burlington Burlington Notre Dame Iowa Sports Nike Repeat Not To Be Post author By Falcon Post date March 5, 2015 Notre Dame falls to Newell-Fonda in Semifinal, 63-56 Photo by Dan HockettNotre Dame Senior Taylor Hickey (32) is consoled by her father, Asst. Coach Dan Hickey, following their 63-56 loss to Newell-Fonda in the Class-1A Semifinal at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Wednesday. (Left of Hickey) Asst. Coach Brianna Duncan, Asst. Coach Jim Myers, and Head Coach Kollin Alfred. Photo by Dan HockettTearful Notre Dame Teammates are presented the State Class-1A Semifinal Trophy at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Wednesday. Nikes were hoping for back-to-back Class-1A Championships, but fell to Newell-Fonda in the semifinal, 63-56. Photo by Dan HockettNotre Dame’s Kori Mesecher goes to the basket against Newell-Fonda in the Class-1A Semifinal at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Wednesday. Photo by Dan HockettNotre Dame’s Johanna Myers (12) hauls in a rebound over Newell-Fonda’s Abby Smith (30) in the Class-1A Semifinal at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Wednesday. Photo by Dan HockettNotre Dame’s Riley Kilbride shoots over Newell-Fonda defenders in the Class-1A Semifinal at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Wednesday. Photo by Dan HockettNotre Dame Head Coach Kollin Alfred shouts encouragement to his team in the Class-1A Semifinal at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Wednesday. Photo by Dan HockettNotre Dame’s DeeDee Gilbert shoots between Newell-Fonda defenders in the Class-1A Semifinal at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Wednesday. Photo by Dan HockettNotre Dame’s Courtney Coffin drives between Newell-Fonda defenders in the Class-1A Semifinal at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Wednesday. Photo by Dan HockettNotre Dame’s Taylor Hickey looks to the basket against Newell-Fonda in the Class-1A Semifinal at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Wednesday. Photo by Dan HockettNotre Dame’s Gabrielle Koelker (30) drives past Newell-Fonda’s Morgan Magnussen (14) in the Class-1A Semifinal at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Wednesday. Photo by Dan HockettNotre Dame’s Courtney Abolt passes around a Newell-Fonda defender in the Class-1A Semifinal at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Wednesday. Photo by Dan HockettNotre Dame Assistant Coach Jim Myers waves after being introduced at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Wednesday. Photo by Dan HockettNotre Dame Nikes pose after the game with their “2015 State Semifinalist” trophy.Front (l-r): Riley Kilbride, Jayla Kreiss, Courtney Coffin, Taylor Hickey.Back (l-r): Hannah Delaney, Courtney Abolt, Alyssa Schwartz, Kori Mesecher, Gabrielle Koelker, DeeDee Gilbert, Johanna Myers, Team Manager Makaela Kreiss. ← Target to layoff thousands → Obituaries this week