4A girls basketball Great 8 roundup: Longmont takes down No. 1 Canon City

Longmont, a No. 6 seed in the Class 4A girls basketball state tournament, upset No. 1-seeded Canon City on its home court on Friday night.

The Trojans led 23-16 at the break, and then used a 9-0 run late in the third quarter to go up 34-23. It was 39-29 after three quarters

Canon City did cut the lead to 39-33, but that was as close at the Tigers would get.

Longmont’s Sydney Wetterstrom finished the game with 28 points and 16 rebounds, according to Brad Cochi of BoCoPreps.com.

Longmont returns to the Final 4 for the first time since 2011.

The semifinals are next Thursday at CU’s Coors Events Center.

(2) Sand Creek 59, (1) D’Evelyn 56

A close game throughout, Sand Creek was able to pull out the win in the final minute.

The Scorpions held a five-point lead at 54-49 with 1:53 to play, but a quick 5-0 D’Evelyn run tied the game with 44 seconds remaining.

Sand Creek had lost in the Great 8 each of the past three seasons. This is the program’s first-ever trip to the Final 4.

(1) Pueblo West 61, (3) Mullen 45

Pueblo West held just a slim 27-25 margin at the break, but a massive 26-5 advantage in the third quarter proved to be the difference as the Cyclones advanced to the Final 4.

The lead got as wide as 53-30 before a 7-0 Mullen run in the fourth closed the gap a little.

Pueblo West was last in the semifinals in 2013, when it lost to D’Evelyn. This marks the third time the Cyclones have been to the Final 4 in four seasons.