Air Academy has been here before. While this group of Kadets hadn’t reached the Coors Events Center for the Final 4 in hoops, they don’t lack for championship experience.
In a game of inches, adjustments matter. And in Friday’s 4A boys basketball semifinal, there was never much breathing room — on the court and on the scoreboard.
No. 1 Longmont snuck past Valor Christian 47-46 in a back and forth battle to move to 26-0 and more importantly, earn a bid to the Final 4 for the first time since 2010.