EmmaMae Baggs, left, and Gabby Randolph, both of whom will be at Central Middle School this fall, helped their travel basketball team, The Arkansas Banshees, win the national tournament, which took place July 20-22 in Louisville, Ky. Their team played in one of the largest tournaments in the country that overall consisted of 626 teams and 5,186 players from seventh grade through high school. Their banner will swing from the rafters next year in the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.

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