SWEET SPRINGS — Free throws helped Windsor hold off a late Crest Ridge rally Saturday to win 49-36 and claim the Class 2, District 14 title at Sweet Springs.
The Greyhounds made 15 of 22 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter.
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