Girls basketball: Unbeaten Fairmont handles Newark to advance to first regional final since 2020

Mar. 4—It was a night the unbeaten Fairmont High School girls basketball team — and senior guard Kaylah Thornton — will never forget. The program is one win away from its first state tournament berth since 2013. The Firebirds routed Newark 64-39 in a D-I regional semifinal game on Tuesday at the Ohio Expo Center's Taft Coliseum to improve to 25-0. Thornton had a game-high 23 points — and made ...