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July 23, 2004 The Fairfax Stars, the 2003 13-and-under girls national champions, defeated Tulsa Swoosh 71-65 to finished third in the 2004 14-and-under girls national tournament. "We were tired," Fairfax coach Aggie McCormick-Dix said afterwards. "Playing two games a day at the level of play we have played throughout this tournament, we're really didn't have too much in our legs." Four teams tied for fifth place in the tournament: Southwest-Express, Florida-FBVA Orlando Comets Red, Arkansas-Mavericks, Michigan-Oakland Suns. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MA-Fencor 79, OK-Tulsa Swoosh 75 (OT) Elena DelleDonne scored a game-high 45 points to lead her Middle Atlantic Fencor (Pa.) team to a semifinal victory over the Tulsa Swoosh on Thursday. Fencor led the game by six at halftime, only to see Tulsa take the lead at 63-61 with 11.5 seconds left. Lindsay Kimmell of Fencor tied the game at 63-63 with a second left. DelleDonne finished 13-of-16 from the field. ------------------------------------------------------------------- SO/LA Kenner Angels 55, PV-Fairfax Stars 50 The Kenner Angels were down early, but came back to take a semifinal win against the Potomac Valley-Fairfax Stars. Fairfax controlled the game early with a 19-6 lead, before Kenner went on a 23-0 run to lead 39-19 at halftime. Adrienne Johnson led Kenner with 13 points. Dominique Stroman had 12 points for Fairfax. ©The News-Star July 23, 2004