Lawton-Bronson is heading back to the Class 1A semifinals.

Alyssa Brockhaus scored 20 points and the second-ranked Eagles were impressive from start to finish in rolling past 10th-ranked Exira 80-48 in Monday's opening round.

Lawton-Bronson (23-3) won for the 17th straight time and will play again Wednesday night. The Eagles have an all-senior starting lineup and returned everyone from last year's team, which lost to IKM in the semis.

Katie Sorensen had 17 points, six steals and five assists for Lawton-Bronson, while Mandy Wagner scored 14 and Katelyn Brockhaus 10.

Sophomore Hallie Christofferson, who already is drawing interest from Division I college programs, led Exira (21-3) with 24 points and 12 rebounds. Christofferson showed some slick post moves in making eight of 11 shots. She also hit all eight of her free throws.

Exira led 15-12 late in the first quarter before Lawton-Bronson took over.

The Eagles scored the next 12 points and led the rest of the way. Sorensen had eight points in that stretch, including a pair of 3-pointers.

Lawton-Bronson built a 44-30 halftime lead, then opened the second half with a 17-3 run to put it out of reach.

This is the first time in the state tournament that two Class 1A teams have scored 80 points. Newell-Fonda beat Southeast Webster-Grand 80-75 in Monday's first game.

The state tournament was divided into four classes in 1994.