They didn’t take the hard route. Lanesboro girls basketball trekked to Adams and easily handled Southland 78-48 to out-right clinch the SEC-East title over Houston. Bret Klaehn’s group grabbed their first SEC division crown since 2007. The Burros were led by Kaci Ruen (23 pts, 11-16 FGs, 17 rebs), who authored her third double-double in four games, her 17th overall. Jessie Schreiber (14 pts, 8 rebs, 4 asts), Brielle Ruen (12 pts, 6 rebs, 5 stls), Skyler Check (11 pts), and Malia Tessum (10 pts, 9 asts, 5 stls) gave the Burros five in double figures. Lanesboro shot 32 of 66 (49%). Southland was 20 of 62 (32%). The 78 points was a season high. Beating Southland was the easy route to the division title. Their season finale saw Lanesboro host Grand Meadow.