After walking away from last year’s regional with a bad taste in their mouth, Chuck Lowery said he believes his Harmony Grove girls basketball team is ready to play in this year’s regional.

The Lady Hornets, who are currently 8-11 on the year, had their season come to an end in the first round of the regional last year, falling to Centerpoint Lady Knights.

This year, the Lady Hornets will take on Bismarck at 7 p.m. on Thursday. All the games of the 3A Region 4 Tournament are taking place at Prescott. All first round winners in the regional tournament not only advance in...