Having run through a stiff early-season gauntlet, the 2021-22 Chillicothe High School basketball Lady Hornets justifiably wear big smiles after capturing the championship of the 47th-annual Savannah Invitational girls' tournament Saturday with a gritty, but well-played 35-32 victory over Smithville. CHS (4-0) was seeded fifth in the very strong tourney field. PHOTO SUPPLIED / KELSEY HICKS
SAVANNAH — In what might rate as the most-impressive week of play by a Chillicothe High School girls’ basketball team in many years, the 2021-22…