Western Dubuque is getting another chance to try to take down Harlan.

The second-ranked Bobcats led almost all the way in a 47-38 semifinal victory over Sioux City Bishop Heelan and will play No. 1 Harlan in the Class 4A championship game at 6 p.m. Saturday. Harlan beat Western Dubuque 55-51 in last year's title game, which marked the first time the Bobcats had reached the finals since winning it all in a one-class tournament in 1987.

Both finalists are 25-0 and Harlan has a 51-game winning streak.

Megan Maahs led the Bobcats with 15 points, Morgan Pitz scored 10 and Rose Simon-Ressler had nine points and 10 rebounds.

Simon-Ressler, leading the team with a 13.2 average, didn't get many shots but hit a couple of key ones in the fourth quarter.

With her team leading 33-29, Simon-Ressler drove into the lane for a pull-up jumper to give the Bobcats a little breathing room. She hit another jumper from about the same spot, this one with 3:14 remaining, after Heelan had drawn to 35-32.

It was all free throws for the Bobcats after that. They made 10 of 12 from the line to wrap it up, Pitz hitting four and Simon-Ressler adding three.

Bishop Heelan (21-4), a state champion in 2008 and 2010, was denied a fourth trip to the title game. Grace Hanno led the Crusaders with 10 points, Megan Todd scored nine, Tristan Beaulieu had eight and Taylor Beaulieu seven.

Western Dubuque committed 19 turnovers, but offset that by shooting 51.6 percent and holding Heelan to 33.3 percent shooting. They also outrebounded Heelan 33-18.