SPORTS 12 9
6 PACK SATURDAY FOR THE HARDWARE TIPPED OFF AT HIGH NOON…
GIRLS CONSOLATION
CROCKER 48-41 DBL OT
THE FIRST GAME OF THE DAY PUSHED ALL THE OTHER GAMES BACK WHEN CROCKER EDGED OUT PLATO, 48-41 IN DOUBLE OVERTIME….OFFENSE TOOK THE DAY OFF FOR BOTH TEAMS, WHICH USUALLY MEANS THE DEFENSE WAS GOOD…..7-2 AFTER ONE, IT WAS TIED AT 14 AT THE HALF, 20-16 AFTER 3, AND TIED AT 29 AT THE END OF REGULATION, BUT PLATO THOUGHT THEY WON IT WHEN KENNEDY HALL LAUNCHED ONE FROM CENTER COURT AT THE BUZZER THAT HIT THE SIDE OF THE RIM AND WENT DOWN, BUT 2 OF THE 3 OFFICIALS RULED IT WAS TOO LATE AND WE HEADED TO O.T….CROCKER WON THIS AT THE FREE THROW LINE IN THE 2ND O.T. HITTING 10 OF 12..
PLATO WAS 4 FOR 4 BUT THAT’S A 6 POINT DIFFERENCE IN A 7 POINT VICTORY.
SKYLAR LAYMAN LED THE LADY LIONS WITH 12, MEGAN BECKER AND MARIAH DEAN EACH ADDED 11…
PLATO WAS LED BY CARA COUCH WITH 22 BEFORE SHE FOULD OUT..
COACH RICH MUELLER OF CROCKER WAS NOT IMPRESSED WITH HIS TEAMS 25% SHOOTING, BUT DID LIKE THE DEFENSE.
CROCKER COACH RICH MUELLER SAID THEIR LACK OF EXPERIANCE IS SHOWING UP IN THE EARLY PART OF THE SEASON.
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BOYS CONSOLATION
RICHLAND 56-50 OVER NEWBURG
THE BOYS CONSOLATION WAS A TALE OF 2 STYLES…THE DEFENSE MINDED NEWBURG WOLVES AGAINST THE RUN AND GUN RICHLAND BEARS AND WHILE NEWBURG WAS ABLE TO SLOW IT DOWN, RICHLAND WINS IT 56-50…
TIED AT 13 AFTER ONE, RICHLAND HAD A 3 POINT LEAD AT THE BREAK, AN 8 POINT LEAD AFTER 3 AND WON IT BY 6, BUT NOT WITHOUT NEWBURG HAVING THEIR SAY..
THERE WERE 8 TIES AND SEVERAL LEAD CHANGES BEFORE THE FINAL BUZZER…
RICHLAND HAD AN 11 POINT ADVANTAGE FROM THE STRIPE HITTING 18 OF 30 WHILE NEWBURG WAS 7 OF 8…..
ETHAN FAGRE LED THE BEARS WITH 32 POINTS AND PULLED DOWN 9 BOARDS.
NEWBURG HAD 2 IN DOUBLES WITH HUNTER MENTOLA DRAINING 19, JARED LOTT ADDED 18….
RICHLAND COACH MATT MOULDER SAID NEWBURG WAS A TOUGH CUSTOMER AND FORCED HIS BEARS INTO A SLOWER GAME THAN THE BEARS LIKE…
RICHLAND COACH MATT MOULDER SAID THEY’LL TAKE THE HARDWARE, AND NOW IT’S ALL ABOUT TURNING A CORNER.
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GIRLS 3RD PLACE
STOUTLAND 56-53 OVER NEWBURG
THE 4TH SEEDED STOUTLAND LADY TIGERS CLAIMED THE GIRLS 3RD PLACE TROPHEY UPSETTING 2ND SEED NEWBURG, 56-53 IN YET ANOTHER CLOSE ONE..
NEWBURG WAS UP BY 5 AFTER ONE, LED BY 9 AT THE HALF, BUT STOUTLAND’S STRONG 2ND HALF PRODUCED A 31-19 SCORING ADVANTAGE WITH SENIORS MELANIE HUBBS COLLECTING 13 AND BREE SEIN ADDING 11 WHICH WAS 24 OF THE 31 SECOND HALF POINTS AND THE LADY TIGERS CAME BACK FOR THE “W”……NEWBURG’S CLAIR AFFOLTER FOULDED OUT IN THE 4TH QUARTER AND THE LADY WOLVES COULD HAVE USED HER EXPERIANCE DOWN THE STRETCH…SHE FINISHED WITH 17, BAILY BROOKSHIRE FINISHED WITH 21 TO LEAD THE LADY WOLVES.
BREE SEIN DRAINED 23, 6 FROM DOWNTOWN AND MELANIE HUBBS ADDED 16 POINTS AND 10 BOARDS FOR A DOUBLE DOUBLE….
STOUTLAND COACH KIETH GLENN SAID THE 2ND HALF TOLD THE STORY….
STOUTLAND COACH KIETH GLENN TWO OF HIS SENIORS, BREE SEIN AND MELANIE HUBBS CARRIED THE LADY TIGERS…
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BOYS 3RD PLACE
LICKING 72-59 OVER PLATO
THE TEXAS COUNTY SHOOTOUT FOR 3RD SAW THE 4TH SEED LICKING WILDCATS USED A STELLER 2ND HALF TO UPEND 6TH SEED PLATO, 72-59….
PLATO PLAYED SHOT SELECTION AND HIT 66% FROM THE FIELD IN THE FIRST HALF, 62% OVERALL, BUT LICKING TOOK ALMOST TWO TIMES AS MANY SHOTS AND WHILE THEY ONLY DRAINED 40%, THEY HIT 4 MORE FROM THE FIELD AND THAT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE “W”….HOLDING PLATO’S GRADY TODD IN CHECK WAS A KEY FOR LICKING AND WHILE THEY DID A BETTER JOB IN THE 2ND HALF, TODD STILL ENDED WITH 30 POINTS AND 14 REBOUNDS…..THE KEY WAS LICKING’S DEFENSE IN FORCING PLATO IN 28 TURNOVERS……
LEADING THE SCORING FOR THE WILDCATS WAS WILSON MURRAY WITH 21, BRYCE CORLEY ADDED 18 AND MALACHI ANTLE TOSSED IN 14…..
BESIDES GRADY TODD’S 30, LEVI JOHNSON HAD 18, AND PLATO COULD HAVE USED HIM DOWN THE STRETCH, BUT HE FOULED OUT IN THE 4TH.
LICKING COACH JESS ROSS SAID THEY’RE HAPPY WITH THE HARDWARE AFTER A GOOD 2ND HALF..
LICKING COACH JESS ROSS SAID THE KEY WAS THE “D”….
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GIRLS 1ST PLACE
LICKING 62-43 OVER RICHLAND
TO NO ONE’S SUPRISE, THE FINAL 4 TEAM FROM A YEAR AGO, AND 3 TIME DEFENDING FRISCO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT CHAMP MADE IT 4 IN ROW WITH LICKING TAKING CARE OF THE RICHLAND LADY BEARS 62-43…
RICHLAND GOT OFF TO A QUICK START LEADING THE LADY CATS 11-6 AFTER ONE, LICKING TOOK A 2 POINT LEAD INTO THE LOCKER ROOM AT THE HALF, OUTSCORED RICHLAND 21-11 IN THE 3RD WHEN RICHLAND HAD TO PLAY A LITTLE SOFT ON DEFENSE BECAUSE OF FOUL TROUBLE AND THE LADY WILDCATS DID WHAT THEY DO BEST, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR OPPENENTS WEAKNESS, GO FOR THE JUGULAR, AND PUT THIS AWAY..
KARLEE HOLLAND DRAINED 29 TO LEAD LICKING, KATLYN COLE HAD 19 FOR RICHLAND BEFORE SHE FOULED OUT..
THE LADY CATS OWNED THE BOARDS OUTREBOUNDING RICHLAND 27-14 WHICH WAS A BIG KEY BECAUSE 11 OF THOSE WERE OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS GIVING TGHE LADY CATS EXTRA CHANCES AT PUTTING UP POINTS, AND SEVERAL TIMES, THEY CASHED IN….
COACH STEVE RISSLER SAID THE GAME SEEMED CLOSER THAN THE 19 POINT SPREAD…
LICKING COACH STEVE RISSLER SAID HIS 2 SENIORS ARE NOW 4 YEAR TOURNAMENT CHAMPS…
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BOYS 1ST PLACE
IBERIA 46-40 OVER DIXON
THE BOYS TITLE GAME WAS ANOTHER WAR BETWEEN 2 TEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE…
WHETHER IT’S THE FRISCO LEAGUE OR IBERIA TOURNAMENT, THE DIXON BULLDOGS AND IBERIA RANGERS HAVE HAD SOME KNOCK DOWN DRAG OUT GAMES AND SATURDAY NIGHT WAS NO DIFFERENT AS THE HOUSE WAS ROCKIN’ UNTILE THE END WHILE IBERIA EEKED OUT A 46-40 VICTORY….THE RANGERS OUT SHOT DIXON 49-31%, AND ESCAPED WITH A “W”, EVEN AFTER 20 TURNOVERS…
IN ALL FAIRNESS, DIXON HAD 18……FROM SIDE TO SIDE ON THE STAT SHEET, THIS WAS PRETTY MUCH EVEN-UP.
A 6 POINT IBERIA LEAD AFTER ONE WAS TRIMMED TO 3 AT THE HALF….DIXON TIED IT BY THE END OF THE 3RD, BUT IBERIA’S SHOTS FROM THE FIELD FELL IN THE LAST MINUTE AND THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE…..
THE RANGER WERE LED BY ZACH VOSS WITH 16, KOBE HALLEY ADDED 10..WILL SHELTON LED DIXON WITH 16,
DIXON’S TREY HOLZER ADDED 11…
IBERIA COACH NICK VOSS SAID LIMITING DIXON’S TREY HOLZER WAS A KEY TO THE “W”…
COACH NICK VOSS OF IBERIA SAID THEIR STRATAGY COMING IN WAS DEFENSE, AND 3 ELEMENTS.
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SULLIVAN TOURNAMENT ON FRIDAY, 2ND SEED FARMINGTON SQUEEZED BY 4TH SEED WAYNESVILLE 40-37 IN OVERTIME………
WAYNESVILLE HELD AN 18 – 13 HALFTIME LEAD AFTER TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SEVERAL TURNOVERS IN THE FIRST HALF….FARMINGTON KEPT IT CLOSE HITTING FROM DOWNTOWN… FARMINGTON OUT SCORED WAYNESVILLE 14 – 9 IN THE THIRD QUARTER, AND WENT ON A 10-0 RUN TO OPEN THE 4TH FORCING THE TIGERS TO COME FROM BEHIND…..THE TIGERS RALLIED, THEIR LAST 3 POSSESSIONS, TIED IT UP…. FARMINGTON MISSED THE FRONT END OF A 1 & 1 WITH 8.8 SECONDS LEFT. MIKE LEWIS GRABBED THE REBOUND, RACED DOWN THE FLOOR AND MISSED A 22 FOOT JUMPER AT THE BUZZER TO FORCE OVERTIME AND FARMINGTON WAS 3 BETTER IN THE NEXT 4 MINUTES…9 TIGERS SCORED POINTS, LED BY MIKE LEWIS WITH 11…
TIGER COACH CHRIS PILZ SAID
“ Both teams really struggled tonight.
“Farmington struggled with our pressure all night. We were able to force 30 + turnovers and we were not able to convert them to points”.
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