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The Dayton Lady Broncos kept their playoff hopes alive with a pair of wins last week over Montgomery and Caney Creek. On Wednesday night, Dayton traveled to Montgomery and knocked off the Lady Bears 50-40. Amber Kelly poured in 19 points to lead the way, with Allie Davis adding 17. The Lady Broncos then played Caney Creek at home on Saturday afternoon for senior day and had their way with the Lady Panthers 51-3o. Kelly once again led the way in scoring with 17. Dayton will host New Caney on Saturday afternoon in the last district contest.
Read moreIn a huge game that had playoff implications on Saturday afternoon in New Caney, it was the Eagles using a huge fourth quarter to knock off Cleveland 58-47. Both teams traded leads in the first half, and a three-pointer by Antonio Wheeler just before the close of the first half would give the Indians the lead at the break 25-24. Things stayed close in the second half, and Cleveland only trailed 46-41 heading into the fourth quarter, and then New Caney would go on a 8-o run to push their advantage to 54-41 and that would ice the game away. Devontae Robertson led the Indians in scoring with 15, while Johnny Hines added 13. Samuel Brandon led the Eagles with 20 points. Cleveland is now 6-12 on the season and 5-5 in district play.
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Hardin and Tarkington met on Saturday afternoon at the Lady Hornets gymnasium, with both teams needing wins to keep their playoff hopes alive. Hardin grabbed a big firsthalf lead and never looked back as they knocked off the Ladyhorns 58-41 in a district tilt. Maddy Fregia was on fire early on for the Lady Hornets as she scored on a drive and then drained a triple to make it a 7-3 advantage. Tarkington then cut the deficit to 7-5 on an Emily Lowe steal and score. Hardin then ended the opening period on an 8-2 run capped off by a full length of the court pass from Fregia to Madison Boston, who scored on a lay-up, and the advantage was 15-7 after a quarter of play. Fregia then connected on another three-pointer early in the second period, and the lead was 20-8. Brianna Boddie then answered for the Ladyhorns with a bucket as she was fouled to get within 20-10. Georgia Vance then grabbed an offensive rebound and scored, and then a jumper by Reese Parker had the advantage out to 32-16 late in the first half. Down 34-16 at the break, Lowe scored the first six points of the third quarter for Tarkington, and that helped the visitors get within 35-22. Lindsey Tinner then scored a couple of buckets for Hardin to get the lead back to 42-28. Emmah Hebert then came off the bench and nailed a couple of big three-pointers and the advantage was up to 47-29. The Ladyhorns made one last run led by Lowe, who stroked a three-pointer to get her team within 51-39 before the sophomore fouled out with 2:54 remaining in the game. The Lady Hornets then ended the contest on a 7-2 run to secure the victory. Lowe scored a gamehigh 24 points to lead Tarkington, while Boddie added 10. Hardin was led by Tinney, who scored 14 points and Fregia with 13.
Read moreThe Dayton Broncos got a split on the hardwood this week in district play. On Wednesday night at home, the Broncos took care of gomery 51-41. Leading MontDayton in scoring was Tanner Boufford with 15 points. On Saturday afternoon, the Broncos then traveled to Caney Creek, and what was a very close game, it was the Panthers holding on for a 54-51 victory. Dayton was led in scoring by Landon Baldwin with a game-high 26 points. The Broncos will be back in action on Saturday afternoon as they travel to New Caney.
Read moreBattling for playoff positioning with the Huffman Lady Falcons on Tuesday night at home, it was the Liberty Lady Panthers playing catch up for most of the night and then using a big fourth quarter for a 4643 victory in a district contest. Huffman grabbed the first-quarter lead at 14-10 and then...
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If you were looking for a high scoring basketball game on Tuesday night in Hardin, then Tarkington and the Hornets were probably not the game for you. What you did see was the excellent Longhorns defense in full effect that led them to a district win over Hardin 44-21. Tarkington held Hardin to just 12 points...
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The Dayton Broncos hosted the Porter Spartans on Tuesday night in the 12-5A district opener at Houston Methodist Field at Bronco Stadium on the pitch and an early goal and then one late was good enough to send the visitors home with a 2-o win. Porter grabbed an early 1-0 lead...
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In a game that featured no spectators due to Shepherd High School being out of school all week due to Covid, the Liberty Lady Panthers clinched a playoff spot and celebrated among themselves on Friday evening at the Lady Pirates Gymnasium with a 59-32 win in district action. Although Liberty was not able to share what will...
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