Behind a balanced offensive attack, the 13th-ranked Slocum girls’ basketball team bested a field of Class 2A teams to capture its home tournament title.
The Lady Mustangs topped Class 2A No. 24 Elysian Fields, 62-45, in the tournament championship game to claim the title Saturday.
Kelsee Webb led the way in that game with 18 points, all of it coming on three-point shots.
Landry Lane had 14 for the Lady Mustangs, while Valarie Larkin had 11 and Brice Sizemore nine in the victory.
Slocum topped Trinity in the semifinal Friday, 52-21. In that win, Larkin had 19 points, while Lane had 12 and Webb added nine.
Larkin had a tournament-high 23 points in the second round as Slocum topped Woden, 57-31. Larkin hit five three-point field goals in the game.
Sizemore and Jordan Ives each added 10 in the win over Woden, while Webb added eight.
The Lady Mustangs opened the tournament with a 61-35 win over Elkhart, behind 21 points from Larkin and 13 each from both Sizemore and Ives.
The Lady Mustangs (7-0) take on Central Heights today in Central Heights.
On the boys side of the bracket, Class 1A, Division II No. 2 Douglass took home the tournament title, finishing 3-0 over the weekend.
Slocum went 1-2 over the weekend, falling to All Saints Thursday and Douglass Friday, before topping Zavalla, 59-29, Saturday. Zavalla had stepped in to fill Elkhart’s spot Saturday after the Elkhart teams pulled out of the tournament.
The Elks had gone 1-1 on Thursday and Friday to open the tournament, topping East Texas Christian Academy, 64-41, to open the event.
Jeffrey Wilson scored 16 points to lead Elkhart in that win, while Cole Bridges added 11. Both Luke Hollingsworth and Jacob Cheatham had 10 in the victory.
Friday, Elkhart fell to All Saints, 63-57. Bridges had 18 in the loss, all coming on three-point shots.
Wilson had 13 and both Hollingsworth and Cheatham had eight for the Elks (1-1).
The Mustangs will travel to Central Heights to take on the Blue Devils today, while Elkhart has canceled all of its games until after the Thanksgiving break.
H.S. BOYS BASKETBALL
Canton 56, WESTWOOD 53
The Westwood boys basketball team opened up the 2012-2013 season with a 56-53 loss to Canton Friday.
L.J. Hutchison led the way with 24 points for the Panthers, who are working to replace last year’s leading scorer Courtney Anderson.
J.J. Turner had nine points for Westwood, while Dra Ross had eight and Chris Thompson six in the loss.
Westwood (0-1) hosts New Summerfield today. Only the varsity will play, beginning at 6 p.m.
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H.S. Basketball Roundup: Slocum girls capture home tourney title
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H.S. Softball Playoffs: Grapeland, Joaquin split games Friday
It was a tale of two games during Friday's Regional Semifinal between the Grapeland Sandiettes and Joaquin Lady Rams. The Sandiettes and Lady Rams combined for 22 runs in the Sandiettes 12-10 win in Game 1.
Game 2 was a much different as the teams wouldn't combine for 20 hits, or even 10 runs as the Lady Rams picked up a 4-2 win.
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H.S. Football: Palestine's Owens leads strong class of area recruits
Palestine junior Jarrell Owens hasn’t ever played a significant down in a game for the Wildcats at linebacker in his football career.
Yet, the position is obviously where his future lies.
Owens is one of a handful of area juniors drawing significant college interest, and the Palestine running back/linebacker already holds an official offer from Texas Tech University. -
H.S. Baseball Playoffs: Harleton shuts down Cayuga in regional quarterfinal
In an as-expected pitcher’s duel, it took only one off inning to cost Cayuga and ace Chantz Holland.
Holland gave up four hits and hit a batter in the top of the third inning, and Harleton turned that into four runs — the only runs of the game — as Harleton topped Cayuga, 4-0, here at the Lindale ISD Baseball and Softball Complex in regional quarterfinal action. -
H.S. Baseball: Patchwork lineup still working for Cayuga
The Cayuga baseball team that will take the field tonight against Harleton in the regional quarterfinals doesn’t look a lot like the Cayuga team that rolled through district play earlier this season.
Injuries have hampered the look of the Wildcat lineup, but Cayuga still finds itself into the playoffs’ third round for yet another season. -
H.S. Softball: Grapeland going strong into regional semifinals
It’s been relatively easy-going so far in the state softball playoffs for the Grapeland softball team.
The Sandiettes have lost only once so far in the playoffs, and that came thanks a forfeit in the area round against Avery, when Grapeland decided not to play rather than play without missing members at the state golf tournament. -
Local Roundup: Cayuga's Hughes named 19-A MVP
After a stellar regular season that saw them capture a district title, then a solid playoff run that ended with a regional quarterfinal loss to Grapeland, the Cayuga softball team showed well on the District 19-A all-district teams.
Cayuga star freshman pitcher Kimberly Hughes capped her stellar year by earning the district’s Most Valuable Player award. Joining Hughes in earning superlative honors was her battery-mate Maci Poland, who was named the league’s Defensive MVP. -
H.S. Golf State Tournament: Grapeland looks to cap impressive season with title
It’s the course on which legendary PGA player Ben Crenshaw — winner of two Master’s Green Jackets — learned the game as a young man.
It’s where legendary Austin-based golf coach Harvey Penick molded players like Crenshaw and Tom Kite into stalwarts on the professional tours.
A year ago, Lions Municipal Golf Course in Austin was the place where, despite improving by 20 strokes as a team on Day 2, the Grapeland girls’ golf team fell short of state title, instead finishing second — for the second-straight season. -
H.S. Baseball: Palestine, Elkhart open playoffs Thursday
After a seven-year absence from postseason play that ended last year, the Palestine baseball team opens up its second-straight playoff campaign Tuesday.
The Wildcats, who captured District 19-3A’s second seed with a defeat of Fairfield Friday, will open the postseason again Diboll in a best-of-three series. -
H.S. Softball Playoffs: Bruner's 2 HRs lead Grapeland past Cross Roads
Grapeland senior Shelby Bruner hadn’t hit a home run all season for the Sandiettes.
She picked a good time to find a power-boost.
Bruner hit not one but two home runs, Baylee Lumbreraz struck out 15 and the Grapeland softball team rolled to a 14-1 victory over Cross Roads to open the playoffs Monday at Palestine High School. -
H.S. Tennis: Neches' Wade ready for more state glory
The spring semester is a busy one for plenty of high school athletes in the area.
The spring has a higher concentration of sports going on, plus there are state tests, prom and other extra-curricular activities in the works.
That has been the case for Neches junior Kelsee Wade, who this semester alone has played basketball, softball and tennis, and thrown the discus, as well as taken tests and worked with her animals for the Anderson County Youth Livestock Show.
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