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The Liberty Lady Panthers clinched second place in district on Tuesday night at home with a 59-51 win over the Splendora Ladycats. Liberty led 19-16 after a quarter of play and then outscored Splendora 14-13 in the second period to lead 33-29 at the half. The Lady Panthers led 46-39 heading into the final minutes and then never looked back in the win. Madyson Goudeau and Drelyn Willis each scored 23 points for Liberty to lead the way. The Lady Panthers will face Orangefield in the opening round of the playoffs in Kountze on Thursday night. Game time is set for 6 p.m.
Read moreYou could say the Tarkington Longhorns made it special on Senior Night at home on Friday night as they shattered the school record for points in a game with a 104-34 win over Onalaska. Blake Ellington put on a show in front of the home fans and finished the game with 35 points. Brandon Dee added 13 points, while Travonte Bogany and Colby Morris each chipped in with 12 points apiece.
Read moreThe Dayton Lady Broncos put up a fight against 23-0 Kingwood Park on Wednesday before falling to the Lady Panthers 59-42. Jerrica Keener led Dayton in scoring with 16 points while post player Amber Kelly added ii. Allie Davis chipped in with 9.
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The Dayton Broncos went toe-to-toe with first place Kingwood Park on Wednesday night at home and played with the Panthers the whole way but fell just a little short at the end in a 48-40 loss in district action. Dayton grabbed an early 5-3 advantage thanks to a three-pointer by Gilbert Sanchez. Later in the opening period. Landon Baldwin had a nice drive and score to make it 10-9. Kingwood Park scored just before the end of the quarter to lead n-10 after one. The lead vanished early in the second quarter with Brice Payton scoring from downtown, and the Broncos moved back in front13-n. The Broncos then took their biggest lead of the game a few minutes later, with Sanchez hitting again from downtown, and the advantage was up to 21-14 with 5:05 left in the first half. The Panthers then dominated the rest of the period and finished the half on an 11-1 run to lead 25-22 at the intermission. Kingwood Park continued their run and started the third quarter on a 7-0 run to build their lead to 32-22 before a three-pointer by Baldwin stopped the run and moved Dayton within 32-25. The Panthers built their lead to 40-29 midway through the final period, and then a bucket by Baldwin made it 40-31. On the next Bronco trip down the court, it was Tanner Boufford pulling up for a jumper, and Dayton was within 40-33 with 2:45 left in the game. After a Kingwood Park score, Payton scored on a three-point play to make it 42-36. That would be the closed the Broncos would get the rest of the way as the Panthers hit some free throws to secure the win. Baldwin led Dayton with 13 points and Payton added 8. The Broncos will close out their season next Saturday at home against Lake Creek.
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Angel Ruiz scored a pair of goals and the Liberty Panthers jumped on Hamshire-Fannett early on and never looked back in grabbing a 4-0 victory over the Longhorns on Tuesday night at Memorial Stadium. Jaime Lopez assisted on two of the goals. Liberty jumped in front at the 7th minute, with Ruiz putting it away on an assist from Ricardo Garcia to make it a 1-0 lead. Two-minutes later, it was the Panthers at it again with Garcia on the other end, this time with the goal and Lopez assisting for a 2-0 advantage. Alberto Diaz and Daniel Vargas had good looks later in the half for Liberty, and then in the 38th minute, the Panthers would find the nets again, with Ruiz scoring on a nice corner kick assist from Abdiel Garcia to make it 3-0 at the half. Liberty’s final score of the night came on another corner kick. This one came in the 56th minute with Hector Lira scoring with the assist going to Lopez for the 4-0 final score. The Panthers will host East Chambers on Friday night at 7 p.m.
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The Dayton Lady Broncos have been hit hard this season with Covid as they had to stop play and then resume on two different occasions during the season. Playing against one of the playoff teams coming out of District 12-5A on Saturday afternoon in the final game for Dayton, the Lady Broncos led after a quarter but then went cold from the field and New Caney took advantage of that in a 45-27 win at Dayton. Early on, things looked good for the Lady Broncos as Allie Davis nailed a three-pointer from about 30-feet for a 3-0 lead.
Read moreThe 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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