Sports

TIOGA – To get better, you have to play better than you in most cases.

Yeah, the headline is a head scratcher, but I can explain.

Jacksboro’s girl basketballs had their home opener Nov. 10 vs. Class 4A Burkburnett and outscored the Bulldogs in three of the fourth quarters to help post a 50-39 win at Tiger Gym.

ALEDO – Blum has had plenty of success here over the last year.

MILLSAP – After having missed several months of sports due to COVID earlier this year, I like doing anything but not at the sacrifice of friends or family.

This past Friday the Jacksboro girls basketball coaches and teams opened their season over at Millsap, just ahead of the football team which was playing in their regular season finale. It was a neat idea and one designed to get folks excited before the football game, which had the Tigers fighting for playoff positioning.

MINERAL WELLS – There are many things you can do in 48 minutes: Watching an hour-long show on the DVR and do some grocery shopping are just a couple.

Bryson did a third Nov. 3: Vote Three Way out of the playoffs.

The District 9-A champs got out to a slow start and roared to a quick finish against their former district rivals of the last few years in a 25-12, 25-7, 25-3 rout.

The slow start, a Bryson staple this year, was mentioned by Coach Kim Hauger.

“We started slow but in that first time out I told them we can’t have this and needed to turn it around,”

High school seniors are a special breed, particularly if you’ve been with them for a spell.

I’ve covered several groups of them over the years, many of them with their own story and personality.

The first I vividly remember was the Class of1995 when I was in Taylor as they were the first to have a Homecoming King. The young men campaigned for the top spot as hard as the ladies did and when Matt Maruska was named, the flood gates opened above and we ended up getting more than six inches of rain that night.

HENRIETTA – You could almost see the animosity of Prairie Valley’s volleyball team in warmups watching Perrin, the third place team out of District 10-A.

The Lady Dogs appeared almost too confident they would be moving on from the bi-district round of the Class A volleyball playoffs. Perrin appeared calm and focused and ready to show what they could do.

It would prove to be quite a bit, as Perrin forced a five-game thriller out of Prairie Valley, the Lady Dogs finally coming through with a 20-25, 25- 15, 21-25, 25-16, 15-9 win over the Lady Pirates.

HOLLIDAY – Jacksboro High School had a total of four runners compete at the District 7-3A Meet Wednesday afternoon here., each finishing in the top 35 in their division.

On the girls side, Soleil DeSantiago finished 17th with a time 13:55. Montserrat Luna was 27th in 15:02 and Isabel Bustos 33rd in 16:13.

On the boys side, Yahir Salas was 28th with a time of 20:13. Coach Steve Hooten had a number of reasons for being happy with the year as a whole.