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GHS, Jarrell Girls Eye Regionals

Lady Eagles Down Seguin, Must Beat Tigers To Advance

Georgetown senior Kendrick Clark battles Seguin’s Winnie Miller for a rebound in the Lady Eagles’ 65-43 victory on Tuesday night in Class 5A regional action.

Photo Russell Rinn

By Galen Wellnicki Sports Editor

Lady Cougars Defang Cobras, Faced Cole For Regional Spot Jarrell’s girls’ and boys’ basketball teams were hoping to take another step up the Class 3A basketball playoff ladders during a Tuesday night doubleheader at Kyle Lehman.

The fourth-ranked Lady Cougars (30-3) played sixthranked San Antonio Cole (34-3) in the Region IV-3A quarterfinals in the opener and the 10th-ranked Cougars (27-3) faced San Antonio Fox Tech (10-20), the fourthplace team in 26-3A in the nightcap.

If the Lady Cougars, state semifinalists a year ago, win the quarterfinal rematch with their Alamo City namesake, Jarrell will play either Cotulla or Odem in the Region IV-3A semifinals at 8 p.m. on Friday in the Goldie Harris Gym in Seguin. The regional finals are set for 1 p.m. on Saturday with the winner advancing to the UIL State Tournament in San Antonio Alamodome on Thursday through Saturday, March 3-5.

Jarrell downed Cole, 69-63, in last season’s quarterfinals.

If the Cougars corral the Buffaloes, they will advance to the area round of the playoffs later in the week against either Halletsville or Poth. The Brahmas and Pirates played Tuesday night in Gonzales.

Coach Marleena Brown’s Lady Cougars earned their way in to the quarterfinals with a 72-28 victory over Vanderbilt Industrial, while Cole was taking down Poth, 85-42.

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Jarrell senior guard Mikaela Rountree wrestles the ball away from the Lady Cobras Desiree Hill during Jarrell’s area-round win over Vanderbilt Industrial.

Photo Russell Rinn

If Georgetown (22-10) bested District 28-5A champion Floresville (28-5) in a regional quarterfinal battle on Tuesday night at Buda Hays, the 10th-ranked Lady Eagles will advance to a regional tournament for the seventh consecutive season.

Should that happen, coach Rhonda Farney’s team will play either Victoria West (24-11) or Victoria East (18-13) in the 6 p.m. Friday semifinal in the Region IV-5A Tournament at Littleton Gym in San Antonio’s Blossom Athletic Center. The 8 p.m. semifinal is expected to match defending regional titlist Vista Ridge (31-4) against either Laredo Cigarroa (33-6) or Corpus Christi Flour Bluff (29-6). The finals are set for 2 p.m. Saturday.

However, the Lady Raiders, who were state runners-up last year, needed to dispatch Austin LBJ (27-5) on Tuesday night at Pflugerville Connally to reach the semifinals.

Georgetown, the second-place finisher behind Vista Ridge in 25-5A, earned its berth in the regional quarterfinals this past Friday night by smothering Seguin, 65-43, at Kyle Lehman. Floresville, which was ranked 12th in last week’s state poll, knocked off Leander by 60-43 in its area game Friday.

The Lady Eagles led by as many as 26 points late in the fourth quarter in the battle with Seguin (23-13) and drew praise in one very key area from Farney.

“The kids came ready to play,” Farney said of effort in which the Lady Eagles’ pressure was producing steals or forcing the Lady Matadors to pitch the ball outside the playing boundaries of the Lehman court. “The kids are playing better every games and that improvement is what you want to see at this point in the season.”

Georgetown posted 21 steals and turned 21 Seguin turnovers into 20 points.

As for Floresville, Farney said, “Very experienced and state ranked. I think their best two players are (6-foot senior post) Kristya Coldeway and (5-7 senior guard) Mary Stuart. The consensus is that Coldeway is best player in District 27-5A. Seguin and San Marcos beat Floresville in district play.”

Coldeway averaged 12.3 points and 7.6 rebounds a game during the Lady Tigers first 32 games. Hanna Knight, a 6-2 junior, is the leading scorer on the season with a 15.3 average.

The Lady Tigers are working on a fivegame winning streak since dropping backto-back games to San Marcos (66-63 in overtime) and Seguin (65-55). Floresville won the first two meetings with the Lady Rattlers and Lady Matadors by scores of 58-41 and 55-47, respectively.

Against Seguin, the fourth-place team in 27-5A, the Lady Eagles jumped to a 10-0 lead and were up 14-2 with one minute and 40 seconds to go in the first quarter, which ended at 14-9. The first half ended with GHS ahead, 28-10. Georgetown never let the lead fall under 11 points in the second Lady Eagles cont. on B3

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Eagles Faced LBJ After Vipers’ Bite

Jarrell senior Brea Wright (10) battles an Industrial player for a loose ball during Thursday’s area game.

Photo Russell Rinn

by Jon Whittemore

Advocate Correspondent

COUGARS BASKETBALL, FROM PAGE B1 Brea Wright and Julie Tucker combined for 53 of Jarrell’s 72 points against the Cobras. Wright had 29, raising her career total to 2,637 points and Tucker had 24. Wright also added 14 rebounds, six assists and four steals, while Tucker chipped in nine boards, six steals and two blocks. Lisa Gonzales contributed 9 points and six assists.

The Lady Cougars led 41-20 at the half and outscored the Cobras, 31-18,

in the second half.

This past Tuesday, coach Drew Sumner’s Cougars completed their 12-0 run through 25-3A with a 7143 victory over Florence.

Jarrell led 52-13 at the half.

TJ Sykes led the Cougars with 17 points, while Tucker Sansom and A.J. Smith added 14 and 10 points, respectively.

– Galen Wellnicki THURSDAY’S AREA GAME At Gonzales JARRELL 72, INDUSTRIAL 38 JARRELL (72) – Brea Wright 10-21

5-7 29, Julie Tucker 10-21 4-6 24, Jorden Vick 3-4 0-0 6, Lisa Gonzalez 4-7 0-0 9, Clare Sukup 0-1 0-0 0, Mikela Rountree 1-5 0-0 2, Ariana Enciso 0-4 0-0 0, Corinne Dundas 0-1 0-0 0, Katelyn Hernandez 1-1 0-0 2, Ciera Hernandez 0-2 0-0 0. Totals: 29-67 9-13 72.

Halftime: JHS, 41-20. 3-point shooting: JHS 5-17 (Wright 4-9, Gonzalez 1-4, Sukup 0-1, Rountree 0-1, Enciso 0-2). Rebounds: JHS 40 (Wright 14, Tucker 9, Vick 6, Rountree 5). Assists: JHS 20 (Wright 6, Gozalez 6). Steals: JHS 13 (Tucker 6, Wright 4). Blocks: 6 (Tucker 2, Vick 2, Wright, Rountree). Turnovers: JHS 13. Total fouls: JHS 11. Fouled out: none. Records: Jarrell, 30-3, Industrial, 16-13.

Source: Jarrell girls’ basketball.

East View Boys End Disappointing Season With Loss To Mustangs

by Jon Whittemore Advocate Correspondent

The East View boys basketball team ended its season much as it began... with a loss. Against co-cellar dwellers Marble Falls, the final score was 51-36 in favor of the Mustangs.

Both teams ended the 25-5A season with 1-13 records with both district wins coming against each other. Both teams successfully defended their homecourt advantage.

The Patriots started the season with a seven-game losing streak and ended it with an eight-game slide.

Suffering from inexperi-

ence, especially in the back court, and inconsistency at virtually every position all season long, East View never seemed to find its stride as it staggered to a 6-26 season record.

Through multiple starting lineup combinations and adjustments in player rotations, the Patriots would play competitively for short bursts then fall victim to their own mistakes. The result—a disappointing season for first-year coach Jason Jones and his team.

Against Marble Falls, freshman guard Zion Hester, who started most of the year, scored 15 points to lead the team, freshman

Mark Rodriguez, junior Justin Derr and senior John VerColen scored a basket each. Senior Dylan Derr chipped in 9 points. Austin Moreno had a free throw, as did senior post Brandon Garrett.

The team trailed by 5 after one quarter, and were down 15-23 at half. The third period standoff ended with East View outscoring Marble Falls 14-13, but the collapse in the fourth, being outscored 15-7, ended the rally and any hope for salvaging a final-game victory.

The Patriots and Mustangs finished five games behind sixth-place Dripping Springs.

After being sentenced to fourth place in the final 25-5A standings by a heartbreaking loss on the final night of the race, Georgetown played District 26-5A champion Austin LBJ in bi-district on Monday night at Pflugerville.

If Georgetown (20-12) upended LBJ (21-10), the Eagles will advance to the area round of the playoffs late in the week against either San Marcos (22-9) or San Antonio Lanier (19-13). The Rattlers and Voks played their bi-district game Tuesday night at New Braunfels Canyon.

“We just didn’t close them out,” a disappointed GHS coach Russell Miller said after the Eagles dropped a 59-58 decision to the Vipers after leading for three quarters on Tuesday night.

With an 11-point bulge beginning the final quarter, the Eagles went stone cold for six minutes and 20 seconds before finally scoring two free throws with 1:40 remaining in the game.

Their only other points in the final quarter came when, trailing by 3 with 4 seconds left, when sophomore guard Matt Taparauskas shot a 3-pointer from the left wing that bounced off and was put in by senior Dakota Cahill from short range. Cahill’s two pointer counted, but the game ended as the ball went through the net.The loss left the Eagles with a 9-5, a game behind Cedar Park and two games arear of Vista Ridge and Vandegrift.

The Eagles were confident they would win this game. They won the first three quarters handily and finished with four players in double figures.

But the protracted dry spell in the fourth did them in. The team scored only 4 points – two free throws

by Kaden Herbert (at 1:40) then the buzzer-beating put-back by Cahill – and committed four turnovers in the fourth.

“We had good energy,” continued Miller, who recently won the 300th career victory. “We’ve just gotta finish. After the game, I told them to ‘flush this one, forget it and let’s get ready for the playoffs’. We can’t dwell on this one and let it

FRIDAY (FEB. 12) 25-5A GAME At Dripping Springs GEORGETOWN 64, DRIPPING SPRINGS 40 GHS (64) -- Brock Gonzales 0-0 2-2 2, Kaden Herbert 1-5 2-2 5, Matt Taparauskas 0-1 0-0 0, Dakota Cahill 3-4 0-2 6, Ethen Campbell 2-2 0-0 6, Beau Corrales 3-7 6-8 12, Chandler Herman 8-12 2-4 23, Will Deitlein 0-0 0-0 0, Jeff Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Zak Kepner 5-6 0-0 10. Totals: 22-37 12-18 64.

Halftime: GHS, 31-17. 3-point shooting: GHS 8-16 (Herbert 1-3, Taparauskas 0-1, Campbell 2-2, Corrales 0-2, Herman 5-8). Rebounds: GHS 25 (Taparauskas 5, Corrales 5, Herbert 4, Herman 4). Assists: GHS 14 (Corrales 6, Herbert 3). Steals: GHS 3 (Corrales 2). Blocks: GHS 0.

Turnovers: GHS 10. Total fouls: GHS 14. Fouled out: none. Technical fouls: none. Records: Georgetown, 9-4 in 25-5A, 20-11; Dripping Springs, 5-8 in 25-5A, 14-18.

Georgetown’s Matt Taparauskas puts up a shot during this past Tuesday’s loss to Vandegrift.

Photo Russell Rinn

affect our next game too.”

The hard-fought fourth showed a defensive effort by the Eagles that allowed the Vipers only two baskets, but could not keep them off the foul line. The Vipers went to the line eight times in the final period while the Eagles made two trips. Viper guard Drayton Whiteside tallied 26 for the game including 13 in the final quarter. Whiteside was 10-10 on free throws down the stretch The Eagles were led in scoring by 6-foot-5 junior post Zak Kepner with 15 points. Kepner was joined in double figures by Herbert with 14, Chandler Herman with 13, and Beau Corrales with 10.

Kepner and the defensive minded Cahill (5-11) pulled down five rebounds each.

Herman pulled down seven boards to lead the team.

The game was the final regular-season game for seniors Brock Gonzales, Dakota Cahill, Jeff McVean, Logan Lester and Logan Olson.

If GHS advances that far, it will face either a San Marcos team that finished second in 27-5A with a 13-3 district reading or a Lanier squad that was third in 28-5A with a 12-4 mark.

TUESDAY’S DISTRICT 25-5A GAME At Eagle Gym VANDEGRIFT 59, GEORGETOWN 58 GHS (58) -- Gonzales 0-1 0-0 0, Herbert 4-5 2-2 14, Taparauskas 0-2 0-0 0, Cahill 2-4 0-0 4, Jeff McVean 0-0 0-0 0, Campbell 0-0 0-0 0, Corrales 4-8 2-7 10, Herman 4-12 3-4 13, Dietlein 0-0 0-0 0, Logan Lester 1-1 0-0 2, Logan Olson 0-0 0-0 0, Kepner 7-10 1-1 15. Totals: 22-43 8-14 58.

Halftime: GHS, 54-43. 3-point shooting: 6-14 (Gonzales 0-1, Herbert 4-5, Taparauskas 0-2, Herman 2-6).

Rebounds: GHS 22 (Cahill 6, Kepner 5). Assists: GHS 16 (Cahill 7). Steals: GHS 7 (Herman 3). Blocks: GHS 3 (Corrales, Herman, Kepner). Turnovers: GHS 19. Fouled out: Corrales.

Technical fouls: none. Records: Vandegrift, 11-3 in 25-5A, 21-11; Georgetown, 9-5 in 25-5A, 20-12.

DISTRICT 25-5A AT A GLANCE Final Standings -- x-Vista Ridge 11-3, x-Vandegrift 11-3, x-Cedar Park 10-4, x-Georgetown 9-5, Leander 7-7, Dripping Springs 6-8; East View 1-13, Marble Falls 1-13.

Tuesday’s games: Vandegrift 59, Georgetown 58; Marble Falls 51, East View 36.; Dripping Springs 47, Leander 45; Cedar Park 66, Vista Ridge 59. x--Clinched playoff berth.

(End of regular season) BI-DISTRICT GAMES Monday Georgetown vs. Austin LBJ, Pflugerville High, 7 p.m.

Tuesday Austin McCallum at Vista Ridge, 7:30 p.m.

Austin Reagan at Vandegrift, 7:30 p.m.

Cedar Park at Austin Lanier, 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio Jefferson vs.Boerne Champion, Littleton Gym, San Antonio, 7 p.m.

San Antonio Houston vs. Kerrville Tivy, Alamo Convocation Center, San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Alamo Heights vs. San Antonio Breckenridge, Alamo Convocation Center, San Antonio, 8 p.m.

San Marcos vs. San Antonio Lanier, New Braunfels Canyon, 7:30 p.m.

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Lady Jaguars Eliminate Patriots

by Allan Shiflet

Advocate Correspondent

Too many mistakes in the last two minutes blunted an East View comeback and were a major factor in the Patriots’ bi-district elimination from the Class 5A girls’ basketball playoffs in their opponent’s gym this past Tuesday night.

East View, the fourth-seeded team from 25-5A, fell 50-46 to District 26-5A champion Austin LBJ, which was still alive going into its Tuesday’s regional quarterfinal with fifth-ranked and defending regional champion Vista Ridge (31-4). The Lady Jaguars were 27-5 after besting Kerrville Tivy, 49-43, in their area game this past Friday.

The Patriots, who tied for third with Leander at 9-5 and then lost a seeding playoff to the Lady Lions, finished their season with a 17-15 record.

“We missed too many shots early and had to play from behind most of the game,” said East View coach Dave Walla, who had returned the Patriots to the playoffs after a one-season absence. “We showed a lot of heart to come back

Diamond Morrison dives for a loose ball in the third quarter of the Patriots bi-district game against Austin LBJ.

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against a talented team. We made too many late mistakes that cost us the win.”

The Jaguars used penetrating drives by super-quick guard Chantel Hardeman, scoring or dishing off to 6-foot-6 post Ashley Knight, an Alabama signee who led all scorers with 20 points. Hardeman added 11 points. Knight led the Jaguars on the boards with 11.

The Patriots led early at

4-2 with 6 minutes and 15 seconds to go in the first quarter, but trailed 20-12 after one of the Jaguars fired their jets in the closing minutes of the period.

The Jaguars opened the second quarter with a Knight put-back bucket, a foul shot and field goal by Hardeman to push out to their biggest lead of game at 25-12. East View fought back with a 3-pointer from the top of the key and a

10-foot jump shot by junior guard Emily Daniel and a couple of buckets by senior Abby Holland to close the gap to 29-22 with 12 seconds left before halftime.

In the first two minutes of the third quarter, LBJ’s Hardeman scored on two driving layups to push the lead back to 11 points at 35-24. Morrison made a couple of 3-pointers and Rachel Wisian hit an eightfoot jump shot from the

LADY EAGLES FROM PAGE B1 half. It was 46-29 after three, and the drama had left the gym, along with some of the spirit of a large Seguin following that filled most of the home side of the gym.

Georgetown shot 51 percent from the floor (22 of 43) with a strong 1-2 punch leading the way. Shooting from outside or driving to the bucket, junior Brooke Elliott led the way with 19 points and junior post Dee Day, showing a versatile

game, added 17 with a short-range jumper being a key weapon in her arsenal.

Elliott and Day also feed the attack with six and five assists, respectively.

Elliott and 6-0 senior Kendrick Clark made their presence felt on both offense and defense, controlling the flow of the game and often seemed to frustrate the Lady Matadors with their smooth-flowing movement. Senior Avery Kelly, back in the lineup

after missing a game with a foot injury, had six steals.

The frantic defensive movement and quickness of junior guard Taylor Elliott also produced problems for Seguin.

The 6-1 Day and senior Dori Brown had seven and six rebounds, respectively, as GHS posted a 31-19 edge on the boards despite the presence of Seguin’s 6-4 senior Winnie Miller.

The GHS defense limited Seguin to just 33 shot from

the floor of which it made 14. Haily Gil and Cortlin Buchanan, saddled with foul problems most of the game, each had 10 points for the Lady Matadors.

During the District 305A race, Victoria West and Victoria East traded victories. West won 61-47 in the first meeting and East took the second game 71-64.

Their Tuesday meeting was played at the Victoria ISD Events Center.

baseline to slice the lead to 39-32 by the end of the third quarter.

With 4:27 left in the game, Holland started the final East View rally when she got a rebound and drove the length of the court, finishing with a bucket and then converted a foul shot for an oldschool 3-point play. On the next possession, Daniel hit a 3-pointer to make it a one-possession game with LBJ’s advantage down to 43-40.

On the Jaguars’ next time down the court, Morrison stole the ball and drove for a layup to cut the lead to 1. With 3:14 remaining, Morrison drove the lane making a twisting lay-in bucket to give the Patriots the lead at 44-43. After LBJ got a 3-point play from Hardeman to take back the lead, Daniel pulled down a rebound and drove the length of the court to score and tie the game at 46 with 58 seconds to play.

In the last minute the Patriots made a couple passing mistakes and then missed an open shot with 16 seconds remaining for the tie.

Daniel led the Patriots’

EAST VIEW BOXSCORE TUESDAY’S BI-DISTRICT GAME At LBJ AUSTIN LBJ 50, EAST VIEW 46 EAST VIEW (46) – Paighton Corley 2-3 0-0 4, Diamond Morrison 4-12 0-1 9, Emily Daniel 6-10 0-0 15, Kim Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Rachel Wisian 2-9 1-4 5, Lina Mendoza 0-0 0-0 0, Abby Holland 5-17 3-3 13, Keely Wallis 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 19-52 4-8 46.

LBJ (50) – Aleriah 1-3 0-0 2, R. Hardeman 4-4 1-1 9, D. Cain 0-1 0-0 0, Thompson 0-1 0-0 0, Alyssa Jackson 4-5 0-1 8, Frohm 0-1 0-0 0, Chantel Hardeman 5-20 1-2, Ashley Knight 7-10 6-9 20. Totals: 21-45 8-13 50.

Halftime: LBJ, 30-22. 3-point shooting: EV 4-11 (Morrison 1-2, Daniel 3-6, Holland 0-3); LBJ 0-1 (Jackson 0-1).

Rebounds: EV 30 (Wisian 10, Holland 7); LBJ 26 (Knight 11).

Assists: EV 9 (Morrison 4); LBJ 9 (C. Hardeman 6). Steals: EV 9 (Morrison 5); LBJ 6 (Knight 3).

Block: EV 4 (Hubbard 2); LBJ 2 (Thompson, Knight). Turnovers: EV 19, LBJ 13. Total fouls: EV 15, LBJ 9. Fouled out: none.

Technical fouls: EV 1. Records: East View 17-15; LBJ 26-5.

scoring with 15 points, while Holland had 13 points and seven rebounds, Wisian contributed 10 rebounds.

The Jaguars outshoot East View from the floor 46.7 percent (21 of 45) to 36.5 percent (19 of 52).

Brooke Elliott glides in for a layup Friday night against Seguin. The junior guard had 19 points in the Lady Eagles 65-43 win. Photo: Russell Rinn

Region IV-5A Girls Basketball Update FRIDAY’S AREA GAME At Kyle Lehman GEORGETOWN 65, SEGUIN 43 GHS (65) – Brooke Elliott 7-9 1-1 19, Dori Brown 0-0 5-8 5, Kendrick Clark 2-3 2-2 6, Taylor Green 1-6 3-6 6, Taylor Elliott 0-1 1-3 1, Sandi Harris 0-0 2-4 2, Jaelyn Knight 0-0 1-2 1, Avery Kelly 2-6 0-0 4, Dee Day 8-12 1-2 17, Olivia Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Emily Jones 2-6 0-0 4. Totals: 22-43 16-28 65.

SEGUIN (43) – Haily Gil 2-5 4-4 10, Aliya Ramon 1-1 1-2 3, Kristen Bode

1-2 0-0 2, Renae Ramon 0-4 0-1 0, Cortlin Buchanan 3-10 3-4 10, Darriall Wilson 0-0 0-0 0, Leandra Priestly 0-1 1-2 1, Desiray Rodriguez 2-2 2-2 6, Robin Hawkins 1-4 1-2 3, Winnie Miller 4-5 0-4 8. Totals: 14-33 12-21 43.

Halftime: GHS, 28-18. 3-point shooting: GHS 5-13 (B. Elliott 4-5, Clark 0-1, Green 1-5, T. Elliott 0-1, Kelly 0-1); SEG 3-9 (Gil 2-3, R. Ramon 0-4, Buchanan 1-2). Rebounds: GHS 31 (Day 7, Brown 6, T. Elliott 4, Jones 4); SEG 19 (Miller 6, Bode

5). Assists: GHS 23 (B. Elliott 6, Day 5, T. Elliott 4). Steals: GHS 21 (Kelly 6, Day 5, Clark 3). Blocks: GHS 1 (Clark); SEG 1 (Miller). Turnovers: GHS 8, SEG 21. Total fouls: GHS 15, SEG 25. Fouled out: SEG, R. Ramon (:23, fourth). Technical fouls: none.

Records: Georgetown, 22-10; Seguin, 23-13.

DISTRICT 25-5A AT A GLANCE Final standings: x-Vista Ridge 14-0, x-Georgetown 12-2, x-East View 8-6, x-Leander 8-6, Vandegrift 6-8, Cedar

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DISTRICT SEEDING GAME Leander 45, East View 41 REGION IV-5A PLAYOFFS BI-DISTRICT ROUND Georgetown 68, Bastrop Cedar Creek 33; Leander 66, Bastrop 57; Vista Ridge 90, Austin Crockett 34; Austin LBJ 50, East View 46; Seguin 73, San Antonio Highlands 69; Kerrville Tivy 70, Harlandale 54; San Antonio Lanier 73, San Marcos 56; Floresville 70, San Antonio Brackenridge 55; Victoria West 55, San Antonio Southside 51; Victoria East 66, Laredo Nixon 57; Rio Grande City 55, Brownsville Pace 53; Corpus Christi Flour Bluff 74, Laredo Martin 42; Edinburg Vela 41, Mercedes 37; Sharyland 59, Edcouch-Elsa 32; Mission Veterans Memorial 55, PSJA 40; Laredo Cigarroa 57, Alice 50.

AREA ROUND (In bracket order) Georgetown 65, Seguin 43; Floresville 60, Leander 43; Victoria East 59, Edinburg Vela 52; Victoria West 75, Sharyland 41; Austin LBJ 48, Kerrville Tivy 43; Vista Ridge 105, San Antonio Lanier 54; CC Flour Bluff 59, Mission Veterans Memorial 36; Laredo Cigarroa 43, Rio Grande City 31.

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REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS (In bracket order) GHS (22-10) vs. Floresville (28-5), 7 p.m. Tuesday, Buda Hays Victoria East (18-13) vs. Victoria West (24-11), 6 p.m. Tuesday, Victoria ISD Events Center Austin LBJ (27-5) vs. Vista Ridge (31-4), 6 p.m. Tuesday, Pflugerville Connally Corpus Christi Flour Bluff (29-6) vs. Laredo Cigarroa (33-6), 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Steinke Physical Education Center, Kingsville.

REGION IV-5A TOURNAMENT At Littleton Gym, San Antonio Friday’s semifinals 6 p.m. – GHS-Floresville winner vs.

Victoria East-Victoria West winner 8 p.m. – Vista Ridge-Austin LBJ winner vs. CC Flour Bluff-Laredo Cigarroa winner Saturday’s finals 2 p.m. – semifinal winners.

Photo: Russell Rinn Georgetown junior Dee Day tries to go between two Seguin players during the victory that moved the Lady Eagles into the quarterfinals.

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GHS, EV Remain In Playoff Picture

By Taylor Wiseman

Advocate Sports Staff

Georgetown and East View both scored within the first four minutes of a game this week. The Lady Eagles are now 3-2-3 in 25-5A, while the Patriots sit at 3-5-0 with six playing dates remaining during the district campaign.

The Lady Eagles traveled to Vandegrift on Tuesday night and lost 2-0. On Friday, Georgetown hosted Leander and won 3-0. The Lady Patriots got a win at home on Tuesday against Marble Falls, 4-2, but lost 7-0 to host Vandegrift on Friday.

This week, Georgetown played at Cedar Park on Tuesday, while East View took on Vista Ridge at home. The Lady Eagles look to keep their home winning streak alive on Friday against Marble Falls and East View travels to Dripping Springs. On Tuesday, March 1, East View entertains Georgetown. All 25-5A games begin at 7:15 p.m.

Georgetown put up a fight and kept the game scoreless for 65 minutes against Vandegrift, the Lady Vipers found the net twice in the final 15 minutes.

On Friday, the Lady Eagles scored with 36 minutes and 7 seconds left in the first half. Junior Baylee Ford sent in a corner kick

that curved into the net.

With 4:24 left in the first half, senior Payton Nunez received a yellow card. The Lady Eagles went in at the half with a 1-0 lead.

GHS continued to shoot, but struggled to put one past Leander’s keeper.

Finally, with 9:15 left on the clock, sophomore Sara Elston dribbled 35 yards to score. The assist came from sophomore Ashley Thiel.

The Lady Eagles weren’t done. Georgetown was awarded a free kick at the 25-yard line with 28 seconds left to play. Ford took the kick and sent it past the keeper.

“Multiple goals in multiple games, multiple assists in multiple games and probably the best defender in the district,” coach Sam McCutchen said of Ford’s recent scoring. “She leads the team in goals scored and assists.”

Junior Kaylee Spielman put the Lady Patriots up 1-0 just three minutes into the Marble Falls game when she found the net off an assist from junior Tara Abraham.

East View continued to take shots and found the net again with 23:46 left in the first half. Abraham scored the goal off an assist by senior Taylor Marques.

Abraham was at it again just 10 minutes later when she sent a shot past the keeper to put the Lady Patriots up 3-0. Junior Bailey

Aleman got the assist.

Marble Falls didn’t give up. With 1:51 seconds remaining, the Lady Mustangs scored, bringing the score to 3-1 at the half.

In the second half, East View was unsuccessful with three shots on goal, one coming off the crossbar. The Lady Mustangs took advantage of the misses and scored another goal to cut the Patriots’ lead to 3-2.

East View tried to put the game out of reach with seven shots, but were unlucky until Abraham managed to put one away to give the her a hat trick and a victory for the Patriots.

“I was really happy and excited because I never score,” Abraham said on her hat trick.

The Patriots kept the Lady Vipers scoreless for most of the first half, but Vandegrift found a way to put two on the board going into halftime.

Vandegrift came out and added two more to go up 4-0 with 36:31 seconds left in the match. The Lady Vipers added three more goals to finish the one-sided win.

“I’m excited,” Abraham said of the Patriots’ position in the district chase.

“Last year going into the second half, we really had no hope for playoffs and I feel like it’s (a playoff shot) making us work better.”

Georgetown, East View Capture Titles In Mini-Powerlifting Competitions Georgetown edged East View, 46-44, for first place in a four-school boys powerlifting mini-meet on Thursday in the Big Room on the GHS campus.

In a girls-four-school mini-meet at the same site on Wednesday, East View outscored runner-up Caldwell, 46-24. GHS was fourth with 18 points.

This past Friday was the deadline for girls to qualify for their respective regional meets. East View and GHS are in Region II. That regional meet is scheduled for March 5 at Kyle Lehman.

THURSDAY’S GISD BOYS MINI MEET At GHS Big Room (GISD athletes in top three places)

Team standings

Georgetown 46, East View 44, Liberty Hill 30, Smithville 27, Georgetown No. 2 3.

114 -- 1. Michael Guerrero, EV, 310185-325-800; 3. Hayden Hughes, GHS, 225-115-185--525. 123 -- No qualifying lifter. 132 -- 2. Michael Marullo, EV, 305-190-285--780; 3.

Jack Schneeman, GHS, 205-150275--630. 148 -- Eduardo Perez, GHS, 395-200-410--1,005; 3. Christopher Brenham, GHS, 350-190-350-890. 165 -- 2. Javon Burrell, EV, 390-190-380--950; 3. Colton Harris, EV, 315-190-335--840. 181 --1. Matt May, GHS, 365-2230-405--1,000; 3. Walker Fain, GHS, 365-195-345-905. 198 -- 1. Austin Naiser, EV, 420-295-430--1,145. 220 -- 1. David Matta, GHS, 475-240-445--1,160; 2.

Brandon Salazar, EV, 410-305-440-1,155; 3. Jonathan Willett, EV, 450275-425--1,150. 242 -- 1. Hunter Creasey, GHS, 500-280-530--1,310; 3. Dameion Cavazos, GHS, 495-315415--1,225. 275 -- 1. Allan Edelman, EV, 515-320-495--1,330; 3. Jacobie Coleman, GHS, 375-235-400--1,010.

Super heavyweight -- 1. Anthony

Rishton, GHS, 530-305-470--1,305.

WEDNESDAY’S GISD GIRLS MINI MEET At GHS Big Room (GISD athletes in top three places)

Team standings

East View 46, Caldwell 24, Smithville 20, Georgetown 18.

97 -- 2. Kelsey White, EV, 155-85175--415. 105 -- 1. Le Uyen Do, EV, 250-130-270-650; 3. Alisha Johnson, GHS, 100-60-140--300.

114 -- No qualifying lifter. 123 -- 1.

Allyson Fawley, GHS, 235-120-230-585. 132 -- 1. Aileen Andrew, EV, 255-150-285--690; 3. Lexi Parrish, GHS, 195-105-245--545. 148 -- 2.

Kaylee Spielman, EV, 195-100-225-520. 165 -- 1. Amber Garcia, EV, 265-105-300--670. 181 -- No GISD placers in top three. 198 -- 1. Shelby Edwards, EV, 315-165-310--790. 220 -- 1. Nahiley Santana, EV, 265-125245--635. 2. Macy Vasquez, GHS, 245-125-245--615. 220-plus: No GISD entries.

Junior Muiller Avila was a key figure for East View boys soccer this past week.

Photo: Russell Rinn

GISD Boys Soccer Teams Struggle It was a less than pleasant week for GISD boys soccer teams. East View split a pair of games, and problem-plagued Georgetown dropped two games.

East View, now 4-2-2 (14 points), opened the week this past Tuesday with a 4-2 victory over Marble Falls, but lost 2-1 to Vandegrift on a penalty kick in Friday’s home contest With head coach Wes Kidd on administrative leave and several players suspended for both games this past week, GHS fell 3-1 to both Vandegrift on Tuesday and Leander on Friday. The Eagles stand 2-3-3 (9 points) in district.

The action on the Eagles was made while the GISD investigates the report of an incident on an overnight road trip to the Kilt Cup at The Woodlands in January. Assistant coach Chuck Griffin currently

is the interim GHS soccer coach. The investigation is expected to be completed in the near future.

In the first two minutes in the match at Marble Falls, freshman Beto Avila was fouled in the box and junior Muiller Avila score on the resulting penalty kick. The Mustangs tied the score, but the Patriots came back on a cross from junior Ronnie Guerrero to M. Avila, who headed the ball in to put EV back on top. Marble Falls used a penalty-kick goal to deadlock the game again at 2-2.

The physical nature of the match continued with Mustangs player receiving a red card. The Patriots took the lead for good at 3-2 when senior Jason Martin scored off an assist

by M. Avila. Freshman Reed Honshtein concluded the scoring with a goal off an assist by Guerrero.

At home against the Vipers, Honshtein scored the opening goal with 16 minutes remaining off an assist by freshman Beto Avila. Vandegrift tied it with 29 minutes left in the match off a corner kick.

The Vipers scored the deciding goal on a penalty kick with 10:50 to go.

In the loss to Vandegrift at home on Tuesday, Georgetown’s Jorge Barajas scored on a strong kick in the final eight minutes of the first half. The Vipers got goals from Sam Brablos and Austin Murrow in the first half, and added a penalty kick by Santi Munoz early in the second half. Seven Eagles were suspended for the contest.

In Friday’s loss to Leander, Barajas scored the Eagles’ only goal.

—Galen Wellnicki

Newman, Wright Post Wins At Chaps Pole vaulter Hannah Newman and hurdler Destiny Wright paced Georgetown’s showing at Austin Westlake’s Chaps Relays this past Saturday.

Newman won the pole vault with a best of 11 feet.

Wright took first in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 48.07, and she was second in the 100 hurdles

with a time of 16.10.

This week, East View will compete in the Bulldog Relays at Burnet on Thursday and GHS will be in Belton’s Big Red Relays on Saturday.

Georgetown’s other results from the Chaps relays: GIRLS Team standings – Westlake 106, Rouse 97, Vandegrift 80, McNeil 74, Lake Travis 62, Austin SFA 42,

Georgetown 32, Cedar Park 28, Cedar Ridge 26, Hendrickson 22, Austin Anderson 18, Leander 17, Ann Richards 16.

3,200 – 4. McKenzie Hargrove, 11:41.55.

BOYS Team standings – McNeil 104, Lake Travis 88, Hendrickson 81, Cedar Ridge 76, Leander 75, Westlake 75, Anderson 32, Cedar Park 31, Austin SFA 32, Vandegrift 16, Rouse 14, Georgetown 6.

Shot put – 4. Hunter Creasey, 45-8.

High jump – 6. Romain Cain, 5-8.

3,200 – 6. Colin Turner, 11:55.

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GHS, EV Baseballers Set For Action

By Galen Wellnicki

Both Georgetown and East View are looking for strong performances during the high school baseball season, which opens for both teams this Thursday through Friday in the Georgetown First Pitch Classic on the Eagles’ and Patriots’ home fields.

Coach Adam Foster’s Eagles made it to the 5A state finals last season after finishing second in highly competitive District 25-5A and coach Matt Pullin’s Patriots are eying drastic improvement over last season’s campaign, which included a sixth-place finish in 25-5A. “Over the last three scrimmages we have really started to establish roles and have started building that all important team chemistry,” Foster said.

“We are excited about the team we are building. We believe we will compete for a district title and go to the playoffs ready to compete for another trip 16 miles away to the Dell Diamond.”

At East View, Pullin said, “If we can stay healthy, I like the makeup of this team. We have a good chance to put a really good lineup together from top to bottom. We will always pride ourselves with pitchers throwing strikes and playing good defense.”

East View will play five games in the season-opening tournament – Thursday: Lubbock Monterey, 9 a.m.; The Woodlands College Park, 4:30 p.m.; Friday: Flower Mound Marcus, 10 a.m.; Rockwall Heath, 5:30 p.m.; Saturday: Canyon Randall, 8:30 a.m.

GHS will play six games at Eagle Baseball Field – Thursday: Canyon Randall, 11:30 a.m.; Rockwall Heath, 7 p.m.; Friday: Lubbock Monterey, 2 p.m.; The Woodlands College Park, 7 p.m.; Saturday: Flower Mound Marcos, 1:30 p.m.; Waco Midway, 4 p.m.

The 25-5A race will open on March 15 with a team

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Ty Marquee moves from third base to shortstop this season for the Eagles Photo: Russell Rinn

Sports Editor

EAST VIEW PATRIOTS VARSITY Coach: Matt Pullen FEBRUARY Non-District 25-27 -- Georgetown First Pitch Classic (Thursday: Lubbock Monterey, 9 a.m.; The Woodlands College Park, 4:30 p.m.

Friday: Flower Mound Marcus, 10 a.m.; Rockwall Heath, 5:30 p.m. Saturday -- Canyon Randall, 8:30 a.m.).

MARCH 3-5 -- At Austin ISD Tournament, TBA 10-12 -- East View/Pflugerville Connally Tournament/TBA District 25-5A 15 -- Vandegrift, 7 p.m. 17 -- at Vandegrift, 7 p.m. 22 -- at Vista Ridge, 7 p.m. 24 -- Vista Ridge, 7 p.m. 29 -- Dripping Springs, 7 p.m.

playing a two-game series with the same opponent each week. GHS opens with Leander and East View faces Vandegrift.

A look at the teams: EAST VIEW PATRIOTS Last year’s record: 8-181 (4-10 in district).

Top returnees: Corbin Truslow, senior, first-team all-district designated hitter last year; Aaron Parks, junior pitcher; Cole Cantu, senior, second baseman; Mason Tindall, junior center field, all-district honorable mention last year; Jacob Dauer, senior pitcher/ infielder.

Promising newcomers: Chase Cutler, junior pitcher; Ronnie Bailey, junior catcher; Chad Williams, junior infielder/pitcher; Dalton Westbrook, junior right fielder.

Team strengths: A lot of innings on the mound return from last year’s group... ability to manufacture runs.

Preseason concerns: Remaining healthy.

An area-by-area look at the Patriots: Pitching – Parks, Cutler and Dauer will compete during non-district for starting spots in 25-5A action.

Catching – Bailey and Juan Sanchez are compet-

ing for playing time.

Middle infield – Cantu will be at second . . . A mixture of players competing at shortstop.

Corner infielders – Dauer and Truslow will be on the corners. Chad Williams will be in mix when others are pitching.

Outfield – Tyndall in center, Westbrook in right and Parks, Cutler, Reed Ritchey and Garret Sansom will compete for playing time in left.

How does Pullin see the 25-5A race: “BATTLE! Each game will be a dog fight. If there is a better district top to bottom, I would love to see it.”

GEORGETOWN EAGLES

Last year’s record: 27-13 (11-3 in district), beat Aledo in state semifinals, lost to Prosper in the finals.

Top returnees: Ty Markee, senior shortstop, first-team all-district third base as junior (.312 BA, 21 RBI, 13 extra-base hits); Brady Childress, senior pitcher/first base, all-district second-team first base last year (3-5 record, 3.08 ERA, 1 save); Daniel Lewis, senior closer, second-team all-district and second-team all-state (6-0 record, 4 saves); Tyler Mendoza, senior, second

base, district Newcomer of the Year; Parker Tadlock, junior outfielder (.333 BA, .458 OBP, 13 RBI).

Top newcomers: Cade Sill, junior outfielder; Robbie Isenhour, junior catcher; Garrett Conlan, senior third base.

Team strengths: Ability to play catch and punch the strike zone with fastballs, which allow the defense to do their jobs. Foster says, “Our offensive strength is our ability to take advantage of a defense that can’t play catch, sometimes that is with a bat and sometimes it is just our relentless base running”.

Preseason concerns: How will underclassmen handle the speed of the game at the varsity level?

“Will they have the ability to take the scoreboard, fans, umpires and opponent out of the equation and focus on the process?”

Foster asks.

An area-by-area look at the Eagles: Pitching – Childress and Lewis return with varsity experience. The Eagles could take some lumps early as younger players fit in the pitcher picture. Foster says, “We expect for Brady to be one of our starters and Daniel to come in in any

situation and get us out of it.” He listed six other arms on his questionnaire – junior Justin Murphy, junior Ryan McDonnell, junior Chris Harrington, senior Austin Weaver, junior Jack Engleman and junior Trent Baker.

Catching – Isenhour, who saw a lot of time on the varsity last year, and sophomore Cole Moore will be competing for playing time.

Middle infielders – Mendoza returns at second, and Markee moves from third to short. Both are strong defenders, who should add zip to the top of the lineup.

Corner infielders – Foster says the Eagles are as solid as “we’ve ever had.”

Three players are rotating at first and third – Conlan, a letterman, is at third, junior Harrison Magee will play both positions and Moore will play first when not behind the plate.

Outfield – Tadlock is the only experienced outfielder returning and will be in center after a strong playoff campaign last year.

Childress, sophomore Ryan Neitsch, junior Alex Cornman, senior Jace Arrietta and Sill are competing for the other two spots.

APRIL 1 -- at Dripping Springs, 7 p.m.

5 -- at Georgetown, 7 p.m. 8 -- Georgetown, 7 p.m. 12-- at Leander, 7 p.m. 15 -- Leander, 7 p.m. 19 -- Cedar Park, 7 p.m. 22 -- at Cedar Park, 7 p.m. 26 -- at Marble Falls, 7 p.m. 29 --Marble Falls, 7 p.m.

GEORGETOWN EAGLES Coach: Adam Foster FEBRUARY Non-District 25-27 -- Georgetown First Pitch Classic (Thursday: Canyon Randall, 11:30 a.m.; Rockwall Heath, 7 p.m. Friday -- Lubbock Monterey, 2 p.m.; The Woodlands College Park, 7 p.m.

Saturday -- Flower Mound Marcos, 1:30 p.m.; Waco Midway, 4 p.m.).

MARCH 3-5 -- at Brenham Tournament, TBA. 3-10 -- Wings-n-More Classic, The Woodlands, College Park, TBA. District 25-5A 15 -- at Leander, 7 p.m. 17 -- Leander, 7 p.m. 22 -- Cedar Park, 7 p.m. 24 -- at Cedar Park, 7 p.m. 29 -- at Marble Falls, 7 p.m.

APRIL 1 -- Marble Falls, 7 p.m. 5 -- East View, 7 p.m. 8 -- at East View, 7 p.m. 12 -- Vista Ridge, 7 p.m. 15 -- at Vista Ridge, 7 p.m.

19 -- at Dripping Springs, 7 p.m.

22 -- Dripping Springs, 7 p.m.

26 -- Vandegrift, 7 p.m. 29 -- at Vandegrift, 7 p.m.

How does Foster see the 25-5A race: “This is a very competitive district and without playing any games yet, I would say that Cedar Park, Vandegrift, Vista Ridge and Dripping Springs will compete with us for the district title. In this district, you have to be ready to play every night or you will walk away disappointed with the outcome.”

EV Wins At Killeen, Now Open in GHS Starts Slowly Round Rock!

East View and Georgetown opened their softball seasons at tournaments this past weekend. The Patriots went 3-0 in winning the Killeen ISD Tournament, while Georgetown was 1-4 against a strong field in the Bryan-College Station Tournament.

This week, East View will host its Patriots Classic on Thursday through Saturday and Georgetown will travel to the Allen Tournament on Thursday through Saturday.

East View won the KISD championship game, 10-0, over Florence behind Taryn Westbrook’s no hitter as well as her 3-run homer .

Westbrook had 11 strikeouts in her six innings of work.

In earlier games, East View beat Waco Midway, 6-0, in the first round of bracket play powered

by Shelby Edwards’ first inning three-run home run and Ashley O’Daniel’s three hits. Westbrook was the winning pitcher, recording five strikeouts in four innings. The Patriots downed Waco University, 3-2, in the semifinals, 3 runs on only four hits.

Westbrook was the winning pitcher.

Georgetown opened their season with an 8-4 loss at Rouse on Tuesday night prior to leaving for the tournament. Megan McDonald had three hits, but the Eagles’ effort was crippled by six errors.

McDonald had three hits as the Eagles fell to Santa

Fe 12-2 in their tournament opener. In its second game, Georgetown bested Lewisville, 2-1, behind Jacqueline Kay’s pitching. Cory Turner’s 2-run single in the first inning, one of her two hits in the game, was all the offense the Eagles needed. Next GHS lost to Cypress Ridge, 7-3, and Brazoswood, 7-3, despite Taylor Ellsworth’s 3-run home run. Kay’s best efforts in shut-down relief pitching and a 2-run single early were not enough as the Eagles dropped their final tournament game to Huntsville, 9-3.

– Allan Shiflet

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UIL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Wrestling: Eagles’ Davis Places Third at 160 Pounds

Swimming: Hartsell Takes Fifth In 100 Breaststroke

Georgetown junior Seth Davis lost his first match in the 160-pound weight class on the 5A bracket of the UIL State Wrestling Championships on Friday and Saturday at the Barry Center in Cypress.

However, Davis, in his first season at GHS, came back to win five consecutive matches in the consolation bracket (four decisions and a forfeit) to finish third. Ironically, he won the bronze with a 1-0 decision over McKinney North’s Cristian Mendez, the opponent that bounced him into the consolation bracket with a 6-3 decision.

In the first four matches of his comeback, Davis won decisions by scores of 7-4, 5-0 and 8-5 along with a forfeit in the second round of consolation. Davis, the runner-up in Region IV-5A, finished with a 34-6 record.

Georgetown sophomore Luke Carlin at 170 pounds and East View

Georgetown junior Rehgan Hartsell turned in the top performance by a GISD athlete in the UIL State Swimming and Diving Championships this past Friday and Saturday at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center in Austin.

Hartsell finished fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke finals on Saturday with a time of one minute and 5.53 seconds, finishing well behind the meet-record-setting 1:01.78 by Rachel Ramey of Frisco Heritage. Ramey had originally bested the existing record in Friday’s prelims with a 1:01.90.

Hartsell, who placed fourth in the finals at state last season, had the fourth-fastest qualifying mark in Friday’s prelims with a 1:05.48. In the finals, she missed fourth place by .02 of a second and third place by .97 of a second.

Two other GISD athletes placed seventh in Saturday’s finals after

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junior Alan Velazquez at 285 were both eliminated in the second round of consolation. Eagles’ sophomore Brandon Lee at 106 lost his first two matches.

The Eagles tied for 37th with Huntsville and Carrollton Creekview with 16 points each in a field of 72 scoring teams.

East View tied for 70th with one point, Rockwall Heath edged Frisco Centennial, 105-101, for the team title with Canyon Randall third at 91.5.

Vandegrift was the top finisher among District 13-5A teams in an 11thplace tie with Bushland.

– Galen Wellnicki

At Barry Center, Cypress 106 First round – Garrett George, College Station A&M Consolidated, pin Brandon Lee, GHS, 3:48. First round consolation – Broderick Green, Frisco Heritage, Canyon Randall, dec. Lee, technical fall, 16-0.

160 First round – Cristian Mendez, McKinney North, dec. Seth Davis, GHS, 6-3. First round consolation – Davis dec. Austin Breaux, Frisco Wakeland, 7-4. Second round consolation – Davis def.

Daniel Carpenter, Vernon, forfeit.

Consolation quarterfinals – Davis dec. Noah Howsmon, Bushland, 5-0. Consolation semifinals – Davis dec. Nathan Bennett, Carrollton Creekview, 8-5. Third place – Davis dec. Mendez, 1-0.

170 First round – Jonathan River, Fort Worth Carter-Riverside, pin Luke Carlin, GHS, 3:14. First round consolation – Carlin dec.

Chime Jiwuaku, Rosenburg Lamar Consolidated, 6-4. Second round consolation – Garret Johnson, Bushland, def. Carlin, major decision, 12-3.

285 First round – Nwankwo Nwankwo, Richmond Foster, dec. Alan Velazquez, EV, 9-2. First round consolation – Velazquez dec. Rejay Loanis, Fort Worth Boswell, 3-1.

Second round consolation – Marcus Smith, Amarillo Caprock, pin Velazquez, 2:04.

posting the eighth-fastest times in Friday’s preliminaries. East View sophomore Emilie Parks posted a time of 1:53.87 in the 200 girls freestyle.

The winning clocking was a 1:47.23 by Gabriella Kopenski of Prosper. GHS freshman Greyson Alarcon recorded a 52.92 in the 100 boys’ butterfly, which was won by Dripping Springs senior Micha Slaton in 48.87.

Georgetown also had two entries in Saturday’s consolation races. The girls 200 medley relay of junior Hannah Ignacia, Hartsell, senior Rylan Slocum and freshman Cierra Scully was 12th win a 1:53.97 after posting the 11th-fastest time on Friday. The state title was won by Houston Stratford in 1:48.13 and Alamo Heights prevailed in the consolation race with a 1:50.95. Alarcon, who qualified 11th Friday, finished 15th in the consolation final of the boys’ 500 freestyle with a 4:53.01.

Frisco Wakeland’s Sam Kline took the state crown with a 4:28.67 and Daniel Rutledge of Grapevine won the consolation race in 4:50.89.

Hartsell was the GISD’s only automatic qualifier for the meet. The district’s other four entries were call-ups on the basis of their non-winning regional performances.

Georgetown placed 28 among 56 scoring schools in the girls’ team race with 24 points and East View was 39th with 20.

The GHS boys were 29th among 54 scoring teams with 14 points.

– Galen Wellnicki Top girls team finishers – Frisco, 187; Houston Stratford, 156.5; College Station A&M Consolidated, 137; Magnolia, 131; Alamo Heights, 123; Magnolia West, 114; Rockwall Heath, 110; Frisco Reedy, 107; Vandegrift, 106, Cedar Park, 101.

Top boys team finishers – Vandegrift, 189; Frisco, 172; Houston Stratford, 150; Grapevine, 149; Humble Kingwood Park, 140; Frisco Liberty, 129; College Station A&M Consolidated, 128; Mansfield Legacy, 111.5; Boerne Champion, 103; Frisco Wakeland, 89.

UIL Denies Pflugerville Connally’s Appeal To Leave District 19-5A The District Assignment Appeals Committee of the University Interscholastic League denied Pflugerville Connally’s appeal of the recently announced biennial realignment on Thursday. It was one of 19 cases heard by the committee, composed of UIL Legislative Council members.

Connally was hoping to move from nine-team District 19-5A to seven-team District 25-5A, citing its proximity to the district composed entirely of Austin ISD schools as its prime reason for requesting the switch.

Both districts involved, reportedly, had voted

against the proposed move, including a 7-1 count by the other 19-5A schools.

The Cougars will remain in 19-5A with Georgetown, East View, Bastrop, Bastrop Cedar Creek, Cedar Park, Rouse, Elgin and Hutto.

The decision allows 195A schools to finalize foot-

ball schedules that were informally set on Monday, Feb. 1, the day the realignment was announced. The signing of contracts for football games can now be consummated.

District 19-5A schools will now play 16-game double-round-robin schedules in other major

team sports with two byes, calling for 18 playing dates instead of the 14 in the previous eight-team alignments.

A district organizational meeting to organize the other sports and handle district administrative issues is scheduled for Wednesday, March 2. GISD athletics

director Todd York is the district chairman.

Three other Central Texas schools also had their appeals denied -- Buda Hays, Kyle Lehman and Lockhart.

– Galen Wellnicki

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PLAYOFF BASKETBALL ACTION

Above: East View’s Abby Holland battles an Austin LBJ player for a loose ball during the Patriots 50-46 bi-district loss to the Jaguars Monday night. Story page 3.

Below: Georgetown players (left to right) Brooke Elliott, Taylor Elliott, Kendrick Clark, Avery Kelly, and Dee Day huddle while waiting for Seguin to return to the court during their area-round victory Friday night at Kyle Lehman. The Lady Eagles defeated the Lady Matadors, 65-43. Story page 1.

Photos: Russell Rinn

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Pirates Men Claim Third Seed In SCAC

Southwestern’s men’s basketball team closed the regular season with flair, defeating Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference-leading Texas Lutheran, 83-81, in overtime this past Saturday at the Robertson Center.

The Pirates closed the regular season at 13-12 (10-4 in the SCAC). They head into the conference tournament this weekend in Shreveport, La., as the No. 3 seed. They will play No. 6 seed Austin College in the quarterfinals at 3 p.m.

The Bulldogs tied the game at 73 on Paris Marquez’s 3-pointer with 22 seconds remaining to force overtime. Zachary Whitlock’s layup with 1:47 left in overtime gave SU the lead that they would never lose.

Whitlock scored 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Chris Lee, Karrey Sanders and Ryan Ogden added 16, 12 and 11 points, respectively. Ogden had 10 boards.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: SU seniors Audrey Garcia and Brianna Turney led in scoring on Senior Night as the Pirates closed the regular season with a 74-50 loss to TLU. Turney had 12 points and Garcia 10.

The Pirates finished the regular season at 8-17 (5-9 in the SCAC). They move into the SCAC Tournament this weekend as the No. 5 seed. They will play No. 4 seed Texas Lutheran in the quarterfinals at 5 p.m.

Friday.

BASEBALL: The Pirates (2-8) lost two games to Centenary (8-2) in a threegame non-conference series this past weekend. SU won Friday’s opener over the Gents, 9-7, but were swept on Saturday, 13-12 in 10

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innings and 5-2.

The Pirates will face Concordia in a three-game series this weekend. SU will host a single game at 6 p.m. Friday at Rockwell Field with a doubleheader set for Concordia at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

SU pounded out 16 hits and held off a late rally to win the opener. Ethan Hallmark led the offensive charge for the Pirates with a 3-for-5 effort that included two doubles and two RBI. In the first game Saturday, the Pirates trailed 11-4, but scored 5 runs in the eighth inning and 2 more in the ninth to pull even.

However, the Gents placed 2 runs in the top of the 10th to take a 13-11 lead. In the bottom of the inning, SU scored a run on a throwing error and had the tying run at third base before Centenary got the third out on a grounder.

The Pirates stroked 16 hits with Ethan Luna going 4-for-5 with two doubles, a homer and 3 RBI. In the nightcap, Kaleb Kirk went the distance and struck out nine to pick up the win for the Gents.

The right-hander scattered seven hits.

SOFTBALL: SU (4-4) broke even this week. They dropped a doubleheader to Concordia, 6-4, 3-2, this past Wednesday, and then swept Our Lady of the Lake, 10-7, 3-0, on Saturday.

Taylor Carnes led the doubleheader sweep at the plate, going 5-for-6 with a homer, 4 runs scored and 3 RBI. She was supported

by Taylor Curtis, who was 4-for-7 on the day. Isabella Robb pitched a two-hitter

in the nightcap.

The Pirates head to Florida to face four teams in the Florida Games, beginning with Lyndon State (0-0) on Friday morning.

TENNIS: The SU women and men split a pair of non-conference matches this past Saturday. The women swept LeTourneau, 9-0, but were edged by No. 36 Texas-Tyler, 5-4. The men started the day with an 8-1 win over LeTourneau, but dropped an 8-1 decison to No. 27 Texas-Tyler later in the day.

Southwestern will return to action on Saturday, playing host to both Sul Ross State (10 a.m.) and East Texas Baptist (4 p.m.).

MEN’S LACROSSE: Birmingham-Southern scored seven unanswered third-quarter goals as Southwestern fell 13-7 at home Saturday. Jordan Riggs had two goals for SU. The Pirates (2-2) remain at home to entertain Millsaps College (2-1) at 7 p.m.

Friday.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE: SU improved its record to 3-0 with a successful trip to Tacoma, Wash. this past weekend. The Pirates opened with an 11-9 win over Whitman and concluded the venture Sunday with a 15-2 victory over Puget Sound.

The Pirates will return to action at 1 p.m. Saturday when they entertain Pacific (Ore.).

Courtney Campbell and Kaitlyn Ragland each scored three goals in the win over Whitman. Ragland had five goals against Puget Sound and Campbell, Brenna Jobb and Katie Harris each scored three times. SU led Puget Sound 10-1 at the half.

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