BASKETBALL: Ozona girls run past Lake View
The Ozona High School girls basketball team came on strong in the second half en route to a 50-30 nondistrict win against Lake View at Ben Norton gym on Tuesday night.
Ozona improved to 9-3, while dropping Lake View to 3-7 under first-year head coach Steven Pinchback.
The Lady Lions were clinging to a 20-14 halftime advantage and they stretched it to 32-21 after three quarters. Ozona added 18 points in the fourth and held Lake View to nine.
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Vale Garza and Claire Bean paced Ozona with 12 and nine points, respectively.
"We struggled at first defensively, but we changed it up and they did well," Ozona head coach Chad Myers said. "They helped on screens, they blocked out and ran the floor. We missed a lot of easy shots, but we're getting better as time goes.
"We've had a good year so far and we've played a lot of good teams. Lake View's good and they're well coached."
Mikaila Wagner had a game-high 14 points for Lake View, including a pair of 3-pointers.
Pinchback gave credit to the Lady Lions.
"They do a good job and they're very scrappy," the Maidens' new coach said. "I told them if we could get them out of their press, we'd have opportunities and we got them out of it...but we're still learning.
"I've just got to remind myself that it's a process. It wasn't good before I got here and that's all we're trying to do is get better one game at a time."
No. 3 Irion County girls 64, Miles 34
Irion County improved to 11-0 with a win at home against Miles.
The Lady Hornets, ranked No. 3 in the state in Class 1A by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaces, got off to a 17-0 first-quarter lead and never looked back. They led 36-10 at halftime.
K.K. Hart led Irion County with 22 points. Kaegen James chipped in 15.
Regan Smithwick scored nine to lead the Lady Bulldogs.
Irion County will play in the Brady Heart of Texas Tournament Thursday through Saturday.
No. 16 Harper girls 60, Wimberley 33
Harper beat Wimberley in a nondistrict girls game in Harper.
Kylie Wolsey led the Ladyhorns with 26 points and 13 rebounds.
Talli Millican scored 11 and had eight assists and five rebounds for Harper. Carter Wood added four points and eight rebounds.
Harper (8-2) travels to a tournament in Devine Thursday through Saturday.
Veribest girls 61, Menard 29
Veribest beat Menard in the District 12-1A opener for both teams.
Meredith Robles led the Lady Falcons with 18 points. Callie Briley added 14.
Jalyn Montes had 16 to lead Menard.
The Veribest JV beat the Ballinger Freshmen 34-23 to improve to 1-0.
Veribest (3-3 overall, 1-0 in district) travels to the Ballinger Tournament Thursday through Saturday.
Central boys 64, Abilene Wylie 49
On the heels of winning the Doug McCutchen Memorial Tournament this past weekend, the San Angelo Central Bobcats shook off the Bulldogs in a nondistrict game on the road.
Dre Young (13), Branden Campbell (12), Mathew Cooper (10) and Raven Ortiz (10) led the Bobcats in scoring.
Central (10-1) will compte in the Leander Tournament Thursday through Saturday.
Central girls 42, Abilene Wylie 34
The San Angelo Central Lady Cats improved to 9-7 after picking up a nondistrict road win.
Layla Young scored 18 points for Central, and Deandra Allen added nine.
Central travels to Greenwood on Friday.
Brownwood 91, Lake View boys 51
The Lake View Chiefs dropped a nondistrict decision against the Lions at Ben Norton gym.
Brownwood cruised to a 53-20 halftime advantage.
Luke Moss and Bryson Monroe paced the Lions with 27 and 24 points, respectively. Jakob Hataway added 11.
Tony Cabrera had a team-high 19 points for Lake View and was the only Chief to score in double digits.
More scores
GIRLS
Water Valley (3-0) 55, Grape Creek 10
High point – WV: Sears 18, Crawford 17, Gomez 11
San Saba (9-3) 53, Salado 30
High point — SS: Glover 20
Leakey 35, Junction 28
High point – J: Lovelace 9
Coahoma 53, Forsan 43
High point – C: Lang 12, Rodgers 12; F: Phillips 18
BOYS
Christoval 83, Ballinger 29
High point – C: Fava 32, Jolly 17, Slaton 16
Water Valley (1-0) 67, Menard 39
High point – WV: Smith 16, Glass 16; M: Guerrero 16
Kerrville Our Lady of the Hills 68, Harper 58
High point – OLH: Schultz 17; H: Strickland 24
Coleman 52, Mason 51
High point – C: Smith 21; M: Comey 18
Sterling City (5-1) 48, Veribest 19
High point -- SC: D. Calderon 22
Odessa High 82, Reagan County (7-5) 63
High point — RC: K. Brown 34
San Saba (5-2) 57, Llano 36
High point — SS: Mejia 20, Glover 9; L: Hammond 13, Powers 10
No. 4 Irion Co 48, Winters 29
High point — IC: Coffell 18, Morrow 16; w: Bahlman 11
Grape Creek (1-5) 22, Ozona 15
High point – GC: Walker 10
Forsan 55, Coahoma 36
High point – F: Morgan 10, Richardson 10; C: Shifflett 17
Eldorado (1-1) 53, Sonora 39
High point – E: Meador 16
Garden City (4-2) 68, Ira 23
High point – GC: Walker 23
San Angelo TLCA 59, San Angelo Cornerstone Christian 51
High point -- TLCA: Huffman 18, Villanueva 16; C: Rios 21, White 15
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