Sports

Borden County beats Grady; Wildcats top Bearkats

GRADY – A tough loss to Borden County and an impressive surge to beat Garden City gives Grady a 1-1 record during the first round of district action. On Jan. 17, the Wildcats hit the road and headed east to battle the Coyotes of Borden County.

Lozano’s huge improvement wins Coahoma Bulldog meet

COAHOMA – Stanton’s powerlifting teams have been improving each week and this week’s meet in Coahoma was no exception. All 10 lifters posted total weights higher than their previous totals in Colorado City.

Stanton battles Midland TLCA, Jim Ned

STANTON – Stanton’s freshmen teams were in action against Midland TLCA and Jim Ned earlier this month. The ninth grade girls team crushed Midland 35-17 on Jan. 7. The Buffs started slow scoring only five points in the first quarter.

Junior varsity Wildcats finish third in Rankin

RANKIN - The Grady junior varsity competed in the Rankin Tournament this past weekend. The Lady Cats were able to play four competitive games in two days the finish third overall. The Lady Cats started the tournament with a win, beating Buena Vista 18-12.

Lady Cats split with Borden County, Garden City to stay in playoff hunt

GRADY - Grady’s varsity girls played Borden County and Garden CIty over the last week and split the two contests to stay in the Class A playoff hunt. The recent losing skid has dropped Grady to No. 24 in the recent Texas Association Basketball Coaches rankins.

Junior high Buffaloes play Clyde, Forsan

STANTON – In the world of sports, sometimes a team wins and other times they lose. That’s how the past few weeks have been for Stanton’s junior varsity basketball teams. The games started on Jan. 7 against Clyde in Stanton. Stanton’s girls dominated Clyde from start to finish.

Stanton’s Smith wins gold at C-City powerlifting meet

COLORADO CITY - Ashton Smith turned a few heads Saturday at the Colorado City High School powerlifting meet on Jan. 18 by lifting a total of 1,360 in his weight class. His effort was enough for the Stanton High School Buffalo to finish in 1st place in his weight class.

Sands claims top spot in district with win over Grady

GRADY – Two Class A juggernauts clashed Monday night on Grady High School’s Tony Sawyer Memorial Court. No. 6 Grady hosted No. 8 Sands in a Top 10 match-up of teams with only three losses each on the season. Sands took advantage of multiple second chance opportunities to win 38-23.

Grady beats Klondike 32-21

GRADY – The Grady junior high boys’ basketball team beat Klondike 32-21 Monday night in Grady. The Wildcats opened with the game with their best quarter of 10 points to take a six-point lead.

Grady junior varsity loses two this week

GRADY – It was a rough week for Grady’s junior varsity boys as they lost two games to Hermleigh and Westbrook. The first game back from Christmas break was a 57-24 loss to Hermleigh. Austin Aaron scored a team high 13 points while Austin Snider had five, Cobe Cortez three and Colt Carson three.