Sports

Turnovers cost Bearkats homecoming victory

– The Garden City football team struggled to hold onto the ball last Friday and lost to Irion County 44-38 at Bearkat Stadium for its second straight non-district loss.

Lady Bearkats impress at Spring Creek Invitational

– The Garden City cross country teams hit the road early last week to compete at the Spring Creek Invitational in Mertzon. The No. 7 ranked Lady Kats finished fourth in the team standings with 120 points. Girls 2 Mile Run Varsity12. Emy Schwartz, 14:17.96 16. Claire Eggemeyer, 14:32.5118.

The Grady Wildcats tried defensively

FORSAN –The Stanton football team came from behind to slip by Forsan in the Battle of the Buffaloes on Friday night for a 37-36 victory at Forsan Forsan (0-3) led 30-22 in the third quarter before Stanton (2-1) took a 37-30 lead into the fourth quarter.

Garden City suffers first loss of season

ACKERLY – Six-Man DII No. 5-ranked Sands handed DI No. 20 Garden City its first loss of the season, 63-38, in Friday’s non-district game at Mustang Field in Ackerly.

Stanton rallies to beat Foran 37-36

GRADY – No matter what the Grady Wildcats tried defensively, they could not find an answer for Midland Trinity’s ground game and suffered their first loss of the season. Trinity’s Jude Varner scored nine touchdowns to lead his team to a 78-44 victory over Grady at M.W. Tunnell Field on Friday night.

Buffaloes hit first bump in the road

STANTON – Two weeks into the new football season, Stanton is 1-1 with a first week win over Crane and a week two loss to Wink.Last week against Wink, the Buffaloes were not consistent on offense allowing Wink to take control of the game and run away with a 4926 victory.

Wildcats overcome slow start, beat Loop for second win of season

LOOP – The No. 18 Grady Wildcats overcame a slow start to beat Loop and improve to 2-0 on the season.Neither team was able to get in the endzone in the first quarter and it wasn’t until Grady got a safety in the second quarter that any points were put on the scoreboard.

Garden City rallies late to beat Robert Lee, improves to 2-0

GARDEN CITY – The No. 17 Garden City Bearkats pulled off another hard-fought victory last week to improve to 2-0 on the season, to be one of the 22 out of 78 Class A DI teams still undefeated.

Wildcats too much for Mustangs to handle

WILSON – The No. 19 state ranked Grady Wildcats put together a phenomenal performance to beat the Wilson Mustangs in the season opener for both teams last Friday at Wilson.