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HIGH SCHOOLS/COLLEGES
3B
Denton Record-Chronicle
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Wilmer-Hutchins wins battle of Eagles
fense, committing 24 turnovers
to Wilmer-Hutchins’ U.
‘We knew they were going to
pressure us,” Perkins said. We
knew we were going to have to
do a great job of taking care of
the basketball. We made too
many mistakes and gave them
too many chances, but our de-
fense did a great job of keeping
us in the game.”
The Wilmer-Hutchins Eagles
took 10 more shots, while Argyle
owned a three-rebound edge.
Wilmer-Hutchins grabbed con-
trol of the game midway through
the third, taking a game-high
nine-point lead at 25-16.
A three-point play by Argyle’s
Kade Randall — who scored 11
points — seemed to jolt Argyle
back into the game. After Wil-
mer-Hutchins answered with a
basket, a technical foul on Kesh-
awn Ward gave Argyle a pair of
free throws. By the end of the
third, Argyle cut the lead to 27-23.
The fourth stayed tight for
three minutes, and a 3-pointer by
Randall cut the lead to 31-28.
Wilmer-Hutchins grabbed
two straight offensive rebounds
before Ward scored on a layup
and drew afoul and made the free
throw to push the lead to six with
four minutes left Argyle was
forced to foul and couldn’t rally.
Wilmer-Hutchins (17-of-19)
and Argyle (ll-of-12) shot well
from the free throw line Friday.
Wilmer-Hutchins’
Bradford was key down the
stretch, going 6-for-6 at the line
to keep Argyle from making it a
one-possession game.
David Davis led Argyle with 12
points, while Nathan Priddy had
nine points and six rebounds.
Delton Diggles Jr. led Wilmer-
Hutchins with 13 points and sev-
en rebounds.
Wilmer-Hutchins will face
Dallas Triple A or Dallas Madi-
son in the regional quarterfinals.
Wilmer-Hutchins 45, Argyle 39
6 12 9 18
By Matthew Postins
For the Denton Record-Chronicle
FRISCO — If someone had
told Argyle coach Russell Per-
kins that Wilmer-Hutchins
would score only 45 points Fri-
day, he would have taken it.
But that still was too much for
Argyle (25-5) to overcome as Wil-
mer-Hutchins (20-9) won a low-
scoring Class 4A area-round play-
off game 45-39.
Wilmer-Hutchins scored 91
points in its bi-district game
Tuesday, so Perkins knew his
High school basketball
Boys: Class 4A playoffs
Wilmer-Hutchins 45, Argyle 39
Eagles had to slow the game
down. They did, but Wilmer-
Hutchins, a co-district champi-
on, was more than happy to
oblige, matching Argyle with its
own down-tempo game.
The difference became de-
fense and turnovers. Both teams
played great pressure-man de-
fense. But Argyle’s offense strug-
gled with Wilmer-Hutchins’ de-
Doviyon
Wilmer-Hutchins
Argyle
Wilmer-Hutchins (20-9)—Jaquon Roy 7, Delton Diggles
Jr 13, Traivasia Walker 2, Davian Sanders 6, Doviyon Brad-
ford 8, Keshawn Ward 9.
Argyle (25-5) — Nathan Priddy 9, David Davis 12, Kade
Randall 11, JC Chalk 3, Lucas Shigley 4.
45
8 16
Pilot Point punted
by pesky Peaster
Duo nearly
wins game
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High school basketball
Boys: Class 3A playoffs
Peaster 57, Pilot Point 33
By Mike Albanese
For the Denton Record-Chronicle
DECATUR — Twenty-eight
points from Peaster’s Parker
Grudt led the Greyhounds to a
57-33 victory against Pilot Point
on Friday, eliminating the Bear-
cats from the Class 3A playoffs.
“He hit shots early, and we
didn’t do a good job making him
uncomfortable,” Pilot Point
coach Jeff Price said.
Grudt led all scorers and net-
ted 13 points in the third quarter.
He hit seven 3-pointers.
Price said he told his team it
was his fault he didn’t make the
defensive adjustments to con-
tain Grudt.
Connor Turan and Grudt
gave the Greyhounds a 5-1 lead,
but back-to-back 3-pointers
from Pilot Point’s Desmond
Crawford and Jaron Wilson
evened the score at 7.
Peaster dominated the re-
mainder of the first half, going
on a 15-0 run that extended its
lead to 22-7.
Pilot Point didn’t score its
next point until there was 5:23
left in the second quarter. A
surge by the Bearcats and DaCo-
ven Bailey made it 23-15.
Peaster ended the half on a
7-0 run to lead 30-15.
Pilot Point came out for the
third continuing to press and
playing aggressive defense. Five
points from RyLee Heilman
By Dave Kolpack
Associated Press
FARGO, N.D. - In the final
seconds of a wild double-over-
time junior college game that
had a combined 310 points on
the scoreboard, point guard
Shawn Craig still thought he
would win it for United Tribes
Technical College
though he had just one other
teammate on the floor.
College basketball
Men: Dakota 156, United Tribes 154
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pulled the Bearcats to within 33-
23.
The Greyhounds, though,
ended the third quarter on a
10-3 run to take a 45-28 lead.
Pilot Point struggled offen-
sively and tallied only five points
in the fourth quarter.
Price said Peaster played
great defensively all night while
his team seemed to struggle get-
ting good looks at the basket.
“It took us awhile to get our
confidence, but we never really
had it,” he said.
Friday’s loss put an end to
one of the most successful sea-
sons in several years for Pilot
Point.
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Craig and Trevor Shavehead
were the lone Thunderbirds left
after three of the five players on
their roster fouled out. Craig’s at-
tempt to weave through three
defenders failed and the ball was
knocked away, costing the visit-
ing Thunderbirds a chance to
try a 3-point field goal that
would have given them a one-
point win Wednesday over the
Dakota College at Bottineau
Lumbeijacks.
“If I could have split those de-
fenders, I think I would have
made that shot,” Craig said. “For
sure.”
V.
The Bearcats finished 23-8
and defeated Nocona 59-52 in
the bi-district round.
“That’s the most wins Pilot
Point has had in a long time,”
Price said.
Peaster will face Red Oak
Life in the regional quarterfinals
Tuesday. life defeated Henrietta
56-31 on Friday at Justin North-
west.
David Minton/DRC
Guyer senior guard Zach Garza, center, passes from the lane over South Grand Prairie’s Cam-
eron Massey, right, on Friday in Colleyville.
points and six rebounds.
Long praised Garza and his
leadership. The coach knows he
returns four starters next year,
three of whom averaged in dou-
ble figures this year — Wilson,
Harmon and junior forward
Jake Roberts.
‘We’ve built a tradition here
where the future is very bright
and we have a bunch of good,
young talent that stepped up in
big games,” Long said. “It’s going
to be a great future at Guyer for
basketball.”
From Page IB
Guyer
South Grand Prairie 74, Guyer 53
getting back to guys. They dis-
rupt a lot of shots. We’re going to
hit open shots when we get
them.”
The Jacks won 156-154 in a
game with an unusual ending, at
least in terms of who was on the
floor.
Guyer
South Grand Prairie
12 16 14 11
25 18 15 16
Guyer (30-3) — Zach Garza 12, Jalen Wilson 10, DeVion
Harmon 22, Le’Tre Darthard 3, Jake Roberts 2, Luke Helge-
sen 4.
South Grand Prairie (24-8)—Cameron Massey 6, Harri-
son Henderson 20, Cameron Foreman 9, Kelyn Pennie 4,
Cameron McGriff 21, Miquan Martin 11, Bryce Cook 3.
53
Peaster 57, Pilot Point 33
74
Pilot Point
Peaster
8 13
33
17 13 15 12
Peaster (25-7) — Parker Grudt 28, Draven Tell 8, Brooks
Pennington 6
Pilot Point (24-8) — Jaron Wilson 11, DaCoven Bailey 6,
RyLee Heilman 8
57
Jalen Wilson, another fresh-
man starter for Guyer, had 10
The Thunderbirds were hop-
ing to pull off a feat that looked
all too familiar to Dakota players
like Joe Baker, whose dad played
on a Lumbeijacks team that
nearly 30 years ago lost to a
United Tribes squad that began
with a total of five players and
ended with three.
“I thought about that game
when we got down to four guys,”
said Tribes coach Pete Conway, a
Blackfeet tribal member and
former basketball standout at
Montana State. “I was hoping
we could repeat history.”
By the time the game ended
at the college known for its for-
estry program, the Thunder-
birds had many Bottineau fans
cheering for them. Many of the
Dakota College football players
came down afterward to shake
their hands. Later, when the
United Tribes players were eat-
ing their post-game meal at a lo-
cal restaurant, Bottineau resi-
dent Brandy Rudland picked up
the tab.
UNT nabs silver, bronze medals at C-USA meet
eighth, posting a score of 223.10
in the preliminaries and a
205.95 in the final.
The 400 medley relay team
of Bradley, Vaisse, Kelsey Opiela
and Bianca Bocsa finished
fourth with a season-best
3:46.02, the eighth-fastest time
in school history.
Opiela and sophomore Isa-
belle Morris just missed advanc-
ing to the “A” finals of the 100
butterfly and 200 freestyle, re-
spectively. Opiela posted the
ninth-fastesttime of55.92 in the
preliminaries, before finishing
13th overall with a 56.63. Morris
posted the ninth-fastest time of
1:50.54 in the preliminaries. In
the “B” final, she placed second,
finishing 10th overall with a
meet, North Texas remains in
fourth place with 326 points.
Florida International has ex-
tended its lead and has 663
points. Rice surged to second
place with 430 points, followed
by Marshall with 397 points.
Florida Atlantic sits in fifth
place with 269 points, and Old
Dominion remains in sixth
with 236 points.
Today’s fourth and final day
of competition will begin with
preliminaries at 9:30 a.m., fol-
lowed by finals beginning at 5
p.m. The schedule includes the
1,650 freestyle, 200 back-
stroke, 100 freestyle, 200
breaststroke, 200 butterfly,
platform diving and 400 free-
style relay.
1:50.59.
UNT sent three swimmers to
the “B” final of the 100 back-
stroke. Bocsa placed second, fin-
ishing ninth overall, with a
56.61, followed by Ash Stone in
13th place (56.98) and Sarah
Manning in 15th (57.86).
Other “B” finalists included
Caroline Culpepper in the 400
individual medley, Sydney
Buckley in the 100 butterfly, Ka-
tie Moore in the 200 freestyle
and Meaghan Rousset in the
100 breaststroke.
The Mean Green had a trio of
divers in the “B” final of the one-
meter competition in Cecilia
Hernandez, Jasmine Abercrom-
bie and Averie Ruiz.
With one day left at the
From UNT sports information
ATLANTA
UNT swimming
Conference USA meet
The North
Texas swimming and diving
team took home its first two
medals of the Conference USA
meet Friday and remained in
fourth place after Day 3.
UNT freshman Rebekah
Bradley set the school record in
the 100-yard backstroke, clock-
ing a time of 53.13 in the prelimi-
naries, before taking the silver
medal in the final with a 53.42.
Sophomore Claudia Kitch-
ing took the bronze medal in the
100 breaststroke with a time of
1:01.88. Kitching became the
third-fastest performer in the
event in school history.
Sarah Vaisse clocked a time
of 1:01.75 in the preliminaries
and became the second-fastest
performer in the event in school
history.
Bradley, Kitching and Vaisse
were joined in the “A” finals by
Sara Whelan in the 200 freestyle
and Samantha Scheck in the
one-meter dive. North Texas
had 12 swimmers and divers ad-
vance to the “B” finals.
Whelan posted the seventh-
fastest time of the preliminaries
(1:50.44) and finished fifth in
the final with a 1:49.81, becom-
ing the sixth-fastest performer
in the event in school history.
Competing in her second
straight “A” final, Scheck finished
Corsicana beats Raiders at Ryan tournament
From Page IB
Argyle
W — Josh Mears. L — Farrell. RYAN — 1B: Corey Camer-
on, Josh Mears, Jake Sparks. 2B: Coleman Grubbs 2, Co-
rey Cameron, Josh Mears 2, Jake Sparks, Jalen Hurt 3.
captured a 4-2 victory.
Staff reports
Following three scoreless in-
nings, Corsicana managed to at-
tack and finish with a 6-3 win
over Ryan on Friday at the
James Taylor Classic.
Seniors Coleman Grubbs,
Josh Mears and Zach McCarthy
scored for the Raiders.
Ryan returned to the field for
an 8-2 victory against Cedar
Hill. Mears recorded two RBIs,
and Manny Torralba and Jalen
Hurt had two runs apiece.
High schools
Roundup
rallied to win its semifinal game
against Bullard 43-39.
“[Gilmer] got us to run at
the start, and that kind of got
us out of control,” Townsend
said. “Once we slowed things
down, we got some fabulous
fast breaks and were able to
break their press a lot easier.
We can’t start slow like that
[today]. We have to go out and
score, and we absolutely have
to play defense.”
STEVE GAMEL can be
reached at 940-566-6869 and
via Twitter at @Newspaper
Steve.
Girls soccer
Denton 3,
Fort Worth Brewer 1
FORT WORTH - The Lady
Broncos gained a road win as
they overcame Fort Worth
Brewer.
Mallory Ingram and Zoe
Hensley scored the first goals for
Denton, and AJ Gerdes
clinched the win with a goal as-
sisted by Danielle Bradfield.
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 6, WICHITA FALLS 1
011 103 X
000 000 1
Liberty Christian
Wichita Falls
6 9 3
liberty Christian recorded
eight hits as it took down Wich-
ita Falls 6-1. Blake Harrison led
the Warriors with three runs.
CORSICANA 6, RYAN 3
000 231
000 300
W — Davis. L—Cole Canutesen. 1B: RYAN —Karnell Irby,
Manny Torralba, Josh Mears, Michael Bobo, Jake Sparks.
2B: Coleman Grubbs, Davis Bird, Jake Sparks
RYAN 8, CEDAR HILL 2
000 010 1
320 300 0
4 1
W—Taylor Barber. L—Jarmillo. LIBERTY — 1B: Matthew
Hulke, Corey McMann. 2B: Dawson Barr, Blake Harrison 2,
Alexander Balli, Corey McMann, Eli Person.
Lake Dallas 4,
Mount Pleasant 2
ARGYLE — Lake Dallas led
4-0 after five innings at the Ar-
gyle tournament, and though
Mount Pleasant battled back in
the seventh inning, the Falcons
Argyle 65, Gilmer 39
16 24 15 10
9 8 10 12
Argyle (32-1)—Vivian Gray 19, Madison Ralston 12, Joce-
lyn Pierce 9, Gabby Standifer 8, Olivia Gray 7, Kayla Haynes
4, Sophie Betzhold 4, Caroline Tynes 2.
Gilmer (26-9)—Kyla Grant 9, Megan Smith 7, Ashlyn Ray
6, Augusta Hampton 5, Destiny Brooks 3, Belynda Ray 3,
Allie Fennell 3, Christian Brown 3.
Corsicana
Ryan
6 10
Argyle
Gilmer
65
Cedar Hill
2 4 4
Ryan
8 6 2
From Page IB
Denton
From Page IB
Ponder
in the third, using 10 of Wyatt
Beene’s game-high 20 points to
build a 40-34 lead headed to the
final frame.
Beene often found himself
needing to beat only one Bronco
for his buckets against Denton’s
upcourt pressure.
“That kid played tremen-
dous,” Jackson said. “He was just
the recipient of great passes and
tonight he was able to finish.”
Denton (18-12), which was led
by 13 points apiece from Emerson
Espinoza and Johnson, forced
more turnovers in the fourth than
the rest of the game combined,
but the Broncos were unable to
capitalize on their transition op-
portunities in the paint.
The Broncos will graduate six
seniors, including four starters.
“This team, I’m very proud of
them,” Jackson said. “They ex-
ceed all expectations. They
weren’t picked to do very much
in district, and they were a
missed shot away from [the dis-
trict title]. I’m so proud of the
way the seniors and all these
young men gave this year.”
PATRICK HAYSLIP can be
reached at 940-566-6873 and
via Twitter at @Patrick
Hayslip.
were at the end of each quarter
— until the end,” Stanley said.
“We were within a bucket at half
and had a tie game [at 37] going
into the fourth.”
In the final eight minutes, the
Eagles outscored the lions 13-7.
The lions shot six 3-pointers,
converting only one. A trey from
sophomore guard Tye Schluter
with 5:40 left pulled the lions
within 43-40.
Things got worse for Ponder
when junior guard and three-
year starter Chase Harris fouled
out with 12 points.
“Our game plan in the end
doesn’t really work when they
make, I believe, eight of their 10
free throws,” Stanley said.
After knocking off last year’s
defending champion, Brock, on
Tuesday on a 28-foot buzzer beat-
er from Jacorian Miller, the Ea-
gles’ Cinderella story continues.
The 19th-ranked Eagles will
play Bowie in the regional quar-
terfinals.
Anderson is off to play for
Texas A&M-Commerce, but the
lions will return four starters.
“Our expectations are the
same every year — to be one ofthe
last teams standing,” Stanley said.
“I think this group of young men
will follow in those before them.”
Dallas Faith Family 50, Ponder 44
12 12 13 13
8 14 15 7
Dallas Faith Family Academy (23-9)—Austin Lewis 15,
Jahmar Young 8, Jacorian Miller 8, Rai Mahone 2, Fabricee
Chatterfield 4, Dezmond Cooks 7, Cameron Jackson 6.
Ponder (26-7) — Rylan Waldo 9, Tye Schluter 9, Brady
Anderson 12, Peyton Ford 2, Chase Harris 12.
Crowley 52, Denton 50
9 12 13 16
14 9 17 12
Crowley (23-9) — Wyatt Beene 20, Keyshun Murphy 13,
Elijah Jones 6, Sean Green 5, Kayden Anderson 4, Nick
Johns 4.
Denton (18-12) — Emerson Espinoza 13, Tyrus Johnson
13, Justen Mazziotta 11, Edson Espinoza 9, Dolan Nich-
olson 4.
Denton
Crowley
50
Dallas Faith Family
Ponder
52
44
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