(Geronimo) — The Navarro Runnin’ Lady Panthers put up a good fight but ultimately fell short against the 5th-ranked Fredericksburg Lady Billies on Tuesday night at Navarro High School. Fredericksburg improved to 2-0 in District 26-4A with a 56-32 victory.
After the teams traded blows in a first half dominated by defense, Fredericksburg started the second half with an 11-0 run to push their lead to 20 points. The Lady Panthers would respond with a 13-0 run to cut the lead down to seven points.
“I was pretty proud with our effort. We cut it to seven (in the) third quarter and I was pretty excited, but then they hit three straight three’s.” Navarro head coach Darrell Harborth said after the game. “There’s a reason they’re ranked 5th and I was proud of our effort. We just got to get a little better.”
Notorious for their outside shooting, Fredericksburg was limited to just two three-pointers in the first half by the Navarro defense but the Lady Billies would catch fire in the second half with eight three’s made. The Lady Panthers hit two three-point shots on the night and the 24-point advantage in three’s for Fredericksburg ended up being the difference on the scoreboard at the end.
Tegan Harborth led Navarro with 15 points. Isabella Geipel had eight and Maddi Gilliam dropped in six for the Lady Panthers. Fredericksburg’s Rilyn Grona led all scorers with 22 including four treys on the night.
After beating 20th-ranked Wimberley last Friday, Navarro saw their district record fall to 1-1. The Lady Panthers will face another state-ranked team when they travel to take on No. 25 Davenport this coming Friday night.
(San Antonio) — The Navarro Panther boys scored the first 24 points of the game in blowing out San Antonio Memorial, 54-25 on the road Tuesday night.
The Panthers closed out their non-district schedule winning five out of their last six games. Navarro will start district play on Friday night when they host the Davenport Wolves.
(Seguin) — In District 27-5A, the Seguin Matadors improved to 5-2 in district with a 73-68 win over San Antonio Burbank on Tuesday night at Goldie Harris Gym.
The Matadors had three players score in double figures. Corey Dailey dropped in a game high 29. Lane Seidenberger had 15 and Colton Saengerhausen poured in 12 points.
Seguin will next play San Antonio Brackenridge on Friday night. The game will be held at San Antonio Highlands High School.
(San Antonio) — The Lady Matadors started the second half of their district schedule with an 80-40 set back at Burbank on Tuesday night.
Rebeka Wilke paced Seguin with nine points in the defeat. The Lady Mats are 4-5 in district. They will host Brackenridge on Friday.
(Ingram) — The Marion Bulldog boys earned a road victory at Ingram Moore on Tuesday night, taking down the Warriors 59-48 in their final tuneup before district play.
The Marion girls were off on Tuesday. Both Bulldog teams will host San Antonio Cole Friday at Marion High School. We will have both of those games as part of Friday night Marion basketball double header on AM 1580 KWED and streaming at SeguinToday.com.
(Seguin) — The Lifegate Christian Falcon boys were edged at home, 54-52 on Tuesday night by Calvary Chapel Christian Academy.
The Falcon boys and girls will play at Annapolis Christian Academy down in Corpus Christi on Friday.