Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
The Logan girls basketball team outlasted a strong Fort Sumner-House squad 53-50 in a district game Saturday at Logan.
Kyra Conway scored 18 points to lead Logan, and teammate Reece Goldston added 11.
The Lady Longhorns (19-5, 5-2) have delivered two of the Vixens’ three losses this season. Logan also defeated Fort Sumner-House 42-36 in the title game Jan. 8 of the EPAC Tournament. The only other loss for the Vixens was a 26-21 decision to Capitan in early December.
Logan on Saturday also snapped Fort Sumner’s seven-game win streak.
Fort Sumner-House (16-3, 6-1), however, likely will capture the regular-season district title this week and be the No. 1 seed of next week’s district tournament.
It’s also possible Logan and Fort Sumner will face each other during next month’s Class 1A state tournament.
Logan is ranked No. 1 by MaxPreps.com, and Fort Sumner is ranked third.
Logan 55, San Jon 24
Logan jumped to a 28-13 lead at halftime and made it stand up during a 55-24 district victory Thursday over host San Jon.
Kyra Conway led the Lady Longhorns with 13 points, and Rilee Nials added 12.
Chantzee Elliott led the Lady Coyotes with 19 points.
San Jon coach Jaree Elliott said her team handled ball pressure as well as it had against any foe.
“We had the least unforced errors last night than we’ve had all season,” she said. “We moved the ball very well, broke the press very well, we were much smarter with our fouls, and our defense was much better than it has been all year.
“We missed a lot of shots, so the scoreboard did not reveal all the looks we had and the moves we made offensively because we couldn’t convert.”
Wildorado 67, San Jon 31
Host Wildorado stormed to a 35-12 lead by intermission during a 67-31 non-district victory over San Jon on Feb. 8.
“We looked our age in the first half,” coach Elliott said. “We looked like three sophomores, three freshmen and two eighth-graders.”
Elliott praised Dakota Fisher, who “created a spark” for her team when she came off the bench.
“Second half, we played much better as a whole and a lot more aggressive,” she said. “We attacked the basket on offense and shifted our defense around and were much more effective.”
Chantzee Elliott scored 16 points to lead the Lady Coyotes.
Wildorado improved to 8-13 overall.