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Lady ‘Horns, Lady ‘Hounds bow out of playoffs
By DAVID MAY | Special to Mineral Wells Area News
The Gordon and Strawn ladies basketball teams saw their seasons come to an end, losing in the area round of the Texas UIL playoffs.
The Lady Longhorns lost a pre-Valentine’s Day heartbreaker, 43-42, to Aspermont at Jim Ned High School.
Gordon ends its season with a 23-12 overall record after winning the District 13-1A title. Gordon advanced to the area round after its 37-32 over Highland.
The Aspermont Hornets improved to 21-7 and advance to the regional semifinals to take on Irion County (29-6), ranked in the top 20 in Class 1A by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. Irion County advanced after thrashing Balmorhea, 71-22.
The Lady Greyhounds dropped a 50-34 decision to Jayton in their area-round game played at Abilene Cooper.
Strawn finishes its hoops campaign with a 17-12 record after finishing runners-up in District 13-1A.
The Jaybirds improved to 22-12 on the season and will next face Blackwell in the regional semifinals. Blackwell (23-9) outdistanced Marathon, 57-22, in the area round.
The losses leave no other Palo Pinto County girls UIL teams in the playoffs. Graford lost its opening bi-district game, 31-26, to Crawford last week.
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