Month: January 2025

by Daniel Youngblood

GAME STORY: Abilene High girls improve to 2-0 in district with 52-44 win over rival Cooper

Coming off a wild 55-51 overtime win over Wichita Falls Memorial in their District 4-5A opener on Friday, the Abilene High Lady Eagles were given just a few days to recharge their emotional batteries before Tuesday’s Crosstown Showdown with rival Cooper.

But coach Alfonzo Franklin’s squad proved up to the task, riding a 15-5 first-quarter run to a 52-44 win at Cougar Gym to stay in lockstep with Wylie atop the league standings.

Samia Cooper led Abilene High with 13 points, while four other Lady Eagles had at least seven in a balanced scoring effort. Those contributions allowed AHS to stretch its lead to 18 early in the third quarter and a game-high 20 points early in the fourth, before Cooper made a late surge in the closing minutes.

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by Brandon McAuliffe

GAME STORY: Offensive outbursts help Wall sweep Clyde in 6-3A doubleheader

CLYDE — With logjams atop the District 6-3A basketball standings for both the boys and girls, the Wall Hawks earned a pair of crucial wins on Tuesday night, sweeping Clyde at Bulldog Gymnasium.

The Lady Hawks got 18 points from Kennedi Graves as they rolled to a 70-26 win in the opener, while Jager Thompson had 12 of his 15 points in the second half to lead Wall to a 46-33 win in the nightcap.

In both games, it was the second quarter that proved pivotal.

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by Evan Ren

BIG COUNTRY PREPS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jim Ned’s Wyatt Nickson takes first honor of 2025


Wyatt Nickson was on fire over Christmas Break.

In fact, in six games the senior guard averaged 19.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game while shooting 45 percent overall and 48 percent from the 3-point line.

“Wyatt has been putting in the extra work to make himself the best scorer possible,” coach Blake Allen said. “He has been on an absolute tear and he is fun to watch play basketball”

The Indians enter this week at 12-6.

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by Daniel Youngblood

GAME STORY: Wylie opens district with comfortable home win over crosstown rival Cooper

The Wylie girls basketball team kicked off District 4-5A play with a dominant effort Friday, taking control early and maintaining it throughout in a 58-26 win over crosstown rival Cooper at Bulldog Gym.

The Lady Bulldogs, who improved to 20-5 on the season, scored the game’s first eight points and were never seriously threatened in building a 40-15 lead by halftime.

The victory put coach Duane Hopper’s team in an early district tie with Abilene High, which edged Wichita Falls Memorial 55-51 in Friday’s other 4-5A matchup.

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by Brandon McAuliffe

GAME STORY: Fostel gets 600th win as Eula opens district play with win over Baird

EULA — The Eula Lady Pirates opened District 13-1A play with an 58-8 win over Baird on Friday night at Mary Mosley Gymnasium in a game that marked coach Josh Fostel’s 600th career win as a head coach.

Despite being honored postgame, Fostel was quick to turn around and credit the many players he’s had as both a boys and girls coach for helping him reach the milestone.

“I’ve never gotten to get a milestone at home, so this is special,” Fostel said. “I’ve gotten to 600 wins because I’ve been doing it a long time, but I’m at a really good place and I’ve had really good kids that have put in a lot of work.”

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