ABILENE — In a matchup that had been anticipated over the 65 days since Jayton and Gordon both claimed Class 1A state championships at AT&T Stadium in football, the two met up on the hardwood Friday night at Wylie’s Bulldog Gymnasium to see who would be headed to the Region II-1A Division II semifinals.
The game — and crowd — more than lived up to the hype.
Tied after the first and second quarters in front of a standing room only crowd of more than 1,400 people, No. 1-ranked Jayton’s offense got hot while the defense smothered the third-ranked Longhorns in the fourth quarter as the Jaybirds took a 51-34 win and punched their ticket to the third round.