THIS WEEK: Haskell girls coach Mike Skelton visits with Evan Ren and Dan Youngblood (prerecorded on Saturday, Jan. 30).
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GAME STORY: Haskell overcomes 20-plus turnovers to eliminate Christoval, advance to regional
COLORADO CITY — When one pressure basketball team meets another, something chaotic can often emerge. And in the case of Haskell’s 60-46 win over Christoval, there was scarcely enough time for either side to think things through.
So frenetic was Tuesday’s Region I-2A quarterfinal, that the Maidens survived more than 20 turnovers and a huge mid-game rally by Christoval to win by double-digits.
Landry Hanson scored 25 points, including a 12-of-17 effort from the free-throw line and Delaney Hanson added 10 more to lead eighth-ranked Haskell (31-3) which now advances to face 10th-ranked Panhandle (30-5) in the regional semifinals.
Christoval was led by Allison Vaughn with 16 points and Kallie Montalvo with 10. The Lady Cougars closed their campaign at 23-11
FEATURE: First-year Haskell coach Michael Skelton adds up-tempo wrinkles to already successful program
HASKELL — To say that first-year Haskell girls basketball coach Michael Skelton has a tough act to follow might be the understatement of the 2019-20 season.
Replacing former coach Blake Eddleman, who stepped down in the spring, Skelton inherited a program that had won six district titles over a seven-year span, reaching the regional quarterfinals three times and the regional semis once. The Maidens were 178-41 under Eddleman, leaving a bit of a pressure cooker for whomever was chosen to keep that success going.
Skelton, a Jayton native who was coaching in Slocum last season, wanted the Haskell gig and all the expectations that went with it.
FEATURE: Stamford’s Gutierrez a legitimate star in the making
STAMFORD — Some people know, the instant they pick up a softball and try to throw it underhand, that they can be good at it. And those watching with a keen eye for talent recognize it at the exact same time.
In fastpitch parlance, they are what is known as a natural — someone who can perform this difficult task as though it were an afterthought.
The Big Country is currently being introduced to one of these rarities in Stamford freshman Citlaly Gutierrez, with results that are making area coaches shake their heads in disbelief.