It was Parent/Senior Night at Hondo High School, as Senior Guard Colleen Moss waved to the crowd during the pre-game ceremony.
And this battle for the 29-3A district title was one of the best games of the year, as Hondo defeated Lytle 52-51 in double overtime. Hondo and Lytle finished the regular season tied for fitst place.
Colleen Moss, led the Owls with 17 points including the game winning shot shown here. Moss also shined on defense as she held Lytle’s leading scorer, Cheyenne Berry to 21 points.
Posted by
Mark Kusenberger on January 13, 2010 at 9:11 am
#7 team in state closes with 11-2 run in 60-47 victory
by Mark Kusenberger
SAsports.com Senior Writer
The state-ranked Lytle Lady Pirates were getting all they could handle at Pearsall, leading only 49-45 with 5:02 remaining in the game.
Then Cheyenne Berry led her team on a 9-0 run, scoring the last seven points herself, and Lytle escaped with a 60-47 victory Tuesday night at Pearsall High School.
Berry finished with 36 points after being limited to four in the first quarter. Berry, who has signed with Stephen F. Austin, went 12 for 13 from the free throw line, including 7 of 8 for Lytle’s last seven points of the game.
Lytle (19-4, 2-0 in 29-3A) had a 47-32 lead midway through the third when the Lady Mavericks stampeded back into the contest. Eryn Freitas ignited a 13-2 run with a three-pointer, ultimately contributing seven points to the charge.
Along the way, Pearsall’s success led to a loss of composure for the Lady Pirates. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, with the Lytle lead down to 47-39, Berry fouled Tiffani Shaw near the basket sending her to the line. She then bounce the ball on the floor with such force it hit the bottom of the backboard, for which she was assessed a technical.
In an instant, Pearsall, trailing by eight in the fourth, had four free throws coming, after which they’d keep the basketball, against the #7 team in the state. It was a golden opportunity to make it a one-possession ballgame.
The Lady Mavericks missed all four free throws.
To their credit, Pearsall (9-9, 0-2 in 29-3A) didn’t wilt. Tiffani Shaw’s ensuing basket made it 47-41. Berry next took a steal for a driving layup, extending the lead to 49-41, but a putback by Sara Graf made it 49-43.
Then Lytle’s Ashley Perez, their second leading scorer with nine points, fouled out with 5:02 remaining. A protest by a Lytle assistant coach drew another technical, and this time Kim Puentes was in the game to convert both free throws, making it a 49-45 ballgame.
From there, however, it was all Lytle. A Naissa Guerrero basket pushed the Lytle lead to 51-45, and when they got the ball back, the Lady Pirates began to stall. They kept the ball in Berry’s hands, so when Pearsall had to foul, they had to foul Berry. Berry also contributed a defensive rebound and a steal to provide stops for her defense.
Yestrday morning Senior Editor Jay Tope and KENS-5 TV’s Bridget Smith interviewed Lytle HS’s Brandon Lacy, who recently won the state 3A cross country championship. We also featured the Lytle cheerleaders. Here’s the interview:
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SAsports.com Jaguar Classic starts Thursday!
Posted by
Jay Tope on November 30, 2009 at 10:15 am
It’s that time again!
The SAsports.com Jaguar Classic runs Thursday through Saturday at Floresville High School, and with 24 high school teams it is the best girls basketball tourney in South Texas.
Teams include Steele, East Central, Highlands, Brackenridge, Kerrville Tivy, Brandeis, Bandera, Southside, Floresville, CC Miller, Calallen, La Vernia, Burbank, Cuero, Beeville Jones, Lytle, Poth, Medina Valley, Lee, Del Rio, La Joya, Southwest, Stevens, and Poteet.
We will see you in Floresville beginning Thursday!
Volleyball Playoffs: Fredericksburg vs. Lytle - In Pictures
Posted by
Jay Tope on November 10, 2009 at 8:27 am
The gym was completely packed last night at Champion High School in Boerne…
… as Fredericksburg and Lytle faced off in the 3A Regional Quarterfinals. When the dust settled, it was the Billies with a hard-fought three set sweep over the Pirates.
Cristin Herbort is not only the Billies’ setter, but the SAsports.com student columnist for Fredericksburg.
The Fredericksburg girls celebrate their victory, and will now move on to the Regional Semifinals, to be held Friday at Blossom Athletic Center. Their opponent will be either La Vernia or Columbus.
When you get Lytle and Devine together in a contest, it’s going to be a wild night.
When it’s for the District 29-3A volleyball championship, it’s even crazier. And so it was, as the Lytle volleyball team finished with an unblemished mark in district play after defeating the Devine Arabians on Tuesday.
It was a packed house in Lytle, Texas for the opening night of District 29-3A football play.
And the Hondo Owls were ready, rolling to a 62-8 victory over the Lytle Pirates. Hondo moves to 1-0 in district play, and will take on Carrizo Springs at home next week. Lytle plays at Alamo Stadium next Saturday against the Sam Houston Hurricanes.
