If the Lamesa High School girls’ 33-30 season-opening win over Olton here last Saturday is any kind of sign of what to expect this season, it could be one that puts some age on their 27-year-old head coach Shai Young.
“They (Olton) had a 16-point fourth quarter. Thank goodness, they really didn’t have an answer for our press,” Young said. “We ended up getting a lot of defensive transition baskets. We got a lot of steals out of our press.”
Saturday’s match-up, between two ball clubs picked to get to the playoffs this winter, was close from start to finish. Lamesa was ...