The Jayton Jaybirds have their sights set on a third straight state boys basketball tournament appearance.
But the Jaybirds had to dodge a major bullet from the Klondike Cougars Friday night in a Class 1A regional quarterfinal match at Lubbock.
The Jaybirds have spent most of this season in or near Class 1A’s Top 10 while Klondike hasn’t even been ranked since the pre-season None of this mattered on Friday but in the end, Jayton had just enough to survive in a 41-40 thriller.
Klondike had the lead on several occasions in the first half, and went into the halftime break with a ...