In a Top-20 high school girls basketball showdown at Gail, numbers ended up making a big difference as fourth-ranked Borden County held off 18th-ranked Klondike, 52-36, in their District 8-1A opener.“They’re much better than what they were a year ago. They rebounded well and they played good defense against us,” Borden County Coach Lindsey Schmidt said of the Cougars.“We knew coming into this game tonight that our defense had to be strong. What helped us as much there was how our girls played on that end collectively.”It was the Cougars’ fifth defeat of this season after going 4-23 a year ...