After struggling at times to avoid being upset in their first-round playoff game on Tuesday, the Sands High School girls basketball team turned the tables and pulled an upset of their own in the second round on Friday evening.
With a dominating second quarter, the Lady ‘Stangs rolled to a 46-37 win over Whiteface in an area-round playoff game at Denver City.
Whiteface was ranked sixth in the state in Class 1A this past week by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC). Sands was ranked 24th in that same poll.
Sands outscored Whiteface 19-5 in that pivotal second quarter.
“We really got aggressive ...