The Golden Tornado basketball girls continued their big turnaround season on the hardwoods here Tuesday evening at Follis Gym.
But no victory might have tasted any sweeter than their 18th win which saw home team hold off the Lubbock Estacado Matadors, 34-31.
Tuesday’s nailbiter wasn’t only the 18-11 Golden Tors’ first District 3-4A win of this season but it was the first district win of Shai Young’s head coaching career since inheriting this program a year ago.
“(Senior) J’Lynn (Jackson) was a sophomore and (junior) Emma (Garcia) was a freshmen the last time these girls won a district game,” Young said. “One of ...