Sports
Sands girls in state title tilt
After spending nearly four months ranked as the No. 1 Class 1A girls basketball team in the state, the Sands Mustangs were playing for the state title Saturday morning.
Coyotes defeat opponents in tourney
Borden County’s softball team coasted to its first two wins of the season on Thursday in the Ralls Tournament.
Tor baseball starts tourney with two wins
The Golden Tors won two out of three games in their tournament this week at Lamesa’s Joe Spikes Field.
LHS hosting golf tourney
The Golden Tornadoes will be hosting their annual golf tournament Thursday morning at the Lamesa Municipal Golf Course.
Softball shuts out Forsan
Even with one of their top players out of the line-up, there was no slowing down the Golden Tornadoes’ softball squad Friday evening at Forsan where they shut out the Buffaloes, 14-0.
Jr. high track earns medals
Nicole Parks led the Lamesa Middle School track girls in their season-opening competition last Thursday at Muleshoe.
Sands going to state tournament
After getting beaten by Claude a year ago in the regional semi-finals, Sands High School girls basketball Coach Ben Connell put even a bigger premium on defense starting with the first day of practice this season.
Leadership key to Sands’ success
Sands head girls basketball coach Ben Connell talked about the Mustangs’ strong team leadership as they prepared to leave Ackerly this week for the state basketball tournament in San Antonio.