Sports
Vela, Golden Tornadoes hold off Wildcats, 3-2
It’s right at a 91-mile drive from Lamesa out to Littlefield but the trip back home Saturday evening couldn’t have seemed nearly as long for Lamesa High School head coach Steve Garcia and company.
Golden Tornado tennis wins inaugural tourney
The Golden Tornadoes hosted their first high school tennis tournament here last weekend and from the look of things don’t be too surprised to make this an annual event in the future of that program.
Eagle baseball drops opener
The O’donnell Eagles dug themselves an early hole in last Friday’s District 4-A baseball opener at Morton one which they couldn’t quite recover from as the Indians prevailed, 12-9.
Softballers fall, now tied for first
There’s no denying that a brisk wind this past Saturday afternoon at Littlefield wasn’t much fun to play in for the Golden Tornados’ softball team.
Sanders, Coyotes shut out Eagles
As if showing down Borden County’s high octane softball team isn’t hard enough on the opposition throw in the fact that the hard-hitting Coyotes got 14 free bases from O’Donnell pitchers and a game which went only three innings was still a long night.
Coyotes, Eagles split 6-A track
Borden County’s girls and O’Donnell’s boys took top honors in last Thursday’s District 6-A Track Meet held out at Gail.
Tornado track girls fall short of title
The Golden Tornado track girls put up a whopping 111 points in last week’s District 3-3A Track & Field Championships at Denver City but it wasn’t quite enough to bring home the coveted crown.
Borden County begins repeat bid to win title
Even a change of venue didn’t get in Borden County’s path of beginning its bid at repeating as the District 4-1A baseball kingpins Monday evening against Morton.
Tornado baseballers test Leopards
Going into Tuesday night’s high school baseball game against New Home one of the top ranked teams in the state one couldn’t help but wonder what to expect.