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Holly Hawkins drives to the basket. Photo by Keri Harvey It was a big test early on for the alright by forcing Melissa to just 18 Lady Bulldogs who come in ranked for 52 shooting from the field. 21 in the state in the preseason polls Meanwhile, Howe shot 24 of 48 on by Texas Association of Basketball their way to the 76-56 win. The Coaches. The same poll has Lady Bulldogs' sharp shooter Darci Melissa ranked 7 in Class 4A. Foster knocked down three out of Facing teams that are better than four three-pointers to finish second you always make you better in the in points only to Howe's three-time long-run. But finding a team like District MVP Riley Harvey, who that might be a little tough for had 25 points and pulled down 15 Howe who has their eyes on the rebounds. state tournament. "We really put it to Melissa, as "I'm ready to go." said Head Coach Coach Lands would say." said Derek Lands. "If we'll stay healthy, Harvey. "I'm excited to see where I think we'll be alright." it takes us. I think we can go as far as we want to and as hard as we The girls started out better than work. If we keep working, we'll go
Other scorers were Madisyn Hargron (5), Landry Rhoten (5), Howe got off to a good start by Payton Griffin (4), Kamryn leading Melissa 14-12 after the first Fulenchek (4), Holly Hawkins (2), period. Howe held the slimmest 21- Jaylyn Mosse (2), Hunter 20 lead going into the half but Brockleman (2), Kaity Helpenstell, dominated the third quarter by and Alissa Smith with one each. outscoring Melissa, 22-9. The Lady Cardinals put up a fight in the final The girls will travel to Whitewright frame, but Howe still outscored next Tuesday night to face the Lady them, 23-17 to reach the final 20 Tigers. point margin of victory. Lands had 13 different girls score at least one point in the contest. Just under Harvey and Foster was sophomore Peyton Streetman, who knocked down eight points, all from the free-throw line. Kayla Anderson chipped in six points and five rebounds.
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