High School Basketball And More In Today’s Sports Update

Prairiland defeated New Boston 55-51 last night. Prairiland jumped out to a 16 point lead in the second only to watch the Lady Lions come back to tie it at 49. Caitlyn Folse calmly sank two free throws to put Prairiland back up for good. Hannah Murdock led the team with 14 points. Prairiland will play the winner of Tatum and Harmony who plays tonight.

In other playoff action, Paris fell to Gilmer 49-37. Gilmer only led by four points after the third quarter before pulling away in the final frame.

It was Bullard 57-43 over North Lamar. Mylee Nottingham led North Lamar with 20 points.

Tonight the Honey Grove Lady Warriors will play North Hopkins at Prairiland at 6:00 pm while Detroit faces Harleton at 8:00 pm in Pittsburg.

Also tonight on Mix 107-7, the North Lamar Panthers will host the Paris Wildcats at 7:00 pm. The Detroit boys will travel to McCleod. Chisum will be at Mt Vernon.

In softball yesterday the Prairiland Lady Patriots defeated Tom Bean 3-0. Grace Unruh and Mckenna Guest combined for the shutout. Unruh had nine strikeouts while Guest finished with four.

HIGH SCHOOL

BASKETBALL

GIRLS

5A

Jacksonville 55 – Sulphur Springs 26

Royse City 70 – Hallsville 43

Royse City’s Sophomore Maggie Hutka surpasses 1,000 career varsity points in tonight’s bi-district playoff game

Mt Pleasant vs. Whitehouse at Gladewater Tue 6:30 pm

Texas High vs. Lufkin at Pine Tree Tue 8:00 pm

4A

Argyle 57 – Godley 17

Bullard 57 – North Lamar 43

Canton 35 – Crandall 19

Gilmer 49 – Paris 37

Pleasant Grove 62 – Kilgore 35

Van 49 – Farmersville 24

3A

Chapel Hill MP 103 – DeKalb 30

Daingerfield 77 – Gladewater 60

Edgewood vs. Life Oak Cliff Tue 6:00 pm

Hughes Springs vs. White Oak at Longview Tue 7:00 pm

Mineola 80 – A+ Academy 8

Mt Vernon 61 – Paul Pewitt 50

Prairiland 55 – New Boston 51 upset

Rains 70 – Uplift Hampton 40

Sabine – Elysian Fields at Longview Tues 6:30 pm

Winnsboro 85 – Atlanta 46

2A

Clarksville vs. Beckville at Queen City Tue 6:00 pm

Como Pickton vs. Merit Bland at Rains Tue 6:00 pm

Detroit vs. Harleton at Pittsburg Tue 8:00 pm

Harmony vs. Tatum at Longview Tue 7:30 pm

North Hopkins vs. Honey Grove at Prairiland Tue 6:00 pm

Rivercrest vs. Hawkins at Pittsburg Tue 6:00 pm

Union Grove 62 – McLeod 41

Wolfe City 41 – Campbell 14

1A

Avinger vs Ector at Rivercrest Tue 6:00 pm

Dodd City – BYE

Sulphur Bluff 58 – Miller Grove 40

Saltillo – BYE

 

BOYS

Hughes Springs at Ore City Tue 6:30 pm

Mt Pleasant at Greenville Tue for the district championship 7:30 pm

North Lamar hots Paris 7:00 pm

Sulphur Springs hosts Lindale

Saltillo at Union Hill Tue 5:30 pm

TRACK

MPJH’s Track Meet in Sulphur Springs is now Monday (Feb 24) instead of Tuesday (Feb 25).

The Paris Wildcat Baseball team played Prairiland in a scrimmage Monday. The Paris JV plays Prairiland today (Feb 18) on the hill at 5:00 pm, depending on the weather.

WRESTLING

The 2020 UIL Wrestling State Championships will be on February 21-22 at the Berry Center in Cypress, Texas. Conference 5A and 6A boys’ matches begin at 8:30 am on Friday, and 5A, 6A girls matches begin at 11:00 am. Events on Saturday begin at 8:30 am with Conference 5A and 6A boys. Conference 5A and 6A girls begin at 10:30 am. Saturday. The Parade of Champions starts at 4:30 pm, and all championships matches will follow. A wrestling schedule and participant list are on the UIL web site.