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By KEVIN LEWIS
Herald Editor
The Plainview Christian Lady Eagles
have already made it to the promised land,
and now the Plainview Lady Bulldogs and
Bulldogs are trying to join them there.
The Lady Eagles qualifi ed for the state
tournament by beating Wichita Falls Notre
Dame on Saturday, 63-49. Plainview Christian
plays in the TAPPS 1A state semifi nals
at 5 p.m. Friday at Mansfi eld High School
against Edinburg Harvest Christian.
The winner advances to the state fi nals
set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Mansfi eld Legacy
High School.
By RYAN BLAKE THURMAN
Herald Sports Editor
Not that the fi rst two rounds of the
playoffs weren’t important games for
the Plainview Lady Bulldogs, but this
is when things get really serious.
This is the regional quarterfi nals.
The Lady Dogs are set to take on
the Palo Duro Lady Dons in a Region
1-4A quarterfi nal game at 6 p.m. Tuesday
at Hereford High School, and Plainview
coach Danny Wrenn knows this
is when his team needs to step up and
perform at the highest caliber.
“It’s going to take our best game of
the season,” he said.
The No. 25 Lady Dogs (23-10) have
played stellar defense through the fi rst
two rounds, but they will have their
work cut out for them Tuesday.
Leading the way for Palo Duro (19-
13) are a pair of guards Wrenn referred
to as “two of the best in the Panhandle”
— seniors Jasmine Patterson and Brianna
Taylor.
Patterson, a University of New Mexico
signee, has been the Lady Dons’
go-to scorer all season, and in Friday’s
53-29 win over El Paso Burgess she
put up 16 points, just one shy of her
season average. Also in the game, junior
Moneeka Carter scored 15 points
and Taylor added eight.
Plainview counters with some fi ne
guards as well, and Wrenn sees them
being key factors.
A send-off will be held at 11:20 a.m.
Thursday at the school.
Meanwhile, the PHS Lady Dogs and Bulldogs
both face Palo Duro in a doubleheader
Tuesday at Hereford High School starting at
6 p.m. (See separate stories.) Fans are encouraged
to wear red.
Teams from Petersburg, Kress, Olton,
and Floydada also are involved in the
playoffs. (See schedule at the end of this
story.)
Winter weather could play a factor in this
week’s events, although as of this morning
only one activity — today’s PHS softball
games against Seminole — have been
changed. Those will be played March 18.
“Our guards will have to do a good
job of containing them,” Wrenn said.
“You know you can’t shut them out
completely. We’ll just try to give them
different looks and confuse them. They
are all kind of different players. Taylor
is a driver and slasher. She can break
you down off the dribble. One coach . .
. said she just has another gear. Patterson
is a scorer. She can shoot the 3 or she
can just go by you with her foot speed.
“We also need to limit their runs and
slow them down. We don’t want to run
with them all the time.”
While Wrenn is concerned with the
Lady Dons’ star players, he knows
PD’s role players might be what makes
the biggest difference.
“We can’t let the supporting cast
members get 10, 12 points,” he said.
Defense, however, is where Plainview
has stood out this post-season.
Where Plainview most needs to improve
is on offense.
“We’ve defi nitely got to execute
better in the half-court,” Wrenn said.
“They create a lot of problems. They
like to run a lot of zone. With them not
being as big, we’ve got to try and get
some extra shots. We need to shoot the
ball well, get to the free throw line.
“From here on out we have to play
as well as we have all year long if we
want to move on.”
In the area round, Plainview only put
up 35 points in a fi ve-point win over El
Paso Chapin and made only one fi eld
SPORTS
goal in the fourth quarter. The Lady
Dogs also didn’t have a scorer in double
digits.
However, the Lady Dogs were hit by
bad breaks with injuries and illness.
Senior guard Kyndra Jackson sustained
a shoulder injury in practice
Thursday, and Sandra De La Garza
— among other Lady Dogs — was ill.
However, Wrenn is hopeful his team
was able to rest over the weekend and
get back to full speed.
Most of the season the Lady Dogs
have had to contend with being outsized.
However, Wrenn said PD is
much smaller than the Lady Dons have
been in the past, and the Lady Dogs
will try to take advantage of the unusual
advantage they possess Tuesday.
“We really need to try to hurt them
around the basket,” he said. “We might
have a little size . . . our posts really
need to whip their posts.”
Senior post Dylan Chavez was the
welcome surprise of Friday’s game as
she led the Lady Dogs with eight points
and six rebounds, and though she was
ill enough to be out of the starting lineup,
De La Garza came off the bench to
score seven points.
Wrenn said the Lady Dogs understand
the challenges in front of them
and know that it’s time to step up or
they will be fi nished.
“From here on out everyone we see
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It’s homecoming week at Wayland. The
Queens and Pioneers will host Oklahoma
City at 6 p.m. Thursday and Mid-America
Christian at 2 p.m. Saturday.
At 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Linda Pickens
Price, Laura Switzer and Denise Williams-
Mitchell will be inducted into Wayland Athletic
Hall of Honor at 10:30 a.m. in McClung
University Center.
The Pioneer baseball team opens Sooner
Athletic Conference play by hosting Northwestern
Oklahoma State in a doubleheader
at 2 p.m. Friday and a single game at 1 p.m.
Saturday.
The Bulldog baseball team is set to open
its season at 5 p.m. Tuesday at home against
Monday, February 22, 2010
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Playoff basketball revs up; weather affects schedule
Time to get serious
Dogs happy to be in
playoffs . . . now what?
By RYAN BLAKE THURMAN
THURMAN
Herald Sports Editor
They may have arrived
by a slightly different path,
but the end location was the
same.
After falling to Frenship in
a seeding game last Friday,
the Plainview Bulldogs took
the No. 4 seed from District
4-4A, pitting them against
the District 3-4A champion
and 19th-ranked Palo Duro
Dons for the bi-district round
of the state playoffs.
The game, the second half
of a Plainview-Palo Duro
doubleheader with the Lady
Dogs, will tip off at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday at Hereford
High School.
“First of all, you’re glad
to be in the playoffs because
there are a lot teams who
would love to be there and
aren’t,” Plainview coach
Leon Hagerman said. “You
have to play good teams
somewhere along the line.
We just happen to get PD
right off. It will defi nitely be
a great challenge for us.”
The specifi cs of the bidistrict
battle are the same
as the hand Plainview was
dealt a season ago, but the
Bulldogs hope this sequel
has an alternate ending than
the original.
In last year’s game, Palo
Duro narrowly escaped being
upset by the Bulldogs.
Plainview had a sevenpoint
lead with three minutes
to play, but PD sank a couple
of 3-pointers and then outshot
the Bulldogs at the free
throw line to earn a 64-60
victory.
The Dons went on to advance
to the regional fi nals
for the fi fth time in six years,
losing in overtime for the
second year in a row.
Two starters returned from
that team for the Dons (20-6),
including 6-foot-8 post Michael
Cobbins. Hagerman
knows it will be key for the
Dogs to keep the Oklahoma
State commitment under
control.
“He’s a lot of what makes
their team go,” Hagerman
said. “He’s involved in the
offense a lot, obviously, but
he’s strong defensively and
he controls boards on both
ends of the fl oor. He’s also
very athletic. He’ll play inside
a lot, but he’ll step out-
Richard Porter/PDH
TOUGH ‘D’: PHS freshman
Daniel Miller defends
a Frenship Tiger in
Friday’s seeding game.
side and shoot some, too.”
Cobbins averages a double-double
with around 15
points and 10 rebounds per
game.
Hagerman also said the
Dons have a good selection
of guards that will keep the
Bulldogs on their toes defensively.
Trestin Clay leads
PD on the perimeter and averages
around 12 points.
Offensively for Plainview
(16-12), Hagerman said a
lot of pressure will be put
on their guards to take care
of the ball because of how
much pressure PD uses.
“They are going to press
hard for four quarters,” he
said. “We’ll have to work
hard to get the ball up the
fl oor. It will be key to get
across half-court, get into
our offense and be effective
running our offense.”
Running that offense for
the second consecutive game
will be sophomores Jaylon
Jackson and Josh Smiley,
who have taken over for seniors
Marquis Jackson and
Bubba Wiggins who are no
longer on the roster due to
disciplinary reasons.
Marquis Jackson was one
of the team’s top scorers in
the second round of district,
so Jaylon Jackson along with
Smiley will have to step up
and put points on the board.
Smiley led the Dogs with
17 points Friday in the loss
to Frenship and was joined
in double fi gures by Jaylon
Jackson with 10.
Helping out Jaylon Jackson
and Smiley will be
Thomas Curry. The junior
See Dogs, Page 7A
See Lady Dogs, Page 7A
Randall.
With today’s game cancelled, the PHS
softball team’s next outing will be at the El
Paso Tournament at 11 a.m. Thursday.
The PHS tennis team hosts Dumas, Levelland
and Hobbs, N.M., in a quad match at 8
a.m. Saturday.
The PHS girls golf team plays Saturday in
Abilene while the boys and girls track teams
get their seasons started in Lubbock on Saturday.
In powerlifting, the Bulldogs compete
Thursday at Lubbock High while the girls
lift Saturday in Bovina.
See Schedule, Page 7A
Photo by Caitlin Vaughan
INLET: Plainview’s Marisa Gamboa (23) receives a
pass during Friday’s game against El Paso Chapin.
Why is Bill Coleman running for Hale County Judge?
After retiring from a long and rewarding career I wish to
continue my service to the community. I have the energy and
the experience to faithfully serve the citizens of Hale County
in the capacity of Hale County Judge.
What are Bill Coleman’s qualifications?
I have 37 years of experience in the county and district court
systems, over 31 of them in an administrative position. I have
worked directly with elected officials and citizen groups at
the city, county, and state level. I have demonstrated and
developed my leadership skills both within my profession and
in the community.
What are the major issues facing the Hale County
Judge’s office and how will Bill Coleman address them?
The major issue is currently the lack of cooperation between
the Hale County Judge’s office and the Commissioner’s Court.
If elected my primary goal will be to restore unity and respect
to the Commissioner’s Court. The role of the County Judge
should be about leadership and teamwork. As an effective
leader I will open issues for discussion, listen respectfully
to differing opinions and guide the formation of a plan that
benefits all the players.
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assault, not leadership!” – Dwight D. Eisenhower