Lady Dog basketball didn’t waste much time Friday evening at their third district contest in Holland, where they beat the Lady Hornets 57-21.
Thorndale built an early lead at the close of the first, up 14-8. But THS outscored the Bell County squad 16-4 in the second to take a 30-12 lead at halftime. The boost was in big part due to two three-pointers from Abby Dickerson and another from Kassidy Eubanks.
The Lady Dogs held on for the remainder of the game, outscoring Holland 27-9 in the second half to stay undefeated in District 27-2A.
Dickerson led Thorndale with 12 points, while Makayla Lafferty and Bailee Baker each finished the night with 10.
Eubanks had 9 points and Kelsey Kovar scored 7, while Kinley Meadors scored 5 and Kyndal Robinson had 4 with shots in the first and fourth quarter.
LAST WEEK—Thorndale, who is now 3-0, beat visiting Milano last Tuesday 73-27 and opened district on Jan. 7, with a road win over Hearne, 42-30.
THIS WEEK—The Lady Dogs battled with rival Thrall on Tuesday after press time and head to Granger Friday to face the Lady Lions.
GHS is 2-1 in district play with wins over Milano (41-37) and Thrall (50-29) and a loss to Holland (47-40).
Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
BULLDOGS—Like the Lady Dogs, Thorndale’s boys team also left Holland with a victory, defeating the Hornets 68-49 on Friday evening.
Although HHS got within five points of Thorndale early in the second quarter, the Bulldogs attacked, going on a 17-9 run in the final five minutes of the quarter to lead 43-30 at halftime.
More of the same occurred in the second half, with THS taking down Holland for a win in their first district contest.
Leading scorers for the Bulldogs were Blake Roberts with 16 points and Clason Beasley with 15. Other top performers were Branson McCoy and Dean Johnson, who each scored 10.
Dereck Cauble and Kaden Kovar finished the night with 6 apiece and Chance Betak scored 5.
THS was also hot on the defensive end with two steals from Roberts and two blocks by Beasley. Johnson and Cauble led the group in rebounds with 8 and 7. Six of Cauble’s rebounds were on defense.
THIS WEEK—The ‘Dawgs took on Thrall Tuesday after press deadline and head to Granger Friday for their first meeting of the season.
The Lions are 0-1 in district, coming off a 45-43 loss to Thrall this past Friday and share common opponents with Thorndale. GHS fell to Holland 45-38, at a tournament on Dec. 10.
Game time is slated for 7 p.m.
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