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Panthers claw
Bulldogs
Monitor Staff Reports
MABANK–The Mabank Panthers kept their slim playoff hopes alive Friday
when they used a big second quarter to get past the visiting Eustace
Bulldogs 66-57.
Now 4-3 in District 13-3A basketball competition, the Panthers were
scheduled to visit Ferris Tuesday, while the 0-7 Bulldogs were scheduled
to host Crandall.
Friday, Feb. 9, the Panthers will host the Crandall Pirates in a
critical district match, as a playoff berth likely will be riding on the
outcome. That same evening, Eustace’s boys will visit Kaufman.
Tuesday, Feb. 13, Mabank’s boys will wrap up the second round of
district competition and the regular season when they visit
league-leading Kemp, while the Bulldogs will end their season at home
against Ferris.
Each evening opens with 4:30 p.m. sub-varsity games.
At Mabank Friday, the hosting Panthers knew they would have a fight on
their hands against the winless Bulldogs, who battled them down to the
wire in their first-round matchup at Eustace.
The Panthers opened a slim 13-11 lead over the Bulldogs behind 6-of-10
shooting from the free throw line and a 3-point basket from Mark Groom,
while Eustace countered with treys from both Jordan Nixon and Ryan
Schwanbeck.
As it turned out, the second quarter proved to be the key for the
Panthers, as they outscored the Bulldogs 20-13 to take a nine-point
halftime advantage, 33-24.
Kolton Browning (three baskets), Barry Prather (four points) and Haydon
Blair (6-of-6 from the charity stripe) keyed the Panther effort, while
Schwanbeck scored seven points, including a second trey, for the
Bulldogs.
That nine-point edge stood up in the second half, as the two teams
matched points in both quarters.
Bulldog junior David Graves, after being shut out in the first half,
caught fire in the second, scoring all of his 15 points, including two
fourth-quarter treys.
Nixon added another trey in the fourth quarter and Jacob Horton also had
a trey, but the Panthers countered with more balanced scoring from seven
different players.
Neither team did particularly well at the free throw line, as the
Panthers wound up hitting 18-of-27 attempts (despite Blair’s 7-of-8
showing), while the Bulldogs hit 8-of-14.
Blair wound up with game-high honors, scoring 17 points, while Browning
finished with 13, Jarred Batson had 11 (including 5-of-6 from the line)
and Barry Prather scored 10 points.
The Panthers also got seven from Mack Wintin, six (two treys) from Groom
and four points in the fourth quarter from Wayland Pharms.
Both Graves and Schwanbeck finished with 15 points each for the
Bulldogs, while Horton finished with nine points.
Both Nixon and Blake Townley scored seven points, while both Thomas
Clowdus and Zac Keeling finished with two points each.
Mabank also swept the sub-varsity games, winning the junior varsity
contest 51-29, while the Panther freshmen rolled over their Eustace
counterparts 90-14.
Monitor Photo/Kerry Yancey
Mabank Panther Mack Wintin (white uniform) crashes into Eustace
Bulldog Jacob Horton (23) under the basket during the early moments \
of Mabank’s 66-57 win over Eustace Friday.
Lady Panthers clinch
playoffs
Monitor Staff Reports
MABANK–A big start and a big finish pushed the Mabank Lady Panthers past
the visiting Eustace Lady Bulldogs 53-25 Friday.
The win secured the District 13-3A third-place playoff berth for the
Lady Panthers, who improved to 5-4 in loop play and 13-14 on the season,
while the Lady Bulldogs fell to 1-7 in district play.
Both teams were scheduled to wind up the second round of district play
and the regular season Tuesday, as Mabank visited Ferris, while Eustace
hosted district runner-up Crandall.
The Lady Panthers will face a District 14-3A team in the first round of
the playoffs, possibly Canton (6-3 going into Tuesday’s season finale at
Bullard) or Brownsboro (5-4 going into Tuesday’s game against unbeaten
Athens), at a date and time to be determined.
Playing at home on “senior night,” the Lady Panthers opened a 21-4 lead
over the Lady Bulldogs, matched baskets for the second and third
quarters, and put together an 18-7 run in the fourth quarter to forge
the final 26-point margin.
Kelsi Reynolds led the Lady Panthers with 13 points, while Jeanice
Mojica, a late move-up from the junior varsity, finished with 12 points,
most of them coming in the fourth quarter.
The Lady Panthers also got nine points from Blaire Hyde, six points from
Miranda Groom, four from Emily Tucker, three from Shadia Rueb, and two
points each from Katie Cross, Ashley Corter and Sam Goss.
Senior Alyson Harlan scored 14 of the Lady Bulldogs’ 25 points, while
Traci Garrett added seven points, and both Alyssa Cox and Rebekah Walter
scored two points each.
Monitor Photo/Kerry Yancey
Mabank’s Katie Cross (13) and Ashley Corter (40) battle Eustace’s Brisha
Ward (left) and Traci Garrett (1) for possession of a loose ball during
Mabank’s
win over visiting Eustace Friday.
Lady Panthers beat Kaufman in
shoot-out, 2-1
Monitor Photo/Kerry Yancey
Lady Panther teammates mob Erin Mason after she
blocked
three Kaufman shots to win the shoot-out. The teams ended regulation
play tied at
0-0, forcing the shoot-out, which Mabank won, 2-1.
Upcoming Games
Boys' Basketball
Feb. 9
MHS vs Crandall*
KHS @ Ferris*
EHS @ Kaufman*
Feb. 13
MHS @ KHS*
EHS vs Ferris*
(end regular season)
*District 13-3A game
Baseball
Feb. 9
KHS @ Quinlan (scr)
Feb. 10
KHS - marathon game
Feb. 12
MHS vs Fairfield (scr)
EHS vs Athens (scr)
Feb. 13
KHS @ Malakoff (scr)
EHS vs Athens (scr) Softball
Feb. 8
MHS @ Red Oak (scr)
Feb. 9
KHS @ Frankston
EHS (TBA)
Feb. 10
MHS @ Palestine
Soccer
Feb. 9
MHS girls @ Red Oak*
MHS boys vs Red Oak*
*District 11-4A game
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