GREENVILLE —
Greenville will try to defend the leading scorer in the Metroplex when the Lady Lions entertain Royse City in District 13-4A basketball tonight.
The tripleheader starts with junior varsity action at 5 p.m., followed by the varsity girls at 6:30 and the varsity boys at about 8.
Krystal Pickron of Royse City leads all 4A scorers in the Metroplex with her average of 25.0 points per game. Pickron’s also averaging 12.3 rebounds.
Pickron scored 34 points for the Lady Bulldogs on Friday night but they lost 63-48 to Wylie. Royse City’s next leading scorer was Lauren Dusek with six points.
Royse City is 17-8 overall and 3-3 in district play.
The Lady Lions are 12-9 and 2-5 after surprising Sherman 61-53 on Friday night in Greenville. Maddy Crabtree led the Lady Lions with 21 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Elizabeth Rutherford added 14 points, Savannah Himes pitched in nine and Mackenzie Cooper added seven points, 16 rebounds and six assists.
“Tremendous effort from everyone,” said Lady Lions coach Lesa Darst.
The Lady Lions are taking on a Royse City team that beat them 59-45 on Dec. 11 at Royse City. Pickron led Royse City and all scorers that night with 27 points and Dusek added 12 points. Rutherford topped Greenville with 14 points, while Crabtree scored 11 and Himes 10.
Greenville’s Lions hope to carry the momentum of a big win over Sherman into their game against Royse City. The Lions picked up 13 points from Collen Wilburn, 10 from Dartannon Wilson and eight each from Marquis Taylor, Brady Mulkey and Jerry Dickeson during their 66-54 win over Sherman.
“We played a complete game tonight on both ends of the floor,” said Lions coach Marcus Smith.
The Lions are now 12-12 for the season and 1-4 in district play.
Royse City is 4-1 in district play following a 63-47 win over Wylie. Jamie Briceno paced the Bulldogs with 18 points, while Tre Hayes added 15 and David Frye chipped in 11.
It’s a busy night of district play for other teams around the area. Scheduled games include Caddo Mills at Sunnyvale, Leonard at Gunter, Bland at Blue Ridge, Celeste at Boles, Quitman at Lone Oak, Rains at Crandall and East Texas Christian of Tyler is at Greenville Christian School.
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Maddy Crabtree takes the ball inside for two of her 21 points during the Greenville Lady Lions’ win over Sherman on Friday night. David Claybourn / Herald-Banner
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A&M-Commerce adds softball to athletic program
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“I am thrilled about the addition of this program,” he said, mentioning that A&M-Commerce is one of the oldest universities in Texas and the only charter member left of the original LSC. “As long as we’ve been here, we’ve never had a womens softball program.” -
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Pilot Point’s Skylar Cagle showed why she’s one of the state’s top pitchers while leading the Lady Bearcats to a sweep over Commerce in a Class 2A regional semifinal softball series on Friday night.
Cagle struck out 22 batters in 14 innings as No. 1 state-ranked Pilot Point won 1-0 and 3-2 to advance to the regional finals. Cagle improved her season record to 23-0 as Pilot Point upped its team mark to 36-2.
Commerce finished the season with a 27-7 record after advancing the farthest in the playoffs in school history.
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Commerce Lady Tigers to face No. 1 ranked team
Tonight the Commerce Lady Tigers will play Pilot Point, the No. 1 ranked softball team in the state.
But to Commerce Jeff Davidson, it’ll be just another game.
“It’s still another game,” he said. “It’s their best against our best.”
The Lady Tigers will face Pilot Point at 6 p.m. in Mount Pleasant at Northeast Texas Community College in the first game of a best-of-three Class 2A regional semifinal playoff series. Game two is set for 8:30 p.m. and if need be, game three is at 10 a.m. on Saturday. -
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Wilson wins gold, silver at state track meet
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GHS athletics hands out awards
The Greenville Lions held their Athletic Banquet at the Greenville High School Auditorium Saturday evening.
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Storms test area athletes' patience
Patience was a necessity for local athletes competing on Friday at the University Interscholastic League State Track and Field Championships in Austin.
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Local MMA fighters set to compete
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Royse City runner seeks to improve at state meet
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Dewayne Roach Jr. shoots 743, Susan Shelton bowls 669
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