GREENVILLE —   Maddy Crabtree scored 17 of her game-high 21 points to help the Greenville Lady Lions overtake Sherman 61-53 in District 13-4A girls basketball on Friday night in the Lions Den.

  The Lady Lions trailed 28-23 at halftime but grabbed the lead with a 24-12 advantage in the third quarter and then held off Sherman despite missing a bunch of free throws in the fourth quarter.

  Elizabeth Rutherford also pitched in 14 points and Savannah Himes added nine as the Lady Lions improved to 12-9 for the season and 2-5 in district play. Crabtree also finished with seven rebounds and four assists. Mackenzie Cooper had a big night on the boards with 16 rebounds, plus seven points and six assists.

  “Tremendous effort from everyone,” said Lady Lions coach Lesa Darst. “We had two great practices leading into this game.”

  Darst said the Lady Lions played well in the first half.

  “We just weren’t connecting on our shots. We came out on fire the second half. We mentally stayed in the game until we finished.”

  Breylyn Keys led Sherman with 17 points and Jayzhia Softly added 12 as the Lady Bearcats dropped to 15-10 and 4-3.

                    District 13-4A girls

Sherman      15    13    12    13    —53

Greenville    12     11    24    14    —61

  S: Sa’Liesha Hunter 4, Jayzhia Softly 12, Brandy Higgs 5, J’Lyn Wash 7, Breylyn Keys 17, Ashley Crockett 8.

  G: Arian Alford 3, Maddy Crabtree 21, Cortney Luna 4, Mackenzie Cooper 7, Elizabeth Rutherford 14, Savannah Himes 9.

  Records: G 12-9, 2-5; S 15-10, 4-3.

  Next game: Royse City at Greenville, Tuesday.

                     Junior varsity girls

Sherman      4    7    18    15    —44

Greenville    9    8      8    14    —40

  S: McCalister 13, Lawrence 10.

  G: Reagan Jeffery 17, Britney Smith 7, Ruby Pena 6, Jordan Sweat 6.

                     Freshman girls

Sherman      5    3    6    13    —27

Greenville    3    6    6    11    —26

  S: Brown 8.

  G: Nalisha Johnson 15, Amelia Woodman 9.

Greenville 66,

Sherman 54

            By Steve Shwarts

         Herald-Banner Staff

  Collen Wilburn fired in 13 points and Dartannon Wilson pumped in 10 to lead the Greenville Lions to a 66-54 win over the Sherman Bearcats Friday at the Lions Den in District 13-4A basketball.

  Marquis Taylor, Brady Mulkey and Jerry Dickeson each added eight points for Greenville, which is now 12-12 overall and 1-4 in district play.

  Sherman falls to 12-14 and 2-3.

  “We played a complete game tonight on both ends of the floor,” said Greenville head coach Marcus Smith. “We never gave up. We never quit. I believe tonight we became a more mentally strong team. We played a great game. Our new slogan is, ‘One game at a time.””

  Slynn Thomrson fired in 13 points to lead the Bearcats, while teammate T.J. Ball added 11.

                     District 13-4A boys

Sherman       9    13    18    16    —54

Greenville    24    15     7    20    —66

  S: J.T. Luper 4, Tray Bowen 7, Armon Jones 8, Slynn Thomrson 13, Tre Mask 7, T.J. Ball 11, Stetson Sullivan 6.

  G: Collen Wilburn 13, Marquis Taylor 8, Jamar Clark 4, Marlon Mack 2, Darion Neal 7, Dartannon Wilson 10, Justin Wade 2, Brady Mulkey 8, Jerry Dickeson 8, John Franklin 4.

Records: S 12-14, 2-3; G 12-12, 1-4.

  Next game:  Royse City at Greenville, 8 p.m. Tuesday.

                    Junior varsity boys

Sherman      12    14    13    13    —52

Greenville    12    16    16    18    —62

  S: Sullivan 19.

  G: Derren Wilson 20.

                   Freshman boys

Sherman    6    14    21    11    —52

Greenville    11    9    9    10    —39

  S: Woods 12.

  G: Zarian Brown 12, Carandal Hale 10.

Leonard (girls) 59,

Caddo Mills 44

  LEONARD — A 12-6 advantage in the second quarter helped the Leonard Lady Tigers to a 59-44 District 12-2A win over Caddo Mills on Friday.

  Kimmy Blackburn led the victors with 17 points and Kacie McCarley added 11.

  Hannah Hopkins topped Caddo Mills and all scorers with 21 points.

                        District 12-2A girls

Caddo Mills    16      6    16      6    —44

Leonard         17    12     15    15    —59

  CM: Hannah Hopkins 21, Makenna Tallant 7, Jaylynn Gracy 6, Jacie Thomason 5, Emily Saldivar 3, Tabatha Moore 2.

  L: Kimmy Blackburn 17, Kacie McCarley 11, Chasity Cummings 9, Taylor Bishop 8, Shelby Zumwalt 6, Lexi Devincentis 6.

  Record: CM 8-13, 0-6.

  Next game: Caddo Mills at Sunnyvale, Tuesday.

                       Junior varsity girls

Caddo Mills    6    5    5    3    —19

Leonard          9    3    9    6    —27

  CM: Jordan Mize 7, Dreanna Hill 5.

  L: Baker 6.

Lone Oak (girls) 64,

Grand Saline 30

  LONE OAK — Lone Oak’s Lady Buffs jumped out to a 36-16 halftime lead and then cruised to a 64-30 District 14-2A victory over Grand Saline on Friday night.

  Alyssa Busby led Lone Oak with 18 points and six steals. Sara Richardson finished with 12 points and six rebounds. Alexa Wallen and Ashleigh Dodwell both chipped in 10 points. Dodwell pulled down eight rebounds, as did Kinsey Patton.

                         District 14-2A girls

Grand Saline    7      9     5    10    —30

Lone Oak       14    22    19    11    —64

  GS: Emily Cantrell 12, Joslin 8, Abby Stanley 7, Denton 3.

  LO: Alyssa Busby 18, Sara Richardson 12, Alexa Wallen 10, Ashleigh Dodwell 10, Caitlin Kimberlin 7, Chelsea Rigsby 3, Kinsey Patton 2, Hanah Nichol 2.

  Next game: Quitman at Lone Oak, Tuesday.

                         Junior varsity girls

Grand Saline    2    1     3     7    —13

Lone Oak         4    4    12    0    —20

  GS: Waymire 7.

  LO: Jayce Womack 9, Hannah Wooten 6, Meagan Moore 5.

Celeste (girls) 42,

Bland 34

  CELESTE — Haley Trentham fired in 27 points to lift the Celeste Lady Devils to a 42-34 District 15-A victory over Bland on Friday.

  Sara Waidelich led Bland with 20 points.

                  District 15-A girls

Bland         7    8    10    9    —34

Celeste    21    5    11    5    —42

  B: Sara Waidelich 20, Jaci Welborn 6.

  C: Haley Trentham 27, Morgan Lewis 6, Devon Jackson 3, Erica Jordan 3.

  Record: C 21-3, 5-2; B 3-4.

  Next game: Celeste at Boles, Tuesday.

Leonard 84,

Caddo Mills 50

  LEONARD — The Leonard Tigers upped their District 12-2A record to 4-1 with an 84-50 win over Caddo Mills on Friday.

  Leonard, now 15-5 for the season, spread the scoring out among Tyler “Turbo” Turner (15), Jacob Redmon (13), Robert Greene (11) and Max Scoggins (10).

  Cory Johnson topped Caddo Mills with 10 points.

                       District 12-2A boys

Caddo Mills     9     6    22    13    —50

Leonard        17    16    23    28    —84

  CM: Cory Johnson 10, Jacob Tillet 9, Johnathan Gilliespie 8, Damian Newby 8, Jordan Bicknell 4, Daxx Hill 6, Jordan Dixon 5.

  L: Tyler “Turbo” Turner 15, Jacob Redmon 13, Robert Greene 11, Max Scoggins 10, Storm Taylor 7, Bradley Dills 7, Scott Bratt 6, Blake Hicks 5, Ty McKinney 5, Austin Kitchens 3, Matthew Wilson 2.

  Record: L 15-5, 4-1.

  Next game: Leonard at Gunter, Tuesday.

Bland 52,

Celeste 23

  CELESTE — Bland claimed a 52-23 District 15-A win over the Celeste Blue Devils on Friday.

  Chris Brown led the victorious Tigers with 12 points, Thomas Sourber added 11 and Juan Aviles chipped in 10 as Bland improved to 16-4 overall and 5-1 in district play.

  Braden Morrow led Celeste with eight points.

              District 15-A boys

Bland     13    14    10    15    —52

Celeste    5      8      2      8    —23

  B: Thomas Sourber 11, Joseph Sourber 8, Cameron Turner 4, Adam Shinn 7, Chris Brown 12, Juan Aviles 10.

  C: Braden Morrow 8, Dalton Edge 3, D.J. Jarrard 2, Austin Shatto 4, Justin Bennett 1, Smith 2, Austin Gilliam 3.

  Record: B 16-4, 5-1.

  Next game: Bland at Blue Ridge, Tuesday; Celeste at Boles, Tuesday.

Rains 58,

Quinlan Ford 57

  EMORY — Rains pulled out a 58-57 home win over the Quinlan Ford Panthers on Friday.

Devonte Pryor paced Rains with 17 points, while Jesse Oswalt fired in 13, Jacob Dowty added 11 and  Erik Jackson scored 10.

  Blake Davenport led Ford and all scorers with 21 points, while Kaden Wallace pumped in 13 and Devin Lewis added 10.

                         District 14-3A boys

Quinlan Ford    7    27    10    13    —57

Rains             22     21     2     13    —58

  QF: Kaden Wallace 13, Taylor Sikorsky 5, Blake Davenport 21, Corey Hall 6, Devin Lewis 10.

  R: Jared Barnett 4, Jesse Oswalt 13, Tyler Lennon 3, Devonte Pryor 17, Jacob Dowty 11, Erik Jackson 10.

  Records: QF 7-11, R 6-15.

  Next game: Crandall at Quinlan Ford, Friday; Rains at Crandall, Tuesday.

Lone Oak 51,

Grand Saline 32

LONE OAK — Sawyer Zachary fired in 16 points, while Clint Mahand pumped in 13 to lead the Lone Oak Buffaloes to a 51-32 victory over Grand Saline Friday night.

                          District 14-2A boys

Grand Saline     12     6     8     6    —32

Lone Oak         13    14     4    20    —51

  GS: Phelps 8, Latta 8, Laprade 7, Corrales 5, Davis 2, McCowan 2.

  LO: Sawyer Zachary 16, Clint Mahand 13, Ethan Fite 10, Kevin Smith 6, Keegan Willson 4, Colten Lasseter 2.

  Record: LO 11-11, 3-2.

  Next game: Quitman at Lone Oak, Tuesday



Rains (girls) 54,

Quinlan Ford 45

  EMORY — Klara Bradshaw fired in 22 points to lead the Emory Rains Lady Wildcats to a 54-45 win over the Quinlan Ford Lady Panthers.

  Jessika Keaton fired in 15 to lead Quinlan Ford.

               District 14-3A girls

Quinlan    6    16    11    12    —45

Rains     13    16    16      9    —54

  QF: Jade Patton 3, Ariel Smith 2, Taylor Elrod 8, Jessika Keaton 15,  Jenna Ackenback 3, Carley Torbert 8, Shelby Reeves 7. 18-9, 2-0

  ER: Molly Carista 5, Chelsea Wilson 2, Carley Hill 4, Cortney Anderson 8, Shaye Meadow 4, Megan Hazlewood 4, Klara Bradshaw 22, Hannah Dickens 7.          

  Records: QF 18-9, 2-1.