The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 144, No. 98, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1998 Page: 10 of 63
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Sports
Bastrop loses two, gains one in new alignment
Elgin to stay in Class 3 A;
Smithville changes districts
inc university UHciscuoias-
tic League announced its bian-
nual realignment Monday, and
the Bears wifi be mmprfing ia
District 27-4A in 1998-1999
and 1999-2000.
Del Valle win move to an
Austin area district, while Gon-
zales drops back down 10 Class
3A. The new district win add
San Marcos, which drops from
Class 3 A.
Although there are usually
plenty of surprises when the
UIL makes its realignments —
and there were some around the
state — Bastrop athletic director
Jay McCarty didn’t find any
with the Bears* new district
“It happened pretty much like
we thought it would happen,**
McCarty said. “We definitely
wanted a dtatrict”
The Bean are currently in a
seven-team district, which
forces florae teams to have
dates.
Bastrop’s new dtatrict will
include Hays, Locxnan, New
Braunfels Canyon, San Marcos
and Smithson Valley.
There was some speculation
that Hays might move up to
Class SA, but the cutoff number
for SA schools was harreaaed
from 1,650 students to 1,780.
Classifications are baaed on
school enrollment
“We really wanted to wish
Hays well in 5A.” McCarty
said. “They raised the number,
and nobody went up that we
thought would go up."
With San Marcos coming
into the dtatrict, the Bears will
face more competition since the
Rattlers advanced to the Class
SA playoffs last year.
“It hasn’t gotten any easier,**
McCarty said. “There’s no
breather anywhere. We could
have six reams tied going into
the last week.”
Alter the realignment was
announced. District 27-4A
coaches met and drew the dta-
trict schedule. McCarty also fi-
nalized the Beats’ non-dtatrict
schedule and scrimmages.
/
Bastrop will scrimmage
Austin Reagan and Georgetown
The Beam wfll open the reg-
ular season fire fiat week in
September boating Pflugerville
Connally.
Other non-dtatrict games are:
move up to Class 4 A
Cameron and wfll add Taylor.
The new district will be 19-3A
*T think it worked out good
for us,” Baca said. *Tn the last
two aHgmueats, we had eight
reams, and two reams made the
playoffs. Now we’re in a six-
team flfid three tflflfllfl
wiB make the piayoffk. ft’s not
going to be simple, ft’s still go-
ing to be a tough dtatrict, but
we’re happy the way it turned
OUL”
The other county school,
Smithville, wfll leave Dtaadct
18-3A and compere in Dtatrict
2O-3A.
Smithville’s new dtatrict wfll
indude Bcfivffie, Columbus,
“We think it’s a good deal,’’
w way: ww mjmre^
omnnvilie fltnieuc director mudc
Royce said. “We’re looking
forward to the challenge.”
Royce said La Grange and
Columbus have strong pro-
grams. La Grange advanced
deep into the ptayofb thia year
but wfll lose a lot of [flayers to
graduation.
The Tigers wfll be familiar
with Gidcfings, a team they de-
feated last year.
Smithville’s schedule is ten-
tative and wfll be finalized in
two weeks, Royce said. Dtatrict
teams win meet Thursday to
drt»»rminfi tto» rtfaUricf schedule,
Bears defeated
by Rangers
SPRING BRANCH — The
District 28-4A-leacfing Smith-
son Valley Rangers, sparked by
a 31-9 run in the third quarter,
came from behind to beat the
Bastrop Bears, 83-S7, Tuesday
night at Smithson Valley.
The Bears led 21-12 after one
quarter, but the Rangers took a
32-27 lead at the half.
But sparked by the return of
their leading player in the sec-
ond half, Smithson Valley took
a 63-36 lead after three quarters.
John Palmquist led the Bears
in scoring with 14 points, while
Michael Nicholson added 13,
Mike McCloskey and Buck
Bailey had seven each, Larry
Monk five, Kenneth Henry and
Robert Walker four each and
Jonathan Okunbor three.
The loss dropped Bastrop to
0-9 in district and 4-21 overall,
while the Rangers improved to
10-0 in district and 21-7 for the
year.
Lady Bears near playoff spot
The Bastrop Lady Beara
inched doser to a playoff spot
with a 47-26 win over the
Smithson Valley Lady Rangers
Tuesday night at the BHS gym.
The win gives the Lady Bears
a 6-5 record in Dtatrict 28-4A
with one game left Friday at
New Braunfels Canyon.
Hays and Dei Valle have al-
ready clinched the top two
spots. Del Valle boated Canyon
Tuesday, and if Del Valle won.
the Lady Bears are in the play-
offs. That score wasn’t available
at presstime.
But even if Canyon upset Del
Valle, the Lady Bears can still
make the playoffs with a victory
over Canyon Friday.
“It was a pretty good win,”
Bastrop coach Mike Stobaugh
said of the Smithson Valley
game. “Once again, it was a
pretty good defensive effort”
Both reams got off to a slow
start offensively, with Bastrop
taking a 4-2 lead after one
quarter. But Katie Roach (three-
pointer) and Jessica Reasbeck
gave Bastrop a 9-2 lead early in
the second.
The Lady Bears later added
six straight to take a 17-8 half-
time lead.
Bastrop opened the third with
another six in a row for a 23-8
lead. The Lady Bears led by 15
after three, 31-16.
The Lady Bears got up to a
19-point lead, and the 21-point
margin of victory was also the
biggest lead of the night
Clifton led the Lady Bears in
scoring with 19 points, while
Roach added 14, Reasbeck had
10, and Tida Piper and Rachel
Offineer two each.
“That was Jessica’s best
game of the year,” Stobaugh
said.
In the junior varsity game,
Bastrop lost to Smithson Valley
in overtime, 43-42.
Haley Boydston led the team
with 13 potato, Hannah Gattis
had nine, Shsmiim McGee
seven, DoIHe King six. Crystal
Revetta five and Amy Meuth
two.
The Bastrop freshmen won
their fourth straight game,
beating Smithson Valley, 49-23.
Alisha Young led the team
with 17 points, Tamesha Walker
had 14, Emily Simmons and
Kisha Haywood five each,
Tasha Monroe four, and
Christina Lane and Caty Davilla
two each.
GONZALES — The Bastrop
Lady Bears won a key Dtatrict
28-4A game Friday night in
Gonzales to stay one step ahead
of New Braunfels Canyon and
Sm LADY BEARS, Pago 11
Elgin scores big wins over Tigers, Hearne
Lady Tigers
remain tied
for 18-3 A lead
County
Basketball
ELGIN — The Elgin Wild-
cats won their sixth straight
game and stayed in first place in
District 18-3A with a 50-44 win
over county foe Smithville
Tuesday night at the EHS gym.
The win improves Elgin’s
record to 7-2 in district and 17-
10 overall, while Smithville
drops to 2-7 in league play and
9-16 overall.
“It was very physical, and in
the fourth quarter we hit our free
throws down the stretch,” Elgin
coach Brooks Boynton said.
“We finally got ahead with
about 1:30 left. Our kids kept
their poise at the end of the
game. We’ve played a lot of
dore games lately.”
Smithville jumped out to a
12-2 lead and had an 18-10 ad-
vantage after one quarter. Elgin
outscored the Tigers 15-11 in
the second and 12-11 in the
third to pull within three, 40-37,
going into the fourth.
The Wildcats outscored the
Tigers 13-4 in the final period.
They hit five of six free throws
in the fourth quarter.
Lee Nalle led Elgin with 20
points, Jesse Fullilove added 11,
Chris Simmons and John Hud-
speth seven each. Andy Vil-
lareal and Darsche Reese two
each and Eric Haywood one.
Schuyler Anderson led
Smithville with 13 points, Lance
Deary had eight. Jerone
Wellington, Jason Jones and
Clint Brooks six each, Willie
Smith three and Josh Ellis two.
In the junior varsity game,
Elgin took a 46-39 win over
Smithville.
Smithville won the freshman
game by a 35-29 score.
ELGIN — The Elgin Wild-
cats knocked off District 18-3A
leader Hearne with a 56-55
victory Friday night at the EHS
gym
The victory, coupled with
Giddings ’ 53-42 win over
Cameron, put Elgin in a three-
way tie for first place with
Hearne and Cameron.
Elgin, which won its fifth
straight game, improved to 6-2
in district and to 16-10 for the
season. Hearne dropped to 6-2
in league play and 13-13 over-
all.
The Wildcats jumped out to a
20-16 lead after one quarter, but
Hearne outscored the host team
20-11 in the second period to
take a 36-31 lead over Elgin at
the half.
Elgin busted out in the third
quarter with a 14-6 run to regain
the lead, 45-42.
The Wildcats had a 56-51
lead late in the game, but
Hearne rallied to pull within one
point. The Eagles missed a last-
second shot, and Elgin claimed
the victory.
Lee Nalle led Wildcats in
scoring with 20 points, while
John Hudspeth added 13, Eric
Haywood bad six, Jarrod Turner
and Darsche Reese four each,
Chris Simmons three, and Andy
Villareal, Jason Mogonye and
Jesse Fullilove two each.
In the junior varsity game,
Hearne took a 58-46 win over
Elgin
Smithville girls 52
Caidwell 44
CALDWELL — The
Smithville Lady Tigers re-
mained in first place in District
18-3A with a 52-44 win over
the Caidwell Lady Hornets Fri-
day night in Caldwell.
The win, the fourth in a row
for the Lady Tigers, improved
their record to 8-2 in dtatrict and
18-8 overall. Caldwell dropped
to 3-7 in league play and 10-12
for the season.
Smithville was tied with
Rockdale and Gidcfings for first
place prior to Tuesday’s games.
Cameron dropped to 7-3 after
losing to Gidcfings, 40-36, last
Friday.
The Lady Tigers got off to a
slow start against Caldwell, as
the Lady Hornets had a 15-6
lead after one quarter.
But Smithville outscored
Caldwell 15-12 in the second
period to pull within six at the
half, 27-21.
Smitnvuie played mnen net
ter in the second haff outscor-
ing Caldwell 19-10 in the third
quarter and 12-7 in the final pe-
riod to take the win.
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