The final score was a tad closer than anyone would have liked, but the Graham Lady Blues held on for a 9-6 victory Monday, Feb. 26 against the Peaster Lady Greyhounds.
A three-run win is always welcome, especially when the offense scores nine runs in the game. But during the fifth inning, it looked like things were starting to come off the rails for Graham.
In their second go-around through the district schedule, the Lady Blues couldn’t figure out the Wichita Falls Old High Lady Coyotes and took their second district loss to them 6-1.
On a windy evening in Wichita Falls, the Lady Blues dealt with more self-inflicted mistakes in this matchup, which led to a large, early deficit that was hard to climb out of.
For the second time in district play this season, the Steers sent the game to penalty kicks after tying with their opponent in regulation. However, this time, Graham came out on the wrong side of things and took a loss to Old High.
In a defensive battle for both sides, the teams finished the game tied 2-2 to force the penalty kick shootout. Graham came up just short, falling 6-5 after the Coyotes’ goalkeeper blocked the Steers’ final kick.
In the third event of the season for Graham, the Steers golf teams hosted an invitational Monday, Feb. 26 at the Graham Country Club.
The Steers first team finished fourth in the competition with a team score of 350. The Red River Rattlers of the Christian Home School Athletics Association took first overall in the event with a score of 306.
Abilene Wylie took second place with a 336, Brock came in third place with a 338 followed by the Steers first team. Graham’s second team finished in fifth place by carding a 387 overall.
The improbable journey the Newcastle Ladycats basketball team set out on this season moved one step closer to the best finish the team could ask for after they won their state semifinal game against the Westbrook Lady Wildcats 59-37.
After starting out their season with a win followed by a loss in their second game, the Ladycats have won 33 straight games which includes six straight playoff wins. Head coach Ryan Dollar didn’t know what to expect when the season started but his team has come a long way.
The Graham Steers powerlifting team competed in their final regular season event last week and five members of the team have advanced to the regional meet.
Devon Castro, Kaleb Crawford, Cameron McBride, Mateo Rodriguez and Scout Smith each qualified for the regional meet as they finished the season ranked in the top 12 of their respective weight classes in the region.
McBride sits tied for sixth place in his weight class, Rodriguez is in ninth place, Smith has seventh place, Castro is in ninth place and Crawford holds third place in his class.
Graham High School track and field kicked off their season this past weekend in the Mineral Wells Ram Relays and the team had a successful showing.
Graham swept in all four categories. JV boys, JV girls, varsity boys and varsity girls all took first place as a team.
The closest any team came to defeating Graham was Everman’s JV boys, who finished with 150 points to the Steers’ 186 points.
Although the perfect start to the season came to an end, the Lady Blues softball team continued to showcase their talent at a tournament in Abilene over the weekend of Feb. 22-24.
The Lady Blues opened their season with four straight wins and picked up another in their first game of the tournament before suffering their first loss of the season in the second game. However, they bounced back and finished the tournament strong and came back with a 3-1 record in four games.
Graham’s baseball season has gotten off to a slow start this season after they competed in the Clyde tournament over the weekend of Feb. 23-24.
In four games split between the cities of Clyde and Graham, the Steers went 1-3 with the win coming by a large margin and each of the losses by just a few runs each.
The tournament performance dropped the team to 1-4 to start the season, but there are plenty of games left to play and the team will look to improve every time out. Listed below are results, stats and information on each of the games the team played.
The Newcastle Ladycats’ winning season was put to the test twice over the weekend, and they answered the call both times in major ways.
Competing in the 1A Region 3 tournament held in Mansfield, the Ladycats earned a 47-28 win over Huckabay in their Friday night matchup, then blew out fellow region finalist Dodd City 55-26 to advance to the state tournament in San Antonio this upcoming week.
