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Lady Blues play complete game in win over Brownwood

In just their second game of the district schedule, the Graham Lady Blues earned a strong victory Friday, Jan. 12 with their 39-30 finish over the visiting Brownwood Lady Lions.

With the win, the Lady Blues moved to 1-1 in district play while the Lady Lions fell to 1-2. Though there’s still much of the season left to play, Graham sits in third place in district while Brownwood stands in fourth.

Steers powerlifting season takes off in Weatherford

With most winter sports well underway, the Steers varsity powerlifting team began its season at a competition in Weatherford.

In a team event featuring Weatherford, Peaster, Graham and Mineral Wells, the Steers took third place  Thursday, Jan. 11 with the rest of the teams in that exact order. Weatherford finished in first with 66 points, Peaster got second with 64 points, Graham took third with 23 points and Mineral Wells came in fourth with 15 points.

Steers open district with huge win over Brownwood

After wrapping up non-district play with a 13-12 record, the Graham Steers were eager to put their abilities to the test against district opponents.

The team was up to the task and more as the Steers opened district play by defeating the Brownwood Lions 76-38 in front of a home crowd Friday, Jan. 12.

The Steers got the game started in one of the most dominant performances they’ve had all season. Brownwood won the tip-off and scored almost immediately to go up 2-0. But then the Lions didn’t score again until there were just 10 seconds left in the first quarter.

Steers face stiff challenge at Palestine tournament

Before the weather really took a turn for the worst this past weekend, the Steers soccer team played a few games at a tournament in Palestine.

Graham faced some stiff challenges in all four of their games and came home with a 1-3 record. The Steers dealt with injuries and illnesses throughout the week and it made facing tough teams that much tougher.

Soccer seniors named Athletes of the Week

As a new year begins, temperatures continue to plummet around Texas but that doesn’t stop Graham sports.

The Steers and Lady Blues basketball teams are well into their seasons and have arrived at district play. The soccer teams have officially begun their years and have already seen great success in a small amount of time. Even Graham powerlifting had its first event of the season this past week.

Lady Blues fall in district opener with Stephenville

For a significant period of time this season, the Stephenville Lady Jackets were ranked in the Texas Girls Coaches Association for basketball.

While they’ve taken some losses and are currently outside the top 25, they still showed why they’re a force to be reckoned with as the Graham Lady Blues traveled to Stephenville for a district-opening game in which the Lady Jackets won 46-24.

Steers lose steam, fall to Gainesville 54-48

The Gainesville Leopards came to Graham having lost only two games the entire season while winning 24. For about 27 of the 32 minutes of game time Tuesday, it looked like the Steers were on their way to giving the visitors their third loss.

But in the final minutes of the fourth quarter, the Steers (13-12) ran out of steam, gave up the lead and couldn’t get it back as the Leopards (25-2) came back to win 54-48.

Steers soccer earns first win of season over Sweetwater

After giving up a comeback and taking a loss in their first game a few days before, the Graham Steers earned their first win of the season in dominant fashion with a 7-0 win over the Sweetwater Mustangs.

Graham had shown a lot of solid aspects to the team in the first game and those were all on full display during the win Friday, Jan. 5 against Sweetwater. The Steers executed their offense at a high level while allowing next to nothing on defense.

The complete performance helped Graham move to 1-1 on the young season as they’ll look to build off of this win.

Steers lose final contest with Wichita Falls Coyotes

Saturday’s match-up of the Graham Steers and the Wichita Falls Coyotes was the last time the two schools will meet on the hardwood. Wichita Falls High School will shut its doors at the conclusion of the 2023-2024 school year.

It was a competitive game throughout the contest but things took a rough turn for the Steers as they came away with the loss 58-48.