Lady Blues tame Vernon Lady Lions in district opener

While most of Texoma was freezing Friday afternoon, the Graham Lady Blues were turning up the heat to begin district play. A slow start to the first quarter was quickly overcome, and the Lady Blues moved to 10-10 overall and 1-0 in district play with a 69-39 victory over the Vernon Lady Lions from Graham High School. Graham drew the open date in district Tuesday night, and will be back in action Friday night, Jan. 13, playing host to the Wichita Falls Hirschi Lady Huskies beginning at 6 p.m. Next Tuesday, the Lady Blues play their first road game of the district schedule against Burkburnett. In the early stages of the contest, Vernon made life slightly difficult. At the 6:39 mark of the first quarter the game was tied at 2-2, before the Lady Lions tied the game again just over two minutes later at 6-6. Once the Lady Blues regained the lead at 8-6 with 3:12 left in the first, the game went smoothly. The first quarter ended on an 11-2 run for Graham, giving the Lady Blues a 19-8 lead going into the start of the second. For the rest of this story, subscribe to our print or online edition.