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The Newcastle Ladycats fell 25-7; 25-5; 25-19 to the Chico Dragons Saturday. Here's three photos, all by Bryan Ray, of action from that game.

Graham finished second in both men’s and women’s varsity at the 2016 Graham Invitational Cross Country meet hosted by Graham Country Club. Khloe Morris led Graham’s varsity teams with a second-place finish. Morris’ 13:27.84 was a personal record. Debi Hunter ran a 14:10.46 as the girls’ next finisher at fifteenth. In seventeenth was Maria Hernandez with a time of 14:21.85, and Lexi Fuentes was in nineteenth place with her 14:25.50. Rounding out the girls’ top five was Kendra Williams in twenty-first place with a time of 14:27.09. Paradise won the girls varsity division with four runners in th

After a nail-biting 27-25 win in the first set, the Lady Blues volleyball team finished strong against Vernon with wins of 25-10 and 25-18 in the second and third sets to get the victory Friday night in Vernon. “We came out and we weren’t playing terrible, but little things weren’t going our way,” Blues head coach Marci Faulk said.

The Lady Blues volleyball team took a hit Friday night at the Graham High School gym, getting stunned in three sets by the Burkburnett Bulldogs 25-20; 25-18; 27-25. The loss gives the Blues a 2-1 record in district play with five games to go, including a rematch with Burkburnett. Jasmine Sims’ streak of triple-doubles ended Friday one dig short. Sims had 14 kills, 10 assists and nine digs. Nicole King added 25 digs. Delaney Sullivent had nine digs, and Marleigh Sanders had 15 assists and 13 digs. Baylee Loomis finished the game with three kills and three blocks, while Emily Davis had 19 digs a

The Bryson Cowboys’ undefeated streak ended at five after Friday's 78-58 loss to Gorman at home. Things were going well for the Cowboys after getting up 22-8 in the first quarter, but Gorman took a two-point lead into the halftime break after outscoring Bryson 24-8 in the second quarter. "We started off great, scoring immediately and then forcing a punt to go up 16-0," Bryson coach Jason Briles said. "But then Gorman got settled in." Turnovers didn't help the Cowboys either. Bryson had two fumbles and three turnovers-on-downs inside the Gorman 10-yard line that proved to be the difference in t

The Graham Lady Blues took their second straight district game Tuesday afternoon in Iowa Park with a 25-14, 25-12, 25-10 victory over the Hawks. After taking the district opener off against Hirschi, junior Jasmine Sims returned to the floor with 10 kills, 20 assists and 10 digs. Sims' streak of consecutive triple-doubles now stands at six. Emma Ranger had a magnificent night as she continues to grow into a top front row player. Ranger finished the game with 14 kills, three blocks and four digs. On the back row, Nicole King led the way with 20 digs, while Emily Davis added nine and Delaney Sull

The Bryson Cowboys won their fifth straight game with a 61-16 homecoming win over Woodson. Though the final outcome seemed ideal, the first quarter ended in a 16-16 tie before the Cowboys ran away with the victory. “It was a tough first quarter,” Bryson coach Jason Briles said. “I think we were distracted by all the homecoming activities and it took us a quarter to get our bearings.” It wasn’t until defensive coordinator Hunter Hayes began making substitutions that the Cowboys began to find their stride. “The bench speaks much louder than me,” Hayes told Briles during the contest.

Newcastle quarterback Mikey Walker completed this pass in the Bobcats 72-22 dismantling of the Throckmorton Greyhounds Friday night in Throckmorton. The Bobcats are now ranked No. 10 in the state with a 5-0 record. Click the arrows at right or left for more photos from this game.