8th Grade A Results
Champions: Holliday
Second Place: Wylie East
Third Place: Wylie West
Fourth Place: Iowa Park
Fifth Place: Graham
8th Grade B Results
Champions: Hawley
Second Place: Graham
Third place: Iowa Park
Fourth Place: Holliday
7th Grade A Results
Champions: Wylie West
Second Place: Holliday
Third Place: Wylie East
Fourth Place: Iowa Park
Fifth Place: Graham
The junior varsity Lady Blues in a 25-20, 25-20 loss at Glen Rose Friday evening gave fans a reason for excitement for the future of the program. Despite the straight-set loss, the JV team proved to have heart and fought back from large deficits in both sets.
The JV Tigers jumped ahead early in the opening set, taking a 10-3 lead. Serve receive was a problem for the Lady Blues in both sets and caused the team to give up five points before a timeout.
The Lady Blues and Brownwood Lady Lions met for the first time since 2019, on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at Graham High School. With a 25-11, 25-20, 25-17 win over the Lady Lions, the Lady Blues improve to 2-0 in district play and extend their winning streak to 11 games.
Trinity Gregory kicked off the scoring with a kill to open the match. Both teams traded points over the opening six rallies until they were tied at 3-3. A kill by Braylee Mayes and a block kill by Emi Gordy set up a lead that the Lady Blues held for the remainder of the first set.
Graham Junior High School’s seventh and eighth grade football “A” teams traveled to Breckenridge Thursday, Sept. 22 and split a pair of games with the Broncos. GJHS seventh graders were defeated 28-22. Following the loss, the eighth grade team fell behind early and shut the Broncos out in the second half for a 36-14 win.
One seventh grade and two eighth grade runners medaled Wednesday, Sept. 28 at the Granbury Race for the Loot cross country meet.
Seventh grade runner, Gabriel Rodriguez, placed 5th overall. He finished in 13:34.88, his personal best for the season.
Cason Walker and Andon Masterfield, both eighth grade runners, placed 7th and 8th, respectively. Walker finished in 13:25.28, with Masterfield following less than three seconds later, in 13:28.04.
The touchdowns came early and often in the Graham Steers’ 59-14 homecoming victory over the Mineral Wells Rams Friday on Newton Field. Behind a consistently improving offensive line, sophomore quarterback Ty Thompson scored six touchdowns to lead the Steers to a 3-2 record going into the final non-district game of the season.
Entering the district schedule on a nine-match winning streak, the Lady Blues hosted an improved Mineral Wells Lady Rams volleyball team. The Lady Blues celebrated homecoming weekend with a 25-18, 25-22, 25-22 victory over the Lady Rams.
Head coach Marci Faulk preached to her team that points would be hard to come by once district play began. While that lesson was not immediately seen, the Lady Blues did see that district wins will not come easy.
Senior night came early this year for the Graham Lady Blues. Rather than wait until the end of the district schedule, the team celebrated their 2022 seniors following the final match before the start of the district schedule.
In a match that featured long rallies and long sets, the seniors were celebrated with a 25-19, 21-25, 25-21, 25-21 win Tuesday, Sept. 20 over the Abilene Cooper Lady Cougars at Graham High School.
Cross country teams from Graham High School and Graham Junior High School ran Wednesday, Sept. 21 in the Wyatt Dickerson Invitational at Alvord High School.
Medals were awarded to the top 10 runners in each division. Peter Hunter and Tyler Allen, running for the GHS junior varsity team each won medals for their second and fourth place finishes. Mary Lyndell and Lillian Graham earned medals in the girls’ varsity race.
Due to issues with the timing system, official results were not available for the high school varsity races as of press time Thursday.
