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The Bryson Cowboys ended a six-game losing skid with a 60-40 victory over Perrin Friday at Cowboy Stadium.

With the win, the Cowboys keep their playoff hopes alive heading into the final week of the season.

“We were finally able to play four quarters of football,” said head coach Jason Briles. “ We had some mistakes early in the first and third quarters but were able to overcome and respond. “We threw the ball the best we have all year and definitely ran the ball well.”

The Bryson Lady Cowgirls are bound for the Class 1A-Region II tournament after a 3-1 win over Dodd City Monday night in Lindsay.

After dropping the first set, the Cowgirls responded by winning the next three sets to advance.

Head coach Chelsea Kincaid got another huge game from Sydney Davidson and Maddee Moore up front. Kayleigh Pippin, Alyssa Perez, Kyla Jones, Windsor Godfrey, Victoria Goodman, Brinkey Richardson, Rachel Robinson and Hayle Leatherwood all contributed to the victory in the stats.

All good things must come to an end. As for the Graham volleyball team, their season came to an end Thursday night at Jacksboro High School in the area round of the Class 4A-Region I playoffs.....

5-foot-9 senior Jillian Wendel also participated in her final match and collected a team-high seven blocks. Fellow senior Avery Iles had eight assists of her own.

Five different Graham players scored a touchdown in Friday’s 61-14 beatdown of last-place Krum at Newton Field.

The only thing slowing the mighty Steers offense was the halftime break which was extended due to the halftime festivities.

Graham (5-3, 3-0 District 3-4A Division II) pulled away with a first quarter flurry of touchdowns, as the Steers scored on eight of their 10 first half possessions to run away with the victory.

With the win, the Steers extend their winning streak to five and remain undefeated in district action with two games remaining.

Momentum can change at any time in a football game. For Newcastle, that situation came in the second-half Friday against Bryson at Bobcat Stadium. A struggling Cowboy team took a 24-20 lead into halftime, but the Bobcats were able to score 34 points in the third and fourth quarters to run away with a 54-30 victory. With the win, Newcastle extends its winning streak to six games, while Bryson dropped its sixth in a row and remain winless in district play.

The Lady Blues volleyball team had no trouble with Big Spring on Tuesday night. Graham earned an easy 3-0 (25-16, 25-10, 25-16) victory for the bi-district champinship at Hawley High School.

Hannah Isom and Alex Husen each registered nine kills. Chloe Menard added five kills to go along with a eye-popping 26 assists. Seniors Emma Ranger and Avery Iles helped lead the team to victory. Ranger provided eight kills with Iles setting up 14 assists. Junior Britain Thayer contributed with eight kills and senior Jillian Wendel added two kills.

Head coach Marci Faulk knew her team would have an uphill battle heading into this season after losing seven seniors on last year’s 30-7 squad that advanced three rounds deep in the playoffs.

When two-a-days began, the Lady Blues were without two of the better players on last season’s team including district MVP Jasmine Sims and libero Alyssa Hutcheson, who are now playing at the collegiate level.

It was a special night for the Graham freshman and junior varsity football teams last week. Both teams defeated Bridgeport by a combined score of 96-0 last Thursday, Oct. 18 at Newton Field.

The 9th-graders began the evening with a 36-0 thumping of the visiting Bulls. Three second quarter fumble recoveries by the Graham defense allowed the team to open up a big lead.

It its 5-game winning strak, Graham has had several players step up, but Friday night all three facets of the game were in complete shutdown mode from the opening quarter, as the Steers cruised to a 61-14 homecoming victory over Krum at Newton Field.

Chase Gilmore could not be stopped on Friday night. The senior running back torched the Bridgeport Bulls for a new season high 251 yards and four touchdowns en route to a 35-17 win on the road.

The victory marked the fourth in a row for the Steers after opening the season with three straight losses. Trailing 7-0 with 1:01 left in the opening quarter, Gilmore accounted for touchdown runs of 3, 42, 2 and 3 yards over four quarters to lift Graham to an impressive victory over a Bridgeport team that entered the matchup having won five games in a row.