Dateline: February 21, 2002
Lady Owls take home area title
With
three playoff wins under their belt, the Hedley Lady Owls are preparing to
face Nazareth Friday night for the semi-state title.
The
girls will play at 8 p.m. in the Wilkerson Gaines Activity Center in Ft.
Worth.
Tuesday
night the Lady Owls edged out Whitharral, 41-45, for the Semi-Regional
title in Floydada. Complete game results will be printed in next week’s
Enterprise.
Hedley
faced the Happy Cowgirls last Tuesday, February 12, for the bi-district
championship game in Amarillo. Both
teams started the game off pretty evenly, but Happy pulled ahead to take a
one point lead at the end of the first quarter.
The Lady Owls would return the favor in the second quarter, pulling
away with a small lead at the half. The halftime score was 24-21.
Hedley
would increase their lead by three points in the third quarter, and in the
final period of play and defeated the Cowgirls, 57-48.
“This
was a hard played game, and both team played a good physical game,” said
Coach Kenneth Housden. “We had balanced scoring from our players.”
Scoring
for Hedley were Lauren Hill, 16; Haley Bennett, 13; Lora Llewellyn, 6;
Rebekah Howard, 6; Kasi Woodard, 6; Amber Solis, 4; Brittney Bennett, 3;
Sealey Stevens, 2; and Lacey Wallendorff, 1.
With
that win, the Lady Owls advanced to the Area game. They faced Ft. Elliott
on Friday at Tascosa High School in Amarillo.
Hedley
started the game well, scoring 24 points and holding the Lady Cougars to
just 12 points in the first quarter. The Lady Cougars stepped up to Hedley
in the second quarter, matching Hedley point for point, but the Lady Owls
maintained the lead at the half, 39-27.
The
Lady Owls would increase their lead in the third quarter by nine points
and continued to dominate the game. Hedley
defeated Ft. Elliott 76-55 to claim the Area title.
“The
press helped us a lot,” said Housden.
“We maintained balanced scoring from our players”
Scoring
were Hill, 20; Howard, 17; Bennett, 16; Lora Llewellyn, 15; Woodard, 4;
Solis, 3; and Bolin, 2.