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News for Southern Colorado County, Texas — The Eagle Lake Headlight
This
Week's
Action!
SPORTS
Team, Time & Place
I Friday, Dec. 19 .... Boys F, JV & V basketball vs. Weimar, Here, 5 p.m
| Tues., Dec. 30
Boys J V & V basketball at
Living Water, Rosenberg, 4 p.m.
Next game scheduled is following Christmas break on Jan. 6
Raiders Varsity basketball team wins three, loses one
The Rice Raiders won three of four before the Christmas break.
last week, raising their record to 7-5
The Raiders gained a measure of
for the season and, hopefully gaining revenge Tuesday night, Dec. 9, by demomentum for the final two games feating the East Bernard Brahmas 7161. The loss avenges a 53-49 loss
pinned on the Raiders Saturday, Dec.
6, in the championship game of East
Bernard's tournament
Four Raiders scored in double
by "separating the player from the
figures:
Josh Godley, 17; Pete Rangel,
ball."
The game was attended by a large 15; Kenny Pipkins, 12; and, Jamarcus
family entourage. Cheering Michael Brooks, 10; to lead an all-out Raider
and the Tigers were his parents, broth- assault on the Brahmas.
Also contributing to the point proers, Eric and Darren; sister, Katie;
grandparents, Les andMary Euers and duction were Warren Scott with sevCharlene Konesheck; uncle and aunt, en; Jonathan Godley and Jay Knight
John and Kathleen; cousins, Jordan with four each and Clint Gertson with
and Kelly Konesheck; andMarvin and two points.
The entire first half was back and
Beverly Duddleston, all of Eagle
forth
with the Raiders clinging to aone
Lake, along with an uncle, David
point advantage at the buzzer.
Euers of Austin.
Konesheck family proud of Michael
Michael Konesheck, son of Russell and Karen Konesheck formerly of
Eagle Lake, is a starting defensive corner back for the Class 5A Division I
State Champion Katy Tigers.
Katy won their championship Sat-
urday afternoon in the Houston Astrodome by defeating top-ranked Longview Lobos by the score of 24 to 3.
Michael was on the field for every
play on defense. He made several key
tackles and beautifully broke up a pass
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Sheridan boys lose to
Weimar, beat Hallettsville
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The Sheridan Jr. High girls basketball team beat the Hallettsville Brahmaettes on their home floor Tuesday,
Dec. 9, with a final score of 32-14.
All the girls played hard and
showed improvement.
Tiffany Stern led the scoring with
12 points. Hannah Kallina scored six
and Desi Rae L. Botard and Shelley
Greak each scored four. Cortney
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The Sheridan boys basketball won 32-26.
team traveled to Weimar to take on the
Pressure defense and the ability to
St Michael Swords recently. The beat the press gave the Raiders an
edge.
Raiders came up short, 25-17.
The Raiders were not able to get on
Hinze led the scoring with 14
track and missed several easy shots. points. Jason Godley had seven, Ford
Reggie Ford had 12 points. Acey and Bennie Glover each had four,
Banks and Matthew Hinze each had Varley had two andBanks contributed
two and Andrew Varley added one. one point.
According to Coach Machac,
On Dec. 9., the Raiders hosted the much improvement was shown by the
Hallettsville 8th grade "B" team and team leading to the victory.
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Sims, Leila Baggett and Nikki Denley
added two points each.
Felicia Galvan, Jakki Alleway,
Chantle Joe and LaKeisha Dawson
also made valuable contributions to
the game.
Krystal Buegeler helped out by
keeping the score book.
Good job girls!
During the third quarter, though,
the Raiders finally gained control of
the game.
Grabbing every rebound and loose
ball in sight Rice began to pick up the
tempo and basically ran the Brahmas
more than they were used to.
"We did a great job of controlling
the boards. Pipkins and Gertson had
14 and 10 rebounds respectively, and
capitalized on their miscues," said
their coach. He also added that this
was an important victory because it
allowed the Raiders to gain some confidence going into the Needville Tournament
On Thursday, Dec. 11, in Needville, the Raiders played their best
game of the season, deafeating the
Hitchcock Bulldogs 90-84 in the first
round of the Needville Tournament
Leading the way were three Raiders who topped the 20 point barrier:
Scott 26; Gertson, 22; and Godley 21.
Another in double figures was Rangel
with 11; and two others scored,
Brooks with six and Pipkins, four.
Also helping out the Raider cause
was the work done on the boards:
Gertson and Godley 11 rebounds each
and Pipkins pulled down 10.
At the defensive end, the Raiders
got 20 steals; five each by Scott Godley and Rangel.
This game started off fast and
very seldom slowed. Twice during the
game, Rice had to come back from 12
point deficits. Both times, they were
successful. As the game went on, the
Raiders took control and eventually
took the win due to two factors: rebounding and hitting key free throws
down the stretch.
Friday, Dec. 12, the Raiders were
slowed down by the El Campo Ricebirds, losing 64-58.
As sharp and crisp as Rice was on
Thursday, they were that dull and
sloppy Friday.
Led by Scott's 17, Gertson's 13
and Josh Godley's 10, the Raiders
stayed close but never came up with a
big, sustained run to take the lead.
Also contributing to the cause
were Pipkins with nine; Eric Johnson,
Lady JV slowed by injuries
The JV Lady Raiders have started
eut slow due to injuries, but see nothing but improvement for their future
games.
According to their coach, they are
With a
a persistent junior varsity team that
five; and Rangel, four.
Once again, the Raiders did agood
job on the boards with Pipkins pulling
down 11 and Gertson getting 12.
The biggest positive about this
game was the Raiders showed they
can handle bigger, faster teams and
don't quit
Saturday, Dec 13, the Raiders got
all over the Second Baptist Eagles, 7773. The score doesn' t reflec t the domination the Raiders displayed.
Leading the way for the Raiders
were Josh Godley with 29, Scott, 15;
and Pipkins, 10.
Also contributing to the cause
were Johnson with nine; Gertson,
eight; Rangel, three; Brooks, two; and
Charles Axel, one.
Making the All-Tournament
Team was Warren Scott.
This week, the Raiders have two
home games. Tuesday they were
scheduled to play the Palacios Sharks
andFriday the Weimar Wildcats come
to town.
Both games begin with the freshman at 5, J V about 6:30 and Varsity at
8 p.m. Y'all come on out and support
these young men.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Team
Rice
E.B.
1
15
17
19
23
Rice
16
E1C.
15
Rice
23
2nd Bapt. 15
Rice
Hitch.
2
17
14
30
28
13
23
22
23
3
21
13
17
16
21
13
15
15
4 Tot.
18
71
17
61
24
90
17
84
8
58
13
64
17
77
20
73
Lady Raiders
in tournament
The Lady Raiders participated in
the Brookshire Royal Tournament
Dec. 12-13, playing the host team
their first game.
The Lady Raiders had several key
players out of the game due to injuries.
This made it very hard for the Ladles
to compete.
The game started with a 15-10
deficit for the Raiders.
By half time, the lead had grown to
15 points for Brookshire. The girls
gave a great effort and battled hard
will not stop working hard. When the througho'tif the game, ending with a
going gets tough, the tough get going! 61-44 loss.
Chazara Scott had 13 points; MilCome out and support the Lady
dred Smith, 11; Briana Bedford, eight;
Raiders!
Tierra Wright, six; Natesha Glover,
four; and Ruthie Long, two.
Next for the Raiders was Wheatley, but Wheatley didn' t show, giving
the Ladies a forfeit victory.
The Raiders advanced to play for
consolation against Kashmere.
In the first quarter, the score was
14-11 Kashmere. By halftime, score
was 32-24.
The second half started with a battered and bruised Lady Raider team
with two more starters suffering injuries. This left the Raiders without
much hope.
Once again, the Ladies didn't give
up and gave great hustle throughout
the game, ending with Kashmere
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winning 66-44.
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The Lady Raider's record is 3-7.
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14; Wright and Scott, eight each; Bedford, six; Angela Phillips, four; and
Glover and Yaneth Najera, two each.
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