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The Brownfield girls’ basketball team defeated New Home 65-39 to remain a perfect 4-0 in the season, with only the game against Ft. Stockton being canceled. This was a game of two halves for the Lady Cubs with the first half being a game played at New Home’s tempo and the second played at the Lady Cubs up tempo game. Yet Lady Cubs coach Michelle Wyatt was pleased with her team’s performance especially in the second half.
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• On Dec. 23, 1620, one week after the Mayflower arrived at Plymouth harbor in present-day Massachusetts, construction of the first permanent European settlement in New England begins. The term “Pilgrim” was derived from a manuscript in which Gov. Bradford spoke of the “saints” who traveled to the New World as “pilgrimes.”
Read moreThe Meadow girls’ basketball team returned to its home court on Tuesday and faced Plains in what turned into a one-sided affair as Plains defeated Meadow 70-23. The Lady Broncos fell into a huge deficit, 20-9, after a slow start on both ends of the court. The second quarter did not get better for the Lady Broncos or their fans as they were held to only two points and allowed Plains to score 22 points. Meadow went into halftime trailing 42-11. Meadow could not find a way back into the game and scored only 12 points in the second half.
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The Meadow boys’ basketball team faced Plains in its first home game since Thanksgiving break on Tuesday. The Broncos lost at home to the Cowboys 71-38. Meadow came out and kept the game close in the first quarter trailing 18-10, but the offense went cold in the second where the Broncos scored only eight points and allowed the Cowboys to score 21. Meadow went into the half trailing 39-18. The Broncos offense came to life in the third quarter scoring 12 points but the defense allowed the Cowboys to score 15 and extend the lead to 54-30 going into the fourth. Plains held off Meadow and stopped any chance of the home team making a late rally to win the final quarter 17-8.
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The Wellman-Union girls’ basketball team hosted Lorenzo on Tuesday in its first game since the Thanksgiving break, the Lady ‘Cats lost 56-23. The Lady ‘Cats found themselves in a 10 point hole at the end of the first quarter trailing 17-7. Wellman made a push in the second quarter scoring 10 points, but it was not enough as Lorenzo scored 16 to extend its lead to 33-17 at halftime. The Lady Hornets defense in the second half held the Lady ‘Cats to only eight points, two in the final quarter, ending any chance of a late rally.
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The Wellman-Union boys’ basketball team was set to face Lorenzo on Tuesday after returning from Thanksgiving break, but unfortunately, that game was canceled. Instead, the Wildcats hosted New Home’s junior varsity squad and lost 85-63. The Wildcats’ loss came from having a bad first quarter where they trailed 19-8. Wellman could not recover and erase the deficit in what was an even three quarters, with the home team trailing 44-29 at halftime. Wellman came out of the break and tried to mount a rally to get back in the game but at the end of the third, the Wildcats trailed 70-47. Wellman went on to win the fourth quarter 16-15 but it was not enough to steal a win from New Home JV.
Read moreIf you have not signed up for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP2), you still have time. The deadline for signing up is one week from today, Friday, December 11.
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