Hondo Anvil Herald

Cowgirls come up short in tournament

 

     Tilden -- The D’Hanis Cowgirls struggled in the Tilden Tournament over the weekend, dropping all five contests during the three days.

On Thursday, Dec. 12, the Cowgirls dropped their 48-20 opener to Harper. Kylee Thompson scored nine points for D’Hanis, with six from Ashtin Ralph.

     The Cowgirls put together a furious rally in the fourth quarter of their Friday morning contest, but came up short in a 35-31 loss to Danbury. D’Hanis put up 18 points in the fourth, cutting a 12-point deficit down to four. Ralph scored 12 for the Cowgirls with eight from Kami Johnson.

     In their final game in pool play on Friday, Dec. 13, the Cowgirls fell to San Isidro, 52-32. The Lady Tigers led 15-4 after one quarter and extended the lead to 29-13 at halftime. Johnson scored 11, with eight each from Ralph and Thompson.

     In consolation bracket play, D’Hanis fell to Freer, 36-29. The Lady Buckaroos had built an 11-point lead at the end of three periods. Johnson had 16 of the Cowgirls’ points.

     The final game of the weekend was the closest one for the Cowgirls, who came up a point short to Thorndale, 24-23. Thompson and Johnson scored 11 and 10 points for D’Hanis.

     Returning to District 31-A play on Tuesday, Dec. 17, the Cowgirls traveled to Nueces Canyon, where they were on the short end of a 40-28 decision to the Lady Panthers. NC had the scoring edge in each quarter by one or two buckets. Thompson scored 14 for the Cowgirls.

     On Friday, Dec. 20, D’Hanis (4-8 season, 1-1 district) will be at home to take on Knippa in a 1 p.m. district game.