Basketball – Boys 
Trinity Christian basketball coach leads mission to Panama(0)
Every summer, students from Trinity Christian schools spend a week somewhere in the world on a mission trip, be it as close as Dallas or as far away as Poland. This year, though, for the first time, that mission trip will involve sports. Trinity Christian boys basketball coach Todd Duncan is taking five current players [...]
Smyer girls lead class 1A honors after title
In many ways, Class 1A basketball on the South Plains this year could best be called the fight for survival. The teams that survived the furthest ended up being the ones to highlight this year’s Avalanche-Journal Class 1A All-South Plains team, and no team ended the season better than the Lady Cats of Smyer, who [...]
Idalou, Littlefield, Shallowater take 2A honors
As a class, 2A might have had the most outstanding seasons by more area teams than any other, and that’s reflected in the Avalanche-Journal’s All-South Plains Class 2A basketball teams. On the boys side, it was a tale of two teams as Littlefield and Idalou slugged it out in District 3-2A. Littlefield won the district [...]
Estacado boys, Levelland girls earn high honors in Class 3A
To find the top area Class 3A basketball players and coaches this season, one need look no further than District 1-3A. That’s where you’ll find a boys team that brought a state championship to Lubbock for the first time in decades, and a girls team that re-established its tradition by spending several weeks as the [...]
Estacado’s Wagners went one win beyond what they did last year
Pdf:All-City girls and boys teams Already a perennial playoff contender, Estacado boys basketball took the final step in 2010, capturing the Class 3A state championship last month and establishing the Matadors as not only a playoff favorite, but championship favorite as well. Now comes the hard part – staying there. “It’s kind of like a [...]
Estacado celebrates state title
The Estacado community had to wait about a week for spring break to come and go to properly celebrate the boys basketball team’s Class 3A state championship. The wait didn’t diminish the pride felt by all Matadors on Monday. With Mayor Tom Martin, Lubbock Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Karen Garza and members of the [...]
Estacado fans rally for state champions
BY ADAM D. YOUNG l AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Estacado’s state champion basketball team returned home Saturday night to a heros welcome. Police cars produced a strobbing blue and red path as they escorted the team from the south side of town through the Hub City to the high school auditorium, where a crowd of more than 200 [...]
Mats bring Lubbock first UIL boys basketball state title in 59 years
AUSTIN — Like a proud father, Tim Thomas sat behind the Estacado bench, watching a program that he helped nurture with baby steps become a full-fledged state champion. “To see (head coach Tony Wagner) come along, come around and really put his stamp on the kids and keep it going, to love the kids and [...]
More in this category:
- Ponder’s hot shooting buries Idalou in state championship
- Matadors beat Madison for first state championship
- State title rematch gives Matadors extra incentive
- Wildcats continue on rollercoaster ride through state tournament
- Estacado outlasts Stafford, sets up rematch with Madison
- Estacado coach, son’s strong bond may help team win state
- Idalou gets past Tuscola, claims regional title
- Estacado edges Hirschi in overtime, secures return trip to state
- Estacado survives slow start, late push by Burkburnett
- Lorenzo falls to No. 4 Vega as Longhorns’ inside game dominates second half
- Second-quarter burst lifts Swifts
- Littlefield holds off Shallowater, advances to regional tournament
- High School Basketball Playoffs
- Wagner, Willard lead Matadors past Seminole
- Olton uses 3-pointers to eliminate Sudan
- Third-ranked Mats meet No. 14 Seminole