Basketball – Girls 
Hughes files grievance to try to keep her Coronado job(0)
Shirlene Hughes has won more than 500 games as a high school girls basketball coach. Now she’s trying to win her job back. Hughes, who spent the last 17 years as Coronado’s head coach, said last month she was being removed from that role by Lubbock ISD. But according to her Austin-based attorney, Tiger Hanner, [...]
Hughes says she’s been dismissed as Lady Mustangs coach
Shirlene Hughes says she’s on her way out as Coronado’s girls basketball coach. Hughes, who made 15 playoff appearances and won more than 400 games in 17 seasons as the Lady Mustangs’ head coach, said Tuesday she’s been removed from that role by Lubbock ISD. Hughes said she learned of the decision on Friday and [...]
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 [...]
All-South Plains High School Basketball Team – Class 2A
GIRLS COACH OF THE YEAR Chuck Darden, Shallowater The Fillies entered the season with a veteran team expected to be one of the state’s best and didn’t disappoint, cruising to the 3-2A championship and reaching the regional final before losing to Wall. PLAYER OF THE YEAR Haley Burton, G, 5-8, Sr., Shallowater One of the [...]
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 [...]
Idalou shocks No. 1 New Waverly, earns shot at state title
AUSTIN – Call them the UnderCats. Idalou’s boys basketball team, with a new coach and only two seniors, continued their improbably run through the state playoffs and are now on the cusp of completing something special. Senior forward C.J. Parkhill led three Wildcats in double figures with 19 points, and Idalou shocked No. 1 New [...]
More in this category:
- Smyer girls cool, calm — collect title, place in history
- Smyer claims first state championship
- Smyer girls look to come home with school’s first state title
- Smyer advances to state title game
- Lady Cats go from favorite to underdog
- High School Basketball Playoffs
- Third-ranked Mats meet No. 14 Seminole
- Wall overwhelms Shallowater in overtime
- Hot second-half start sends Wall past Idalou, on to state
- Smyer hangs on to beat Sudan, punch ticket to state tourney
- Lost opportunities sink Loboettes in regional semifinal
- Menefield’s clutch 3-pointer gives McLean comeback win
- Nettes ground Lady Rockets, advance to Region I-1A final
- Fowler leads Smyer past Anton in regional semifinal
- High School Girls Basketball Tournament Capsules
- High School Basketball Playoff Pairings