Staff reports
IOWA PARK — The Gainesville Leopards will go into the holiday break in a cheery mood after defeating the Iowa Park Hawks 50-35 Monday night in Iowa Park.
The Leopards (10-4) jumped on the Hawks early, taking a 12-3 lead after the first quarter. Both teams heated up in the second period as each scored 16 points, sending Gainesville into halftime with a 28-19 lead. The Leopards put the game away in the third quarter, outscoring the Hawks 13-7 to take a 15-point lead.
Tanner Grissom led GHS with 14 points, Deshawn Franklin added 11, Tony Wiese had 10, Harold Wills scored 7, Jered Hall had 6 and Kenyon Morgan added 2.
Wiese pulled down 10 rebounds, while Jake Felderhoff and Wills each had 3. Franklin dished out 5 assists, while Grissom, Hall and Felderhoff each had 3.
The Leopards won’t be back in action until Dec. 29 when they start play in the Prosper Tournament.
The Gainesville junior varsity A team won it’s sixth game in a row Monday, defeating Iowa Park 48-29. The JV Leopards are now 8-1 on the season.
Prosper 63
Valley View 59
VALLEY VIEW — The Valley View Eagles dropped their first game of the season Monday night as Prosper came from behind for a 63-59 victory.
Valley View (15-1) led 33-23 at halftime and took a 44-39 into the fourth quarter, but Prosper outscored them 24-15 in the final period.
Justin Holt led Valley View with 27 points, Cameron Vesperman added 14, Scott Willis had 8, Josh Anding scored 6 and Mikael Vesperman added 4.
Pilot Point 63
Whitesboro 52
PILOT POINT — The Pilot Point Bearcats knocked off Whitesboro 63-52 in a battle of former district rivals Monday.
Pilot Point only led 21-20 at halftime, but outscored Whitesboro 21-10 in the third quarter to take control of the game.
Travis Labhart had 24 points to lead Whitesboro, while Jonathon Rodriguez added 8, Matt Miller had 6, Zane Ferguson had 5, Kenny Powell scored 4, Cameron Clark had 3 and Brian Clark added 2.
Mike Pelzel had 22 points for Pilot Point.
Whitesboro 50
Pilot Point 48
PILOT POINT — The Whitesboro Lady Cats had three players score in double figures as they knocked off Pilot Point 50-48 in overtime Monday.
Pilot Point led 20-10 at halftime, but Whitesboro stormed back to tie things up 42-42 at the end of regulation. Whitesboro outscored Pilot Point 8-6 in overtime to get the win.
Paige Harris had 16 points, Jill Schuessler had 15 and Ragan Foos added 10 for Whitesboro. Also scoring for the Cats were Kara Kleinart with 6 and Jennifer Williams with 3.
Kaley Uptergrove had 22 points and Rachel Fritz added 10 for Pilot Point.
Area Sports
December 23, 2008
Area high school basketball roundup from Monday
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- Ponder pounds Lady Eagles The Valley View Lady Eagles had a rough outing in District 10-2A play Monday afternoon, falling to Ponder by the score of 18-2 in four innings.
- Whitesboro no hits Lady Leopards to open district play Opening District 9-3A play Monday afternoon, it was the Whitesboro Lady Cats who drew first blood.
- Outlaws improve to 3-3 The Cooke County Outlaws improved to 3-3 in their inaugural season in the Southern Conference of the Elite Football League with a 37-0 victory over the Arkansas Redhawks at home Saturday at Leeper Stadium.
- Valley View boys take second place The Valley View boys track and field teams competed in the Nocona Relays on Thursday.
- Hornet Relays results Held at Muenster High School, March 11
- Lady Cats take home Lindsay Tourney title The Callisburg Lady Cats took home the Lindsay Tournament Championship Saturday night, and did so in extra innings, defeating Commerce 2-1.
- Knights one-hit Callisburg for win The Lindsay Knights one-hit the Callisburg Wildcats for a 5-0 win in Saturday’s conclusion of the Lindsay Tournament.
- Lady Leopards' win punches playoff ticket The Gainesville Lady Leopards scored a pair of goals in each half and cruised to a 4-0 victory over the Wichita Falls Hirschi Lady Huskies Friday, giving the soccer girls the distinction of being the first GHS sports team to qualify for the playoffs this year.
- Lady Leopards mercy rule Muenster In their final tune up game before district play starts Monday, the Gainesville Lady Leopards produced one of their best offensive outings of the season with a 17-2 wins over the Muenster Lady Hornets in four innings Friday at NCTC’s Darwin Fields.
- Hirschi ends Leopards' playoff hopes A soccer season best described as frustrating ended for the Gainesville Leopards Friday with a 1-0 loss at home to the Wichita Falls Hirschi Huskies.
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