Lady Panthers remain undefeated in district play

  • LOOSE BALL - Whiteface Antelope Cesar Chavez and Morton Indian Brayden Villarreal both dove to get to the loose ball during the team’s game against each other last Friday. (Photo courtesy of Holly Crutcher)
    LOOSE BALL - Whiteface Antelope Cesar Chavez and Morton Indian Brayden Villarreal both dove to get to the loose ball during the team’s game against each other last Friday. (Photo courtesy of Holly Crutcher)
  • PHYSICAL - Morton Maiden Ada Torres was being guarded close by Whiteface Lady Lopes Kambry Sanders and Hannah Blankenship during the team’s district game. (Photo courtesy of Holly Crutcher)
    PHYSICAL - Morton Maiden Ada Torres was being guarded close by Whiteface Lady Lopes Kambry Sanders and Hannah Blankenship during the team’s district game. (Photo courtesy of Holly Crutcher)
  • POST UP - Whiteface Antelope Isaak Soliz posted up Morton Indian A.J. Mendoza during the team’s game against each other in Whiteface this past Friday night. (Photo courtesy of Holly Crutcher)
    POST UP - Whiteface Antelope Isaak Soliz posted up Morton Indian A.J. Mendoza during the team’s game against each other in Whiteface this past Friday night. (Photo courtesy of Holly Crutcher)
  • FOCUSED - Whiteface Lady Lope Tymyyah Olenga called for the ball under the basket with Morton Maiden J’Lynn Marquez in pursuit right behind her. (Photo courtesy of Holly Crutcher)
    FOCUSED - Whiteface Lady Lope Tymyyah Olenga called for the ball under the basket with Morton Maiden J’Lynn Marquez in pursuit right behind her. (Photo courtesy of Holly Crutcher)

    The Whitharral Lady Panthers hosted the Meadow Lady Broncos this past Tuesday night for district play where the Lady Panthers won 61-24.

    The first quarter of the game was Whitharral taking a eightpoint lead after their great freethrow shooting, getting them eight points with the score sitting at 10-2.

    Whitharral didn’t slow down towards the halftime break as they scored another 21 points while holding Meadow to nine points, making the score 31-11.

    Leading the Lady Panthers in scoring at the half was Paige Smith with 15 points, five of them from the charity stripe.

    Coming out of the break, Whitharral outscored Meadow 16-6 to extend their lead by another 10 points, heading into the fourth quarter.

    For the last quarter of the game, Meadow tried their hardest to try to stay into the game but eventually fell after being outscored once more, this time 14-7 in the last quarter, giving the district win to Whitharral 61-24.

    Two Whitharral Lady Panthers finished in double digit points with Smith having 24 points and Rylee Kristinek with 15 points. Both Madi Chavez and Sheridan Neal had nine points a piece and Valeria Frias finished with four points in the game.

    The Whitharral Lady Panthers progress to 16-7 on the season and remain undefeated in district play with a perfect 4-0 record. The Lady Panthers next game is against the Wellman Union Wildcats this Friday on the road at 6 p.m. after they played against the Cotton Center Lady Elks this past Tuesday on the road.