T he Po rt A r a nsas Hi gh S choo l
Lady Marlins basketball team, ranked
se co nd in t he sta t e, will begin i t s
playoff run with a game against the
Shiner Lady Comanches.
The game, which wil l decide the
area championship, will be at 7 p.m.
tomor row, Frida y, F eb. 16, a t Port
Lavaca High School.
The Lady Coman ches took a b idistrict
ch ampion ship by defeat i ng
the Brackett High School Tigerettes
of Brackettville, 53-42, on Tuesday,
Feb. 13.
The Lady Comanches had a record
of 14-18 after their latest win – not
nearly as good as the Lady Marlins’
rec or d of 30-5. But L ad y Marl i ns
c oach Ran dy H e nd e r so n warn e d
against getting overconfident against
Shiner.
T he Lad y C om a nch e s “p lay e d
real well Tuesday against Brackett,”
Henderson said, “and we’re going to
have to come ready to play, because
the y’re pla ying at the top of th eir
game right now.”
The Lady Comanches have good
team chem istry and depth, wit h 10
players on their roster, according to
their coach, Cari Lynn Siegel.
“We’re just real excited to be in
the playoffs right now,” Siegel said.
“We struggled the last couple of years. This is my third year here. I’m just
trying to establish a program right
now. We’re just taking it one game
at a time.”
I f P ort Aransa s b eats Shiner, th e
Lady Marlins would move on to the
regional quarter finals for an as-yet
un s c hedu led ga me th at would b e
Wednesday or Thursday, Feb. 21 or
22. That game will be against the
winner of the Pettus – Flatonia game
that will be played on Friday.
The regional semi-finals are scheduled
for Friday, Feb. 23, with regional
finals the next day. The state tournament
in Austin is March 1-3.
The Lady Marlins, who at this writing
were ranked second in the state
among Class 1-A Division I teams,
sco red a victory ove r a g ood te am
from a big high school in a warm-up
game on Saturday, Feb. 10.
The Lady Marlins beat th e Som –
erset High S ch ool La dy Bulldo gs
47-33 in the warm-up game, played
at Ti ld en High Sc hool – a halfway
po in t b e tween Po r t A ransas an d Somerset, whic h lies just south o f
San Antonio.
To keep their players sharp, coaches
of Texas high school basketball teams
he ading i nto the pl ayo ffs ty pically
schedule a warm-up game between
the last game of the regular season and
the beginning of the playoffs.
Somerset is co-champion of District
27-3A.
“This was a good warm-up game
for us leading into the playoffs,” Henderson
said. “Somerset was a solid
defensive team who did not give us
many open looks at the basket.”
Whitney Williams scored 22 points.
Kathy Ashley hit three 3-pointers, and
Lia Phillips scored two threes.
“Our defense was solid most of the
game,” Henderson said. “I think we
are ready to give the regional playoffs
our best shot.”
POINTS QUARTER
BY
PA 8 16 15 8 47
SS 11 8 4 10 33
SCORING: KATHY ASHLEY, 13 (THREE
3-POINTERS); LI A P HILLIPS, 8 ( TWO
3-POINTERS); WHITNEY WILLIAMS, 22;
KATELIN DUPNIK, 4.
ASSISTS: LEAH MATTHEWS, 1; KATHY
A SH LE Y, 1; LI A P HILLIPS, 3; M AR Y TELLER, 5; ELAINE FRANCO, 1; HANNAH JONES, 1; LIZ DUPNIK, 1.
D E FENSIVE REBOUND S : A SHLEY , 1;
PHILLIPS, 2; TELLER, 1; WILLIAMS, 5;
JONES, 2; KATIE COECKELENBERGH, 2;
K. DUPNIK, 1; L. DUPNIK, 1.
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS: MATTHEWS, 1;
TELLER, 1; FRANCO, 1; WILLIAMS, 2;
COECKELENBERGH, 1.
STEAL S: MATTH EWS, 1; AS HLEY, 1;
TELLER, 1; FRANCO, 2; WILLIAMS, 7;
JONES, 1; K. DUPNIK, 1.
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