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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1981
Page
7
Freshman boys basketball dropped a 43 to 41 game against Seminole after trailing by 16 at halftime. Coach Dwight Butler praised a strong second half comeback and pressing defense. Two late free throws by Seminole sealed the win with three seconds remaining.
The Freshman Lady Cagers coached by Doug Roark beat Seminole 41-30 on their home court. Roark praised the team as the season’s best effort, noting a third quarter rally by Seminole and Monahans’ late control. Leading scorers included Miss Adams with 23, Carrasco 4, Portillo 4, Miller 2, and Whited 1, improving the record to 8-3.
MHS swimmers and divers competed at the Odessa High Invitational hosted by Odessa Permian. The girls finished 3rd behind Amarillo High and San Angelo Central with 167 and 124 points respectively, while Monahans and Midland Lee followed. The boys placed 6th as Amarillo High won with 237 points. Fort Stockton and Monahans were the only 4A entrants among 22 teams from multiple cities. Prelims qualified for finals held Saturday with diving decided Friday night. Donnell Durham set a new school record in the 500 yard freestyle with 3:54.18.
Coach Doug Roark's Freshman girls basketball team finished third at a local weekend tourney. Sheilah Adams led with 18 points in the opener 47-36 over Andrews, Lisa Carrasco added 17, then Adams 14 in a 24-19 loss to Lamesa. In the third place win over Big Spring Adams scored 23 as Carrasco added eight.
The varsity Loboes went 1-2 at the Denver City tournament. They beat New Mexico Military Institute 43-42, then fell to Denver City 60-62, and lost 57-85 to Andrews in the final game. Coach Leach praised the hard fought effort and late rally in the close win.
Page 3 notes an appeal of a guilty verdict dated November 2 in JP Ed Hammond's Court, involving a charge of driving 79 mph in a 55 mph zone along with reports of a female assaulted in the 2200 block of South Stockton and a series of vehicle collisions on South Allen and East Second Streets, with Willner cited for failure to yield. A resident reported a $70 loss at the high school sum, and a small fire at 704 South Gary caused minor damage.
Coach Lillie Ratliff's eighth grade team beat Big Lake 26 to 22 in overtime last Thursday and defeated Seminole 27 to 11 this Monday. Ratliff called the Big Lake game the best effort of the season and described the contest as very close and exciting.
The Lobo junior varsity basketball team played in the Seminole tourney over the weekend and lost both games. They opened with Andrews JV 46 52 and then fell to Brownfield 50 52. The report ends with a generic saying on finishing a hard job.
The Seventh Grade Green boys fell by one point to Seminole 49 48 after leading 46 28 late in the second half. Coach Doug Warz credited a strong start but cited late fouls by Dana Amos and Wanza Walker as turning the momentum.
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