Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
FARWELL – It was a mixed bag for Farwell’s basketball teams on Tuesday night.
Farwell’s girls continued their strong early-season play with a 64-46 win over Shallowater. Meantime, the boys were just five days removed from a second-round loss in the Texas Class 2A Division I football playoffs and, with a couple of their key players out with grid injuries and almost no practice time, absorbed a 79-48 loss at the hands of Ropes.
The Lady Blue (4-1) posted their fourth win in a row – all over Class 3A schools – since dropping the season opener 48-41 to Class 4A Canyon at home.
Farwell opened a 12-point halftime lead with a 19-11 run in the second stanza and kept the Lady Mustangs (4-2) at bay the rest of the way.
Four players scored in double digits for the Lady Blue – juniors Makylee Baldwin and Isabella James with 18 and 14 points, respectively; senior Chloee Whitten with 12, and junior Natalie Wade with 10.
Junior Maggie Grimes led the Lady Mustangs with 12 points and senior Addison Pitts chipped in 10.
In boys action, Ropes (4-0) began to pull away from the short-handed Steers in the second period, building a 41-25 halftime lead. Farwell chipped away to make it a 13-point game after three, but the Eagles went on a 24-6 run over the final stanza.
Sophomore Ruben Molina led Farwell with nine points, while junior Hayden Harris and sophomore Hudson Agee chipped in eight apiece.
