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EARL WATT

    • Leader & Times

A stifling Hays defense coupled with a deadly outside shot left the Lady Redskins short in a 65-42 loss on Senior Night Friday in The Big House.

The loss dropped the Lady Redskins to the third seed in the Class 6A West standings.

Hays connected on four three pointers in the first quarter to help build a 19-12 lead and then hit another four threes in the second quarter while the Lady Redskins managed one from long range by Kylie Rhine. The Lady Redskins trailed 38-25 at halftime, with 24 of the 38 points for Hays coming from beyond the three point line.

The Lady Indians continued to drain outshots in the second half, hitting two more in the third quarter and four more in the fourth, and the Lady Redskins struggled to connect on shots in an attempt to rally.

Shamari Lewis had 16 points, and Rhine had nine in the loss.

EARL WATT

   • Leader & Times

For a quarter, the Redskins kept the Hays Indians close before the Indians continued to outpace the Redskins with a strong game at the rim, and Liberal fell 65-41.

Liberal’s defense made inside shots difficult early, and when Hays did get chances, they struggled to sink the short-range shots.

Liberal used three pointers from Alan Olvera and Adrian Moreno in the first quarter to stay close, and the Redskins only trailed 13-10 after the first quarter.

But the Redskins never established a strong offensive presence with turnovers and missed shots in the second quarter while the Indians were able to complete possessions with points to outpace the Redskins 15-9 in the period, and the Redskins trailed 28-19 at half.

L&T staff report

The Lady Redskins struggled in the first half at Lakin Tuesday but rallied late to earn a 61-46 win to remain in second place in the Class 6A West standings.

The Lady Redskins trailed by nine at half. The Lady Red only made two of eight free throws in the first half. But Liberal outscored Lakin 45-19 in the second half including a 25-point fourth quarter while holding Lakin to four points.

Shamari Lewis scored 23 points, and Kylie Rhine had 18.

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After a start that saw the Redskins take a 18-point lead, Lakin found a way in the end to win 73-68.

The Redskins jumped out early and had the advantage heading into halftime by 14.

After the third the Broncs had clawed back to down seven. Turnovers and missed free throws once again were the Achilles heel in the fourth as the Redskins couldn’t hold the lead.

Eathan Hernandez paced the Skins with a career high 29 points.