Lady Trojans fall short
Parkers Chapel became the second girls team in the county to see its season come to an end. The Lady Trojans fell to Mineral Springs 48-28 in the first round of the 2A South Regional at Mt. Ida.
As the fourth seed from the 2A 7-East, the Lady Trojans were in a tough spot in the postseason. They had to fend off Stephens just to get to the regional. After that, they would have to upset conference champion Bearden in the semifinals or face Mineral Springs in the regional.
Obviously, Parkers Chapel could't get the upset over the Lady Bears and ended up losing to two ranked teams to end the season one game short of the state tournament.
Actually, what ruined the Lady Trojans' season were the two losses to Norphlet. Coach Mark Young's team could afford one loss to the Lady Leopards but two setbacks to a team that was battling for position in the conference pretty much killed PC in the tiebreaker, putting the Lady Trojans in the dreaded fourth slot.
That just goes to show when you're in a difficult conference where a lot of the teams are equal, what happens in December and January does count.
The Lady Trojans were also hampered by injuries, specifically to sophomore Dana Gray, who sprained both ankles during the season and was not at full speed down the stretch. Coach Young said sophomore point guard Hope Phillips will likely have knee surgery after the season.
Basketball season is a long grind for high schoolers. It's hard to stay healthy. It's hard to stay motivated every night. It's hard to keep the mind and body fresh over the long haul.
I've said it before, getting to a state tournament and winning it is much more difficult in basketball than in any other sport in Arkansas.
Congratulations to the Lady Trojans for giving it all they had. You didn't have enough gas in the tank to take you all the way down the road. But, as long as the gas tank is empty, you can look back and know you went as far as you could.
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By the way, Bearden crushed Dierks in the first girls game on Wednesday. The Lady Bears thoroughly dominated the Lady Outlaws, who would've finished sixth in the 2A 7-East.
The Dierks fans were sitting directly behind me. One of the mothers called her husband on the cell phone to give him a report. She was complaining about the officials, of course, and said Bearden's players were blatantly tripping the poor, little bitty Lady Outlaws, making them fall on the floor and scrape their widdle knees.
Okay, that's not a direct quote. I may have embelished just a little.
Anyway, I don't know what the husband asked about Bearden's team but the woman answered, "yeah, yeah, all of them are. There's not a white one in the bunch."
Wonder what she was talking about?
As the fourth seed from the 2A 7-East, the Lady Trojans were in a tough spot in the postseason. They had to fend off Stephens just to get to the regional. After that, they would have to upset conference champion Bearden in the semifinals or face Mineral Springs in the regional.
Obviously, Parkers Chapel could't get the upset over the Lady Bears and ended up losing to two ranked teams to end the season one game short of the state tournament.
Actually, what ruined the Lady Trojans' season were the two losses to Norphlet. Coach Mark Young's team could afford one loss to the Lady Leopards but two setbacks to a team that was battling for position in the conference pretty much killed PC in the tiebreaker, putting the Lady Trojans in the dreaded fourth slot.
That just goes to show when you're in a difficult conference where a lot of the teams are equal, what happens in December and January does count.
The Lady Trojans were also hampered by injuries, specifically to sophomore Dana Gray, who sprained both ankles during the season and was not at full speed down the stretch. Coach Young said sophomore point guard Hope Phillips will likely have knee surgery after the season.
Basketball season is a long grind for high schoolers. It's hard to stay healthy. It's hard to stay motivated every night. It's hard to keep the mind and body fresh over the long haul.
I've said it before, getting to a state tournament and winning it is much more difficult in basketball than in any other sport in Arkansas.
Congratulations to the Lady Trojans for giving it all they had. You didn't have enough gas in the tank to take you all the way down the road. But, as long as the gas tank is empty, you can look back and know you went as far as you could.
* * *
By the way, Bearden crushed Dierks in the first girls game on Wednesday. The Lady Bears thoroughly dominated the Lady Outlaws, who would've finished sixth in the 2A 7-East.
The Dierks fans were sitting directly behind me. One of the mothers called her husband on the cell phone to give him a report. She was complaining about the officials, of course, and said Bearden's players were blatantly tripping the poor, little bitty Lady Outlaws, making them fall on the floor and scrape their widdle knees.
Okay, that's not a direct quote. I may have embelished just a little.
Anyway, I don't know what the husband asked about Bearden's team but the woman answered, "yeah, yeah, all of them are. There's not a white one in the bunch."
Wonder what she was talking about?
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