Hondo Anvil Herald

Hondo boys’ hoops starting to find

the win column

 

     Already 1-1 during the first day of the Luling Tournament, the Hondo boys’ basketball team also split its two games on the second day of tourney play, on Tuesday, Dec. 30.

     The Owls lost a 68-48 decision to Navarro Tuesday morning, then in the late game, outlasted the New Braunfels Long Creek JV, 77-72. Long Creek was a late tourney fill-in for Yoakum. The Bulldogs were scheduled to be in the tournament, but had just won the UIL 3A-Division I state football championship the week before, and hadn’t yet started basketball.

     Beginning District 28-3A play on Friday, Jan. 2, the Owls held Poteet scoreless in the first quarter and rolled to a 59-13 crushing of the Aggies on the Hondo home floor. Tuesday night, Jan. 6, Hondo visited Lytle, where a fourth quarter rally fell just short for the Owls, in a 75-68 loss.

     This week, Hondo (5-17 season, 1-1 district) will play at home twice, continuing the district schedule with a Friday, Jan. 9, game against Cotulla and a Tuesday, Jan. 13, game against Crystal City. Both games start at 7 p.m.