Hondo Anvil Herald

Hondo basketball off to holiday tourneys

 

     Both of Hondo’s varsity basketball teams will be heading to holiday tournaments this coming Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 29-30.

   The Hondo girls’ team will be competing in the Ro-Hawk Invitational at Randolph, and the boys’ will be traveling to the Luling Tournament.

     Both tournaments are round-robin formats. The girls are one of five teams in the field, with the champion determined by the best record among the five.

     The Luling tournament is divided into two pools of five teams each. Teams will play the other four in their pool, but there are not any cross-pool matchups with the other side.

     Both teams will play twice Monday and twice more on Tuesday. 

    At Randolph, the girls will play Monday at 10:30 (Hallettsville) and at 1:30 (Lytle), then on Tuesday at 9:00 (Randolph) and noon (Lutheran).

     At Luling, the boys’ games on Monday are at 11:00 (Hidalgo) and 2:45 (Luling), with Tuesday games at 11:00 (Navarro) and 6:30 (Yoakum).

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Owls resume district Jan. 2 against Poteet

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     Hondo girls’ basketball traveled to Dilley on Friday, Dec. 19, as play continued in District 28-3A. Results of the game will be included in next week’s issue.

     After the tournament at Randolph this coming Monday and Tuesday, the Owls (14-4 season, 0-1 district) will resume league play on Friday, Jan. 2, with a 6:15 p.m. home game against Poteet.

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Hondo boys wrap up non-district schedule

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     Wrapping up the non-district portion of their schedule, the Hondo boys’ basketball team visited Sabinal on Friday evening, Dec. 19.    Results of the game will be included in the Jan. 1 issue.

     The team will go to the Luling tourney on Monday and Tuesday, and will then open play in District 28-3A on Friday, Jan. 2, when the Owls (1-14) host Poteet at 7:30.