Hoopin' it up in District 4-4A
The Cooper boys basketball pulled out a big 55-51 win Friday night over Plainview. It dropped Plainview, the favorite in District 4-4A, to 0-2 in district gives Cooper a 2-1 record in district going into Tuesday's big game at San Angelo Lake View.
Lake View will be a big test, too. The Chiefs beat Frenship 50-47 on Friday, dropping the Tigers to 1-2 in district. Lake View is 1-1 in district, and the Chiefs' lone district loss was to Big Spring, which leads the district at 2-0.
Plainview, which is playing without its three best players, will still be tough to beat when Cooper goes there on Feb. 5 -- just three days after Cooper goes to Big Spring.
Big Spring appears to be the team to beat with its fantastic guard tandem of Jerrell Williams and Luke Adams. Adams moved in this season, after earning all-state honors at Lubbock Trinity, a private Class 4A team.
The Cooper girls basketball team seems headed to another third-place finish in District 4-A, unless they can find a way to finally beat Frenship and Plainview. The Lady Coogs have had no trouble with Big Spring and Lake View, going 6-0 combined against those two teams since joining the district last season. But Cooper hasn't been able to beat Plainview and Frenship.
Plainview stunned the Frenship Lady Tigers, ranked No. 14 in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches' Class 4A state poll at the time, 46-45 in Frenship on Jan. 19. Of course, those two teams have been battling it out for supremecy in the district for quite a while. The big question is where does Cooper end up? The Lady Coogs don't want any part of fourth place, which means a first-round date with No. 2 Canyon. But the second-place team from District 3 will be tough too. So they've got to get ready for that first round of the playoffs, and the best way to do that is putting up a bigger fight with the Frenship's and Plainview's. They'll get that chance in their last two district games -- Feb. 5 at Plainview and Feb. 9 at home against Frenship.
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