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SPORTS 9Feb. 1, 2012
TTHEHE MMADISONVILLEADISONVILLE MMETEORETEORMORE PHOTOS!Visit www.madisonvillemeteor.com andscroll down to the “Galleries” sectionfor more photos from Madisonville andNorth Zulch sporting events.
PHOTO BY FERNANDO CASTRO/MADISONVILLE METEOR
Taylor Gooden leaps a step in preparation of a jump for the bas-ket during Madisonville’s varsity girls basketball game at homeagainst Groesbeck Jan. 27.
Byrd taking off to Temple College
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SPORTSBRIEFS
All events are tentative due to weather orother concerns. Information provided
here is based on pre-released schedulesfrom in-county schools or organizations.
February 1-7, 2012
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P.O. Box 999205 N. Madison Street
Madisonville, Texas 77864936-348-3505 (phone)
936-348-3338 (fax)
adisonville
NorthZulch
Friday, February 3Madisonville vs Palestine
JV, VarsityHome: 5 p.m.
Tuesday, February 7Madisonville at Fairfield
JV, VarsityRegular Season Finale
Away: 5 p.m.
Thurs.-Sat., February 2-4District 29-A Tournament (Dime Box)
Junior HighSeason Finale
Away: TBD
Friday, February 3North Zulch vs Fayetteville
VarsityHome: 5 p.m.
Monday, February 7North Zulch at Calvert
VarsityRegular Season Finale
Away: 5 p.m.
Thurs.-Sat., February 2-4District 29-A Tournament (Dime Box)
Junior HighSeason Finale
Away: TBD
Friday, February 3North Zulch vs Fayetteville
VarsityHome: 5 p.m.
Monday, February 7North Zulch at Calvert
VarsityAway: 5 p.m.
Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball
Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball
Friday, February 3Madisonville at Mexia
JV, VarsityAway: 4 p.m.
Monday, February 6M’ville vs Caldwell vs Somerville
Junior VarsityAway (Bryan): 4 p.m.
Friday, February 3Madisonville vs Palestine
Freshmen, JV, VarsityHome: 5 p.m.
Monday, February 6Madisonville at Westwood
Junior HighSeason FinaleHome: 5 p.m.
Tuesday, February 7Madisonville at FairfieldFreshmen, JV, Varsity
Away: 5 p.m.
Tennis
SoftballFriday, February 3
Madisonville vs NavasotaScrimmageJV, Varsity
Home: 5 p.m.
Tuesday, February 7Madisonville vs Rockdale
ScrimmageJV, Varsity
Home: 5 p.m.
Friday, February 3“Red v Blue”
Instrasquad ScrimmageJV, Varsity
Home: 5 p.m.
Monday, February 6Madisonville vs Navasota
ScrimmageJunior Varsity
Home: 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 7Madisonville at Navasota
ScrimmageVarsity
Away: 4:30 p.m.
Baseball
By Fernando CastroAssistant Editor
Following two signings earli-er in the school year, the futureof another Madison Countyathlete was decided last Fridayin North Zulch.
On Jan. 27, North ZulchHigh School athlete WhitleeByrd officially signed to playvolleyball at Temple Collegeduring a ceremony at theNZHS gym. Her signature wasfor a volleyball scholarship toplay on the Lady Leopardsteam at the Temple school un-der coach Mary Malone.
Byrd was in front of Malone,her fellow athletes, students,coaches and administratorsduring Friday’s signing. She wasvery thankful toward all whowitnessed a very important mo-ment in her athletic career.
“I decided not even two days(after) I went to try out at Tem-ple,” Byrd said about when sheknew Temple was right for her.“I really, really liked the pro-gram. I can tell they have thewinning pride and so they ex-pect to be at nationals thisyear.”
Last week was the culmina-tion of a path in volleyball thatbegan in the fourth grade. Withsupport from coaches and her
mother, Stephanie Byrd, whoWhitlee says has attended everyone of her games, she has con-tinued with the spikes and killson the court.
“It’s been my passion eversince I was little,” Byrd added,“so why not play something that Ilove and get my school paid for.”
During her freshman andsophomore years of highschool, Byrd was lending hertalents to the Columbus LadyCardinals. She transferred toNorth Zulch in 2010 and hasbeen instrumental to two sea-sons of Lady Bulldog volleyballthat ended in the playoffs, in-cluding in 2011 when NorthZulch reached the UIL RegionIII championship game. Shehas also been selected District22-A’s most valuable player involleyball for two consecutiveyears and was chosen to be amember Texas Sports WritersAssociation’s Class A all-stateteam following the 2010 season.
As college lies ahead, Byrdlooks forward to her time atTemple College for more thanjust playing with the LadyLeopards. With ambitions ofone day becoming a doctor, thesenior praised Temple’s pre-med program as another reasonfor why she will attend the ju-nior college.
PHOTO BY FERNANDO CASTRO/MADISONVILLE METEOR
Whitlee Byrd, sitting, finishes signing for a volleyball scholarship with Temple College during a cer-emony at North Zulch High School Jan. 27. Standing are, from left, Temple College head volleyballcoach Mary Malone; Stephanie Byrd, Whitlee’s mother, and North Zulch head volleyball coachCatherine Franke.
Lady Mustangs clinches playoffs with two victoriesMadisonville to try for district championship after re-sweep of Westwood, Groesbeck
By virtue of how games wentdown in District 20-3A girls bas-ketball last week, Madisonvillehas already punched a ticket tothe playoffs.
The varsity Lady Mustangsstarted the week in district playJan. 24 in Palestine taking onWestwood. After a close firstquarter, the Lady Panthers wereon top of Madisonville by twopoints. However, the Lady Mus-tangs kept Westwood awayfrom the basket better in thesecond quarter to take a seven-point lead at halftime. Madis-onville wrapped the evening upin the fourth quarter with a 47-29 victory.
Lisa Nealey led with 22points and five assists. AlexisHarris’ stats included 9 pointsand 10 rebounds. Lisa Nealey,Alexis Harris and LynequeNealey each grabbed threesteals.
On Jan. 27, Madisonville wasback home hosting Groesbeck.The Lady Goats have been win-less in district play this season,and that trend continued Fridaynight. The Lady Mustangsquickly jumped out to a 14-pointlead after only one quarter andwent on to win, 63-31.
Lisa Nealey racked up 22points and eight steals. TreaseTyler scored 14 points. Harrishad 13 points and 10 rebounds.Shaffer recorded 10 points. LisaNealey contributed five assists.
As of last week, Madisonvillemaintained its hold of first placein the district standings with sev-en wins without any losses. TheLady Mustangs cannot finishany lower than third when theregular season ends, meaningMadisonville will advance intothe playoffs no matter whathappens with their remaininggames.
In a battle for second place inthe district, Fairfield was tiedwith Mexia last week. Madis-onville’s girls traveled to MexiaTuesday, Jan. 31, in a game thatwould guarantee the Lady Mus-
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Madisonville 47, Westwood 29
M 11 13 10 14 – 47W 13 4 10 2 – 29
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
POINTS: Lisa Nealey, 22; AlexisHarris, 9; Lyneque Nealey, 8;Trease Tyler, 4; Jasmine Shaffer,2; Tory Josey, 2. REBOUNDS:Alexis Harris, 10; Jasmine Shaf-fer, 4; Lisa Nealey, 3; LynequeNealey, 3; Trease Tyler, 2; TanitaAshley, 2; Amber Byrd, 1.STEALS: Alexis Harris, 3; LisaNealey, 3; Lyneque Nealey, 3;Trease Tyler, 2. ASSISTS: LisaNealey, 5; Trease Tyler, 5;Lyneque Nealey, 3; Alexis Harris.
Madisonville 63, Groesbeck 31
M 20 18 11 14 – 63G 6 13 6 6 – 31
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
POINTS: Lisa Nealey, 22; TreaseTyler, 14; Alexis Harris, 13; Jas-mine Shaffer, 10; Tory Josey, 2;Taylor Gooden, 2. REBOUNDS:Alexis Harris, 10; Amber Byrd 6;Lisa Nealey, 5; Taylor Gooden, 4;Tory Josey, 3; Jasmine Shaffer,1; Trease Tyler, 1. STEALS: LisaNealey, 8; Trease Tyler, 3; AlexisHarris, 1. ASSISTS: Lisa Nealey,5; Jasmine Shaffer, 1; Alexis Har-ris, 1.
Mustangs not close enough to Panthers, GoatsDespite a late rally and a
contest that went down to thebuzzer, Madisonville’s varsityboys basketball team was un-able to nab any district wins lastweek.
On Jan. 25, the Mustangstook on District 20-3A oppo-nent Westwood in Palestine.The Panthers took an early leadin the opening minutes and ex-tended it to 19 points late in thethird quarter. In the final peri-od, though, Madisonville cut in-to Westwood’s lead with 27points. Still, the Panthers heldon to win, 83-74.
Ladarius Merchant led with19 points. Keelan Jones scored15 points, followed by MarcusTyler with 12. Anthony Mannsmade 11 points and seven re-bounds. Pat Cooper grabbedfive rebounds.
Madisonville hosted Groes-beck Jan. 30 in a game thatstarted neck-and-neck duringthe first half of the openingquarter. The Mustangs kept onthe scoring attack, but theGoats got ahead by 13 pointsbefore the half. Madisonvillethen started to shut downGroesbeck in the third quarter
and tied the game. The lead ex-changed hands throughout thefourth quarter until Groesbeckwent up by one point with 25seconds left.
The Mustangs then got theball back with 17 seconds leftand were fouled, giving themtwo free throw chances to tie ortake the lead. However, thethrows failed to go through therim. Madisonville tried a fewmore shots at the basket, butGroesbeck got the ball withthree seconds left and ran downthe clock to escape with the vic-tory, 65-64.
Brent McCloud’s night in-cluded 14 points. Damien Wha-ley came away with 11 points.Manns and Cooper each had 10points. Manns added eight re-bounds and six assists.
The Mustangs’ gameagainst Groesbeck marked thehalfway mark of the districtschedule. Rematches with dis-trict opponents began Tuesday,Jan. 31, at Mexia. Madisonvilleis scheduled to host Feb. 3 be-fore visiting Fairfield Feb. 7.Varsity games will follow sub-varsity contests, which begin at5 p.m.
PHOTO BY FERNANDO CASTRO/MADISONVILLE METEOR
Brent McCloud passes the ball to a teammate during Madis-onville’s varsity boys basketball game at home against GroesbeckJan. 27.
District 20-3A RecordsGirls Basketball
Madisonville 7-0Fairfield 5-2Mexia 5-2Palestine 3-4Westwood 1-6Groesbeck 0-7
District 20-3A RecordsBoys Basketball
Mexia 5-0Fairfield 4-1Groesbeck 2-3Westwood 2-3Madisonville 1-4Palestine 0-5
■ SEE LADY MUSTANGS, PAGE 10
BOYS BASKETBALLMadisonville 74,
Westwood 83
M 17 13 17 27 – 74W 25 21 20 17 – 83
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSPOINTS: Ladarius Merchant, 19;Keelan Jones, 15; Marcus Tyler,12; Anthony Manns, 11; PatCooper, 6; Damien Whaley, 6;Grant Smith, 3; Frankie Holmes,2. REBOUNDS: Anthony Manns,7; Pat Cooper, 5; Ladarius Mer-chant, 3; Keelan Jones, 3; GrantSmith, 3; Frankie Holmes, 3;Marcus Tyler, 1; Damien Whaley,1. STEALS: Ladarius Merchant,1; Anthony Manns, 1; Pat Coop-er, 1; Grant Smith, 1. ASSISTS:Marcus Tyler, 4; Keelan Jones,4; Anthony Manns, 2; LadariusMerchant, 1; Grant Smith, 1.
Madisonville 64, Groesbeck 65
M 14 20 19 11 – 64G 21 26 6 12 – 65
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSPOINTS: Brent McCloud, 14;Damien Whaley, 11; AnthonyManns, 10; Pat Cooper, 10; Kee-lan Jones, 9; Marcus Tyler, 4;Ladarius Merchant, 2. REBOUNDS: Anthony Manns, 8;Damien Whaley, 6; Brent Mc-Cloud, 5; Pat Cooper, 4; MarcusTyler, 3; Ladarius Merchant, 3;Keelan Jones, 2. STEALS: BrentMcCloud, 1; Marcus Tyler, 1;Keelan Jones, 1; AnthonyManns, 1; Damien Whaley, 1.ASSISTS: Anthony Manns, 6; PatCooper, 3; Keelan Jones, 2; Mar-cus Tyler, 1; Brent McCloud, 1.Little League registrations soon
As spring draws near, Madisonville LittleLeague is looking for new and returning mem-bers for its upcoming season.
MLL will have registrations Feb. 4, 11 and 18outside Walmart in Madisonville from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. Late registrations will take place Feb. 25along with tryouts from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There
will be no exceptions for anyone who attempts toregister after 3 p.m. Costs are $45 for one childand $40 for each additional child in the samefamily.
For more information, call Jesus NaciancenoJr. at 936-348-1364 for baseball or Kenny Dis-erens at 936-399-2610 for softball.
