Despite being already eliminated from postseason contention, the Clifton Lady Cubs girls basketball team made the most of their opportunities in the season finale. With all 11 players on the roster scoring points, the Lady Cubs crushed the Waco Harmony School of Innovation, 69-1, on the road last Friday night to wrap up their District 17-3A schedule.

As the saying goes, there’s no place like home. And the old adage proved true for the Meridian boys and girls powerlifting teams as they opened their seasons by hosting the Yellowjacket Invitational Jan.

op Moving one step away from accomplishing something that hasn’t been done in a decade, the Meridian boys basketball team travels to Iredell Tuesday aiming to claim its first district championship since the 2012-13 Texas high school basketball season. Riding an eight-game winning streak as the only undefeated team in District 201A, the Jackets (9-0 in district, 18-7 overall) hope to repeat the results from the first round of district play when they visit the Iredell Dragons (3-7, 7-16) Tuesday at 7:15 p.m.

Thanks to the icy winter weather event across North and Central Texas last week, the Meridian Lady Jackets girls basketball team was forced to postpone Senior Night from last Tuesday until Saturday. but for the Lady Jackets and their fans alike, it proved worth the wait.

Opening the 2023 Texas high school powerlifting season with an impressive start, the Clifton boys and girls teams appear on the verge of taking a large contingent of lifters to the Region II, Division 3 Championships in March at West. Leading the way for the Clifton boys at the Bosqueville Invitational Jan.

In the end, the Clifton Lady Cubs girls basketball team found the amount of adversity handed to them just too much to overcome. Despite shocking the front-running Maypearl Lady Panthers, 41-39, Jan.

Using back-to-back impressive District 20-1A victories as a springboard, the Meridian Lady Jackets girls basketball team clinched a trip to the Class 1A postseason tournament. After battling to a hard-fought 48-38 win over the Walnut Springs Lady Hornets last Tuesday, the Lady Jackets crushed the Covington Lady Owls, 43-13, on the road last Friday to maintain sole possession of second place.

Making the turn into the second round of District 20-1A competition, the Meridian Yellowjacket boys basketball team took two more steps toward a district championship by extending its winning streak to seven straight games. The Jackets ran past Walnut Springs, 5529, at home last Tuesday before posting a convincing victory over second place Covington to strengthen their hold of first place.

Billed as a balanced race coming into the 2022-23 Texas high school girls basketball season, District 17-3A has not disappointed. After posting a shocking upset of the first place Maypearl Lady Panthers, 4139, at home last Tuesday, the Clifton Lady Cubs girls basketball team appeared on the verge of making a run at their second straight postseason berth.

Although results from two second round District 17-3A last week did them no favors, the 2022-23 Texas high school boys basketball season remains far from over for the young Clifton Cubs. But without a doubt, the Cubs will be fighting an uphill battle down the stretch with every game serving up a door- die scenario.