Moulton girls basketball: Kittens fall to Lady Wildcats in regional semifinals

The Moulton Kittens’ season came to an end in the regional semifinals against Brookeland.
Moulton finishes with a 32-3 overall record.
The Kittens graduate Karsyn Blahuta, Valeria Pinedo, Addison Simper, Araceli Vasquez, Raelyn Brooks, Reese Nieto and Audrey Swinford.
Brookeland 58, Moulton 43 (regional semifinals)
Simper netted 12 points and Swinford tacked on 10 points as the Kittens came up short to Brookeland 58-43 Monday at Willis High School.
The Lady Wildcats led 14-12 after one quarter and went on a 12-7 second-quarter run for a 26-13 halftime lead.
Brookeland outscored the Kittens 12-11 in the third period before scoring 20 of 33 points to finish off the game in the fourth stanza.
Kaelyn Strother led Brookeland with 14 points and two triples while C. Morgan bucketed 14 points as well.
B 14 12 12 20-58
M 12 7 11 13-43
Brookeland: Kaelyn Strother 14 3pt-2, C. Morgan 14, Gracelynn Lopez 11, Paige Powell 10 3pt, C. Justice 6, Jada Sanders 3 
Moulton: Addison Simper 12, Audrey Swinford 10, Liliana Gomez 7 3pt-2, Ava Olivarez 5, Araceli Vasquez 5, Taylor Self 4.
Moulton 44, McMullen County 28 (area)
Vasquez hit four treys and 16 points in the Kittens’ 44-28 area-round win over McMullen County Friday in Kenedy.
Swinford also scored in double digits with 11 points.
The Kittens outscored the Cowgirls 16-4 in the first frame and built 21-10 halftime lead at halftime.
Moulton scored 12 of 20 points in the third frame and edged McMullen County 11-10 in the fourth frame.
Camie Taylor scored 20 points to lead the Cowgirls.
MC   4 6 8 10-28
MO 16 5 12 11-44
McMullen County: Camie Taylor 20 3pt-2, Mia Belz 2, Katie David 2, Caley Pruett 2, Ryleigh Fetterman 2.
Araceli Vasquez 16 3pt-4, Audrey Swinford 11, Taylor Self 8 3pt-2, Liliana Gomez 3 3pt-1, Addison Simper 2, Ava Olivarez 2, Valeria Pinedo 2 
Moulton 81, North Zulch 30 (bi district)
Ava Olivarez scored 15 points, Vasquez sank 12 points and A Swinford bagged 10 points in Moulton’s 81-30 win over North Zulch Feb. 16 in Brenham.
Moulton led 19-4 after the first frame and went on a 26-8 run in the second period
The Kittens scored 22 of 32 points in the third stanza and outscored North Zulch 14-8 in the final eight minutes.
Madi Morris led the Lady Bulldogs with 11 points.
NZ 4 8 10 8-30
M 19 26 22 14-81
North Zulch: Madi Morris 11, McKenna Hanson 6, Bella Johnson 4, Malyrie Cottonham 3, Rylee Spicer 2, Alyssa Lawson 2, Lacy Sapp 2.
Moulton: Ava Olivarez 15, Araceli Vasquez 12, Audrey Swinford 10,  Addison Simper 9 3pt-1, Taylor Self 8, Madison Rothbauer 6, Mina Tinajeroi 5, Lilliana Gomez 4 3pt-1, Kate Mikulencak 4 3pt-1, Bethany Kram 4 3pt-1, Valeria Pinedo 2, Reese Nieto 2.