lady brahmas

LB advance to regional quarters; tie school record for most wins in a season

  • Macy Herring swats away a shot by Hondo’s Grace Edney. Chuck Grafe/Tribune-Herald
    Macy Herring swats away a shot by Hondo’s Grace Edney. Chuck Grafe/Tribune-Herald
  • Layten Kolacny shoots a three against Nixon-Smiley. Chuck Grafe/ Tribune-Herald
    Layten Kolacny shoots a three against Nixon-Smiley. Chuck Grafe/ Tribune-Herald
  • Adalyn Pohl (10) and Kenedy Wood (5) rebound in the Nixon-Smiley victory. Chuck Grafe/Tribune-Herald
    Adalyn Pohl (10) and Kenedy Wood (5) rebound in the Nixon-Smiley victory. Chuck Grafe/Tribune-Herald

    GERONIMO – After two impressive opening round wins, the Hallettsville Lady Brahmas’ playoff run going to get harder.

    The Lady Brahmas had no trouble in a 55- 32 area round victory at Navarro High School Friday night and they played district champion San Antonio Cole Tuesday. A win would put them in the Region IV-3A tournament at Seguin High School Friday and Saturday.

    Hallettsville ad - vanced past the bi-district round for the first time in coach Hunter Hlavaty’s tenure and Friday’s night’s victory also tied the school record for the most wins in a season with 34 set 10 years ago.

    The Lady Brahmas didn’t have a great start and turned the ball over five times in the first three minutes. But once they got steered in the right direction, they scored 12 unanswered points for a 16-3 lead at the end of the first quarter. Kasey Harper had 7 points in the first.

    The lead was stretched to 33-11 at the intermission.

    Macy Herring worked in the post for 17 points a n d A l a i n a H a l a t a scored 10 for the LB. Grace Edney led the Owls with 14 points.

    Hallettsville (34-5) shot 39.3% from the field and were 6 of 13 from the free-throw line.

    Scoring: Layten Kolacny 2 1-2 6, Kasey Harper 3 0-0 7, Macy Herring 7 1-3 17, Adalyn Pohl 2 0-0 5, Alaina Halata 4 2-4 10, Addison Matula 4 1-2 9, Haven Johnson 0 1-2 1.

    Threes: Harper, Pohl.

    LB 78, Nixon-Smiley 25

    Nixon-Smiley proved to be a good scrimmage for the LB in the bi-district round of the playoffs in Seguin Tuesday, Feb. 13.

    Five starters were in double figures in the game which saw the LB shoot 51.6% from the field and 35.7% from three-point range.

    The game was tied 3-all at the onset before Hallettsville scored 19 points in a row en route to a 30-5 lead at the end of the first quarter. Adalyn Pohl led the splurge with 9 points.

    The lead was 50-15 at the intermission after Macy Herring scored 7 points in the second period.

    Kasey Harper canned 19 points for the LB with 8 of 13 shooting including 3 for 6 on three-point attempts. Pohl had 13 points, Layten Kolacny 12 and Addison Matula came off the bench to score 12.

    Layten Kolacny 5-9 0-1 12, Kasey Harper 8 0-0 19, Macy Herring 6 1-1 15, Kenedy Wood 1 0-0 3, Adalyn Pohl 6 0-0 13, Haven Drozd 1 0-0 2, Alaina Halata 1 0-2 2, Addison Matula 5 1-2 12.

    Threes: Harper 3, Pohl, Wood, Kolacny.