The girls played their season opener in a packed gym with a great atmosphere last night, November 9, 2021. It felt like it was 120 degrees in there so it was a battle until the end. We were excited to get our first game in the books to test where we are and how good this team is going be. Well, I can tell you these girls are going to be fun to watch again this year. We finished the 1st quarter tied 16-16 and went into halftime tied 26-26. At halftime we talked about some defense adjustments we needed to do and to stop forcing some passes. We needed to do a better job driving to the basket because we had more speed than La Vernia when they subbed out. We have two new starters this year so we are still working on the chemistry daily. The 3rd quarter is what took the game, we let La Vernia outscore us by seven points. Then we outscored them by three in the 4th quarter but it just was not enough and we fell short in La Vernia’s favor. This was a great showing of what these girls can do and we will only continue to get better.
Lytle 52 – La Vernia 56
Leading the way was Sophomore Calyssa Sevier with a double double, scoring 28 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.
Next in line was Junior Cadee Martinez with 10 points.
Junior Fizz Hutton had 8 points 4 steals and 1 charge.
Sophomore Katara Whitfield had 2 points.
Senior Nicole Godines had 2 points
Senior Sofia Hutton had 2 points and did an excellent job coming off the bench.
Sophomore Amelia Martinez gave us some great minutes off the bench defensively and grabbed a steal.
Junior Kaylee Diaz came off the bench and grabbed a rebound.
Freshmen Arianna Garcia came off the bench and gave us physical minutes under the basket.
Junior Rose Scotello played good defense for us off the bench.
These girls are fun to watch if you can catch a game, I am sure they would love it and you will not be disappointed! Go Pirates!