After getting off to a rough start, the Lady Bulldogs are starting to click.
Ever since the Lady Dogs dropped a tough 69-68 loss to Pollok Central in a tournament at Tarkington on Nov. 19, they’ve been rolling, cruising to five straight victories.
As well as the Lady Dogs have been playing, there can’t be a much better time to start district play.
“Not to say that our tournament games and our nondistrict games don’t matter, but this is the part of the season that counts the most,” New Waverly head coach Eldridge McAdams said. “This is what those games help prepare you for. We won the first part of the season. Now we want to go out and win the second part.
“It all starts over for us.”
New Waverly (7-2) welcomes a taller Corrigan-Camden team tonight to Bulldog Gym to open District 21-2A play.
“There a little bigger than we are, but then again, a lot of teams are going to have that advantage against us,” McAdams said. “As far as speed goes, I don’t think there’s anybody who can match up with us. We just have to go with what has made us successful and that’s run and play defense.”
During New Waverly’s five-game winning streak, junior guard Kayla Williams and sophomore guard Myeisha Williams have been doing much of the heavy lifting.
Most recently, Myeisha Williams scored 27 points and Kayla Williams added six in the Lady Dogs’ 58-34 resounding win over Iola last week in their only game in the North Zulch tournament. In New Waverly’s last home game, Kayla Williams scored 39 points in a 57-40 win over Hearne on Dec. 1.
“The girls know that we rely on those two,” McAdams said. “Everybody has and knows their role. We’ve got a young team, but I’d like to see more out of the rest of the girls. It was nice to see Alex (Abbott) score in double digits the other night.”
Even with his team’s string of dominating victories, McAdams admits that there are still some areas that need fine-tuning.
“There’s still certain things that we need to work on,” the coach said. “One game it’s this and one game it’s that. We’ve just got to keep working hard to improve every part of our game.”
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OUTGUNNED: First-place Mavericks shoot down Sam Houston, run winning streak to 14
Texas-Arlington had an answer for every Sam Houston run Wednesday night on the way to a 75-63 victory over the Bearkats. It was the Mavericks’ 14th consecutive win and improved their Southland Conference record to 10-0.
The last team to start league action with such perfection was Sam Houston in 2010, a team which won the conference’s regular season as well as the postseason tournament championship. -
Championship salute
The Southland Conference champs from Sam Houston State received special recognition on Wednesday night for the most successful football season in school history.
Huntsville Mayor Mac Woodward, SHSU President Dana Gibson and Walker County Judge Danny Pierce were among those who honored the Bearkats during halftime of the Bearkats’ basketball game against Texas-Arlington.
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Bearkat women win again, 61-45
Britni Martin scored 18 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead Sam Houston State to a 61-45 Southland Conference women’s basketball victory over UT-Arlington on Wednesday at the new UTA College Park Center in Arlington.
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Alive and kicking
For the third consecutive game, the Hornets played like a team that does not want basketball season to end anytime soon.
Desperate to notch another victory over Willis, the Huntsville boys jumped on the Wildkats early. The Hornets used their muscle and started pulling away in the second half, then when Willis made a late rally, Huntsville’s hungry bunch had enough energy left to hold off the Wildkats in a wild 76-63 victory at the Paul Bohan Hornet Gym. -
Lady Hornets roll through district undefeated again
The Lady Hornets did it again. For the second consecutive season, the Huntsville girls basketball team rolled through District 18-4A play without a loss.
On Tuesday night in Willis, the Lady Hornets closed out another perfect 14-0 district campaign with an 86-33 win over the LadyKats. -
New Waverly seniors close out regular season in style
In their final game of the regular season, the Lady Bulldogs just enjoyed themselves in a 60-46 win over Anderson-Shiro.
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Streak stoppers?
The hottest team in the Southland Conference visits Johnson Coliseum tonight, riding a 13-game winning streak and sporting a perfect 9-0 league record.
Sam Houston State has a difficult task on its hands facing Texas-Arlington, a team which had its way with the Bearkats on Jan. 11 at Texas Hall. The Mavericks rolled to a 66-40 that night in what was Sam Houston’s worst loss in conference action all season. -
Bearkats to hold celebration befitting a championship team
A championship celebration unlike any in Bearkat history will take place tonight at Johnson Coliseum as part of the festivities for the Bearkats’ basketball game against Texas-Arlingon.
Walker County, the city of Huntsville and university officials will join with SHSU alumni, students, faculty-staff and fans in saluting the 2011 Southland Conference champion and NCAA Division I football national finalist Bearkat football team. -
Big week ahead for Bulldogs, Lady Bulldogs
To say that this is an important week for the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs basketball team would be a big understatement. With the regular season winding down, much is at stake for the New Waverly boys and girls.
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Bulldog lifters gain experience at Shepherd meet
Looking back on his lifters’ performance at last Saturday’s meet in Shepherd, New Waverly powerlifting coach Mike Carolan lauded his team’s efforts. Senior Tucker Saxton won the 220-pound classification and freshman Dillon Silvis took fifth in the 114-pound division.
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