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Stephenson's game winner keeps LCHS alive in playoffs

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Posted: February 19, 2012 - 12:06am | Updated: February 19, 2012 - 1:39am

By From staff reports

COLLEYVILLE — Brooks Stephenson’s 3-point goal at the buzzer lifted Lubbock Christian High to a dramatic 65-62 victory at Colleyville Covenant Christian in a TAPPS Class 3A area-round playoff Saturday.

Stephenson, who scored 10 points, launched his 22-foot shot from left of the key and it finally subdued a determined comeback by Colleyville Covenant.

LCHS (24-9) will play a regional-round playoff game at 11 a.m. Saturday at Plano John Paul II High School against the winner of No. 12 Garland Christian and No. 6 Arlington Burton.

Connor Bryant scored 22 points and the Eagles led by as many as 15. Colleyville Covenant (19-11) rallied behind Trey Jackson, who scored 17 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter, including a bucket that put the Cougars ahead.

LCHS got a 3 from Peyton Maddox and a steal and layup from Stephenson in the final two minutes, but the Cougars ralied to tie , setting the stage for Stephenson’s game winner.

Manny Ryan finished with 18 points for LCHS.

TAPPS CLASS 3A AREA PLAYOFF

at Colleyville Covenant Christian HS

LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN HIGH 65

COLLEYVILLE COVENANT CHRISTIAN 62

LCHS — Stephenson 3 2-2 10, Ellison 0 0-0 0, Ryan 7 2-3 18, Maddox 2 1-2 7, Rogers 0 0-0 0, Thornton 2 0-0 4, Bryant 6 9-12 22, Pylant 1 2-4 4, Reddell 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 16-23 65.

COLLEYVILLE COVENANT — Jeanne 4 2-2 12, Trey Jackson 13 1-4 27, Niles 0 0-0 0, Sturgis 1 4-5 6, Trent Jackson 1 0-0 2, Troup 3 0-0 7, Elliby 2 2-2 6, McKee 0 0-0 0, Goff 0 0-0 0, Shartless 1 0-0 2. Totals 25 9-13 62.

LCHS 13 21 19 12 — 65

Collv. Covenant 11 8 21 22 — 62

3-point goals: LCHS 7 (Ryan 2, Stephenson 2, Maddox 2, Bryant), Colleyville Covenant 3 (Jeanne 2, Troup). Total fouls: LCHS 17, Colleyville Covenant 25. Fouled out: Trent Jackson. Records: LCHS 24-9, Colleyville Covenant 19-11.

■ Trinity girls 75

Fort Bend Christian 46

Ashton Meeks scored 22 points, Katy Boren added 15 and No. 6 Trinity Christian advanced to the TAPPS Class 4A regional round by winning at home against Fort Bend Christian Academy.

The Lady Lions (27-12) will play an opponent to be determined at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Fort Worth Nolan Catholic.

Morgan Prince chipped in 11 points for Trinity.

TAPPS CLASS 4A BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFF

TRINITY CHRISTIAN 75

FORT BEND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 46

FB CHRISTIAN — Mahan 0 0-0 0, Tate 1 2-2 4, Amend 0 0-0 0, Kaminski 0 0-0 0, Dibble 1 0-2 2, LaChapelle 6 4-7 17, Mantel 1 2-2 4, Sanford 0 0-0 0, Urich 0 0-0 0, Pardue 3 1-2 9, Forbert 0 0-0 0, Andersen 0 0-0 0, Wood 0 9-12 9, Mills 0 1-2 1, Ezenwukwa 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 19-29 46.

TRINITY CHRISTIAN — Prince 5 0-0 11, Thorne 2 0-0 6, Fout 0 0-0 0, Meeks 10 1-1 22, Ammons 3 3-4 9, Hagood 0 0-0 0, Hardin 0 0-0 0, Boren 5 4-4 15, Wentz 2 1-2 5, Turner 0 0-0 0, Wesley 3 0-0 7. Totals 30 9-11 75.

FB Christian 13 13 15 5 — 46

Trinity Christian 26 23 16 10 — 75

3-point goals: FB Christian 3 (Pardue 2, LaChapelle); Trinity Christian 6 (Thorne 2, Prince, Meeks, Boren, Wesley). Total fouls: FB Christian 13, Trinity Christian 21. Fouled out: none. Technical fouls: FB Christian coach Froelich 2, Pardue. Record: Fort Bend Christian 32-13, Trinity Christian 27-12.

■ Trinity boys 97

San Antonio TMI 49

Parker Wentz poured in 28 points and No. 3 Trinity Christian posted an easy home playoff victory against San Antonio Texas Military Institute.

The win moved the Lions (36-3) into a showdown with No. 5 Houston Westbury Christian, the team that stopped them in the TAPPS 4A state semifinals last season. The two heavyweights will square off at 3 p.m. Saturday in a regional-round game in Houston.

Trinity got 13 points from Dave Miller, 12 from Beau Durham, 11 from Myles Leonard and 10 from Tanner Gregory.

TRINITY CHRISTIAN 97

SAN ANTONIO TEX. MILITARY INSTITUTE 49

SA TEXAS MILITARY — Fox 0 0-0 0, Mohammed 0 0-0 0, Metz 0 0-0 0, Oldfather 1 3-3 6, Martinez 0 0-0 0, M.Duron 1 0-0 2, Casillas 0 0-0 0, E.Duron 1 0-0 2, Sherrod 6 8-9 21, Sgssiows 0 0-0 0, Plummer 0 0-0 0, Winter 2 1-2 7, Zurita 3 2-2 11, Ford 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 14-16 49.

TRINITY CHRISTIAN — P.Wentz 11 0-0 28, Womack 0 0-0 0, Gregory 3 2-2 10, Stephenson 2 4-5 8, Filipovic 2 0-1 4, Miller 5 2-2 13, Wilson 3 0-0 6, T.Wentz 1 0-0 2, Wheeler 1 1-5 3, Durham 6 0-0 12, Leonard 4 2-2 11. Totals 38 11-17 97.

SA TMI 10 9 16 14 — 49

Trinity Christian 24 25 23 25 — 97

3-point goals: SA TMI 7 (Zurita 3, Winter 2, Oldfather, Sherrod), Trinity 10 (P.Wentz 6, Gregory 2, Miller, Leonard). Total fouls: TMI 15, Trinity Christian 13. Fouled out: Casillas. Technical foul: Casillas. Record: Trinity Christian 36-3.

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SATURDAY’S PRACTICE GAMES

ESTACADO 56, IDALOU 42

Idalou 7 7 15 13 — 42

Estacado 14 12 22 8 — 56

Leading scorers: Idalou, Ko. Houchin 13, Payne 10, Adkins 10; Estacado, Russell 17, Hunter 13. Records: Estacado 24-7.

ROPES 48, OLTON 36

Olton 10 11 5 9 — 36

Ropes 10 17 12 9 — 48

Leading scorers: Olton, Favela 11; Ropes, Miller 15, Glenn 13, Perry 11. Records: Ropes 20-6.

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FRIDAY’S LATE LINESCORES

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Area Playoffs

CLASS 4A

EL PASO CHAPIN 46, PLAINVIEW 43

Plainview 12 3 19 9 — 43

El Paso Chapin 15 10 10 11 — 46

Leading scorers: Plainview, Castillo 27; EP Chapin, Higgins 17. Records: Plainview 26-8; EP Chapin 32-0.

CLASS 1A

Division II

ANTON 48, KLONDIKE 43

Anton 12 11 9 16 — 48

Klondike 10 10 15 8 — 43

Leading scorers: Anton, Parker 16, Coronado 13; Klondike, Torres 23. Records: Anton 17-15.

Soccer

■ Monterey boys 2

Lubbock High 1

Jordan Gutierrez and Marc Casares both scored in the second half, and Monterey held off a late charge to take down Lubbock High in a District 2-5A match.

The win was the 250th career victory for Monterey coach Donnie Matticks.

Cobi Faz picked up an assist for Monterey (8-7-0, 3-1-0).

■ Monterey girls 2

Lubbock High 0

Claudia Sanchez and Desirae Morales each had goals, and Monterey blanked Lubbock High.

Courtney Pitman earned an assist for the Lady Plainsmen (11-6-1, 3-0-1 in 2-5A).

Softball

■ LCHS 12, Idalou 6

LITTLEFIELD — Lubbock Christian High used a nine-run first inning and the strong pitching of Summer Petrie to capture third place in the Lady Cat Classic.

Petrie (1-0) threw five-plus innings, scattering three hits while striking out five.

LCHS (3-1) pounded out 13 hits, led by Sydney Roberts, who went 3 for 4 with two triples and an RBI, and Kaitlyn Stephenson, who went 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI. Avery Brandon drove in three.

LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN 12, IDALOU 6

Idalou 003 012 — 6 4 4

LCHS 911 01x — 12 13 3

Game ended due to time limit in bottom of the 6th inning.

Cervantez, Boman (3) and Stevens. Petrie, Branson (6), Petrie (6) and Hays. WP — Petrie (1-0). LP — Cervantez (0-1). 2B—LCHS, K. Stephenson. 3B—LCHS, Roberts (2), Branson, Hays, S. Stephenson. Records: Idalou 1-2; LCHS 3-1.

■ Caprock Classic

Lani Munoz went 3 for 3 and scored the eventual winning run on an error as Coronado topped Cooper 2-1 to win the Caprock Classic girls softball tournament.

Munoz came in when Katlin Reed’s popup to shallow right glanced off the second baseman’s glove. Tori Ruiz went 2 for 3 and drove in the other Coronado run with a first-inning single.

Abbi White’s RBI double in the fourth tied the game for Cooper (4-1). The Lady Pirates got a 2-for-3 performance from Bree Coons.

Kristin Tijerina (4-0) struck out five with no walks.

Cooper advanced to the last game of the 18-team tournament with a 14-3 rout of Monterey, with winning pitcher Lauren Heinrich driving in three runs. Coronado got there by beating Estacado 16-1 with Cierra Galindo and Tijerina each having two-hit games.

Championship

CORONADO 2, COOPER 1

Cooper 000 100 0 — 1 5 4

Coronado 100 010 x — 2 6 0

Heinrich and Limmer; Tijerina and Kirk. W—Tijerina (4-0). L—Heinrich (3-1). 2B—Cooper, White. Records: Cooper 4-1, Coronado 5-0.

Smeifinals

COOPER 14, MONTEREY 3

Cooper 175 01 — 14 8 2

Monterey 002 01 — 3 10 5

Game ended on 10-run rule.

Heinrich and Limmer; Villegas, Rivas (2) and Hernandez. W—Heinrich (3-0). L—Villegas. 2B—Monterey, Caskey. Records: Cooper 4-0.

at Monterey