8A December 10, 2010 Sports THE COMMUNITY NEWS

LADYCATS BASKETBALL
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Mittie finished the night

with 30 points scored, Powell
Bearcats get first home win against Cleburne
accumulated 16, and Loftin By Dominic Genetti quarter. That lead later grew to
and Martin both earned six The Community News
seven-points, 22-15, at halftime.
points apiece.
The Aledo Bearcats boys basket-
“We made the adjustment
ball team has not only ended their Johnson finished the night with
at halftime that we weren’t
going to chase any more on losing streak, but has won a game eight total points scored. Gentry
the full court, we weren’t on their own home court. and Forbes racked up nine points
going to defend outside the apiece and Glass lead the team with
After two wins in a Joshua
three – make sure we get back a total of 22 points scored.
tournament and a 53-50 win over
side help,” Johnson said. “If Cleburne, the Bearcats have evened
they were going to beat us, “We’re probably progressing at
their record at 3-3. The team has
it was going to be from the the right time,” head coach Steve
three weeks left before they begin
perimeter, and I think that Smith said. “Danny and a lot of the
district play and senior Danny Glass
was our strong point.” guys are starting to let the game
says the winning momentum the
Following a tournament come to them instead of making
team has gained lately is pointing
this weekend in Decatur, the things happen.
toward positivity for the 2010-2011
Ladycats will come back to
start district play on the road
season.
“Everybody’s kind of buying into
against North Richland Hills- “We take every opponent as they their role and thats the key.”
Birdville Tuesday Dec. 14. come at us, one game at a time, but
“There’s definitely a dif- in the back of our minds we’re going Aledo kept their nine-point lead
ferent kind of mindset going to keep this momentum going,” the at the end of the third quarter, this
into it,” Mittie said, “you have 6’4” veteran said. time with a 33-24 lead. But in the
to do well in district to keep
Cleburne’s only lead of the night fourth quarter things started to get
going.
came in the first quarter when they a little worrisome for the Bearcats.
“It’s like a win or lose type
deal and if you get behind, went up 6-4, but a layup, foul, and
even a game, then you feel free throw later via Glass, Aledo With less than 30 seconds left
like it’s hard to get back up pulled ahead with a 7-6 lead and to play in the game, Aledo’s lead
into the winner’s circle.” never looked back. was 51-48. All Cleburne needed
was a three-pointer or a one-and-
“Anytime a team plays sloppy one situation to tie the game, but
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like they did, we’re bound to stoop
down a little bit to their level, but I
feel like later on we started doing a
better job of playing our own game,
running our plays and getting the
shots we can make,” Glass said.
“They’re always going to break us
down a little bit with their sloppi-
ness, but we can bring it back up
ourselves.”
With hard passes from point
guard freshman Taylor Johnson,
the quick speed of junior Pierce
Gentry and senior Aaron Forbes,
the Bearcats were able to establish
a 12-6 lead at the end of the first
free throws from Johnson helped
the Bearcats pull through and gain
some insurance points.
“Early on, I felt like we needed
to run set plays to get shots and
we had a hard time deciphering
between, ‘Okay, the play’s not there
now what do I do‘--I’ve always told
the kids, if you don’t run the play,
then make a play.”
JAMES ALBRITTON/SALTFORKIMAGES.COM The Bearcats will play in the
Aledo senior Danny Glass (1) goes for a layup in the team’s contest against Wills Point Shootout this week-
Cleburne. Aledo won the game 53-50 and was the first victory of the season at end before returning home to host
home. Glass finished the night with 22 points. Joshua Tuesday, Dec. 14.

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