Lady Bulldogs start district with win

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HERMLEIGH — The Ira Lady Bulldogs used a 20-4 third-quarter scoring run to defeat the Hermleigh Lady Cardinals 47-31 in the District 12-1A basketball opener Friday.
Hermleigh led 8-6 after the first quarter, but Ira used an 11-8 scoring edge to take a 17-16 halftime lead.
Ira’s Alyssa Goodwin and Madison Peterson combined for 31 points. Goodwin had 18 points and Peterson added 13 points.
Brishaya Sneed scored 11 points for Hermleigh while Lillian Digby had 10 points.
The Lady Bulldogs (17-2, 1-0) will host Highland on Tuesday. Hermleigh will host Victory Life Academy in a non-district game Tuesday.
Ira scorers — Alyssa Goodwin 18, Madison Peterson 13, Savannah Juarez 5, Lexie Hanshew 4, Sierra Welch 4, Shailee Manning 3.
Hermleigh scorers — Brishaya Sneed 11, Lillyan Digby 10, Amanda Long 4, Kelsey Digby 3, Aaliyah. Sneed 2, Kami Smith 1.

JV
The Ira Lady Bulldogs JV defeated Hermleigh, 52-22.
Raven McCowen scored 16 points for Ira. Abby Manning had 15 points and Emily McCowen added 12.
No individual scoring was available for Hermleigh.
Ira scorers — Raven McCowen 16, Abby Manning 15, Emily McCowen 12, Karina Cowan 4, Grace Highfield 2, Jordyn Mathis 2, Alyssa Cowan 1.
Ira boys
IRA — The Ira Bulldogs lost to Dawson 48-38 in non-district action.
Kaven Dillard score 13 points to lead the offense. Anthony Sosa and Brayden Corley each added eight points.
The Bulldogs will play at Loraine Friday.
Ira scorers —Kaven Dillard 13, Anthony Sosa 8, Brayden Corley 8, Emanuel Cabrera 4, Josh Salazar 3, Ben Fonville 2.
Ira JV boys
The Ira JV Bulldogs lost to Dawson, 35-24.
Issac Cabrera scored eight points while Ben Fonville added six points.
Ira scorers — Issac Cabrera 8, Ben Fonville 6, Reese Camp 4, Garrett Hafer 4, Paxton Cooley 2.
Hermleigh boys
HERMLEIGH — The Hermleigh Cardinals lost to Klondike, 39-34.
Kyler Roemisch had 12 points while Coletyn King finished with 10 points.
The Cardinals will host Victory Life Academy on Tuesday.

Hermleigh scorers — Kyler Roemisch 12, Coletyn King 10, Eli Garza 7, Dylan Randolph 5.