Water Valley washes out Lady J’s postseason hopes

  • Freshman Lady Jacket Taytum Chambless works to avoid decapitation from a Paint Rock player in Menard’s 99-7 stomping of Paint Rock in a late district game. Perla Pecina and Kaitlyn Whitaker are in the background. Unfortunately for the Lady Js, they ended up on the losing side of their bidistrict matchup against Water Valley. Nora Davis, photo.
    Freshman Lady Jacket Taytum Chambless works to avoid decapitation from a Paint Rock player in Menard’s 99-7 stomping of Paint Rock in a late district game. Perla Pecina and Kaitlyn Whitaker are in the background. Unfortunately for the Lady Js, they ended up on the losing side of their bidistrict matchup against Water Valley. Nora Davis, photo.
    The Lady Jackets, who entered the post season with a 10-0 district record (21-4 overall), suffered a heartbreaking end to their ‘24’25 basketball run Tuesday evening with the 42-51 loss to Water Valley in Ballinger. The loss was an unenchanting cap on an otherwise productive season for a group that will lose just one senior to graduation. Senior Tatum Ruiz, who last week recorded 1,000 poin...

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