The Lady Winds battle the Tahoka Lady Bulldogs on Jan. 4, 2022. (Screenshot/Floyd County Record)
FLOYDADA — The Floydada Lady Winds (13-6) looked at adversity right in the eye by playing without three starters — Erin Trevino, Dani Zavala and Celese Wickware — plus head coach Adam Zepeda was not on the sidelines, but the Lady Winds found a way to defeat the Tahoka Lady Bulldogs 51-48 on Tuesday night at Whirlwind Gym.
Assistant coach Abby Sanders did a good job of filling in for Zepeda and the reserve players arose to the occasion in a game that went right to the final buzzer. Sophomore point guard Zay Santos had a big game with 18 points that included some clutch free throw shooting by going 7-of-9 at the line. Freshman Soriah Wickware had a strong game in the paint with 12. Lailah Burks was the top rebounder with 7, while Sierra Snowden and Wickware pulled down five apiece.
Floydada jumped out to a 19-4 first quarter lead, and held off Tahoka (9-10) who outscored the Lady Winds in next three frames. Kendra Garcia was Tahoka’s leading scorer with 19 in a losing effort.
Scoring
Tahoka – 4 13 17 14 – 48
Floydada – 19 6 14 12 – 51
Halftime: Floydada 25-17
Third Quarter: Floydada 39-34
Records: Floydada (13-6), Tahoka (9-10)
Floydada scoring: Zay Santos – 18, Soriah Wickware – 12, Sierra Snowden – 8,
Kaitlyn Ramirez – 7, Lailah Burks – 4, Perez – 1, Garcia – 1
Rebounds: Burks – 7, Snowden – 5, Wickware – 5, Santos – 4, Ramirez – 4
Tahoka scoring: Kendra Garcia – 19
Next: District 4-2A opener on Tuesday, Jan. 11 vs. Lockney Lady Horns (19-6) at Longhorn Gym
District 4-2A Girls Season Records
Lockney 19-4
Floydada 13-6
Hale Center 13-7
New Deal 14-11
Ralls 3-16
Dist. 4-2A double round play will start Friday, Jan. 7. There will be a team with an open date each night of district play since this is a five team league.
