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Indian All-District Named

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Eight Seminole Indian football players were named to the First Team All-District squad this past week.

Headlining the group was junior quarterback Blake Flowers, who was selected as the District 4-2A Offensive Most Valuable Player of the Year.

Named to the Offensive first team were: senior running back Nate Leyva, junior wide receivers Cuyler Cramer and Hector Contreras and senior offensive lineman Austen Gray.

Maidens Win First Two Games in DC

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The Seminole Maiden basketball team travelled north to Denver City Thursday, Friday and Saturday to compete in the Denver City Basketball Tournament.

The Maidens got off to a hot start Thursday torching Midland Classical Academy 97-37 and Slaton 70-22.

On Friday, they played Levelland and lost to them 72-49. The Tribe played two other games Saturday but the scores were not known at time of press.

Indian Hoopsters Fight Hard at Wolforth

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WOLFORTH - The Seminole Indian basketball teams competed Thursday through Saturday in the Gene Messer Classic Basketball Tournament hosted by Frenship High School in Wolforth.

In a strange bit of scheduling, the Indian freshman, junior varsity and varsity teams all played at the same times both on Thursday and Friday.

That left Indian Head Coach Tanner Moore on the bench alone with no assistants in both games.

The two games did not end well for the Tribe. They lost Thursday to the Frenship junior varsity squad 70-56.

Maidens Come Out Hot Against Plainview

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The Seminole Maiden basketball team needed no “warm-up” time against the Plainview Bulldogs Tuesday evening, scoring 29 points in the first quarter and cruising to a 77-51 victory.

“The girls were ready to go tonight,” Maiden head coach Tri Danley said after the game. “They didn’t want a repeat of last week and they made sure of it early.”

The Maidens played the 5A Bulldogs, who came into the game with a 4-5 record. While lacking a little in defense, Plainview knows how to score.

Slow Start Dooms Indians Against Cooper

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The Seminole Indian basketball team got off to a cold start Tuesday night against the Lubbock Cooper Pirates and could not climb out of the deep hole dug for them.

At one point late in the first quarter the score was 19-2 Pirates and that was only improved on a last minute three-point shot by freshman Kalvin Petty.

Indian junior Hudson Harper made the only other two points in the first period and the Tribe trailed 23-5.

The Indians came to life in the second quarter and won the period 20-19.

Senior Spotlight

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Seminole senior Xoe Rosalez, the daughter of Chad and Dianna Rosalez is going places and, before she goes, she has one shortterm goal she wants to achieve.

Indians Beat Lubbock High 56-51

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The Seminole Indian basketball team bounced back from a bad loss to Estacado the day before to beat the Lubbock High Westerners 56-51 Tuesday evening. The victory gives the Indians a 2-2 record going into the Thanksgiving break and a much-needed shot of confidence.

Maidens Finish 3rd in Abilene, Lose to Central

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In their past three games, the Seminole Maiden basketball team has lost their first two games of the season and now have a 5-2 record.

The first loss of their season came Friday night when they lost to Clint Mountain View 63-53 in the championship semi-finals of the Pug Invitational Tournament in Abilene.

The Maidens had a slow start on both offense and defense in that game, only scoring eight points in the first quarter while giving up 22 points. The difference of 14 points would come back to bite Seminole at the end of the game.

Indians Fall Hard to Estacado Matadors

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The Seminole Indian basketball team played their home opener Monday afternoon against the Estacado Matadors and lost the contest 78-41.

The Matadors jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first quarter but a couple of three pointers, one by Rylan McCormick and the other by Jydo Portillo, closed the gap for just a moment for Seminole. Then, Estacado raced out again, scoring 12 more points by the end of the period for a total of 18 points. The Indians managed six more points and the score going into the second quarter was 18-12.

Aqua Tribe Finishes Third at Pecos

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The combined Aqua Tribe swim team of Seminole finished in third place Saturday at the Pecos Invitational Swim Meet in Pecos. The Tribe finished behind Monahans and Pecos and in front of Abilene Wylie, Big Spring and Fort Stockton.

The Maidens as a team did one better, finishing in second place behind Monahans.

Maiden Stats:

200Y Freestyle: 2nd, Ana Nevarez, 2:20.20; 3rd, Megan Neufeld, 2:27.98; 7th, Brooklyn Bailey, 2:37.27; 10th, Katherine Emig, 2:48.81.