Valley seniors’ last home battle against Bulldogs

The Paducah Dragons and their opponent Motley County last week are both poised to make it into the playoffs. For more details on District contenders, see page 5. | COURTESY PHOTO

GUTHRIE STATE XC

BASKETBALL BEGINS Girls’basketball got underway last week in Caprock Country.TheValley Lady Patriots, last year’s state runnersup and ranked #2 in the state in basketball polls this year, defeated the Petersburg Lady Buffs. | COURTESY PHOTO

The Silverton Owls took a tough loss at homeThursday to theValley Patriots 57-12 in the Battle of Highway 86. | SHADI BUCHANAN PHOTO

Qualifying for State cross country at last week’s Regionals in Lubbock were Silverton’s Melody Rampley and Haygen Lopez. Rampley earned a bronze medal with a third place finishing time of 12:53.3 and Lopez finished in the top 10 with 18:36.3 to qualify. The UIL Class 1Aboysandgirlsstate cross country meet is set for Saturday, Nov. 2, at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock. | COURTESY PHOTO

The Motley County Matadors defeated the Hedley Eagles last week 62-7 to remain undefeated and tied for the District lead. They are also ranked #4 in the State. | MOTLEY CO. YEARBOOK PHOTO

Valley’s Hartley Battey, shown with Coach Amy Bowles (left), placed in the top 10 with a time of 13:26.2 at the Regional cross country meet last week in Lubbock, qualifying her for State competition. | COURTESY PHOTO

GUTHRIE HONOR GCSD

The Lady Dragons took a tough loss to the Knox City Houndettes on the road last week, and closed out their home season with Senior Night versus Munday. | SHERI BATY PHOTO