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Lady Blues soccer wins first playoff game in program history

Chances to make history don’t come around often. For the Graham Lady Blues soccer team, a program in its seventh year of existence, that opportunity came Monday in Wichita Falls in a bi-district playoff game against the Borger Lady Bulldogs.

After a wild, windy afternoon of soccer, which included two overtime periods and a penalty kick shootout, the Lady Blues claimed their first playoff win in program history with a 4-3 PK victory over the Lady Bulldogs.

GHS track shows progress at Pojo Relays

As the track and field season moves on, the Graham Steers and Lady Blues spent Saturday in Springtown at the Pojo Relays. The teams fared well, with a few individuals earning medals in their respective events.

The track team has one more regular meet Thursday, March 28 at Stephenville before the district meet at Mineral Wells a few days after. Graham will look to have some of their best performances in the coming weeks, but the meet at Springtown presented another opportunity to grow.

Steers pick up big win on Senior Night

In a special home game honoring the three seniors on the roster, the Graham Steers took care of business with a big non-district win over the Vernon Lions 11-4.

A team always wants to win on Senior Night to give the departing players a positive memory and the Steers made sure that happened Friday, March 22. Luke McCain, Tate Loesch and Devon Castro all saw time in this game and made their contributions known.

Lady Blues fall in district opener at Stephenville

The Graham Lady Blues were within one out of securing the win in their district matchup at Stephenville last Friday, March 22, but things took a turn for the worse and they ended up with a 5-4 loss.

After leading the entire game, the Lady Blues headed into the bottom of the seventh inning with a 4-2 lead over the home team Honeybees. Pitcher Reese Calhoun retired the first two batters on a ground out followed by a strikeout to set the team up for the win.

Lawson, Taylor named Athletes of the Week

Spring break for students happened last week, but for the Graham High School baseball and softball teams, they pressed forward.

Both teams played two games during the week off from school, with each team going 1-1 in their respective contests. In these past games, Emily Lawson of the Lady Blues softball team and Ryder Taylor of the Steers baseball team earned selections as Athletes of the Week for their performances.

Emily Lawson, third baseman, Lady Blues softball

Fast start, quality pitching lead Steers to win over Rams

The final result ended a little closer than what many would have liked, but the Graham Steers did enough on offense and defense to hold on for a 4-3 win over the Mineral Wells Rams in a district matchup Tuesday, March 19.

Playing on their home turf, the Steers did all their scoring in the first two innings while their starting pitcher, junior Ryder Taylor, controlled the mound and kept the Rams in check for more than half the game.

Steers earn first district win with defeat of Glen Rose

In their third district game of the year, the Graham Steers put together a complete game and earned their first district victory by defeating the Glen Rose Tigers 6-3 last Thursday, March 14.

With potential storms and bad weather a possibility, the Steers traveled to Glen Rose for an afternoon matchup. It wasn’t until the seventh inning that Graham managed to break a tie with the Tigers and pull away for the win to move themselves to 1-2 in district.

Heavy rains force PK relays cancellation

What started out as one of the biggest track meets of the season quickly went south as heavy thunderstorms forced the cancellation of the Possum Kingdom Relays last Saturday, March 16.

Schools came from far and wide to participate in the PK Relays at Graham High School as the day started early with the distance running events and many of the field events. While the forecasts didn’t look positive, the teams pushed forward, competing until they couldn’t any longer.

Soccer duo of Lauster, Weatherman take Athletes of the Week

One season ended while the other’s set to continue, but both Graham soccer teams earned wins in their final regular season games last Friday, March 8.

The Steers saw their season come to an end but they went out with a positive result in a 3-2 win over Burkburnett. Meanwhile, the Lady Blues won a penalty kick shootout 3-2 over the Lady Bulldogs and will begin their playoffs run in the coming weeks.

Lady Blues split pair of spring break games

Students are on spring break but before they get to fully enjoy it, the Lady Blues softball team played a pair of games earlier this week and came away with a 1-1 split.

Graham defeated Stamford with ease Monday, March 11 and then traveled to Burkburnett where they suffered a close loss Tuesday, March 12. The two games were the Lady Blues’ final non-district contests and provided another opportunity to grow and improve for the team.

Lady Blues v. Stamford, (W) 9-1