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UIL Class 4A state championship game: MIDWAY vs. TIMBERVIEW
AUSTIN — The Midway Pantherettes are the Class 4A state champions. Midway’s Cokie Reed finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds and the Pantherettes clamped down on the Wolves on defense to claim a 50-27 victory at the Frank Erwin Center. Midway has now won seven girls’ basketball state championships. This is the Pantherettes’ first since 1994.
5:28 p.m. — For the record, Mulkey stayed for the whole game. It looks like she wants to give Makenzie a huge before hurrying off to the Ferrell Center.
5:27 p.m. — Reed, Spoon and Gross came off the floor for the last time to a huge cheer.
5:26 p.m. — What will probably be Spoon’s last assist at Midway was a nice one. She made a bounce pass down the lane to Robertson, who put in a reverse layup.
5:25 p.m. — This one’s pretty much in the books. Midway is running clock and Timberview isn’t really doing anything to stop it.
5:21 p.m. — There seems to be a large contingent of Kermitria Ward fans. I’ve seen a sign and heard a chant pleading to see Ward in the game.
5:20 p.m. — Reed takes a breather with 3:30 left in the game. Oh, but here she comes back in. It’s about time to start bringing the seniors off for standing ovations. Midway 46, Timberview 23 with 2:52 left.
5:17 p.m. — Kim Mulkey is still in the building with 2 hours and 13 minutes left until the Lady Bears tip against Texas A&M at the Ferrell Center.
5:16 p.m. — Reed rattled home another jumper to up Midway’s lead to 46-21 with 4:45 left in the fourth quarter.
5:14 p.m. — MVP ballots have been passed out. Reed has a game-high 15 points, 8 rebounds and a whole bunch of blocks. She gets my vote.
5:10 p.m. — It should be a waltz to the title for Midway with a 25-point edge going to the final period. The Wolves need to rain in some 3’s and they haven’t shown much if a tendency to fill it up from range.
5:10 p.m. — Jessica Sparrow just scored Timberview’s first points of the quarter with 49 seconds left, cutting the Midway lead to 42-17.
5:05 p.m. — Reed into the lane and up strong for a basket and the foul. She made the and-one. Midway 40-15. Timberview still hasn’t scored in the quarter.
5:02 p.m. — Reed is back in after Timberview just grabbed about 14 offensive rebounds on one trip. No points for the Wolves on that trip though.
5:00 p.m. — Midway takes a timeout to set things up as Reed prepares to take a breather. That’s probably a smart move because you can ensure Reed doesn’t pick up foul number three for a while and nurse a 22-point lead in the meantime. Plus Gober’s going in for Reed and she’s been great so far.
4:58 p.m. — Reed with a fast-break layup — on a dish from Spoon — and the foul. Reed makes the and-one for a 37-15 lead.
4:55 p.m. — There’s Makenzie Robertson. After missing her first four attempts from 3-point range, she nailed one to boost Midway’s lead to 29-15 with 6:30 to go in the third quarter. After a Reed jumper from 15 feet, there’s Robertson again draining a 3 from the right wing. Midway 34, Timberview 15 with 6:03 left in the third quarter.
4:45 p.m. — It happens this way in a championship game a lot, but Toi Gober has stepped up to have a great game so far. She came off the bench to score a game-leading nine points in the first half.
4:35 p.m. — A tough end to the half for Midway was avoided. Gross got caught up with a scramble for the ball and called for her second foul with two seconds left in the second quarter. But Timberview missed the front end of a one-and-one and Midway maintained an 11-point lead.
4:35 p.m. — Diana Jones with a steal and a fast-break layup. Midway leads 26-13 with 46 ticks to go in the half.
4:32 p.m. — Spoon to the line for a one-and-one. She made the first, missed the second. Midway’s up 24-13 with 1:16 left in the half.
4:29 p.m. — After going more than six minutes without scoring, Timberview has back-to-back inside buckets now that Reed has taken a seat with her second foul. Midway 23, Timberview 13.
Also, it appears the Midway fans and Brock fans have made friends as the Brock fans are actively cheering for the Pantherettes.
4:27 p.m. — DeLisa Gross nails a jumper in the key and Midway’s lead is up to 14 points. By the way, Gober has nine points this quarter and leads the Pantherettes in scoring.
4:26 p.m. — Reed grabs a rebound and leads Gober down the court. Gober caught up to it and did a good job adjusting to make the basket.
4:25 p.m. — Reed with a dish to — guess who? Gober. She’s doing a good job of cutting to the basket. This time she put in another easy layup. Midway 19, Timberview 9 and Timberview called a timeout with 5:56 left in the first half.
4:24 p.m. — Gober’s having a good championship game so far. She’s at the line where she made one to up the lead to 17-9.
4:20 p.m. — Spoon drives and then shoots a nice dime to Gober for an easy layup. Midway leads, 16-9 a minute into quarter 2.
4:15 p.m — Toi Gober made a fast-break layup on a dish from Spoon with eight seconds left in the quarter. Midway leads 14-9 after a period.
4:14 p.m. — Krissica Harper, who will henceforth be referred to as Spoon, her nickname, nails a 3 to put Midway ahead, 12-9 with 1:02 left in the first quarter.
4:12 p.m. — Reed picks up her first foul on a bad sequence for Midway. The Wolves got about 3 offensive rebounds before Reed finally sent Chenale Smith to the line. Smith hit both shots, 9-9.
4:08 p.m. — Reed’s at the line to try to give Midway its first lead. She made both. Midway leads 9-7.
4:05 p.m. — Cokie Reed goes into the lane for a basket but can’t finish the three-point play, then DeLisa Gross nailed a 3. 5-5.
4:04 p.m. — Chanice Smith gets the Wolves on the board with a jumper then a 3, 5-0.
4:02 p.m. — No score in the first minute as both teams are feeling each other out.
3:59 p.m. — They’re announcing the starting lineups. This could be an amazing basketball game.
3:45 p.m. — We’re still about six minutes until tip off, a fact that I’m guessing doesn’t make Baylor coach Kim Mulkey too happy.
Mulkey, whose daughter Makenzie Robertson starts for Midway, is seated about 10 rows behind the Midway bench. She’ll go from here to the Ferrell Center for the Lady Bears game at 7:30 tonight against Texas A&M.
3:32 p.m. — The Midway Pantherettes and the Mansfield Timberview Wolves are getting ready to take the court for warm ups.
Brock won the 2A championship game, which wrapped up about five minutes ago.
I had a chance to talk to former Midway coach Reggie Davis just a few minutes ago. Davis guided the 1994 Pantherettes to the 4A state championship, the school’s last of its six state titles in girls’ basketball.
Davis said that season was kind of like a fairy tale that ended with a championship game victory over Dallas Lincoln, 52-40.
He paid the current Midway team a huge compliment, saying it’s the most talented Pantherettes team he’s seen.
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By vernbvb
March 7, 2009 3:57 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
Way to go Rockets!!! We are so proud of you and a huge thank you to Chad Conine for keeping us in the exciting mix with the best play by play on anyone’s blog!
Now, if Midway will just finish the job for the Waco area we will have proven that you don’t have to travel far to enjoy the best girls basketball in Texas!
My congratulations to Robinson and to Midway!
By Kristen
April 2, 2009 3:34 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
Please don’t forget University Varsity. They have made University School history this year and are working so hard to make Waco proud. Thank you.