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The Cordell Blue Devils traveled to Hinton last week and came home with a 75-44 victory

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The Cordell Lady Devils traveled to Minco last week for the 2018 Bulldog Classic basketball tournament and were eliminated in two games following losses to Minco and Union City.

The Lady Devils opened the tournament Thursday, Dec. 6, against the hosting Lady Bulldogs.

The Cordell girls got off to a slow start in the first quarter, scoring just four points, but also holding Minco to just nine. The ladies turned up their play on both sides of the court in the second quarter, though, fighting to a 17-12 deficit at the half.

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The Cordell Lady Blue Devils split their two games last week, beating the Minco Lady Bulldogs on the road Tuesday and falling to the Hollis Lady Tigers at home Friday.

In the Tuesday, Nov. 27, contest at Minco, the Lady Devils jumped out early, scoring 17 points in the first quarter, outpacing the Lady Bulldogs by seven. As the first half drew to a close, the girls from Minco fought their way back into the game, outscoring the Cordell girls 13-7 and cutting the Lady Devils’ lead to just 24-23 as the teams went into the locker room at the half.

The Lady Devils came out strong on defense in the third quarter, holding the Minco girls to just three points while scoring 10 of their own. Senior Casey Lee led the charge, scoring eight of Cordell’s 10 points in the quarter. The teams fought a fairly even fourth quarter, with Minco holding a slight 11-10 scoring advantage. When the final bell sounded, the Lady Devils came out on top, 44-37.

The Cordell Blue Devils boys basketball team lost their road game at Minco Tuesday, Nov. 27, but bounced back to trounce the Tigers of Hollis Friday, Nov.

30.

In the Tuesday outing, the boys started off slowly, scoring just five points in the opening quarter. The Bulldogs scored 13, opening up an eight point lead after the first period. The Devils fought back in the second quarter, outscoring the Bulldogs 17-15 and cutting the lead to just six points heading into the locker room at the half.

The second half saw an upswing in the offensive output of both teams. The Blue Devils put up 21 in the third quarter, outpacing the Bulldogs by one. The Bulldogs controlled the fourth quarter, extending their lead with a 22-20 performance and cinching the 70-63 victory over the visiting Blue Devils.

By Zonelle Rainbolt
Special to the Beacon
TheBeacon@CordellBeacon.com

Four Cordell High School Blue Devil football players were named to The A-2 All District First team, while another was named to the Second Team and one was named Honorable Mention.

Seniors Drayton Maddox, Paxton Switzer, and Kolby Rivera, as well as junior Alex Grissom were named to the All District team.

“Drayton was named to the All District first team as a linebacker,” said Cordell Head Football Coach Dustin Beasley.

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Cordell’s football season ended abruptly Friday night as the Blue Devils fell to Mangum 14 to 54 in a must win game to advance into the ffs. “I don’t know what to say,” said Cordell Head Football Coach Dustin Beasley. “I am so proud of these kids and y, especially our seniors.” He continued, “Those kids went out and represented Cordell for ten weeks, no matter the odds. The Mangum way we wanted it to, but I’d take these guys and play them again - I’d go with these kids and play every team again

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Pictured above are members of the 2018 Cordell Chaos Youth Soccer Team. Back row from left to right: Coach Robyn Burkeen, Layden Thetford, Korben Gossen, Austin Burkeen, Colin Dixon, and Roberto Aguilar. Bottom row left to right: Hesston Fry, Dayton Burkeen, and Canyon Zarecki.

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For the fourth year in a row, Burns Flat-Dill City Girls Cross Country Team won the Academic State Championship. The team has a cumulative GPA of 4.0. These young ladies are involved in many activities and organizations and still are very dedicated and conscientious student athletes.

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Friday night’s 41 to 22 win over the Hollis Tigers put the Blue Devils one step closer to qualifying for the play-offs. A road win over Mangum on November 2 would seal the deal for the Blue Devils and put them in position to continue playing football.

On a great night for football, the Blue Devils played textbook football for most of the game, with only a couple of turnovers, good defense and got stops when it was needed.

Toward the end of the first quarter the Hollis center snapped the ball over the quarterback’s head and we recovered.

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