Photos by Amanda Hall

The Lavaca Lady Arrows got redemption tonight against the Danville Lady Little Johns in a game for the 2A-4 District Championship. Danville came into the District Tournament as the Conference Champions, having run the table at 12-0. For the Lady Arrows, they came in as the two seed and Conference Runners-up having only two losses, both to Danville. The night belonged to the Ladies of Lavaca!! The game went into halftime with Danville leading by five. But Lavaca came out and changed the game. Sierra Lamb hit a big three to put Lavaca ahead and it was game on. Defensively, Lavaca was stellar. They never let Danville get comfortable and in the end the lady Arrows were able to gut out a two point win 30-28. Coach Wyles was extremely pleased with the hustle and defensive play of his Lady Arrows. After the game he told me, that it was a great defensive battle. In fact he did not substitute players all night. This game was close, but the girls never relented, they never gave up, they just kept digging.

Lavaca will go to regionals as a one seed and will be playing Decatur at 4pm on 2/20. Regional games will be played at Danville. Come out and watch these ladies play, you will not be disappointed. The Lady Arrows are bringing a high level a play and a lot of confidence into the Regional Tournament.

Lavaca High School has another State Champion! This has been a magical year for Jessica Flanagan. As a member of the Lavaca High Volleyball team she was runner up in the State tournament. Yesterday, however, Jessica was able to capture the very coveted title of State Champion. Jessica rolled a 200, 186, and 186 for a total of 572 to win the Individual title in the 1A-3A State Championship in Bowling.

Jessica has been bowling since she was very young. She comes from a family of bowlers and she has been rolling bowling balls since she was four years old. Her family is extremely supportive of her endeavors. They have tried for many years to get a bowling team in Lavaca. Until just recently Jessica did not even have an opportunity to compete. But AAA made a change that allows individuals from schools that do not have enough kids for a team to bowl with other kids, from other schools so that they can compete for individual State awards. Jessica told me that she bowled with Hackett as well as Lamar in order to qualify.

She told me that she appreciates the opportunity to compete and hopes to inspire other kids from Lavaca will join her and form a team. One thing that was made apparent in my brief meeting with Jessica is that she has a passion for the sport. Like a true champion she was able to not only recap her journey to the State tournament, but also give self analysis of her games. From Volleyball to bowling and now on to Softball, Jessica Flanagan is passionate, focused, driven, and a fierce competitor. Lavaca should be proud of her and her accomplishments. We at Resident Press would like to offer our sincere congratulations and good luck in her future endeavors.

Tonight was the Semi Finals of the 2A-4 High School District tournament. The tournament is being held in Danville and both Lavaca teams had received a bye until the semis. For the Lady Arrows this was a rematch against the Hector Lady Wildcats. In their previous meeting, the Lady Arrows won soundly by a score of 49-31. Tonight would be not much different with the Lady Arrows winning 40-27. Tonight, Hope Headley lead the way with 11 points. Avery Green add another 9, and BethAnn May and Sierra Lamb combined for another 14, with 7 a piece.

Danville is the only team in District to beat the Lady Arrows. Then tonight they beat Mountainburg in the Semi-finals 57-51 to get to the finals. They are a very physical team and will be extra tough on their home court. However, sometimes it can be an advantage to face-off against a team that beat you in the previous meeting. Coach Wyles will no doubt embrace the opportunity to get some payback, and this will be a rematch that you will not want to miss.

Coach Wyles said, “I thought we played really well defensively tonight. We went through a little stretch that we struggled to score. I thought our defensive play is what we owe the win to tonight. It was good to get that first district tournament win out of the way and get to play for a district championship tomorrow night. I know the girls will be ready to go tomorrow night. Danville is a very good team but we look forward to to the chance to get them again.”