It took every ounce of energy and just tons and tons of mental toughness for the Andrews Cross Country boys’ team just to punch their ticket to state finals in Round Rock.
Andrews High senior MiKayla Ross accounted for more than half of the Lady Mustangs points with 15 Tuesday but it was not near enough to keep AHS in the game losing 50-26 on the road to Amarillo Palo Duro.
Through a quarter and a half, the Andrews Lady Mustangs stayed within striking distance of the second best 3A girls’ basketball team in the state Tuesday, but then things went awry.
Missing a ton of their players who are still in the football playoffs, the Andrews Mustangs basketball team got their season off to a rough start Tuesday in Lubbock, falling to 5A Lubbock Coronado 58-16.