The Cuero Lady Gobblers are set to open district play this Friday against the 18th ranked Yoakum Lady Bulldogs. The 2009-2010 Lady Gobblers include standing from left to right; Victoria Wiesman, Ursula Blackwell, Sha'Neal Mayfield, Kelsey Washington, Jennah Lind, and Brittany Johnson. Seated from left to right; Kendra Schumacher, Tayler Wade, Shakari Wade The Lady Gobblers are coached by Terrence Fryer, Rebecca Riojas-Fryer, and Casey Harryman. (Record photo)
Lady Gobblers add wins over break, ready to open district play
(Posted 1/6/2010 08:33 am)
Despite being out of school for the past two weeks, the Cuero Lady Gobblers stayed busy over the holiday break, playing games against Wharton, Karnes City and Poth, before making an appearance in the championship game of the Lady Flyer Holiday Classic.
December 15, saw the Lady Gobblers in action against Wharton. Cuero played a tough hard fought game, coming away with a ten point victory 51-41 to push their season record to 7-5.
Scoring Line: Brittany Johnson 4, Victoria Wiesman 8, Kelsey Washington 10, Kendra Schumacher 6, Sha’Neal Mayfield 6, Tayler Wade 4, Shakari Wade 7, Jennah Lind 6.
Friday, December 18, found the Lady Gobblers on the road to take on a tough Karnes City squad. The Gobblers knew the game would be tough and the final score was indicative of that, as Karnes City edged Cuero 53-51, dropping the Lady Gobblers record to 7-6.
Scoring Line: Victoria Wiesman 6, Kelsey Washington 17, Kendra Schumacher 2, Sha’Neal Mayfield 14, Tayler Wade 8, Jennah Lind 4.
Following the loss to Karnes City, the Lady Gobblers took on the Poth Lady Pirates on December 22. Cuero was overmatched from the beginning, finding it tough to get things going. In the end, Poth took the win 63-33 to drop the Lady Gobblers record back to .500 at 7-7.
Scoring Line: Victoria Wiesman 5, Kelsey Washington 2, Kendra Schumacher 2, Sha’Neal Mayfield 17, Tayler Wade 1, Shakari Wade 3, Jennah Lind 3.
To round out 2009, the Lady Gobblers took part in the Lady Flyer Holiday Classic in Victoria. Cuero got off to a hot start in the tournament picking up a win in their opening game against St. Andrew’s Episcopal. The Lady Gobblers took home the eleven point win 49-38 after getting double digit scoring from three players.
Scoring Line: Victoria Wiesman 10, Kelsey Washington 10, Kendra Schumacher 4, Sha’Neal Mayfield 12, Tayler Wade 4, Shakari Wade 2, Jennah Lind 7.
After picking up a win in the opening game of the tournament, the Lady Gobblers played two contests on December 30, against host St. Joseph and then Brazos. In the first contest against tournament host St. Joseph, the Lady Gobblers used good second half defense to take another double digit victory 42-32. With the win, the Gobblers stood just one victory away from playing in the tournament championship.
Scoring Line: Victoria Wiesman 3, Kelsey Washington 9, Kendra Schumacher 4, Sha’Neal Mayfield 13, Tayler Wade 9, Shakari Wade 2, Jennah Lind 2
After dropping two contests to start the winter break, the Lady Gobblers had one two straight to get their record back over .500 at 9-7. A win over Brazos would put them in a tournament championship game, and a win was just what they got, cruising to a 48-24 victory. The contest saw eight different Lady Gobblers score.
Scoring Line: Kelsey Washington 11, Kendra Schumacher 9, Sha’Neal Mayfield 14, Tayler Wade 2, Ursula Blackwell 1, Jennah Lind 7, Britany Johnson 2, Victoria Wiesman 2.
The championship game of the Lady Flyer Holiday Classic saw the Lady Gobblers matched up against the red hot Nixon-Smiley Mustangs, who entered the game on a sixteen game win streak. The play was physical, and the defense that Cuero exuded against Brazos was reciprocated by Nixon-Smiley. After trailing 27-12 at halftime, the Lady Gobblers were stifled in the third quarter and held scoreless. Nixon-Smiley won took the tournament title with a 44-20 win over the Lady Gobblers. At the end of the tournament, Kelsey Washington was named to the All-Tournament Team.
Season Record: 10-8
The Lady Gobblers will open up 2010 action on Tuesday on the road against Smithville. On Friday, Cuero will open up district play against the Yoakum Lady Bulldogs who enter the contest ranked number eighteen in the 3A state rankings.
