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CARDS FOLLOW 3-0 WIN WITH 0-2 DEFEAT

There’s no such thing as easy when it comes to winning a title race in sports. The Cards’ varsity basketball team is finding that out for themselves this season as one of the district’s top teams. After a dominating run to begin district play, they have started to get every team’s best shot as they recently completed a stretch of five straight games that finished with a single-possession final margin. Results have varied for the Cards as they went 3-2 during that stretch, sometimes showing great composure and hitting huge shots, other times just missing on a few key plays late. While the losses brought Columbus to second place behind Edna, the Cards actually started their tight, five-game stretch with a close win against the Cowboys. Columbus will have to find a win against Palacios Tuesday night, but if they complete that task, they set themselves up for a rematch on Edna’s home floor on Friday that will likely decide which of these two teams will claim the district title.

The Columbus Lady Cards’ basketball team is looking to wrap up their third-straight district title after securing a few more blowout victories in the late part of the season. The job is just about done as even if Columbus falls to Palacios Tuesday night in the final game of the season, they will still have the top district record. At this point the odds would likely be in Columbus’ favor as their offensive and defensive attacks are meshing together at the perfect time. The Lady Cards are hoping their recent success translates into the postseason as they aspire to have an improved playoff run after last year’s first-round departure.

This season has been one focused on development for the Lady Raiders as they hope to build a winning program over time. While their development did not culminate into winning for Rice, they have allowed some of their young players to build confidence being on the court as the senior-less team battled through a strong district. Tatianna Mills is an upperclassman who seemed to have gotten stronger offensively as the season progressed. She has shown much improved output in their most recent games, scoring at least 15 points in each of their losses last week. The Lady Raiders will not have any postseason play to look forward to after their game against Industrial on Tuesday night, but they will be looking forward to trying to grow the program in future seasons.

LADY RAIDERS LOSE 10-0 TO BAY CITY

Whi le the Rice Raiders’ playoff hopes have been dashed for some time, their hopes to finish as high in the standings as possible took a hit after taking a 66-46 defeat to the district- leading Edna Cowboys on Friday night.

The Raiders entered Friday’s home game against Bay City following a tough, 3-0 loss to Columbus on Monday. Rice had slightly more success on offense against Bay City as they avoided a shutout loss. However, their opponent’s offense reached another level as they sent the Raiders to the 7-1 defeat.

The Weimar varsity lady hoops team entered the last few games of the season with a goal of finishing as high as possible in the district standings. With six district losses, they had already given up their claim on the district title before entering play last week. However, they got a big win against the team ahead of them in the standings during their two games played as they try to reach one of the district’s top spots and qualify for the postseason.

The last week for the Weimar varsity boys’ basketball team came with some tight competition as the Wildcats finish off the final games of their season. The Wildcats played in back-to-back close games that each had a final margin of three or less on the scoreboard. Unfortunately for Weimar despite their solid efforts, they could not claim a win in either game as they fell by one possession to each opponent. The Wildcats left the week with just a 5-point combined margin of defeat.

LADY CARDS SOCCER TAKES 1-0 EL CAMPO LOSS AFTER RICE WIN

Rice CISD held its Art, CTE, and GT Showcase on Feb. 2 at the Rice High School and Junior High Auditorium from 5-7 p.m.

COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND STAFF FOR 3RD SIX WEEKS

ELIS STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

Rice CISD leaders were among the presenters at the TASA Mid-Winter Conference, Jan. 29-Feb. 1, in Austin. Superintendent Bill Hefner, Assistant Superintendent Melody Grigar and education consultant Matt Pope, CEO of EdPact, led a presentation titled “Rice CISD: Implementing Learning Systems in a Rural District.”

AUSTIN – Too many parents are living their worst fear: losing a child. These parents have lost teenagers in vehicle crashes in which they weren’t wearing their seat belt.

COLUMBUS – The members of St. Paul United Methodist Church, 916 Fannin St., invites the public to attend a celebration of 157 years of worship.

A ground blessing was held on Saturday, Feb. 4 at noon for the Colorado County Habitat for Humanity’s 29th house.