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Lady Longhorns top Grady, Dora

The Logan girls basketball team outscored host Grady 23-9 in the fourth quarter to turn a close district game into a comfortable 55-35 win on Thursday.

The Lady Longhorns led just 32-26 after three periods.

Desta Rose scored 18 points to lead Logan, and Liz Horner added 13.

Grady fell to 10-12 overall and 0-6 in district play.

The Lady Longhorns, seeded third in the District 6-A tournament with a 16-10 record and 3-3 in district play, were scheduled to play the Lady Bronchos again Monday in the first round.

The winner of that will go to second-seeded Fort Sumner (15-8, 3-3) at 6 p.m.

The winner of that game will play at top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Melrose (23-1, 6-0) at 6 p.m. Friday for the district tournament title.

Logan 70, Dora 51

The Lady Longhorns closed the regular season Saturday with a 70-51 home victory over a strong Dora team.

Logan shocked Dora by storming to a 25-7 lead in the first period and leading 47-17 at halftime.

Lady Longhorns coach Dustin Robertson said his team’s great fourth quarter against Grady seemed to carry over against the Lady Coyotes.

“We shot pretty well,” he said. “The girls all continue to work hard in practice, and it showed this weekend.”

Camryn Cantrell scored 15 points to lead Logan, and Rose added 14.

Dora, champions of District 4-A regular season with a 6-0 mark, fell to 17-9 overall.