HOLY SMOKE - ING LIPAN INDIANS!!!!

The Lady Indians had a HUGE win in Abilene Friday afternoon defeating the highly touted No. 8 Roby Girls coached by Amy Huseman from Nazareth with 3 recent state championships in her trophy case!  The blowout score of 57-30 took everyone by surprise.  I was there for that big win - the girls played awesome!  And I must mention that coach Amber Branson was 9 months expectant!  But, Believe-It-Or-Not, that is not the big story here . . . . .

THEN, LATER Friday evening, the Lipan Indians (boys) defeated Crowell at Jim Ned's gym just down the road from Abilene.  Two very athletic teams hustling their hearts out, but Coach Chandler's boys' basketball skills commanded the court winning 64-31 advancing to the regional quarterfinals.  STILL, this is not the big story . . . .

OK, 16 hours later on Saturday Coach Branson led the Lady Indians defeating No. 7 Newcastle who had given the girls their only district defeat.  Winning 45-41.  Granted there was some straining and pushing necessary to make this happen!  Lipan does have an awesome coach in Amber.

Zully Martinez carried the team on a 21-2 fourth quarter run reversing a 15 point deficit with only 6 minutes to go!  UNHEARD OF!

The Ladies now play in Austin in the state semifinals game on Friday - in the DRUM, the Meca of Texas UIL basketball. 

I have never ever seen such excitement in my days of following Lipan basketball.  Oh, I failed to mention something.  Follow this link from LISD's website and you will see  amazing media coverage . . . . click on the picture of the DRUM.