Sports

Casey Friebel scored 28 points Tuesday as the Brownwood Lions beat the Early Longhorns 62-32 in basketball.

Trinity Roberts scored 23 points as the Brownwood Lady Lions beat the Early Lady Horns 58-34 on Tuesday.

The May boys' basketball team opened its season with a 65-30 win over Baird on Tuesday. The May girls lost to defending state champion Newcastle.

This week's area-round high school football playoff pairings involving local teams.

The Goldthwaite Eagles advanced in the high school football playoffs, but San Saba, May and Blanket were eliminated on Friday.

Jordyn Gerhardt scored 12 points Saturday, but the May Lady Tigers fell 44-26 to the Hermleigh Cardinals in nondistrict basketball.

The Howard Payne Yellow Jackets lost their final football game this season 63-7 Saturday to Mary Hardin-Baylor.

Anthony Espitia scored on a 3-yard run in the fourth quarter that rallied the Coleman Bluecats to a 40-35 win over the Wolfe City Wolves.

Layton Kennedy threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Slayte Robertson in overtime to lift the Peaster Greyhounds to a 33-30 win over the Comanche Indians.

The Brownwood girls' and boys' basketball teams lost Friday in nondistrict games.