Both the Aledo Ladycats and Bearcats basketball teams hosted Chisholm Trail for their respective District 5-5A games Friday night. For the Ladycats, it was their second district foe to face, while the Bearcats hosted the Rangers for their district opener.
In the end, the Ladycats emerged victorious by a final score of 37-34 while the Bearcats won by a final score of 54-53.
The Aledo girls game was played first, where sophomore guard Brooklyn Dempsey led the Ladycats (11-8, 1-1) with a team-high nine points. Meanwhile, Tiara Butler scored eight, Kinley Elms had six and Elizabeth Griffin added five. The Ladycats junior varsity (55-21) and the ninth grade squad (45-10) picked up convincing wins as Sawyer Voight led the JV with 12 points while Sonsales Rosado scored a team-high 11 points for the freshman squad.
Following the girls contest, the Aledo boys squad took the floor and won their district opener by a single point. Senior guard Joaquin Pacheco led the way with a team-high 18 points for Aledo (16-1, 1-0), while Townes Van Huysen posted eight points. Caden Cunningham and Enrique Pacheco chipped in with six points apiece.
The boys JV (64-62) and freshman teams (50-46) also won tight games over Chisholm Trail to complete the program sweep on both sides for Aledo.
The Ladycats will take the court again at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, at Keller Fossil Ridge . The Bearcats will resume action on the hardwood from Dec. 27-28 in the Bridgeport Tournament.
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