Lipan Sports Archived
Lipan tunes up for 17-A
Shauna Coleman and Shelby Bontke each won a gold medal in Lipan’s final tuneup before next week’s District 17-A Track Meet at Strawn Thursday.
May Track Meet
Top Lipan results
Boys
400 relay – 5. (Jose Velasquez, Kyle Mercer, Jorge Hernandez, Colby Clinton), 46.7 (season best)
800 relay – 4. (Velasquez, Mercer, Hernandez, Clinton), 1:39 (season best) … Read the rest
Indians chasing postseason spot
The Lipan Indians are alone in second place at the midpoint of the District 10-A baseball season with a 5-2 record following a 12-1 home win over Albany Friday.
“We’re playing pretty good defense and we’re hitting the ball,” said Lipan coach Mike Permenter.
“I can’t remember in my five years (at Lipan) us beating Albany, much less by run rule.” … Read the rest
Lipan teams second in own tournament
The Lipan boys and girls golf teams each finished at their own Lipan Invitational Monday at Holiday Hills in Mineral Wells.
The Indians shot a 364. Rival Huckabay won the tournament with a 356.
Colby Clinton and Trevor Hedeman led Lipan, each shooting an 82. Clinton finished as the second medalist overall, winning a playoff. … Read the rest
Indians off to best start in years
The Lipan Indians are off to their best start to a baseball season in a long time.
With a 24-7 drubbing of Graford and a 12-11 edging of Baird, the Indians improved to 4-1 on the season.
More important, all of the games are District 10-A contests, meaning they are smack-dab in the middle of the postseason chase, although coach Mike Permenter is putting the brakes on such talk for now.… Read the rest
Lipan girls 4th at Santo
Shauna Coleman won a gold medal in the triple jump and Shelby Bontke captured gold in the high jump to lead the Lipan Lady Indians to a third-place team finish at the Santo Track Meet recently.
Jorge Hernandez won a gold medal in the long jump for the Lipan boys. … Read the rest
Freshmen lead Lipan All-17-A accolades
The Lipan Lady Indians have been one of the top Class A Division II basketball teams in Texas the past three seasons.
And one look at their roster indicates they might get even better. This being after back-to-back state tournament appearances and spending most of this recent season ranked first or second in the state before being ousted in the third round of the playoffs.… Read the rest
Trio from area selected for annual all-star game
Most high school basketball seniors have played their final game for their respective schools.
For a select few, however, there is still some hoops to be played.
And three Hood County ladies will be doing so Saturday night in Mineral Wells as part of the annual Chicken Express All-Star Classic. … Read the rest
Indians top Eula
The Lipan Indians bounced back from being no-hit at Santo to win their home opener against Eula Friday, 7-3.
Colby Clinton got his second pitching victory in as many outings this season for the Indians (2-1). He struck out 11, giving him 28 on the season.
Clinton also had his second double of the season. … Read the rest
Indians split first two games
The Lipan Indians split their first two games of the baseball season, winning 7-2 at Ranger and getting no-hit in a 12-2 loss at Santo.
In the win over Ranger, pitcher Colby Clinton tossed a two-hitter and struck out 17. He also blasted a double.
Lance Ferguson led Lipan in hitting, going 3-for-4 with four runs batted in. … Read the rest
Lipan charges back late, but bid for state return over
MIDLOTHIAN — The torrid-shooting and quick Coolidge Yellow Jackets denied the Lipan Lady Indians’ third straight trip to the state basketball tournament.
It wasn’t easy though.
Coolidge built a 19-point lead before the gutsy Lady Indians almost rallied for a miracle third-round playoff win Tuesday evening in their Class A Division II Region III quarterfinal. … Read the rest
