TheTexasSpur.com SCHOOL & SPORTS THE TEXAS SPUR | THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2020 5 BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

Back-to-BackKAY ELLINGTON | THE TEXAS SPUR The Jayton Jaybirds basketball team has To earn this year’s final-four ticket, the Jay- made history once more with a back-to-back birds played their district 15-1A foe, the Paducah ticket to the state championship tournament at Dragons, in the regional semifinal in Abilene the Alamodome in San Antonio. This is their sec- Saturday. ond trip to the Texas UIL final four in two years. In that game the Dragons jumped out to a The ’Birds (31-3) will face the Slidell Grey- lead early and went up six of seven points on hounds (30-9) Thursday, March 12, 2020, at 10 the Jaybirds, but Jayton never got rattled and a.m. never veered from playing their brand of defense- If the name Slidell sounds familiar, it may oriented basketball. be because the Greyhounds are the defending After one quarter, Paducah was only up by one. 1A state champion. After a first half that featured six lead chang- Who they did they defeat to win the title? The es, the Jaybirds gained a permanent upper hand Jayton Jaybirds. with a 13-3 run through the third quarter. Twenty-nineteen was a dream-come-true The usually high-scoring Dragons could get year for the Jaybirds. Time after time, they’d come nothing going in the paint, or from midrange or up with the magic to put a W on the board, until beyond the arc. They managed only three points they faced Slidell for 1A basketball’s greatest in that fateful third period. Their very physical honor. attempts to contain the Jaybirds sent Jayton’s Tye The Greyhounds snatched the ultimate vic- Scogin to the free throw line time and time again. tory out of the Jaybirds’ grasp, 49-36, with the Scogin scored 21 of his 23 points for the game at entire town and Jaybird fans and alums across the free-throw line, sinking every opportunity the state looking on. but one second-of-two shot. The 2020 Jaybirds are the same players, but During the Jayton-Slidell game, The Texas a different team. More seasoned and more calm. Spur will be posting highlights.

Andrew Kent Soil & Water Conservation District scholarship available to JGISD grads STAFF REPORTS Each year the Andrew Kent 237-2624. how the student can contribute Soil and Water Conservation Post-graduate students cur- to the awareness of natural District in Jayton offers a $500 rently enrolled full-time in an resource conservation and how annual scholarship to qualify- accredited college or university he/she might be able to achieve ing applicants who are gradu- are required to provide, along this while utilizing his/her col- ating or have graduated from with the standard application, lege major. Jayton-Girard ISD and plan to a one-page essay related to soil Be creative! Even if your enroll in any accredited institu- and water conservation. major does not relate to agri- tion of higher education (private Current graduating seniors culture, wildlife management and state supported college or planning to enroll full-time in or environmental issues, there university) in an undergraduate an accredited college or univer- are many ways to share your program. sity are required to provide the passion of conservation with Any youth interested in ap- standard application, as well people around you. plying for a scholarship may as providing a two-and-a-half- The deadline to have the ap- contact the district office to minute oral presentation to the plication and related documents obtain the necessary applica- board of directors. turned in to the district office in tion, by emailing andrewkent@ The oral presentation and the Kent County courthouse is swcd.texas.gov or calling (806) one-page essay should state Wednesday, April 8, 2020. AMANDA MCGEE PHOTO TOP SCORER Tye Scogin, #32, was the game’s top scorer, earning 21 of his 23 points for the game at the free-throw line.

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