GIRLS HOOPS
STERLING 38, PA MEMORIAL 24
BAYTOWN — The Port Arthur Memorial Lady Titans suffered one of the team’s worst defeats of the season on Tuesday.
The Lady Titans fell 38-24 to Baytown Sterling and made only nine shots out of 42 attempts. Memorial (16-13, 6-5) was 1 of 12 from behind the arc and 5 of 11 from the charity stripe.
The struggle started early as the Lady Rangers (5-5) jumped out to a 12-3 after the first period and took a 19-8 lead into halftime. Memorial then scored eight points in each of the next two quarters as Sterling outscored Memorial 19-16 in the second half.
Antonirria Beasley led Memorial with seven points and Victoria Brown added six. Kennedi Lofton and Channel Hamilton each finished with four points.
The Lady Titans finish off the regular season Friday at home against La Porte.

LUMBERTON 79, PN-G 28
LUMBERTON — The Lady Indians struggled on the road in this District 22-5A game.
Savannah Dartez had 10 points and four rebounds to lead PN-G. Hannah Jones had seven rebounds and Khloe Droddy came up with five points and five rebounds.
PN-G will host Nederland on Friday. Nederland lost to Central 77-16 on Tuesday.

BOYS HOOPS
SABINE PASS 71, WEST HARDIN 55
SARATOGA — Three players accounted for almost all of Sabine Pass’ 71 points in Tuesday’s road win.
Jamus Jones led the way with 31 points. Daniel Sam scored 26 and Dominique Wilson added 10.
The Sharks (12-6, 5-3 in District 24-2A) have won three of four and will host Colmesneil at 6 p.m. Friday.

BOYS SOCCER
NEDERLAND 6, OZEN 1
BEAUMONT — The Nederland Bulldogs scored early and often Tuesday against the Ozen Panthers.
Nederland defeated the Panthers 6-1 and the only blemish on the card for the Bulldogs (5-2-3, 2-0-0) came when Ozen scored off a penalty kick.
Jaime Moreno got the Bulldogs going with a goal at the 6-minute mark. He scored two minutes later off a corner assisted by Mark Byars.
Jace Edgar later assisted Daniel Luketich twice for two more goals. James Brindza scored at the 56-minute mark when Edgar assisted with a cross and Alex Celaya capped the scoring with a goal of his own at the 79-minute mark.
The Bulldogs host the Central Jaguars on Friday.

PN-G 2, GOOSE CREEK MEMORIAL 2
PORT NECHES — The Port Neches-Groves Indians and Goose Creek Memorial Patriots match got testy Tuesday.
The match ended in a 2-2 tie and, according to a fan, Port Neches police officers forbid the players to shake hands after it was over in fear of a fight.
Koby Jones scored the Indians (7-1-3, 1-0-1) first goal and Gunnar Nicholson made it 2-0 off a free kick.
Both Patriots goals came off rebounds, the first when PN-G keeper Bryce Meche blocked a penalty kick. The ball got free back to the kicker who booted the ball into the back of the net.
Meche, who is nine shutouts away from breaking the state career record, record six saves.
The Indians travel to face Lumberton on Friday.

GIRLS SOCCER
PN-G 2, GOOSE CREEK MEMORIAL 1
BAYTOWN — Port Neches-Groves junior Hailey Loupe knows a good thing when she sees one.
Loupe assisted teammate Mikayla Johnson not once but twice Tuesday in a 2-1 victory over the Goose Creek Memorial Lady Patriots.
PN-G (7-3-1) outshot Goose Creek 20-14 and got six saves from keeper Libbie LeJuene.
The Lady Indians take on Lumberton at The Reservation on Friday.

PA MEMORIAL 0, CHANNELVIEW 0
The Port Arthur Memorial Lady Titans played the Channelview Lady Falcons to a 0-0 tie Tuesday to start District 21-6A play.
Keeper Theresa Pludio was credited with the clean sheet and also made two saves.
Memorial (1-4-3, 0-0-1) outshot Channelview 12-2.
Coach Phil Mattingly credited his team for playing hard and great on the defensive side. He reported one Memorial shot hit the bar and was very close to scoring the game’s only goal.
Memorial plays at Deer Park on Friday.