{"id":155026,"date":"2026-02-07T12:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T12:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/155026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T12:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T12:48:15","slug":"ryan-girls-clinch-district-s-grand-prairie-boys-get-rivalry-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/155026\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan girls clinch district, S. Grand Prairie boys get rivalry win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Game of the night<\/p>\n

DENTON \u2014 Denton Ryan<\/a> led for less than 30 seconds of regulation Friday but rallied to force overtime and complete a season sweep of Argyle<\/a>, 56-49.<\/p>\n

Ryan senior forward Kinley Lewis \u2014 a James Madison signee \u2014 knocked down a midrange jumper to tie the contest at 44-all with five seconds left in the fourth quarter of the District 6-5A contest. The basket proved enough to force overtime at Ryan High after Argyle\u2019s halfcourt heave fell short at the buzzer.<\/p>\n

The Lady Raiders, ranked No. 2 in Class 5A by the TABC, won the overtime period 12-5 to clinch the outright district championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to start believing in ourselves, and more importantly, believing in each other,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cWhen you get in a hard game like that, you can\u2019t rely on yourself 1-on-5. You have to rely on your teammates. Playing team ball is what got us there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI know I can elevate over anybody and I\u2019m quicker than a lot of people. Just doing what I can to get the points.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lewis finished with 13 points, eight rebounds, three blocks and three steals to help lead Ryan, including a team-best five points in the overtime period.<\/p>\n

Argyle (27-5, 9-2 in district), a 5A Division II regional finalist last season, went up 48-46 with 2:31 left in the four-minute overtime period after a pair of layups by Lexi Ehrhardt and Emma King. Ryan (30-4, 11-0), the defending 5A Division I state champion, answered by taking its first lead since the first quarter on an Atiya Everett 3-pointer with 2:21 to play in overtime.<\/p>\n

Everett\u2019s basket sparked a 10-0 Ryan run over the next two minutes and change to pull out of reach.<\/p>\n

The junior guard played through an injury to her non-shooting elbow for much of the contest but posted nine points, four assists and two steals. Her crucial triple helped Ryan lock up its first outright district title since 2023-24 after sharing the 6-5A crown with Argyle last year, when the pair had matching 11-1 marks in district play.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to be all right, but just had to fight through,\u201d Everett said. \u201cMy teammates needed me, so I showed up and stepped up to the plate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Incarnate Word signee Zaviyana Madison paced Ryan with 15 points, four assists and four steals, including six combined points in the fourth quarter and overtime. SMU<\/a> signee Kaylin Jackson added four points, six rebounds and five blocks before fouling out late in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

Argyle junior Lexi Ehrhardt scored a game-high 20 points, including seven of the Lady Eagles\u2019 nine points in the fourth quarter. Emma King added 14 points with eight of them coming after halftime.<\/p>\n

Argyle is set to be 6-5A\u2019s top seed for the 5A Division II playoff bracket and will face either Saginaw or Fort Worth Chisholm Trail in the bi-district round, which will be held on Feb. 15-16.<\/p>\n

Ryan has secured 6-5A\u2019s top seed for the 5A DI playoff bracket and will begin its state title defense Tuesday, Feb. 16 against Granbury. Time and location for the contest are to be announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to hang another banner, you have to be able to dig and you have to be able to fight,\u201d Ryan coach Monesha Allen said. \u201cI just asked that they believe and keep working, and good things will happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 John Fields, Denton Record-Chronicle <\/p>\n

Spotlight on<\/p>\n

GRAND PRAIRIE \u2014 South Grand Prairie<\/a> started hot on Friday night against crosstown rival Grand Prairie<\/a>, but it secured its 52-49 road win in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

After South Grand Prairie (19\u201310) opened the game on a 6-0 run and ended the first quarter with a 16-9 advantage, Grand Prairie (23\u20134) went on 17-9 run in the second quarter to take a 26-25 halftime lead. SGP reclaimed the lead with around 2:30 to go in the game after trailing through the third quarter.<\/p>\n

Jacobi Ewing\u2019s putback with under a minute to go in the contest punctuated South Grand Prairie\u2019s win. Ewing finished with a team-high 19 points and hit three shots from behind the arc in the battle of two state-ranked teams.<\/p>\n

With the win, South Grand Prairie improved to 10\u20131 in District 8-6A, putting it in a tie with Grand Prairie for first place. Just three more games remain for each team in district play.<\/p>\n

Grand Prairie, which surged in The Dallas Morning News\u2019 latest area poll, entered the week as the state\u2019s 14th-ranked 6A team. South Grand Prairie, also in The News\u2019 poll, wasn\u2019t far behind at No. 16 in the state.<\/p>\n

But South Grand Prairie was the better team Friday, as it avenged its 66-52 loss to Grand Prairie that came earlier in district play.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Myah Taylor<\/p>\n

Victorious departure: See photos from South Grand Prairie’s win over Grand Prairie<\/p>\n

\"SouthView GalleryFriday\u2019s top performersGirls<\/p>\n

Maci Pringle, Flower Mound: Pringle scored a game-high 19 points in Flower Mound\u2019s 49-38 win over Coppell. <\/p>\n

Amaya McDonald, Denton Braswell: She recorded 18 points in Braswell\u2019s 61-20 victory over Hebron.<\/p>\n

Simone Richmond, Allen: Richmond helped Allen hold off McKinney Boyd 62-60 with a team-high 23 points.<\/p>\n

Charlotte Cavin and Kaylei Thornton, Frisco Wakeland: Cavin and Thornton each recorded double-doubles in a 58-53 win over Frisco Lone Star that clinched the district championship. Cavin finished with 29 points and 10 rebounds, while Thornton recorded 17 points and 12 boards.<\/p>\n

Pressley Powell and Payton Jones, Frisco Memorial: In a 54-28 win over Frisco Liberty, Powell dominated with a 16-point, 10-rebound double-double. Jones scored 13 points.<\/p>\n

Boys<\/p>\n

JaCori Jones, Denton Braswell: The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi pledge scored 19 points in Braswell\u2019s win over Hebron.<\/p>\n

Moustafa Abualneel, Plano East: He scored 17 points as Plano East edged McKinney 45-40.<\/p>\n

Benji Berrouet, McKinney Boyd: In an upset 70-60 win over state-ranked Allen, Berrouet exploded for a game-high 31 points.<\/p>\n

Stat Sheet<\/p>\n

32<\/p>\n

The amount of points McKinney Boyd\u2019s Savannah Heihn scored against Allen in a narrow 62-60 loss. Despite Boyd\u2019s loss, it was Heihn who boasted the game-high in points.<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Points allowed by McKinney North over the second and third quarters of its 32-21 win over Melissa.<\/p>\n

2,000<\/p>\n

The number of career points Frisco Wakeland junior Charlotte Cavin now has after a 58-53 win over Frisco Lone Star.<\/p>\n

1,797<\/p>\n

The number of career points Denton Braswell\u2019s JaCori Jones has after Friday\u2019s win over Hebron. He became Braswell\u2019s all-time leading scorer with that mark.<\/p>\n

\"Players<\/a>2019 SportsDayHS Co-Offensive Players of the Year: Frisco Lone Star\u2019s Marvin Mims and Rockwall\u2019s Jaxon Smith-Njigba<\/a><\/p>\n

Smith-Njigba was our Dallas-area Offensive Player of the Year long before he won the same award in the NFL.<\/p>\n

\"Frisco<\/a>How childhood friends Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Marvin Mims landed on doorstep of immortality<\/a><\/p>\n

Long before making it to Super Bowl LX with the Seahawks, Jaxon Smith-Njigba was putting up historic numbers in high school.<\/p>\n

Find more high school sports coverage from The Dallas Morning News here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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