Girls basketball teams across the Rio Grande Valley jumped back into a full slate of action to start the first week of December with a mix of district and non-district games.
District 31-6A became the RGV’s first Class 5A or 6A district to start district play this week, joining District 31-3A which kicked off its district slate last week.
Two 31-6A teams stood out more than the rest on the first day of district action, as both the Edinburg High Bobcats and Mission High Eagles rolled to big wins to continue fast starts to the season.
Edinburg High traveled to La Joya Juarez-Lincoln for its first 31-6A contest and again flexed one of the Valley’s most potent offenses in a dominant 69-point victory, the team’s largest of the season.
The Bobcats, who played a challenging non-district schedule that featured close losses to some of South Texas’ top 6A teams like Harlingen High, Laredo United South and Weslaco High, are starting to find their footing and should be a frontrunner to contend for a 31-6A district title, which would be the team’s fifth straight district championship.
Mission, meanwhile, earned its second straight impressive victory after the Eagles dismantled the Brownsville Hanna Golden Eagles last week. This time, Mission went on the road to La Joya High and earned a signature win to start district play and move to 4-2 this season.
Led by senior post Hayley Garza, the Eagles have quickly asserted themselves as one of the Rio Grande Valley’s deepest and most physical teams down low with the team rarely being challenged in the battle on the board.
Elsewhere in 6A across the RGV, the Harlingen Cardinals and Weslaco Panthers each earned marquee non-district wins over Sharyland Pioneer and Valley View, two of the top teams in District 31-5A, but the Los Fresnos Falcons unquestionably had the best week of any 32-6A squad.
Los Fresnos went on the road and escaped with a two-point win at regional power McAllen Memorial before returning home Tuesday to take down a red-hot McAllen Rowe. The Falcons handed the Warriors just their second loss in nine games.
San Isidro and San Perlita, meanwhile, continued with impressive weeks at the Class 1A level, with San Perlita earning a Tuesday win over Class 6A San Benito and San Isidro taking an unbeaten Harvest Christian squad to the wire Monday night.
In 31-3A, though, the Lyford Bulldogs and Donna IDEA Titans have asserted themselves as early frontrunners in the Valley’s 10-team 3A district. Lyford and Donna IDEA have each shown more offensive firepower and depth than their district foes so far.
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