New Diana Falls Hard To Sabine

Giving Coach Tim Davis his 300th career win, Sabine swarmed all over the Eagles in a 73-26 win

GLADEWATER, TX, Feb. 6, 2009 -- The Eagles never knew what hit them tonight. Falling victim to a lightning fast Sabine defensive effort that stymied Eagle scoring and allowed the Cardinals to score 20 unanswered points and run up a 32-4 first quarter lead.

Sabine's Noah Jackson had a big hand in that deficit, hitting three shots from outside the arc in the first eight minutes of play.

Sabine held Diana to just two points in the second quarter, and took a 46-6 lead into the half.

Second half play was more favorable to the Eagles, and they paced the Cardinals, scoring 20 points to Sabine's 27.

Jackson led all scorers with 31 points, followed by teammates Colton Kirk with 16 points and Tyler Woodrell with 14.

Eric Dixon led the Eagle scoring with seven.

        SCORING BY QUARTER
TEAM         1Q  2Q  3Q  4Q  FIN
Sabine       32  14   9  18   73
New Diana     4   2   8  12   26

BOX SCORES
SABINE: Noah Jackson 31, Colton Kirk 16, Tyler Woodrell 14, Jacob Kenna 10, Zach Royce 2

NEW DIANA: Eric Dixon 7, Taylor Ramsey 5, Bo Yarborough 5, Travis Barton 2, Shay Davis 2, Josh Gamel 2, Coy Rowden 2, Tanner Manteofel 1

Sabine will face it's toughest district test next Tuesday, when they take their (11-0) record on the road to White Oak. The Roughnecks are (10-1) in district play, with their only loss coming to Sabine. If White Oak can upset the Cardinals, it would mean a tie for first place in the 18-2A standings.

New Diana, still holding on to third place with a (7-4) record, hopes to stay a step ahead of Harmony (6-5) with a home win Tuesday over Union Grove.