Lometa wins first playoff game in a decade; second round awaits

  • Tim Juarez runs past a Medina defender as the Hornets won their first playoff game since 2011. JESSICA MALDONADO | DISPATCH RECORD
    Tim Juarez runs past a Medina defender as the Hornets won their first playoff game since 2011. JESSICA MALDONADO | DISPATCH RECORD
  • Adrian Smailus-Cruz tries to fight through two Medina blockers during the Hornets’ win last Thursday. JESSICA MALDONADO | DISPATCH RECORD
    Adrian Smailus-Cruz tries to fight through two Medina blockers during the Hornets’ win last Thursday. JESSICA MALDONADO | DISPATCH RECORD
“There’s a lot of words I could use, but I can't just pick one … Just so excited for our kids,” was Lometa head football coach D.T. Torres’ initial reaction to the Hornets’ 53-20 playoff win Thursday night – their first since 2011. The Hornets, who finished as the runner-up in their district behind perennial power Jonesboro, took care of a familiar foe in the Medina Bobcats. Lometa had lost to…

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