SAN ANTONIO — Bulldogs boys hoops competed in the UIL boys state basketball tournament March 10 at the Alamodome in San Antonio and were defeated by La Rue La Poynor High School with a final score of 66- 43. Flatonia couldn’t get much of anything going on offense while La Poynor made baskets from distance and took advantage of the Bulldogs mistakes.
“La Poynor’s a very, very good team,” said Flatonia head boys basketball coach Chris Sodek.
“We knew that coming into the game. We thought there were some things we could do to give us the best chance to win. Early on, things seemed to be working well, then they started hitting shots. We didn’t do a very good job of converting easy shots today, but they had a lot to do with that. I felt that they won the loose ball battle, especially in the first half, which allowed them to get a few easy buckets to distance the lead. Our plan coming out of halftime was to see if we could cut it to 10. Going into the fourth quarter, I think we got it as low as 13 or 12, then they got it back up to 18 by the time the fourth quarter started. Credit to those guys. They’re a good team. I know these kids are disappointed as we all are, but you gotta kind of look at it in perspective of what we accomplished this year. It was a great year for us, no doubt. First time for Flatonia to go to state ever in basketball. We won region four, we won district four consecutive years, so I’m not disappointed in none of these kids at all.”
