Blackwell: 7-5

Clint Lowry’s Hornets got to the second round of the Class 1A, Division II playoffs in 2022.

Blackwell also made it to the postseason for the sixth year in a row, with Lowry’s team coming up just short, 36-30, to No. 3 Cherokee in the area playoff round in a back-and-forth battle that went down to the last play.

Before losing to Cherokee, the Hornets had won six of their previous seven games — with the only loss to a powerful Loraine squad which won Blackwell’s district (13-1A, D-II) and made it to the state finals before losing to Benjamin.

Blackwell was the No. 2 seed in the district with a 2-1 record, and it wrapped up a playoff berth with an 86-22 rout of Trent to end the regular season. The Hornets then began the playoffs with a 68-40 win over Rising Star before losing to Cherokee.

Blackwell started out 1-3 against a tough early nondistrict slate before three lopsided wins heading into district play. Two of the three losses were by a total of 14 points to good teams from Aspermont and Robert Lee and the other to county archrival Highland. The three blowout wins were over Brookesmith, Panther Creek and Paint Rock.

Kyler Cummings, Matthew Shipman, Dawson Dominey, Blane Crosson, Chris Gieck, Dylan Taylor, Karter Cummings and Jesus Gonzalez all earned first team all-district honors and Kayson Cummings made the second team.

Kyler Cummings was an all-region and all-state pick by the Texas Six-Man Coaches Association and Karter Cummings, Shipman, Crosson and Taylor were all-region.

Kyler Cummings was also picked for the TSMCA’s summer all-star game with Shipman, Crosson, Dominey and Gieck as alternates.