On Monday, December 12th the Lady Longhorns traveled to Emmett to take on Mountain Home in the first round of the 7th grade hoops tournament.  In October the Longhorns took in Mt. Home in game 2 of the season and still were trying to find out who they were.  The game ended in a 33-19 loss where Mt. Home exerted their will.  Since that loss, the Longhorns had improved exponentially.  Going into the game, Lone Star had a 4 game winning streak.  This game would be much different.  The first half was very competitive with the Longhorns trailing Mountain Home 11-8.  Our first matchup the halftime score was 22-5.  The second half proved to be a battle.  Mt. Home jumped out and extended their lead to 17-10 at the end of the third. Mt. Home extended the lead some more in the 4th quarter.  However, Lone Star would not give up and continued to match Mt. Home's intensity. At the end of the game Mt. Home prevailed with a 25-17 win.    4 players chipped in on offense.  Breanna C. led the way with 8 points, Ariya H. had 5 points, Avery P. and Bethany each scored 2 points.  The defense from the team was outstanding.  Rylee S. had her hands all over the ball forcing multiple turnovers.  Bethany K. took a charge and the team played great team defense forcing a 10 second backcourt violation, numerous travels and other turnovers.  It was a great season for the girls which showed tremendous improvement.  Congrats and outstanding job this year, Coach Rigsby.