Lady Yeguas open district with big 51-34 win over Lady Jays

  • SNOOK’S ALEXIS MACIK AND Somerville’s Gabby Jackson fight for possession of the ball during the Snook-Somerville game last Friday night.
    SNOOK’S ALEXIS MACIK AND Somerville’s Gabby Jackson fight for possession of the ball during the Snook-Somerville game last Friday night.
  • DESTINY VELA of Somerville struggles with Snook’s Mykia Munson and Alana Stringfellow during one of many fights for possession at last Friday night’s game. -- Tribune photo by Denise Squier
    DESTINY VELA of Somerville struggles with Snook’s Mykia Munson and Alana Stringfellow during one of many fights for possession at last Friday night’s game. -- Tribune photo by Denise Squier
  • SNOOK’S ALANA STRINGFELLOW looks to pass the ball while Somerville’s Gabby Jackson defends. -- Tribune photo by Denise Squier
    SNOOK’S ALANA STRINGFELLOW looks to pass the ball while Somerville’s Gabby Jackson defends. -- Tribune photo by Denise Squier
  • AUBREY KOVASOVIC takes a shot during the Somerville-Snook game last Friday night.
    AUBREY KOVASOVIC takes a shot during the Somerville-Snook game last Friday night.

    In their district opener, the Lady Yeguas and the Lady Jays set the tone of how much their rivalry games mean to them -- and were willing to fight continuously for possession of the the ball last Friday night in Somerville.

    And, after the first of two games in the girls basketball version of the Burleson County Showdown, Somerville left the field of battle with a 51-34 victory and with the banner o…