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Winter weather forced Cleburne athletics to adjust its basketball and soccer schedules this week. Tuesday’s contests, basketball at Burleson Centennial and soccer at Joshua, were moved to Wednesday, conditions permitting, due to school district closures. Friday’s schedule for both sports is expected to proceed as planned.
Lady Jackets basketball now ranks No. 21 in the state Class 5A poll. Cleburne entered the week 20-8 overall and 9-0 in District 8-5A. Last week, the Lady Jackets beat second-place Mansfield Summit 41-35 and followed that with a 71-15 victory at Arlington Seguin. After Wednesday’s game against Centennial, Cleburne hosts Joshua on Friday.
Jackets basketball experienced a tougher week, dropping games to No. 4 Summit, 57-29, and at Seguin, 71-42. The team is 11-15 overall and 2-5 in district play, with Friday’s matchup against Joshua at home.
Cleburne girls soccer opened district play last week with a 1-1 draw against Centennial and is now 6-0-1 overall. Boys soccer is 1-6-4 after a 2-1 loss to Centennial. Both teams host Burleson on Friday.