The Wharton girls basketball team shook up the Class 8A-District 7 tournament brackets en route to claiming the championship on Feb. 3.
The No. 3 seeded Wildcats’ major upset came by defeating No. 2 Durant in the semifinals 52-49 on Feb. 1. Wharton (13-14) entered the tournament four games under .500, and had lost both regular season meetings against the Cougars (15-10) this year by a combined 25 points.
The Wildcats fought past that recent history, getting 14 points from Shannon Clark and another 11 from Monica Cazes.
Wharton completed the title run by beating Newsome (15-9) 66-57 on Feb. 3. Abbigale Kaczmarek led the squad with 17 points in the championship game. Cazes added 15 points, while Clark and Courteney Cox posted 12 and 11, respectively.
