Creating co-ed team saved season for tiny West Texas school

Posted: Saturday, February 3, 2018 12:08 pm | Updated: 12:33 pm, Sat Feb 3, 2018.

WELCH, Texas (AP) — Murissa Horton set her feet, steeled herself and was knocked to the court taking a charge from a barrel-chested teenage boy who outweighed her by more than 100 pounds.

The 5-foot-6 high school senior bounced back up, dusted herself off, adjusted her ponytail and got back to work.

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