Palestine’s Sydney Hughes. (Palestine ISD)

Palestine sophomore Sydney Hughes has earned Tyler Morning Telegraph Girls Basketball Player of the Week honors for games played Dec. 9-14.

Hughes averaged 22.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 5.5 steals in wins over Marlin and Grapeland.

Hughes had 20 points, 12 rebounds and six steals in the 49-29 victory over Marlin. In a 66-39 decision against Grapeland, Hughes had 24 points, four rebounds and five steals.

In other outstanding performances in the area last week (nominated by coaches):

Canton senior Allison Rickman had 16 points, 12 rebounds, three steals and five assists in a district-opening win over Brownsboro. The North Texas signee is averaging 17.0 points and 13.0 rebounds for Canton (13-4, 1-0) with three of the losses coming to teams ranked in the top five in the state of their respective classes.

Bishop Gorman sophomore Amelia Meads averaged 18.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 3.0 steals and 1.0 block per game in wins over Dallas Yavneh (51-43) and Daingerfield (64-18).

Hawkins’ Taetum Smith averaged 18.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 9.5 steals per game in wins over Ore City (64-10) and McLeod (51-7).

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East Texas girls teams ranked in the TABC rankings are Tyler Legacy (16-2) No. 14 in 6A; Jacksonville (15-3) No. 16; Canton (13-4) No. 15, Sulphur Springs (13-4) No. 24 and Mabank (15-3) No. 25 in 4A; Winnsboro (18-2) No. 3, Rains (16-2) No. 5, Malakoff (15-1) No. 9, Hooks (15-3) No. 18 and Diboll (14-3) No. 24 in 3A; Martin’s Mill (15-0) No. 1, Chireno (17-3) No. 6, Hawkins (16-1) No. 17, Lovelady (15-5) No. 21 and LaPoynor (14-6) No. 25 in 2A; Broaddus (14-3) No. 9, Brookeland (17-3) No. 12, Avinger (12-1) No. 14 and Neches (5-3) No. 24 in Class 1A; Brook Hill (13-5) No. 4 and Grace Community (12-5) No. 10 in TAPPS 5A; Longview Christian Heritage (10-6) No. 8 and Longview Christian (9-2) No. 9 in TAPPS 2A; and Longview St. Mary’s (7-5) No. 6 in TAPPS 1A.

East Texas teams ranked in the txhsgbb.com rankings are Tyler Legacy No. 22 in 6A; Canton No. 13 and Sulphur Springs No. 18 in 4A; Winnsboro No. 3, Rains No. 6, Hooks No. 9, Malakoff No. 19 and Tatum No. 22 in 3A; Martin’s Mill No. 1, Chireno No. 5, Tenaha No. 7, Lovelady No. 17 and LaPoynor No. 22 in 2A; Broaddus No. 6, Neches No. 7 and Brookeland No. 22 in 1A; Brook Hill No. 3 in TAPPS 5A; and Longview St. Mary’s No. 5 in TAPPS 1A.

East Texas teams ranked in the TGCA rankings are Tyler Legacy No. 18 in 6A; Mabank No. 11, Canton No. 13 and Pittsburg No. 15 in 4A; Winnsboro No. 3, Malakoff No. 5, Rains No. 9, Hooks No. 15, Troup No. 22 and Diboll No. 24 in 3A; Martin’s Mill No. 1, Hawkins No. 5, Cayuga No. 19 and Lovelady No. 24 in 2A; and Avinger No. 7, Broaddus No. 16 and Brookeland No. 22 in 1A.

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Coaches are asked to send in their nominations to bogden@tylerpaper.com or sports@tylerpaper.com by 11 a.m. each Tuesday.