The Big Sandy Pioneer girls and boys basketball teams traveled to Hays Saturday as they began 2016 with a District 9C clash.

The girls and boys teams, both under the tutelage of head coach Ronnie Simpson, have competed hard start to finish, night in, night out. However finding the win column has been difficult in recent years.

Both teams finished 2015 with identical 0-3 conference marks and 0-5 overall records but things are bound to turnaround at some point.

The Pioneer girls are young and energetic and have shown an ability to compete and a will to win despite adversity.

Saturday they played...