McKinney Courier-Gazette sports editor Kendrick E. Johnson recaps Friday's pivotal District 6-6A girls basketball showdown between Plano Senior and McKinney.

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Denton County sports editor Justin Thomas recaps Friday's District 9-6A boys basketball game between Coppell and Lake Highlands.

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Frisco Enterprise sports editor Bryan Murphy recaps Friday's boys basketball game between Frisco Heritage and Frisco Independence, as well as a look around the rest of the Frisco/Little Elm/Celina hoops scene.

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Local girls basketball teams are at the midpoint of their district schedules, and the Star Local Media sports staff breaks down their Class 6A and 5A districts at the halfway mark.

The staff goes district by district, posing three questions for each: What is the biggest takeaway from the first half of district play? Who is the mid-district MVP? What is the biggest game in the second half of district?

Part One touches on 6A and mid-district breakdowns for 5-6A (1:20), 6-6A (5:30), 9-6A (14:45), 10-6A (17:40), 11-6A (21:00), plus discussion on the importance of home-court advantage in high school basketball (24:35).

Part Two picks things back up in 5A, with a look at the first of district action in 13-5A (29:30), 14-5A (32:45) and 15-5A (35:15).

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Star Local Media sports editor Matt Welch recaps Plano Senior's win over Plano East in 6-6A girls basketball.

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McKinney Courier-Gazette sports editor Kendrick E. Johnson recaps Friday's Crosstown Showdown doubleheader between the McKinney and McKinney Boyd boys and girls basketball teams.

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Denton County sports editor Justin Thomas recaps Friday's doubleheader between the Hebron and Lewisville boys and girls basketball teams.

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Mesquite News sports editor Devin Hasson recaps Mesquite Poteet's win over West Mesquite in 15-5A girls basketball.

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Frisco Enterprise sports editor Bryan Murphy recaps Frisco Liberty's win over Frisco Reedy in 13-5A girls basketball.

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The Star Local Media sports staff shifts gears to talk basketball and the notable storylines and takeaways from the early stages of district play around the area.

Matt Welch, Tim Glaze and Kendrick E. Johnson kick things off with a look at 6-6A girls basketball, including Plano East’s start to district (1:55), McKinney’s improvement (6:20) and the district’s four-way tie for first place between Plano Senior, Allen, Wylie and McKinney (10:50). Discussion shifts to the boys side of 6-6A and Denton Guyer’s early stranglehold on the district (16:20), McKinney and Allen as potential challengers to the Wildcats’ throne (21:10) and how Plano West’s Ryan Zambie has become one of the top scorers in the district (26:56).

Bryan Murphy, Justin Thomas and Devin Hasson round out the discussion with a look around their markets, including Sachse girls basketball’s continued dominance of 10-6A (38:23), Prosper and Lone Star girls basketball as regional playoff contenders (42:46), West Mesquite boys basketball’s new-look roster (45:50), RJ Hampton avoiding a sophomore slump at Little Elm (47:30), District 14-5A boys basketball as a two-team title race (48:25), the depth of 5-6A and 9-6A boys basketball (49:50) and where things stand in Mesquite ISD and Garland ISD (51:35).

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