After winning a tie-breaker game against Denver City, 44-38, Monday at Andrews, the Golden Tornado basketball girls have punched their ticket to the state playoffs for the first time since 2016. Monday’s game became necessary after the Golden Tors and Fillies finished the regular season tied for fourth place in the District 3-3A standings with 5-7 league marks. Now at 14-13 this season, the squad is Coach Shai Young’s first playoff team since taking over the program three years ago. “Being completely honest, all of this is just so surreal. This is probably not going to really hit me until later tonight or ...