After having to give up a couple of practice games due to the icy weather, both the Sands Mustangs and Klondike Cougars are hoping to get a little more cooperation later this week from Mother Nature as beginning the Class 1A state boys basketball playoffs. Coach Billy Grumbles’ Mustang boys will take on Meadow at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Lubbock Roosevelt. Coach Xavier Elizondo and his Cougar boys start the playoffs against Wellman-Union at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Denver City. “Probably the most exciting thing about the playoffs is anything can happen, and there’s really only going to only be one happy ...