December 30, 2015 - The Joaquin Rams Varsity basketball team dropped their second straight basketball game and are now 1-2 in Tenaha's Holiday Hoops tournament action. The 42-39 loss came to the Broaddus Bulldogs on Tuesday during Boy's Consolation Bracket B competition. The Rams continued on to face Garrison on Wednesday morning for another consolation round-robin style contest.
The Tenaha Tigers Varsity team suffered their first loss of the Holiday Hoops tournament when they fell to the Lipan Indians by a 77-54 margin Tuesday night at Tenaha's SEC. The Tigers found themselves trailing 12-18 at the end of the first period and 19-31 at the midway intermission. In the third quarter, Tenaha trailed by as much as 19 points but they rallied to pull to within 40-51 by the start of the fourth quarter.
Colton Goeke pulled THS to within nine points with a 3-pointer with 6:44 left in the game but Lipan's Tate Phillip's 14, fourth-quarter, points helped LHS out-score Tenaha on their way to the 23-point win. Tenaha moved on to the third place game against LaPoynor at Tenaha's SEC on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
