December 21, 2018, Timpson High School Gymnasium –
The Tenaha Tigers Varsity boys and girls basketball programs traveled to neighboring Timpson High School for District 22 Class 2A showdowns with the Bears and Lady Bears.
The Lady Bears won their game over the Tigers by a narrow 33-32 margin to move their conference mark to 4-0. They stand at 17-1 overall. Tenaha has a 2-2 district mark and they are 2-4 overall.
The Tenaha varsity boy’s team defeated the Bears by a convincing 61-30 margin to move to 2-0 in conference action. This was Timpson’s first district loss and they stand at 1-1. They are 4-6 overall.
The girl’s varsity game started slow and the Lady Bears trailed Tenaha 6-3 at the end of the first quarter. Timpson outscored Tenaha 6-4 in the second period and trailed the Lady Tigers only 9-10 at the halftime intermission.
Tenaha grew their lead to 21-17 by the end of the third stanza after going on a 7-2 scoring run early in the third period.
Timpson outscored the Lady Tigers 15-9 in the final period to earn the win.
Laiton Braddock led the Lady Bears with 11 points teammate Brylee Behrens was also in double figures with 10.
In boy's varsity action Tenaha took a 7-0 lead early in the first period and never looked back. They led 19-4 at the end of the first period. At halftime the Tigers led the Bears 37-13. Tenaha outscored Timpson 18-8 in the third frame and took a 55-21 lead into the final period. The Bears defense stiffened and held Tenaha to six points in the final quarter and the Timpson offense was able to score nine points to cut the Tiger’s final lead to 61-30.
The Timpson Bears will participate in the Latexo Tournament on December 27, 2018. Tipoff is at 1:20 p.m.
The Tenaha boys, and Tenaha and Timpson girl’s varsity teams, will participate in the Tenaha Holiday Hoops Invitational Tournament on December 27-29. Info on game times is available on the Tenaha ISD website.
