Lady Rams, Tigers Basketball Programs Face Off in Cross-County Rivalry Game

Tenaha High Schools’ SEC - On Tuesday night the Joaquin Lady Rams traveled west on Highway 84 to take on neighboring Tenaha High School’s Lady Tigers in each varsity basketball team’s first District 22 2A contest of the season. The Lady Tigers’, coached by Gary Davison, came in with a 3-0 pre-district record and are currently the state’s #1 ranked program. The Lady Rams, coached by Carrie Obregon, came into the contest with an unblemished 7-0 record.

The evening’s event started with junior varsity action. The Lady Tigers pulled away from Joaquin and built a 32-10 lead by the end of the third quarter. By midway of the final period the THS JV had ballooned their lead up to 42-14. The game ended will the Lady Tigers gaining an impressive 46-18 win.

The varsity game started out defensive and Joaquin struck first when Day’za Lane scored on a backdoor pass which put the Lady Rams up 2-0 with 6:12 left in the first stanza.

Tenaha held Joaquin scoreless for the remainder of the period while gaining scores from Lady Tigers Shayla Parks, Calicia Roland, Brooke McClure, Bianca Davison, and Arlicia Roland. Tenaha took an 11-2 advantage into the second stanza.

The Lady Tigers were able to again out-score Joaquin again in the second period, by an 11-5 advantage, giving themselves a 22-7 lead at the halftime intermission.

Eboni Adams and Hana Bonner each scored four points for the Lady Rams during the third period but Tenahas, Davison got hot and scored 11 points during the frame. This helped THS get a 15-8 scoring advantage during the frame. Tenaha led 37-15 going into the final period of play.

Joaquins’ Desere’ Cooper scored 3-points, after sinking an 'And-1' free throw with 5:50 left in the game, to bring JHS to within 37-18. Bonner, Eboni Adams, Eric Davis, and Lane put Joaquin on a scoring run which cut the Lady Tigers lead to 39-26 with three minutes left in the contest.

Tenaha was able to stiffen their defense and scored the last five points of the game and they ultimately took away a 44-26 win. Tenaha is now 5-0 and have a 1-0 conference mark. They will play the Lady Wolves, at 5:00 p.m., on Tuesday, December 13, in San Augustine.

The Lady Rams are now 7-1, (0-1). They have an away tournament game at Bloomburg High School on Thursday, December 8 at 2:10 pm.