Wednesday, December 27, 2017. Joaquin Rams Gymnasium –
The Shelbyville Lady Dragons Varsity Basketball Team suffered a lopsided 66-31 loss to the Martinsville Lady Pirates, Wednesday at the Ninth Annual Tenaha Holiday Hoops Tournament opening round game, played at Joaquins’ Rams Gymnasium.
The Lady Dragons struggled offensively and two 3-pointers by Lady Pirate Haley Moon, and eight second-quarter points by teammate Kara Revill gave Martinsville a 31-15 lead by the midway point of the contest.
Martinsville eventually took the 66-31 win. They got 21 points from Kara Revill and 17 from Hannah Choate. Shelbyville freshman forward Kouja Gates had six points in the final quarter en route to posting a team high 14 point outing.
The Joaquin Rams Boys’ Varsity Basketball Team opened up their Tenaha Holiday Hoops Tournament play with an early Wednesday game with the White Oak Roughnecks. The game was close throughout but White Oak eventually took a narrow 44-42 win.
The first quarter was a defensive battle and White Oak held a tight 4-3 lead at the end of the opening period. Scoring picked up in the second period. Ellie Huerta hit a 3-point basket from outside to pull the Rams to within 16-8 with two minutes left before halftime. Ram Matthew Silvey sank a basket just before the midway intermission and Joaquin trailed the Roughnecks 20-12 going into the third frame.
Joaquin scored eight unanswered points to start the second half and tied the game at 20-20 by the 6 minute mark of the third stanza. Joaquin led 30-29 at the end of the third quarter.
White Oak’s Chandler Benson caught on fire early in the final period and he helped the Roughnecks take a 38-32 lead by midway through the fourth period. Tray Wilkerson scored eight points for Joaquin in the final period but Joaquin couldn’t get the final two points to tie the game near game’s end.
Elli Huerta led the Rams with 15 points. Tray Wilkerson scored eight for Joaquin, Conner Bragg 6, Lorenzo Lane 4, Nick Matthews 4, and Matthew Silvey score two points. Cameron Bates was high-point man for the Roughnecks with 14 points.
The Joaquin Lady Rams Girls Varsity basketball team found themselves trailing the Grapeland Sandiettes 61-36 going into the final period of Wednesday’s opening round game at Joaquin High School.
Lady Ram Eboni Adams opened up the fourth period with a 3-point bomb but Grapeland went on a run which would see the Sandiettes lead balloon to 74-43 just five minutes later. The final score was Grapeland 77 Joaquin 50.
Joaquin was led by Day’Za Lane with 27 points and Desere’ Cooper with 11 points. Hannah Chipman and Tiera Jones each had 20 points for the Sandiettes.
The Tenaha Lady Tigers took a 17-7 lead by the end of their first round game with the Cushing Galkats, at Tenaha’s Special Events Center, on Wednesday. By halftime Tenaha had ballooned their lead to 34-13.
Eventually Tenaha would have three players contribute a double-figure performance and the Lady Tigers took a 68-33 win. High scorer for THS was Arlicia Roland with 18 points, Bianca Davison had 13, and JoJo Thompson added 11 points. Kristin McCormack had 18 points for the Galkats.
The Lady Tigers followed their win over Cushing with a second round tournament win, later on Thursday, with a 42-28 win over the Edgewood Lady Bulldogs. Tenaha jumped out to a 14-4 lead in the first quarter. By halftime Tenaha led 25-16 and the third period saw THS leading 33-20.
The Tenaha Tigers Boys Varsity team took a 53-42 win over the Port Aransas Marlins to open up their Holiday Hoops opening round action on Thursday. The Tigers led 16-13 at the end of the first period. They grew their lead to 28-16 by halftime, and took a 42-26 lead by the end of the third period.
Trai Gardner led the Tigers with 25 points. Teammate Hayden Jenkins added eight points to the THS tally sheet. Leading Port Aransas was Zach Brown with 17 points.
The Timpson Lady Bears fell to the LaPoynor Lady Flyers by a narrow 49-45 final score at Tenahas’ SEC on Thursday. Timpson led 16-10 at the end of the opening period. At halftime THS led 24-20.The Lady Bears trailed 35-38 by the end of the third stanza.
Te’Aire Hambrick led the Lady Flyers with 24 points. Timpson was led by Jasmine Rogers with 14 points, Brylee Behrens added 12, Ja’Karia Deckard 9, LaitonBraddock 7, and McKenzie Burgay chipped in three points.
