Tenaha to host warm-ups, playoffs
basket during earlier season action. Tenaha will be the host of
'Playoff Preview' games Saturday in the SEC and host a pair of
Class 3A Bi-District playoffs Tuesday night.
(Photo by John Krueger)
Tenaha's new Special Events Center will be the host of a plethora of 'playoff previews' and postseason games in the coming days and weeks as basketball playoff fever comes to a boil in East Texas.
Tenaha Superintendent of Schools Don Fallin announced at the opening of the SEC that the Tenaha ISD would do its best to accommodate area schools, while giving area fans a place to go to enjoy great competitive basketball and the Shelby County district has come through.
The Special Events Center will be the site of the Tyler Chapter of Officials Girls Playoff Preview Saturday with four games involving Class 1A-4A schools battling it out in tune-ups before they open postseason play next week.
Class 1A teams No.24-ranked (D-I) Cayuga and No.4-ranked (D-II) Saltillo will battle at 1 p.m., followed by a Class 4A matchup at 2:30 p.m. between Marshall and Whitehouse. Class 1A power No.12 (D-I) Lovelady will take on Class 2A Woden at 4 p.m. The afternoon will culminate at 5:30 p.m. when host-team Tenaha battles Class 2A White Oak.
All the games on Saturday will be posted here at ShelbyCountySports.com, with scoring updates posted at the end of each quarter and stats, summaries and photos of each contest being posted at the conclusion of each game. Look for a link to the "Area Basketball Playoffs" on our homepage.
General admission to the all-day event is $5 per person. Officials have announced that in addition to the concession stand being open, the Tiger Cafe will sell meals of fried catfish, boiled shrimp or chicken strips, along with baked potato or fries for $5.50.
Basketball action can be seen on the big screen in the cafeteria while fans enjoy their meals.
PLAYOFF BASKETBALL
On Tuesday night the Special Events Center will host a girls' playoff doubleheader.
The first contest will be a Class 3A Region III Bi-District playoff between Diboll and Spring Hill at 6 p.m. That game will be followed by another class 3A Bi-District contest between Tatum and Hudson or Central.
Central and Hudson are involved in a playoff for first place and will battle at 6 p.m. Friday in Lufkin's Panther Gymnasium. The loser of this game will take on Tatum.
UPCOMING BOYS PLAYOFF PREVIEW & PLAYOFFS
Tenaha High School Principal Scott Tyner has announced that Tenaha's SEC will also be the host of East Texas boys' teams will be converging on the Tenaha Special Events Center next weekend for boys’ warm-up action.
The schedule hasn't been finalized as of yet, but Tyner stated that games will likely be played on Friday and Saturday. Some of the area teams involved include No.25-ranked Center, No.8-ranked Tenaha and No.24-ranked Mount Enterprise. The complete schedule will be announced as it becomes available.
TYLER CHAPTER OF OFFICIALS GIRLS PLAYOFF PREVIEW
at Tenaha Special Events Center
Saturday, Feb. 13
Class 1A: D-I #24 Cayuga vs. D-II #4 Saltillo, 1 p.m.
Class 4A: Marshall vs. Whitehouse, 2:30 p.m.
Class 1A/2A: D-I #12 Lovelady vs. Woden, 4 p.m.
Class 1A/2A: Tenaha vs. White Oak, 5:30 p.m.
CLASS 3A REGION III GIRLS BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFFS
at Tenaha Special Events Center
Tuesday, Feb. 16
Diboll vs. Spring Hill, 6 p.m.
Tatum vs. Central/Hudson, 7:30 p.m.