Thursday, February 02, 2012
SHELBYVILLE, Tx -- Leading by one to begin the fourth quarter Tuesday night, the Timpson Bears went on a 9-0 run over the first 2:15 of the final period. That burst turned out to be enough as the Bears held off a furious Shelbyville rally and THS captured a critical 48-44 District 22-1A D-I win over the Dragons here in Dragon Gymnasium.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
The Gary Bobcats know if they want to claim the District 22-1A championship this season, they must knock off the No.4-ranked Tigers. But before they do that they have to defeat all the other squads as well. GHS remained unbeaten in league play Tuesday night when they went on the road to bump off Shelbyville, 48-33, in Dragon Gymnasium.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
BECKVILLE, Tx -- In the evenly-matched District 22-1A boys basketball race, each game is magnified as teams scratch and claw their way toward a possible playoff spot. Shelbyville and Beckville didn't want to drop back in the league standings Tuesday night after they both fell in their opening games last week.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
TIMPSON, Tx -- Neither the Shelbyville Dragons nor the Timpson Bears have been particularly happy over the start to their basketball seasons. Both squads have struggled to find consistency as they stumbled to 3-11 and 5-13 starts, respectively.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The Joaquin Rams began the season as one of the hottest teams in the area, reeling off 14 wins in their first 17 games. But since the holiday break they've struggled, losing three straight heading into this week's action.
On Friday the Rams dropped their sixth game of the season when they went on the road and shot 32% (18-of-56) from the field and 23% (5-of-22) from behind the three-point arc in a 52-47 setback to cross-county rival Shelbyville in Dragon Gymnasium.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Some of the best small school basketball in the state of Texas will be showcased next week when Tenaha hosts the Third Annual Tenaha Holiday Hoops Scholarship Tournament Tuesday through Thursday (Dec. 27-29).
There will be 32 boys and girls team - including 12 of which are ranked in the Top 20 in the state by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches - playing 58 games in local venues to see which squads will walk away with the respective championship trophies.
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
A number of area basketball teams will be part of the 31-team field that will converge on the small community of Gary beginning Thursday for a 54-game tournament that will run over three days at Gary High School.
Play will begin on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. with games being played at the old and new gymnasiums on campus. There will be 18 games played on Thursday, nine of which are boys and nine in the girls' bracket. The final games will tip-off at 8 p.m.
Monday, December 05, 2011
JOAQUIN, Tx -- Wyatt Hairgrove and Will Vaughn were a tough one-two punch for the host Joaquin Rams as they posted a spotless 3-0 mark as they captured the boys division of the A.J. Lawrence Classic basketball tournament this past weekend.
Gary only suffered one loss in the tourney, with that setback coming on the final day of the tourney in a 50-48 setback to Corrigan-Camden. But the Bobcats finished with the second-best record of the tourney at 3-1.
Friday, December 02, 2011
JOAQUIN, Tx -- The Joaquin Rams cruised to their fifth straight win and the Gary Bobcats captured a pair of nail-biters on Thursday to highlight the opening round of the boys division of the A.J. Classic basketball tournament here in new Ram Gymnasium.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
SHELBYVILLE -- The Shelbyville Dragons are looking to improve on last year's playoff appearance, and they got things off to a roaring start here Tuesday night, putting together an impressive performance in a 53-34 win over the Brookeland Wildcats.
