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MBB: Gary to host basketball shootout
Thursday, May 10, 2012

It may be the spring, but basketball fans can see some high school hoops on Saturday when the Gary ISD hosts the Gary Youth Sports Association Shootout.

Admission is $5 for the day. There will be concessions available at the new Bobcat Gymnasium.

Boys teams from Gary and Carthage will be the main attraction and will be joined by squads from the following high schools: Timpson, Joaquin, Central Heights, Sabine, Carlisle, Sabine and Cushing.

MBB: Griffith named District 22-1A MVP
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Tenaha senior guard Octavius Griffith led a long list of standout District 22-1A D-I players who were honored for their play on the hardwood this season when he was named the league's Most Valuable Player award by the district's coaches recently.

SCYBL wraps up another exciting season of play
Thursday, March 08, 2012

The Shelby County Youth Basketball League recently wrapped up its 2012 spring season, with a pair of Tenaha teams capturing the 5th-and-6th Grade divisions, while Center squads took the other age groups.

In the 5th-and-6th Grade Boys Division, the Tenaha Heat, coached by Desmond Steadman, took top honors, followed by the Center Spurs (Joseph Mitchell) coming in second, with the Center Clippers (William Nash) placing third and the Timpson Thunder (Charleston Johnson) placing fourth.

MBB: No.1 Clarksville outmuscles Tenaha, 72-61
Saturday, March 03, 2012

TYLER, Tx - There were many aspects of Saturday night's Class 1A D-I Region III championship war that Tenaha head coach Todd Bodden knew would give his team bigger challenges than they've received all year. But one area that No.1-ranked Clarksville controlled was probably one that Bodden didn't figure on: free throw shooting.

MBB: No.4 Tenaha shocks Cayuga....again
Friday, March 02, 2012

TYLER, Tx - For the second time in as many years the No.4 Tenaha Tigers came to Wagstaff Gymnasium and the Class 1A D-I Region III Tournament as underdogs to the No.3-ranked Cayuga Wildcats and once again the Tigers caught the 'Cats by their tales and showed them that nobody can underestimate Tenaha.

Octavius Griffith came alive as he did a year ago when it comes to 'tourney time', scoring 21 points and Demon Horton buried a three-pointer with just 3.8 seconds remained to lift THS to a 75-74 victory before a packed crowd.

MBB: Tigers use tough 'D' to advance to Regionals
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

WODEN, Tx -- Many coaches feel that, no matter the sport, it's the defense that wins championships. It's also defense that can 'wake up' a team that that is lethargical and doesn't come ready to play.

MBB: No.4 Tenaha survives Lovelady scare, 66-61
Sunday, February 26, 2012

LUFKIN - The No.4-ranked Tenaha Tigers took the first step toward making a return trip to the State Basketball Championships tournament in Austin when they held off a pesky Lovelady squad and survived an upset with a 66-61 win here at Panther Gymnasium Friday night in a Class 1A D-I Region III Area matchup.

The Tigers (19-4) survived everything the Lions threw at them, despite a subpar shooting performance. Tenaha shot 25-of-60 (42%) from the floor and a stagnant 12-of-31 (39%) from the free throw line.

MBB: Warm-up or wake-up for Tigers?
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

TENAHA, Tx -- Returning all of its roster from the 2010-11 squad that advanced all the way to the Class 1A D-I state championship game, the Tenaha Tigers have been on cruise control for most of the first 21 games of the current season. It was almost as if the Tigers were waiting for the playoffs so they could switch gears and make a run at a possible third state tournament berth in four years.

MBB: Bodden directs No.4 Tigers past Pitt, 49-38
Sunday, February 19, 2012

TENAHA, Tx -- The Tenaha Tigers needed some direction after the first half of their East Texas Playoff Preview game with Pittsburg Saturday night. And when head coach Todd Bodden showed up at the half, everything was once again grand in Tiger Land.

MBB: Playoff atmosphere comes to SEC
Friday, February 17, 2012

An afternoon of outstanding playoff-level basketball is on tap again this year in the Tenaha Special Events Center as the Tigers host the Third Annual East Texas Playoff Preview on Saturday evening.