Basketball teams prime for district play

The two basketball programs have quietly gone about the business of playing pre-district opponents in preparation for the coming district play. For the first month of play the teams have been overshadowed by the success of the football team and the fact the basketball teams rarely play home games until district. With nine teams in the district, the schedule begins in early December and runs into February. As the district schedule begins there will be a home game (either girls or boys) every game night, mostly Tuesdays and Fridays.

For the Lady Tigers they opened district play on December 1 and first home game was on December 5 (Bowie) and next with Akins on 1212. All home games start at 7:00pm. The Lady Tigers have struggled in the early going. All the game results released to date reveal they have a record of 2-7 but two of those games were one-point losses. The team falls in the middle of district and should contend for fourth place. Coach Jordan Batson is in his third year as the head coach.

Coach Thomas Acker took over the Tigers leadership, moving up from his position as Craig Swannack's first assistant. The Tigers are breaking even with a 5-6 record at the present and also should be in the mix to make the playoffs. All boys home games start at 7:30pm. The first home district game is 12-8 with Hays Johnson.

The first home game was with Vandegrift. The Tigers had it all together quickly jumping out to a 15-0 lead and then cruising to a 66-33 win. Scoring for the Tigers were Jaxon Reagan 17, Stone Patterson 16, Judson Loe 12, Zack Fleming 6, Brayden Spencer 6, Austin Moore 3, Rushton Budge 3, Benjamin Beatty 2, Aiden Sypniewski 1.