Sherman Christmas Tournament

First round vs. St. Mark's:

Both teams were very sluggish, but we were especially. We got off to a very slow start and had to fight and scrap to stay in the game. They did a good job of defending us. The game ended up going into overtime, and we made a couple of great defensive plays and knocked down our free throws to get the win 49-42. We held them to two points in OT.

Second Round vs. Highland Park:

Highland Parks is good. Very good. Early on the made everything they shot, even when we defended well. Luckily we kept our poise and stayed with them and fought back to get the lead at one point, and ended up tied 43-43 after three quarters. We started off well in the fourth, but then made some uncharacteristic mistakes that really cost us. We played well for 3.5 quarters, but lost 60-51.

Third Place Game vs. Terrell

This was our 7th matchup with Terrell in the last 3 years. We got off to a great start and were up 12-2 early. We really did a good job of defending and sharing the ball. I was especially proud of the kids for bouncing back after our performance in the last half of the fourth quarter against Highland Park that cost us the game. The final score was 61-50, and it was the fourth straight time we have beaten Terrell.

All in all it was a really good tournament. Highland Park defeated host Sherman in the finals 80-65 for the championship. They are planning on expanding the tournament filed for next year to 16 teams, and we will most likely be one of them.