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Joaquin and Tenaha’s baseball teams went head-to-head on the diamond Saturday, as the Rams came out with a 17-1 win over the first-year Tigers. The game came a close after three innings.

The Rams tacked on their first three runs in the bottom of the first inning.

Tuesday’s game between the Shelbyville Dragons and the Tenaha Tigers baseball teams was originally scheduled to take place at Tenaha High School but was moved to Shelbyville because of poor field conditions. Despite the fact it was at Shelbyville, the Dragons played as the visitors. The Dragons came away with a 24-0 win over the Tigers in five innings.

The Dallardsville-Big Sandy Wildcats ended the Tenaha Tigers basketball season by shooting lights out from 3-point range as they hit nine shots from beyond the arch. The Wildcats ended the Tigers’ chances of repeating as state champions by defeating Tenaha by a final score of 51-50 at Hudson High School Tuesday night.

De’Aaron Roland of Tenaha has been there and done that. More specifically, he has played in three state championship games, two in football and one in basketball. Now as a senior he’s looking to add one more to the list. He said falling to Munday last December in the football State Championship made him hungrier to go back in basketball.

The Tenaha High School girls soccer program is in its fifth year of existence and Laurie Sisk, who is in her third year as head coach, is doing things differently than she did in her first two years as she’s going back to the drawing board, if not even further back.

Fans who attended the cross county battle between the Tenaha Tigers and the Joaquin Rams Tuesday night almost witnessed yet another overtime game, but the fourth quarter ended with the Tigers on top 49-48.

The Tenaha and Joaquin girls basketball teams went head-to-head at Tenaha in a game which came down to the wire and almost needed overtime for a winner to be decided. The Lady Tigers ended up pulling off a 38-36 win over the Lady Rams.

Fans who attended Tuesday night’s game between the Tenaha Lady Tigers and the Shelbyville Lady Dragons saw a nail-biter as the Lady Tigers snuck away with a 5 point victory, 43-38.

It’s official; the Tenaha Tigers are headed back to the State Championship game after knocking off the Falls City Beavers at Beavers Stadium in Cypress with a final score of 42-14. The win advances the Tigers’ record to 10-4 on the year and extends their winning streak to eight games.

Tenaha vs. Falls City, Friday 7:30 p.m. at Cypress

It doesn’t get much bigger than the Texas high school football state championship game in Cowboys Stadium and these two teams will put it all on the line to play in the big game next week.

Tenaha 34, Frost 30

See Monday's issue for in depth coverage.