As the basketball season continues full speed ahead, the Mansfield Sr High Lady Tigers are keeping pace right along with it. And with three games nearly every week, that says a lot about the hunger these girls have to succeed. Last week, the Sr Lady Tigers picked up three more wins for their stat book. Along with their Mulberry victory, Mansfield also secured wins against Valley Christian 58-8 and a conference crowning of 47-34 against Acorn which sets the Sr Lady Tigers at 2-0 in conference play and 6-3 overall.
With the two nights combined, aside from the girls earning 105 points total, the Sr Lady Tigers also garnered 67 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 31 steals. Representing the sophomore squadron on the court for this two-game hoop fest was Natalie Allison, Seven Sanderson, Skylynn Harris, Lita Hecox, and Serenity Brunson. Last season in Jr High play this group was moving mountains and this year is no different. Allison, who snagged 8 points, plays her guard/shooting guard position with pristine focus as she can not only read plays two steps ahead but she can find open shots better than Sacagawea exploring the Louisiana Territory.
The other four sophomores are able to use their height to dominate in the forward/power forward positions. Due to this fact alone, Harris, Sanderson, Hecox, and Brunson are the ultimate basket bodyguards standing so firm in their spots under the net that not even F5 tornado winds could waver them. Harris walked away with 11 points while Sanderson made 2.
Holding down the junior genre is Kiara Thomas, Sadie Roberts, and Sarah Fisher. Combined, this deadly trio brought in 18 points from last week’s matches with Valley Christian and Acorn. Not only can these girls do damage offensively but they are lethal in the defense department as well. Not afraid to get dirty with their dives, jumps, and in your face coverage, the juniors make a game of hockey look like a round of golf.
And then you have the quartet section of seniors who are made up of Chloe Creekmore, Danielle Lillie, Brooke Wright, and Makayla Strutton who spend full matches mopping the floor with their opponents. Strutton was the offensive leader in both games netting 30 points total and bringing her total season points to 115 from a mere nine games. Brooke Wright secured 11 points while defensively she’s a bulldozer not afraid to plow over anybody that gets in her way. Because of her willingness to do whatever it takes to get the ball, Wright has already earned a total of 36 rebounds, 9 steals, and 5 blocks.
Creekmore logged 9 points from this pair of games and thanks to her smooth moves like Jagger, she has been able to bring in a total of 63 points, 53 rebounds, and 10 steals and by the rate that she is going, these numbers will probably be doubled by the end of the month. And with a total of 13 points, is Danielle Lillie who with 26 steals on the season, her playing style is like steam from a tea kettle. There one minute and gone the next.
The Sr Lady Tigers have two big conference games this week to prepare for. First up on Tuesday, December 15 at home is the Future School who the girls have already faced and beat 51-19. Then, the Lady Tigers will head to Lavaca to take on for the first time this season, the Lady Golden Arrows on Thursday, December 17.
