After stealing the 38-22 win last Friday against West Fork, the Mansfield Jr High Lady Tigers clinched the title of conference champions placing them at the one seed for District play. On Monday, February 10, the 3A-1 West Jr High District Tournament kicked off in Lincoln. The #1 seeded Mansfield Lady Tigers stepped up to face the #8 seeded Waldron Lady Bulldogs in Round 1.
Both teams were in it to win it fighting with everything they had but at the end of the day there can only be one winner and the Lady Tigers took the victory with a final score of 43-16. “Captain, Alyson Edwards, led the way for the Lady Tigers with another double-double performance scoring 18 points and 10 rebounds including 8/10 at the free-throw line. The Lady Tigers as a whole went 17/24 at the free-throw line (71%),” stated head coach, Joshua Bryan.
This was Edwards’s third double-double performance of the season. Also helping to move the squad through to the next round was Harlie Fuller with 10 points, Kynslee Ward and Natalie Allison with five points each, Seven Sanderson with three points, and Serenity Brunson with two points. This win upgrades the Jr Lady Tigers to 18-3 in total season play.
The Mansfield Jr Lady Tigers will now move on to the semi-finals round of District play and face the winner of the #4 seeded Elkins Lady Elks and the #5 seeded Lincoln Lady Wolves game. That match will be played on Wednesday, February 12 with the victor moving on to face the Lady Tigers on Thursday, February 13 at 4 p.m.
