Paris basketball season has come to an end for both the boys and girls programs after courageous efforts by both teams in the 3A Region 1 Tournament last week.
The Lady Eagles returned to the regional tournament this year for the first time in three seasons. The team more than doubled their season total of wins over each of the past two previous seasons. The boys team, playing the top-ranked team in Class 3A, the Bergman Panthers, came within two minutes of producing the biggest upset of the tournament. Both teams can be extremely proud of their seasons and how they finished post-season play in 2023.
Both the Eagles and Lady Eagles played the 2022-23 season with new, first-year head coaches. Andrew Tencleve, in his first year from Cedarville, did an outstanding job with the Eagles. Jonathan Vire, in his first year as head coach of the Lady Eagles after being promoted from assistant coach, turned the Lady Eagles around after having experienced two consecutive seasons of fewer than ten wins overall each season.
RNN Sports congratulates the Paris Eagles and Lady Eagles on fine seasons, and we look forward to covering them again next season!
