CELESTE —
Celeste’s Lady Devils avenged their only loss of the season with a 45-23 victory over Caddo Mills in the championship game of the Celeste Invitational basketball tournament on Saturday.
Morgan Lewis pumped in 18 points and Haley Trentham 12 as the Lady Devils reversed a 41-29 loss to Caddo Mills in the second game of the season. Celeste is now 15-1 after winning its third tournament title of the season.
“I’m very proud of them,” said Celeste coach Amy Herron. “We played super defense. They executed and stuck to the game plan. It’s probably been a long time since they’ve won three tournaments in a row, same season.”
Celeste limited Caddo Mills to only six points in the second half.
Lewis, who scored 49 points in the tournament, claimed the most valuable player and top gun awards.
Trentham was also on the all-tournament team along with Tiffany Crossland, who scored seven points in the championship game.
All-tournament selection Hannah Hopkins led Caddo Mills with six points, while Olivia McKarns and Jaylynn Gracy both added five points. Gracy also made the all-tournament team.
No. 25 state-ranked Honey Grove outdefensed Lone Oak in the boys championship game, 35-27.
All-tournament selection Hussian Jubai led the Warriors with nine points and the boys MVP, Jeremy Patt, tossed in six points.
All-tournament selection Sawyer Zachary topped the Buffaloes with 10 points and Clint Mahand added nine. Coleton Lasseter also made the all-tournament team for Lone Oak.
Hunter Jordan of Boles claimed the boys top gun award after scoring 43 points in the tournament.
Celeste Invitational Tournament
Saturday’s results
Boys championship game
Honey Grove 10 19 3 13 —35
Lone Oak 11 5 1 10 —27
HG: Hussian Jubai 9, Jeremy Patt 6, Cole Cunningham 5, Charles Sanders 4, Hunter Templeton 4, Aaron Foster 3, Demonatre Finney 2, Mo Chacon 2.
LO: Sawyer Zachary 10, Clint Mahand 9, Ethan Fite 3, Trent Sikes 2, Coleton Lasseter 2, Cody Hardin 1.
Girls championship game
Caddo Mills 8 9 4 2 —23
Celeste 12 13 9 11 —45
CM: Hannah Hopkins 6, Olivia McKarns 5, Jaylynn Gracy 5.
C: Morgan Lewis 18, Haley Trentham 12, Tiffany Crossland 7, Madalyne Pearce 5, Rachel Myers 2, Erica Jordan 1.
Record: C 15-1.
Boys third place
Caddo Mills 18 25 22 10 —75
Fannindel 4 7 10 14 —35
CM: Jordan Dixon 6, Damian Newby 11, Michael Craig 8, Johnathan Gillispie 6, Jacob Tillett 6, Cory Johnson 5, Andreas Ibarra 2, Garrett Cox 2, Jordan Bicknell 5, Daxx Hill 18, Tyler Spradlin 6.
F: Quincy Cuba 6, Damonte Scott 2, Akeyl Caesar 3, T.J. Erwin 6, Andrew Mills 8, Stephen Lock 4, Chris Day 2, Cody LeMay 4.
Girls third place
Bells 5 8 9 15 —37
Lone Oak 6 15 16 6 —43
B: Caylee DuVall 2, Katie Shults 7, Macy Sanders 8, Emily Fagan 13, Carlee Shelby 7.
LO: Alyssa Busby 17, Alexa Wallen 8, Hanah Nichol 8, Sara Richardson 6, Chelsea Rigsby 4.
Boys consolation
Wolfe City 10 9 7 10 —36
Boles 13 15 13 17 —58
WC: Cody Harbin 5, Hunter Bostick 8, Malik Gaffney 3, Tim Lloyd 3, Colton Quirl 3, Justin Wilkinson 8, Andre Brown 6.
B: Hunter Jordan 19, Ross Bostick 11, Caleb Samples 9, Bailey Isom 9, Austin Morgan 2, Cameron Walker 8.
Girls consolation
Honey Grove 15 12 0 10 —37
Boles 0 0 4 2 —6
HG: Jamie Wilson 2, Elizabeth Johnson 8, Ashley Reyna 2, Caaiti Warren 3, Lyndsey Lewis 6, Allyiah Daniels 12.
B: Mariah Helmberger 2, Rachel Helmberger 4.
Boys seventh place
Celeste 5 9 14 6 —34
Savoy 9 3 14 12 —38
C: Tim Herman 6, Robert Vankirk 2, Cody Evans 2, Dalton Edge 4, Keaton Hubbard 1, Austin Shatto 9, Justin Bennett 2, Colton Smith 4, Jordan Wright 4.
S: Brayden Phillips 2, Tanner Garrison 3, Kaden Kumler 6, Taylor Bigbee 10, Bradley Cragg 3, Hunter Franklin 13.
Girls seventh place
Fannindel 3 12 7 9 3 —35
Savoy 3 10 6 12 6 —37
F: Shakira Cuba 1, Tynaelen Braxton 6, Sabreshia King 6, Chatorian Lock 16, Stevie Earls 7.
S: Katie Gibson 3, Melissa Vance 4, Hanna White 4, Rhianne Sweet 9, Lindsey Stone 17.
Boys all-tournament
Damian Newby, Caddo Mills
Zach Cunningham, Honey Grove
Hussian Jubai, Honey Grove
Sawyer Zachary, Lone Oak
Coleton Lasseter, Lone Oak
MVP — Jeremy Patt, Honey Grove
Top gun — Hunter Jordan, Boles, 43 points; Daxx Hill, Caddo Mills, 39.
Girls all-tournament
Alyssa Busby, Lone Oak
Jaylynn Gracy, Caddo Mills
Hannah Hopkins, Caddo Mills
Haley Trentham, Celeste
Tiffany Crossland, Celeste
MVP — Morgan Lewis, Celeste
Top gun — Morgan Lewis, Celeste, 49 points; Lizzy Johnson, Honey Grove, 46.
Greenville 75,
Thomas Jefferson 49
PRINCETON — The Greenville Lions bounced back from a loss to Sherman with a 75-49 victory over Thomas Jefferson of Dallas on Saturday at the Princeton tournament.
Collen Wilburn banked in 14 points and Dartannon Wilson chipped in 12 for the Lions in the win over Jefferson.
District 13-4A rival Sherman beat the Lions 57-50 in Greenville’s first game on Saturday. The Lions were missing a couple of their players, who later rejoined them for the second game.
“The last game we played good defense and we executed offensively,” said Lions coach Marcus Smith.
Wilburn led the Lions against Sherman with 25 points and Brad Mulkey added 10.
Princeton tournament
Boys game
Sherman 11 31 10 15 —57
Greenville 5 10 22 13 —50
S: Alex Polk 15, J.T. Luper 4, Tray Bowen 5, Armon Jones 6, Jlynn Thompson 5, Tre Mask 13, T.J. Ball 9, Stetson Sullivan 10.
G: Chris Bazor 2, Marlon Mack 5, Jerry Dickeson 5, Brady Mulkey 10, Marquise Taylor 2, Collen Wilburn 25.
Boys game
Greenville 16 15 18 26 —75
Thomas Jefferson 7 18 17 7 —49
G: Kadeem Jimmerson 1, Taylor Kinney 3, Justin Wade 4, Brady Mulkey 6, Jason Thomas 4, Darion Neal 8, Chris Bazor 9, Jerry Dickeson 9, Dartannon Wilson 12, Collen Wilburn 14.
TJ: Mays 26, Mendez 2, Baylor 2, Smith 1, Redfer 10, Betzers 8.
Record: G 6-8.
Next game: Greenville at John Tyler, Tuesday.
Junior varsity boys
Princeton 15 13 13 14 —55
Greenville 11 13 14 13 —51
G: Derren Wilson 21, Brandon Forbes 13.
Freshman boys
Frisco Lone Star 6 9 7 7 —29
Greenville 10 10 6 14 —40
LS: Delay 11.
G: Spencer Gilbert 12, Treveon Heard 6, Cole Mulkey 6.
Campbell (girls) 57
Cumby 36
SULPHUR SPRINGS — The Campbell Lady Indians downed Cumby 57-36 on Saturday to claim consolation honors in the North Hopkins tournament.
Haley Davidson fired in a game-high 26 points for Campbell.
Kayla Akers topped Cumby with 14 points.
North Hopkins tournament
Campbell 18 16 15 8 —57
Cumby 12 7 12 5 —36
Ca: Haley Davidson 26, Sarah Taylor 12, Breanna Ashmore 7, Jordan Davidson 5, Kaylin Stigall 4, Caitlin Branton 2, Emily Ashmore 1.
C: Kayla Akers 14, Candice Horrocks 12, Kaylee Giles 6, Madison Thomas 4.
Record: Ca 7-7.
Next game: Campbell at Ector, Tuesday.
Quinlan Ford (girls) 68,
Spring Hill 66
EDGEWOOD — Quinlan Ford’s Lady Panthers won two games this weekend at the Edgewood tournament.
Ford nipped Longview Spring Hill 68-66 on Saturday and downed Millsap 51-41 on Friday.
Jessika Keeton pumped in a game-high 24 points to lead the Lady Panthers against Spring Hill, while teammate Jade Patton fired in 13 and Taylor Elrod added 11.
Edgewood tournament
Saturday’s game
Quinlan Ford 19 21 15 13 —68
Spring Hill 14 10 26 16 —66
QF: Jade Patton 13, Taylor Elrod 11, Courtney Hall 3, Ariel Hernandez 3, Jessika Keeton 24, Christian Hearn 2, Carley Torbert 9, Shelby Reeves 3, Brittany Smith 3.
SH: Audrey Popelar 6, Ann Hollas 10, Mikai Brown 3, Jacey Fleet 17, Leslie Blevins 12, Madison Martin 18.
Record: QF 12-6.
Friday’s game
Quinlan Ford 11 17 14 9 —51
Millsap 11 7 6 17 —41
QF: Ariel Smith 4, Taylor Elrod 7, Courtney Hall 6, Ariel Hernandez 10, Jessika Keeton 19, Carley Torbert 3, Brittany Smith 2.
M: Mikelyn Kruger 15, Hannah Hobson 9, Sydney Herbel 5, Lauren Power 4, Melissa Jones 2.
Sports
Celeste, Honey Grove claim Celeste titles
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
- Sports
-
-
Bobby Holley shoots 720 series
Bobby Holley led all league bowlers for the past week at DB's Sports Grill & Bowling in Greenville with a 720 series in the Guys Night Out league. Holley's high game was a 268.
Kerry Sheehan led the women with a 552 series in the Monday Summer Mix.
-
A&M-Commerce adds softball to athletic program
Coming soon, Texas A&M University-Commerce will no longer be the only school in the Lone Star Conference to not have a softball program.
A&M-Commerce President Dan Jones made the announcement during a press conference held inside the Alumni Center on Monday.
“I am thrilled about the addition of this program,” he said, mentioning that A&M-Commerce is one of the oldest universities in Texas and the only charter member left of the original LSC. “As long as we’ve been here, we’ve never had a womens softball program.” -
No. 1 Pilot Point stops Commerce
Pilot Point’s Skylar Cagle showed why she’s one of the state’s top pitchers while leading the Lady Bearcats to a sweep over Commerce in a Class 2A regional semifinal softball series on Friday night.
Cagle struck out 22 batters in 14 innings as No. 1 state-ranked Pilot Point won 1-0 and 3-2 to advance to the regional finals. Cagle improved her season record to 23-0 as Pilot Point upped its team mark to 36-2.
Commerce finished the season with a 27-7 record after advancing the farthest in the playoffs in school history.
-
Commerce Lady Tigers to face No. 1 ranked team
Tonight the Commerce Lady Tigers will play Pilot Point, the No. 1 ranked softball team in the state.
But to Commerce Jeff Davidson, it’ll be just another game.
“It’s still another game,” he said. “It’s their best against our best.”
The Lady Tigers will face Pilot Point at 6 p.m. in Mount Pleasant at Northeast Texas Community College in the first game of a best-of-three Class 2A regional semifinal playoff series. Game two is set for 8:30 p.m. and if need be, game three is at 10 a.m. on Saturday. -
Northeast Texas Trail ride planned
The organizers of the new Northeast Texas Trail (NETT) have scheduled its inaugural event to introduce the multi-use trail to potential users.
On Saturday at 7 am, teams of cyclists and equestrians will begin separate relays from trailheads in New Boston and Farmersville. The meeting point will be Love Civic Center in Paris (2025 S. Collegiate Dr.). Estimated time of arrival is at 2:30 p.m. Golden spikes will be driven into the ground at various points along the route which was originally a railroad corridor. -
Wilson wins gold, silver at state track meet
Buck Wilson of Commerce won gold and silver medals this weekend at the state meet while Rains pole vaulter Charlotte Brown won over a lot of hearts.
-
GHS athletics hands out awards
The Greenville Lions held their Athletic Banquet at the Greenville High School Auditorium Saturday evening.
-
Storms test area athletes' patience
Patience was a necessity for local athletes competing on Friday at the University Interscholastic League State Track and Field Championships in Austin.
-
Local MMA fighters set to compete
Three members of Chop Shop Mixed Martial Arts, a Greenville-based mixed martial arts gym, will compete on May 11 in Ascend Combat’s Mayhem 3 in Shreveport, La.
-
Royse City runner seeks to improve at state meet
Last year Ulisses Lopez of Royse City took fifth in the Class 4A 800-meter run at the University Interscholastic League State Track and Field Championships in Austin.
- More Sports Headlines
-
Bobby Holley shoots 720 series





