The UIL Girls State Basketball Tournament is under way in Austin at the Drum, with one of our own competing for a state title. The Neches Lady Tigers (34-3) tip off today at 7 p.m. against Leggett (29-6). The winner will play the winner of Roby (32-3) and Vega (26-9) at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Class A, Division II championship game. While we try to stay neutral when it comes to covering area schools, I'm not a sportswriter anymore, I'm not covering the games and I taught two years (1998-99 and 1999-2000) at Neches, so .... Go Lady Tigers!!! Paint Austin green.
On the boys' side, two other Anderson County Class A schools are two wins away from Austin. The top-ranked Cayuga Wildcats are playing Bland right now (1:10 p.m.) at Stephen F. Austin State University. The winner plays the winner between Tenaha and Waskom at 10 a.m. Saturday at SFA for the right to advance to state in Division I next weekend. Later this afternoon, the Slocum Mustangs play Avalon in Division II at SFA. The winner will face the winner of the Universal-Laneville game at noon Saturday for the chance to advance to state. Best of luck to both Cayuga and Slocum!!! Let's put Anderson County small school hoops on the map!
For those interested in keeping up on the Internet, our sports editor Scott Tyler is in Nacogdoches covering the two boys games and posting updates on his blog, Inside Pitch, located on the paper's web site. The UIL is posting live updates from the girls state tournament games, so check that site (click Live Scoreboard) later for Neches updates.
As of 1:10 p.m., Cayuga holds a 65-46 lead over Bland in the fourth quarter, according to Scott. Go Cats!
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