The Hornets and Lady Hornets were both on the road after their return from Thanksgiving break. The Lady Hornets traveled to Oglesby where they fell to the Lady Tigers by a score of 38-31. Alleigh Ortega led the Lady Hornets with her 9 points followed closely by Pamela Aguilar and America Pardo with 7 points each. Sophia Chavez and Emmalee Pullin had 4 points each. The Lady Hornets will meet the Lady Tigers again next week in the opening round of the Morgan tournament.
The Hornets made a long trip to Garner, Texas to take on a young Longhorn team and came away with a 46-18 win. Diego Muniz had 17 points for the Hornets and freshman Cameron Mitchell had 12 points. Santos Pina played well inside and scored 8 points from the post position. D’Marcus Garcia had 6 points and Ashton Shuemake closed out the Hornets scoring with his 3 points.
The Hornets will host their own tournament this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, December 1,2,3 with games beginning at 3:30 on both Thursday and Friday. Championship Saturday’s games start at 10:00 with the consolation and third place games being played before the boy’s and girl’s championship games starting at 12:40. Games will be played in both gyms.
Teams entered in the 2022 tournament include the host Hornets along with Jonesboro, Evant, Morgan, Hill County, as well as the Gholson girls, the Lingleville boy’s JV and the Whitney boy’s JV. Please plan to come out and support the Hornets as well as the other teams in the tournament.
Football- The Hornets that placed in All-District Honors are as follows:
1st Team Offense:
Jr. #24 Diego Muniz – Utility Back
Soph. #11 Jesse Lamb – Full Back
Soph. #25 Josue Ontiveros – Special Teams
1st Team Defense:
Jr. #24 Diego Muniz – Defensive End
Soph. #11 Jesse Lamb – Linebacker-
2nd Team Offense:
Jr. #7 Adrian Chavez – Tight End
Jr. #32 Santos Pina – Spread Center
Soph. #25 Josue Ontiveros – Spread Back
2nd Team Defense:
Jr. #7 Adrian Chavez – Linebacker
Soph. #25 Josue Ontiveros – Cornerback
Honorable Mention:
Jr. #10 Luis Fraire – Cornerback
