The Tekamah-Herman Boys lost 42-35 at home to Clarkson/Leigh Thursday night.
The Patriots led 14-9 at the end of one. Clarkson/Leigh doubled up Tekamah-Herman 12-6 in the second quarter to take a 26-15 lead into the locker room.
The Patriots won the third quarter 9-8 to lead 35-23 at the end of three.
The Tigers outscored Clarkson/Leigh 12-7 in the fourth quarter.
Dustin Pickell led all scorers with 20 points.
Head Coach Zach Rosenboom only has 9 boys out for basketball and four of them are freshmen. "We're very young. We have a lot of inexperience. Not just varsity experience. Just playing basketball experience. And I mean you get out here on a Thursday night and the crowd's here and what not. That's hard for a 14 year to come out and do that. I mean we started 3 freshmen."
Rosenboom says his team being winless is not for a lack of trying. "No knock on these guys. These guys are playing extremely hard. And they show up and they have a great attitude. They give their maximum effort. They're giving me everything they got. And I can't say enough about those kids."
Tekamah-Herman (0-12) will face off with Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family (14-2) on the road in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament Saturday night at 6:00.
The Bulldogs won 71-36 at home over Elgin Public/Pope John Thursday night.
This is going to be an extremely difficult and tough matchup/game for the Tigers.
Tekamah-Herman is so young and doesn't have a lot of kids out, and that makes it tough to compete.
These boys have to grind and remain tough and resilient though, and continue to grow and get better.
The Tigers have to play tough and go right at Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family.
Tekamah-Herman has to be aggressive on offense and defense, and attack, attack, attack, and pressure, pressure, pressure the ball.
The only problem with that is kids could wear out and get tired due to not having a lot of time to rest.
The Tigers have to be ready to play hard and get after things though. These tough times and losses are very good experience for these players at the very least.
Tekamah-Herman has to hang in there and continue to work hard and persevere.
Brighter days are ahead for the Tigers, and I think sometimes in life you have to go through time times to get to and appreciate the good.
Tekamah-Herman is certainly taking their lumps this season, but I think what the Tigers are going through right now is only going to help them in the future.
We'll see what Tekamah-Herman can do in this tournament. Perhaps the Tigers will rematch with the Patriots and knock off Clarkson/Leigh this time around.
That's what Tekamah-Herman may have to hope for if they don't upset the Bulldogs.
Saturday's game is set to start at 6:00 p.m.
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