The Tekamah-Herman Boys Basketball team fell 68-25 at home to Fort Calhoun last Thursday night.
The Pioneers led 19-4 after one, and outscored Tekamah-Herman 27-14 in the 2nd quarter to take a 46-18 lead into the locker room.
Fort Calhoun outscored the Tigers 17-2 in the 3rd quarter to lead 63-20 at the end of three.
Both teams scored 5 points in the 4th quarter.
Clay Beaumont had a team-high 6 points for Tekamah-Herman.
Another tough loss for the Tigers to take I'm sure. I really thought Tekamah-Herman had a chance to compete in this one and make it close, but it just didn't happen.
Tekamah-Herman (0-14) takes on North Bend Central (12-2) in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament in North Bend on Saturday.
North Bend Central won 73-66 in overtime at Oakland-Craig Friday night.
This game figures to be another tough challenge for Tekamah-Herman.
I'm not sure what you say to your team at this point other than continue to fight, claw, scrap, and work hard.
Tekamah-Herman has to buy into the idea that upsets happen all the time this time of year, and try and pull off a shocker.
Tekamah-Herman has to remain as positive as they can, and continue to fight and work hard.
Tekamah-Herman has to go out there and give it their all for 4 quarters.
Tekamah-Herman has to do everything possible to upset North Bend Central.
Defending and trying to slow down the likes of John Emanuel, Austin Endorf, and Tanner Wietfeld figures to be extremely difficult for Tekamah-Herman.
Tekamah-Herman has to make it a point to play strong defense, and get steals and create turnovers to get out and run in transition.
Tekamah-Herman has to allow their defense lead to their offense, and also has to do a good job of taking care of the ball.
Tekamah-Herman has to get off to a fast start, and must play a complete game.
Tekamah-Herman has yet to put things all together this year, but you never know when that might happen.
Tekamah-Herman has nothing to lose so they have to play loose and with reckless abandonment against North Bend Central.
Tekamah-Herman shouldn't be nervous or feel any pressure at all.
All the pressure should squarely be on North Bend Central's shoulders.
The Tekamah-Herman Girls Basketball Team won 30-20 at home over Fort Calhoun last Thursday night before falling 53-33 at home to Howells-Dodge Friday night.
Against the Pioneers, Gabby Mercier scored all seven first-quarter points for the Tigers, and all at the foul line, where the Tigers went 13-20.
Mercier led Tekamah-Herman with a career-high 12 points on one three and 9-12 at the foul line and also led T-H with eight steals. Marin Jetensky was held to six points, but ripped down 14 boards and had seven steals.
Head Coach David Eriksen's girls pulled away in the fourth quarter. "I just told them they're going to have to buckle down and start believing in themselves, and good things will happen. And we started to see that in the 4th quarter when started to make some shots, and started attacking the basket, and actually getting to the free throw line and making some more free throws."
Eriksen's Tigers lost their first six games but have turned things around. "Coming in I only returned one starter and two letterwinners. So we have a lot of young girls. And just being a first year head coach it took half the season to figure everybody out. And I really like where we're sitting right now. We're definitely a different team than we were at the beginning of the year."
The Jaguars led the Tigers 15-4 after one, and won the 2nd quarter 14-11 to lead 29-15 at halftime.
Tekamah-Herman outscored Howells-Dodge 14-9 in the 3rd quarter to make it a 38-29 game at the end of three.
The Jaguars outscored the Tigers 15-4 in the 4th quarter.
Jetensky had 13 points to lead Tekamah-Herman while Mercier scored 11.
I thought the Tigers did enough to win over Fort Calhoun and played good for two quarters against the Jaguars. Now it's a matter of becoming consistently good for 4 quarters if you are Tekamah-Herman.
The Tigers (6-13) take on BRLD (13-4) in Lyons in the first round of the East Husker Conference Tournament Friday night.
The Wolverines fell 60-46 at Stanton on Saturday.
BRLD beat Tekamah-Herman 48-25 at home on January 5th.
I feel the Tigers are playing better basketball since that time, but the Wolverines are simply consistent.
An upset can definitely happen here, but Tekamah-Herman has to play out of their minds.
The Tigers have to defend the way they did the first time around and pick up the offense.
Tekamah-Herman is going to need to at least score in the 40's to have a chance to win, in my opinion.
BRLD has so much firepower offensively and can score at will and at anytime so the Tigers have to be wary of and watch out for that.
Tekamah-Herman simply has to go into this game believing.
The Tigers have to believe they can and must expect to win when they take the floor.
Tekamah-Herman is beyond moral victories and losing.
The Tigers have to want to win this one, and have to want to win it badly.
Tekamah-Herman has to play as if their season is on the line because soon it will be.
The Tigers have to find a way to play good, consistent basketball for four quarters.
Tekamah-Herman has to play without fear and not be afraid of the Wolverines.
The Tigers have nothing to lose and should feel no pressure whatsoever.
Tekamah-Herman has to go out there and play loose and carefree, and see what happens.
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