The hope was that once district 3-2A play began, the fortunes of the JHHS girls and boys basketball season would take a turn for the better. It hasn’t. Both Tiger squads lost their first two district games of the season this past week falling to Lakeview and Mansfield leaving JHHS still in search of their first victory of 2024.  

Tuesday, January 9th:

Lakeview 56 JHHS 22 (Girls):  The Lady Tigers had no answer for Timberlyn Washington who scored 38 points to pace Lakeview to the easy victory in the district 3-2A opener for both teams. Nesha Johnson scored 6 to lead J-H with Morgan McGee, Sanaa Tatum, Jalenya Jackson and Angel Moss all finishing with four points each. 

Lakeview 63 JHHS 21 (Boys): It was over early as Lakeview raced to a 24-4 first quarter lead that ballooned to 49-13 advantage at the half. Za”Mauryian Palmer scored 9 points to lead the offensively challenged Tigers, who set a new low in scoring for the year. Daelen Boston and DaMarrious Burns scored 4 each followed by 3 points from Samuel Combs. Ariy’un Bradford and Dylan Hayes also tallied two apiece. 

Friday, January 12th:

Mansfield 52 JHHS 9 (Girls): After setting a new season low the game before the Lady Tigers were held to single digits in scoring for the first time in over a decade. Sanaa Tatum had five points for JHHS with Neesha Johnson and Jalenya Jackson scoring two each. 

Mansfield 67 JHHS 51 (Boys): The good news was that JHHS came within one point of their season best in scoring. The bad was that they gave up the most points they have all season. Two Tigers reached double digits in scoring with Dewayne Palmer and DaMarious Burns canning 13 and 11 points respectively. Za’Mauryian Palmer finished with 8 points while both Dylan Hayes and Daelen Boston scored seven each. D’Marrian Thompson finished with four points and Samuel Combs hit a pair of free throws to round out the Tiger scoring, who lost for the 9th straight time.

District 3-2A standings (Girls)

District 3-2A Standings (Boys)