Three White Oak Players + Two Douglass Players Named to State All-Tournament Teams
A trio of White Oak basketball standouts joined a pair of brothers from Douglass as UIL state basketball all-tournament team selections.
A trio of White Oak basketball standouts joined a pair of brothers from Douglass as UIL state basketball all-tournament team selections.
AUSTIN -- A six-minute, 10-second drought cost Douglass dearly in Saturday's Class A Division II state championship game.
White Oak coach Ron Boyett
AUSTIN -- With 57.4 seconds remaining in a tied Class 2A state championship game, White Oak stalled, spread the floor, and cast its lot with its 5-foot-7 senior point guard.
Class A Division II
State Championship
Douglass Indians (30-6)
vs.
Roxton Lions (29-4)
7 p.m. Saturday
Frank Erwin Center, Austin
Coaches
Road To Austin
Douglass
AUSTIN -- Bryce started it. Reed finished it.
Class 2A
State Championship
Brock Eagles (32-6)
vs.
White Oak Roughnecks (36-1)
1:30 p.m. Saturday
Frank Erwin Center, Austin
Coaches
Road To Austin
Brock
AUSTIN -- Anytime a team has "defending state champions" before its name, you can bet that team has experience. Ron Boyett's White Oak Roughnecks are no different.
AUSTIN -- One more game. Friday morning in Austin, White Oak ensured itself of that and a chance to defend its Class 2A state championship crown.
Finding a team at this weekend's UIL boys state basketball tournament that maneuvered a more difficult road to its classification's final four than Douglass would be difficult.