Texas High School Basketball - Carthage can't hold off Pine Tree
December 9, 2023: Longview, TX 75608 The Pine Tree Pirates basketball team scored 49 points and held the visiting Carthage Bulldogs to 45 in the Pirates non-league triumph on Saturday.
The Pirates now sport a 8-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Whitehouse for a 5A Region II District 15 contest on Tuesday, December 12. Pine Tree will battle a Wildcats team coming off a 42-29 non-league win over Athens (Athens, TX). The Wildcats record now stands at 11-4.
The Bulldogs (8-8) will now prepare for their contest against Center (Center, TX). The Roughriders enter the 4A Region III District 17 contest with a 10-5 record. In their last contest, Center was nudged by Christian Homeschool Sports Ministries (Spring, TX), 67-57, in a non-league contest.