Salado Eagles split their non-district games last week, beating Lampasas easily on the road, 72-43 and falling to Connally at home.

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Josh Goings grabbed a missed free throw by Bandera’s Liam DeMarchi with less than a minute left in overtime of the Salado Eagles’ Championship game in the Rockport-Fulton basketball tournament, drove the length of the court and hit Darius Wilson under the basket to put the Eagles up 49-47. With less than half a minute left in overtime, Goings hit the front end of a one-and-one to put Salado up 50-47. 

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Salado Varsity Eagles won the Coach Smith basketball tournament, bouncing back from a close loss at home to Wimberly.

Coach Smith Tournament

SHS 58

NHS 48

Salado started the Coach Smith Tournament with a 58-48 win over Navarro, leading 13-11 after the first and 27-20 at the half. 

Goings led Salado with 21 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 deflections, 5 steals and a block. Stump had double figures with 16 points, 5 rebounds and an assist.

Also scoring for the Eagles were Ihler, 6 points, 9 rebounds and an assist; Wilson, 6 points, 3 rebounds and an assist; Brandon English, 3 points and a rebound; Hutton Haire, 2 points and 2 rebounds; Self, 2 points, a rebound and 2 deflections and Miller, 2 points and 2 deflections.

SHS 58

GHS 50

In the evening game, Salado beat Gatesville 58-50 on Dec. 2. The Eagles extended a slim 14-13 lead to 38-20 at the half before holding on for the win.

Goings led the Eagles with 17 points, 3 rebounds, 7 deflections and 6 steals. Ihler had double figures with 11 points, 5 rebounds and a steal.

Also scoring for the Eagles were Stump, 5 points, 5 rebounds, a deflection and a steal; Self, 4 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks, a deflection and a block; Pitcock, 4 points, 3 steals, 2 deflections and an assist; Sirmon, 2 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and a deflection; Miller, 2 points, 5 rebounds, and an assist; Pettigrew, 2 points, 5 rebounds, a deflection and a steal; Wilson, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, a deflection and a steal.

SHS 44

CSHS 38

Salado Eagles started Dec. 3 with a 44-38 over China Spring. The Eagles outscored the Cougars 14-7 in the second quarter to take a 25-20 halftime lead. 

Goings led the Eagles with 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 deflections and 2 steals. Ihler followed with 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 deflections and 3 steals.

Also scoring were Sirmon, 5 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists; Stump, 5 points, 2 rebounds and a steal; Wilson, 4 points, 7 rebounds and a deflection; Self, 2 points, a rebound and a deflection; Pettigrew, 1 point, 3 rebounds, a deflection and a steal and Pitcock, 4 rebounds.

SHS 62

LASA 49

Salado Eagles beat the Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy 62-49 in their second game Dec. 3. The Eagles led 36-28 at the half.

Goings scored 20 points to lead the Eagles, adding 4 rebounds, 5 deflections, 5 assists and 3 steals. Ihler had double figures as well with 13 points, 6 rebounds and an assist. Sirmon also had double figures, scoring 12 points and adding 2 assists, 3 steals and a deflection.

Also scoring for the Eagles were Pettigrew, 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 deflections, 2 steals and an assist; Self, 5 rebounds and 2 assists; Stump, 3 points, 5 rebounds and a deflection; Pitcock, 2 points, Hutton Haire, 5 rebounds and Wilson, 3 rebounds an assist and a deflection.

SHS 50

CHS 45

Salado overcame a 25-27 halftime deficit to beat John B. Connally, 50-45, in the championship game Dec. 4.

Goings led the Eagles with 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, deflection, 3 steals and a block. Self followed with 11 points, 11 rebounds and a block. Wilson had 10 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal.

Also scoring for Salado were Sirmon, 9 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists; Stump, 2 points and 5 rebounds and Pitcock and Haire each grabbed a rebound.

SHS 70

WHS 75

Salado Eagles allowed Wimberly to score 28 points in the fourth quarter for a come-from-behind win Nov. 30. The Texans led 16-12 after the first and 34-28 at the half before Salado rallied for a 28-point third quarter to lead 56-44 going into the fourth.

Josh Goings led Salado with a double-double of 24 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and a deflection. Brady Ihler also had a double-double, scoring 19 points, grabbing 12 rebounds and contributing 2 assists.

Also scoring for the Eagles were Noah Self, 9 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists; Cayden Stump, 7 points, 7 rebounds; Darius Wilson, 4 points, a steal and a deflection; Caleb Sirmon and Owen Pitcock, 2 points and a rebound each; Nolan Miller, 2 points, and Isaac Pettigrew, 1 point and a rebound.

Salado Eagles are 2-1 as they go into the Thanksgiving break. In play last week, Salado saw Josh Goings set the single game scoring record for SHS boys basketball.

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Salado Eagles blew out the Smithville Tigers 66-41 in the bi-district round of the UIL 4A boys basketball playoffs Feb. 20.

They face the  Connally Cadets, a team they beat 55-45 Dec. 19, at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at Lorena High School in the Area round (after presstime for this edition).

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Salado Eagles varsity basketball team is clearly in the driver’s seat of District 19-4A, having beaten every opponent in the loop. Most of the games haven’t even been close with the Eagles winning four of the five district games by double figures.

The Eagles are 16-4 on the year and 5-0 in district play (as of presstime).

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Salado Eagles 53

Lampasas 59

Salado Eagles lost a home game to Lampasas Jan. 5.

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