The Hohenfels Tigers and AFNORTH Lions' boys basketball teams shake hands at the conclusion of Friday's game, which was held at Hohenfels. The Tigers beat the Lions 59-28. (Immanuel Johnson/Stars and Stripes)
The Hohenfels Tigers and AFNORTH Lions' boys basketball teams shake hands at the conclusion of Friday's game, which was held at Hohenfels. The Tigers beat the Lions 59-28. (Immanuel Johnson/Stars and Stripes)
Hohenfels' Deshawn Herold-Adams shoots a layup during Friday's boys basketball game versus the AFNORTH Lions, which was held at Hohenfels. The Tigers beat the Lions 59-28. (Immanuel Johnson/Stars and Stripes)
AFNORTH's Alan Goldsmith blocks a shot during Friday's basketball game against the Hohenfels Tigers, which was held at Hohenfels. The Tigers came out victorious in the game. (Immanuel Johnson/Stars and Stripes)
Hohenfels Tiger Mason Morcilla scores against the AFNORTH Lions during Friday's boys basketball game, which was held at Hohenfels. The Tigers beat the Lions 59-28. (Immanuel Johnson/Stars and Stripes)
The Hohenfels Tigers and AFNORTH Lions' boys basketball teams tip-off at Friday's game, which was held at Hohenfels. The Hohenfels Tigers came out victorious in the game. (Immanuel Johnson/Stars and Stripes)
Karlie Perez from Hohenfels shoots the ball during Friday's game between AFNORTH's and Hohenfels' girls varsity basketball teams, which was held at Hohenfels. The AFNORTH Lions won the game. (Immanuel Johnson/Stars and Stripes)
Tori Morris from AFNORTH runs the ball during Friday, January 10, 2020, game between AFNORTH and Hohenfels' girls varsity basketball teams, which was held at Hohenfels. The AFNORTH Lions came out victorious against the Hohenfels Tigers girls varsity team. (Immanuel Johnson/Stars and Stripes)
HOHENFELS, Germany – In a pair of basketball matchups between big cats Friday, the tigers and lions each claimed a victory.
GirlsAFNORTH 51, Hohenfels 26: This game was all about the Lions, who scored 11 in the first quarter and it only went uphill from there.
“We practice and play with intensity; I think we did a pretty good job at carrying that out,” AFNORTH coach Matt Wise said. “A big part of what we tell them is to take small steps forward each day.”
Sophomore Tori Morris led the way, scoring 30 points.
“We always give it our all every quarter and never back down,” Morris said. “If they [teammates] do something good we encourage them.”
Steph Freundner added seven points for AFNORTH with Johanne Sandall and Trinity Ato combining for 13 rebounds. June Smith led Hohenfels with 17 points.
BoysHohenfels 59, AFNORTH 28: Junior Deshawn Herold-Adams had 18 points and the Tigers led 16-2 after the first quarter and 34-9 at halftime.
“We weren’t getting a lot of offensive sets and that was a problem. I tell my team to go 110 percent all the time,” Hohenfels coach Joel McDonald said. “We just got a couple guys back from being hurt, we have Aviano coming next Friday.”
“It was just trying to get the team involved and play good defense,” Herold-Adams said. “We were just trying to talk to each other and hype each other up and go from there.”
Hohenfels’ Caleb Love scored 10 points and Kim Robin came just behind with eight. For the Lions, they were led by Tyler Quick with eight points.
The Tigers are getting ready to play Aviano next weekend. AFNORTH travels to Baumholder in a four-team matchup that also features Alconbury and Brussels.
Manny covers the U.S. military in Bavaria and Central Europe for Stars and Stripes. A Seattle, Washington native, he’s an alumnus of the Defense Information School, American Public University and Liberty University.
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