Basketball Weekly for Central Region
Another week of high school basketball is in the books, and it did not disappoint. C.H. Yoe Yoemen improved to 5-6 on the season, going undefeated at the Moody Tournament. The Lady Yoe sit at 7-7 so far this season. They begin district play this coming Friday against neighboring Rockdale.
Chilton Pirates are still getting their “sea legs” underneath them, and are currently 2-2 on the season. The Lady Pirates are 11-6 this year, after competing in the 2025 Cougar Classic at Leon High School. The Lady Pirates are 4-1 against teams that start with the letter G. So they should fare well when they face Gonzales on the 29th. The girls open district play this Friday, hosting Axtell.
The Marlin Bulldogs are 4-8 after picking up a couple of wins at the 2025 Cougar Classic. The Lady Bulldogs sit at 8-7. The girls open district play this Friday evening at Moody.
The Milano Eagles hope to turn things around after starting this year at 06. The Lady Eagles (3-14) took third place this past weekend at the Granger Tournament. Looks like the Lady Eagles are starting to gain some momentum with district play starting this Friday.
The 7-4 Rosebud-Lott Cougars competed in the 2025 Cougar Classic over the weekend. It was their second tournament of the season with one more to go before district play starts the first of the year. The Lady Cougars also competed in the 2025 Cougar Classic, picking up a couple of wins against Richards and Round Top-Carmine. The team starts district play on the road this Friday evening against McDade.
Hats off to the Thorndale Bulldogs after defeating Lexington in the championship of this year’s Coach Lieberman Classic basketball tournament. The Bulldogs stand at 10-2 so far this season. The JV Maroon boys were crowned the JV Thorndale Tournament champions. Meanwhile, the Lady Dogs came in fourth at the Tilden Tournament. Lady Dogs Kyla Daniell and Malayya Dodson were named to the All-Tournament Team. Turned out to be a great weekend for the Thorndale young men and women basketball teams!
Here’s a look at last week’s results, and upcoming games for this week and early next week.
Boys December 9
Jarrell 59, C.H. Yoe 43 Hearne 77, Marlin 60 Snook 59, Milano 35 Rosebud-Lott 72, Wortham 48 Lampasas 51, Thorndale 44 December 11
C.H. Yoe 61, Holland 35 (Moody Tournament) C.H. Yoe 64, Aquilla 39 Burnet 74, Marlin 41 (2025 Cougar Classic) Marlin 57, West 45 Rosebud-Lott 54, Cross Roads 19 (2025 Cougar Classic) Rosebud-Lott 38, Bremond 34 Thorndale 72, Tenaha 32 (Coach Lieberman Classic) December 12 Marlin 42, Hillsboro 24 Iola 56, Rosebud-Lott
53
Rosebud-Lott wins tourney game, 52-50 Thorndale 37, Port Aransas 36
December 13
C.H. Yoe 70, Troy 47 Concordia Lutheran 64, Marlin 36 Richards 78, Rosebud-Lott 37 Thorndale 49, Lexington 40 Upcoming Games Boys December 16
C.H. Yoe at Chilton, 4 p.m.
Marlin at Waco Connally, 7:30 p.m. Milano at Caldwell, 6:30 p.m.
Rosebud-Lott at Hubbard, 6:15 p.m. Lorena at Thorndale, 6:30 p.m.
December 18 Rosebud-Lott at
Rogers, 6:15 p.m.
December 19
Coolidge at Chilton, 5
p.m.
Marlin at Robinson, 3 p.m.
Northeast Early College at Thorndale, 7:30 p.m.
December 22
Marlin at Mexia, 1:30 p.m.
Iola at Rosebud-Lott, 12:15 p.m.
Girls December 9
C.H. Yoe 45, Thorndale
31 Keene 55, Chilton 38 Marlin 48, Palestine 40 Caldwell 47, Milano 19 Rosebud-Lott 28, Normangee 25 C.H. Yoe 45, Thorndale
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December 11
Hillsboro 65, Chilton 42 (2025 Cougar Classic) Concordia Lutheran 37, Chilton 26 Crawford 34, Milano 7 (Granger Tournament) Rosebud-Lott 75, Richards 16 McMullen County 32, Thorndale 30 (OT) Thorndale 27, Natlia 17 December 12
Hempstead 60, C.H.
Yoe 55 Lexington 49, Milano
30
Mart 48, Milano 6 Rosebud-Lott 55, Round Top-Carmine 31 Thorndale 39, Freer 28 Danbury 49, Thorndale 34
December 13
Chilton 54, Gatesville
45
Chilton 50, Groesbeck
36 Upcoming Games Girls December 16
Rockdale at C.H. Yoe, 6:15 p.m.*
Axtell at Chilton, 6:15 p.m.*
Marlin at Moody, 6:15 p.m.*
McDade at Milano, 6 p.m.*
Thorndale at Bartlett, 6:30 p.m.*
December 19
C.H. Yoe at Academy, TBD Bruceville-Eddy Marlin, 5 p.m.*
Milano at Thorndale, 6 p.m.*
Rosebud-Lott McDade, 6 p.m.*
*District Game