Staff photo by Jake Daniels/Chattanooga Times Free Press — Feb 17, 2011
Tyner’s Travis Jones, No. 5, advances up the court against East Ridge’s Eric Traylor, no. 3, during Thursday night’s game. The Tyner High School boys basketball team played against East Ridge High School on Thursday night at Tyner.The East Ridge Pioneers have played on occasions like a basketball team that one would not expect to be seeded only sixth in an eight-team tournament. Thursday at Tyner was not one of them.
The third-seeded Rams used a swarming defensive effort in defeating the Pioneers 61-30 in an opening-round game in the District 6-AA high school tournament
Tyner (15-5) will play in Saturday’s semifinals at East Hamilton against second-seeded Red Bank at 5 p.m. The Lions advanced by beating seventh seed Hixson 88-50.
Tyner’s second-seeded girls also played at home Thursday and move on to a semifinal by defeating seventh-seeded Central 53-36. The Lady Rams (17-6) will play Saturday at East Hamilton at 3:30 against today’s winner between Hixson and third-seeded Brainerd.
It didn’t seem to matter whether Tyner boys’ coach Gerald Harris had his team in a man-to-man defense or a 3-2 zone. Both were effective.