BHS boys earn three wins at BISD tourney

Boerne High picked up three wins at the Boerne ISD Holiday Basketball Tournament held Monday and Tuesday.

The BHS boys played four games and went 3-1 at the event to stand at 13-9 overall. The Greyhounds were off Friday and host Pieper Tuesday as they resume district play.

At the tourney, Boerne opened up with Roosevelt and roughed up the Roughriders, 67-57.

Later that day, BHS suffered its only loss to El Paso Burgess, 62-60, on Monday night.

BHS returned to action Tuesday and soared past the Pleasanton Eagles, 59-42, before closing it out with a one-point victory over Corpus Christi Ray.

It’s the second time they’ve played Ray this year and Tuesday’s victory avenged an earlier loss to the Texans.

Boerne was trailing by 5 points late, but Slade Salinas hit a 3 for the Hounds to cut the lead to two points. Salinas was fouled on a 3-pointer on their next trip down the court and made two free throws to tie it up.

Ray made a free throw with time winding down for a 55-54 lead, but Julien Hartman closed it out with a put-back bucket with 2.7 seconds left for the 56-55 lead, which held until the end.