Girls Basketball Notebook: LaPoynor’s Savannah Reynolds takes weekly honor

Published 4:15 pm Tuesday, February 4, 2025

: LaPoynor’s Savannah Reynolds. (Contributed)

LaPoynor’s Savannah Reynolds has earned Tyler Morning Telegraph Girls Basketball Player of the Week honors for games played Jan. 27-Feb. 1.

Reynolds averaged 22.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and 4.0 steals in wins over Cross Roads and Frankston. She also went 16 of 18 from the free-throw line.

In a 53-38 victory over Cross Roads, Reynolds had 23 points, eight rebounds and five steals.

On Friday, Reynolds had 21 points, 13 rebounds, four assists and three steals as LaPoynor took a 56-48 win over rival Frankston.

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Brownsboro’s Tiykeah McKenzie had 13 points, 10 rebounds and four steals in a 40-35 win over Athens. Bradie Cooper had 10 points, three rebounds, two steals and an assist in a win over Athens. Chyann Stidham had 14 points, three assists and four steals in a 49-22 win over Kemp.

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East Texas girls teams ranked in the TABC rankings are Tyler Legacy (28-4) No. 18 in Class 6A; Tyler (29-5) No. 14 in 5A; Canton (25-5) No. 8 and Mabank (26-6) No. 18 in 4A; Winnsboro (30-3) No. 2, Hooks (28-5) No. 9, Malakoff (27-4) No. 14 and Rains (28-4) No. 15 in 3A; Martin’s Mill (28-2) No. 1, Chireno (28-3) No. 4, Hawkins (30-1) No. 7, Lovelady (26-6) No. 15 and Tenaha (27-6) No. 24 in 2A; Broaddus (28-4) No. 3, Brookeland (29-4) No. 9 and Avinger (23-4) No. 22 in Class 1A; Brook Hill (30-6) No. 2 in TAPPS 5A; Bishop Gorman (12-6) No. 9 in TAPPS 4A; Longview Christian Heritage (19-8) No. 6 and Longview Christian (13-3) No. 10 in TAPPS 2A; and Longview St. Mary’s (12-10) No. 10 in TAPPS 1A.

East Texas teams ranked in the TGCA rankings are Tyler Legacy No. 8 in 6A; Tyler No. 12 in 5A; Canton No. 8 and Mabank No. 17 in 4A; Winnsboro No. 3, Rains No. 8, Diboll No. 11, Hooks No. 13, Malakoff No. 22 and Tatum No. 25 in 3A; Hawkins No. 1, Martin’s Mill No. 4, Chireno No. 5, Lovelady No. 17 and Tenaha No. 23 in 2A; and Broaddus No. 6, Brookeland No. 8 and Avinger No. 10 in 1A.

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Coaches are asked to send in their nominations to bogden@tylerpaper.com or sports@tylerpaper.com by 11 a.m. each Tuesday.