Class 5A Region I

Mansfield Summit 54, El Paso Chapin 47

WICHITA FALLS — Mansfield Summit is headed to the state tournament in San Antonio.

The Jaguars used a strong fourth-quarter push to defeat El Paso Chapin 54-47 and win the Region 1-5A title on Saturday at Kay Yeager Coliseum.

The Jaguars used a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter to go up 52-42 and were never in trouble again.

Mansfield Summit is 31-5 and El Paso Chapin finishes 30-7. Chapin made his first appearance in a regional title game.

Mansfield Summit eliminated El Paso Chapin in the 2021 regional semifinals.

“I’m proud of our team and what they’ve accomplished,” Jaguars coach Emund Prichett said. “Chapin is a tough team. We played them two years ago and expected a tough game.

Franck Emmou and Richard Lemboye each scored 14 points and UTEP signee David Terrell scored 11 points to lead the Jaguars.

Brandon Hymes’ 19 points led Chapin.

Emmou and Terrell were named to the Region 1-5A All-Tournament team and Lemboye was named the Most Valuable Player.

The Jaguars led 28-15 in the first half, but the Huskies went on a 13-0 run to tie the game at 28 at the break.

Mansfield Summit outscored El Paso Chapin 14-12 in the third quarter to lead 42-40 after 24 minutes.

The Jaguars will play Thursday at 7 or 8:30 p.m. in one of two state semifinals.

– Felix Chavez

Class 5A Region II

Kimball 63, Lancaster 54

GARLAND — It took blood, sweat and tears for Kimball to earn its third straight trip to the state tournament.

Literal.

Kimball’s players embraced as they watched their teammates and coaches cut down the net at the Curtis Culwell Center with blood-stained jerseys representing the battle scars of a physical contest with No. 5 Lancaster (25-8) that the state’s top 5A team won 63-54.

From the game’s early moments, it became clear that it would be a battle. Kimball point guard T’Johnn Brown secured steals left and right, forcing Lancaster turnovers as Kimball center DaCannon Wickware and Lancaster forward Dillon Battie battled in the post.

“Lancaster has a very good team,” Kimball coach Nick Smith said. “I knew they were going to come out physical against us. I asked these guys to match it.”

A low-scoring first quarter left the two teams tied at 10 heading into the second. For the second straight game, Kimball (31-2) put together a massive run in the second quarter, ending the half on a 17-3 run and entering halftime with a 12-point lead.

But unlike in Kimball’s regional semifinal game against Red Oak Friday, Lancaster was able to respond. Lancaster went on a 21-5 run in the third quarter to cut the Kimball lead to two heading into the final eight minutes. But Kimball was able to outscore Lancaster late and pull away with a nine-point margin of victory.

“He came out with an adjustment,” Smith said. “They started to catch us. I didn’t have them in the right place the first time. They caught up, and when I called a timeout, got them to calm down, we just started picking them apart.”

Kimball guard Tylar Hankamer led all scorers with 20 points. Brown and Barack Holland each added a dozen while RJ Osborne had 11. Battie, Joseph Mayberry and Kade Douglas led Lancaster with 14, 13 and 12 points, respectively.

Kimball punched its ticket to San Antonio, where it will try to bring home the seventh state title in program history.

But in the meantime, the focus is on recovering from Saturday’s game in the little time it has.

“We have to stay as a team and recover,” Wickware said. “We are all horrified.”

— Lia Assimakopoulos

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