No matter the pressure, the Tigers couldn’t be tamed.
For the third game of this still sprouting season, the Tigers found themselves in a hole with a lead to surmount to even the score or take the lead, this time in the fourth quarter as Wellborn led 14-7 with seven minutes to go before the final whistle.
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