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Thursday, the Wildcats, along with the Lady Kats, begin their annual Kennedale Invitational Tournament. The three day event includes 5 teams on the boys? side and eight teams in the girls tournament.? The tournament will continue until Saturday and is open to the public.{{more: continue …}}?
?For the Wildcats this will be a round robin tournament with no championship game. The four other teams besides Kennedale are 5A Aledo (2-3), 4A China Springs 2-3, 4A Argyle (3-2) and 4A Waxahachie Life (3-1). Life Waxahachie is a charter school.?
Kennedale won their opening game against Aledo 64-44, giving the Wildcats a perfect 6-0 record in early season play. The Cats play again today at 2:30 against Argyle followed by a 7 p.m. game against China Springs.?
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All games are being played at Kennedale High School.? Admission is $6 for adult and $4 for student.? Any extra money earned after cost goes to the Kennedale basketball progam.
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Tournament schedule ?
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Thursday ?Results
- 2:30 Aledo 46 – China Spring 52
- 5:30 Argyle 47 – Waxahachie Life 43
- 7:00 Kennedale 64 – Aledo 44
Friday, November 30th
- 2:30 Kennedale vs Argyle (Gym A)
- 2:30 Aledo vs Waxahachie Life (Gym B)
- 7:00 Kennedale vs China Spring (Gym A)
Saturday, December 1
- 10:30 Argyle vs Aledo (Gym A)
- 10:30 Waxahachie Life vs China Spring (Gym B)
- 2:00 Kennedale vs Waxahachie Life (Gym A)
- 2:00 China Spring vs Argyle (Gym B)?
Cats ranked in top ten …??
Currently the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) has Kennedale at #8 in Class 4A. Argyle is listed at #9. Meanwhile MaxPreps has Kennedale at #6 and Life Waxahachie is listed at #14.
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Head Coach Doug Groff, in his 16 year at Kennedale, says he doesn?t really watch the polls and besides it is still early in the season. Others would agree. First, win/lost records are all over the place. Second, teams are just adding players from the football season to their roster while other teams have players that are still in the state football playoffs. Along with coaching changes and move-ins, it is often not until after the Christmas holiday tournament season that teams show their real potential and establish consistency.
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Still, Groff is pleased with what he has seen so far, especially on defense. Kennedale?s five earlier wins have come against 4A Midlothian Heritage 67-37, 6A Coppell 54-49, 5A Granbury 67-51, 4A Argyle 49-35 and 4A Alvarado 89-51.?New district this year …?
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With realignment announced last year, Kennedale for the next two years is in District 9-4A along with FW Dunbar, Castleberry, FW Benbrook, FW Western Hills, Lake Worth and FW Diamond Hill. TABC has projected Dunbar to win the district ahead of Kennedale. The 3rd and 4th slots are Castleberry and Benbrook, respectively.?District play will start with an early game before the holidays against Lake Worth on December 18 at home at 8 p.m. The Wildcats will be in two more tournaments with Glen Rose next weekend, December 6-, and the Whataburger Tournament during the holidays, December 27-29. The first match-up with Dunbar will be on January 2nd in an 8 p.m. game at Wilkerson-Grimes. See more @?2018-19 Wildcat Basketball Schedule
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