Timberview HS Boys Basketball
Team Wins State Championship Title
The team made history by defeating San Antonio Wagner 77-64
The starting five proudly show off their UIL 5A State Championship medals.
SAN ANTONIO | The Timber-
view High School boys basketball
team made history by defeating
San Antonio Wagner 77-64, claim-
ing the school’s second state boys
basketball championship in just
three years. The UIL Boys Basket-
ball State Tournament was held
March 7-9 at the Alamodome in
San Antonio.
“Defend, run, repeat” was the
team’s motto this season, a motto
that led them to dominate the
championship game and capture
the state title. “They came out like
a ball of fire,” Timberview coach
Duane Gregory said. “They shared
the ball so well.”
MVP and senior CJ Smith will attend
Western Texas College in the fall.
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Ball of fire is a spot on descrip-
tion. At the end of the first quarter,
Timberview led Wagner 29-10.
Located only 11 miles from the Ala-
modome, Wagner definitely had a
hometown crowd advantage, but
Timberview didn’t let that slow
them down.
Senior guard CJ Smith led all
scorers with 24 points and was
named state-title game MVP.
“I never thought I would see
this my senior season and win MVP
of the game,” said Smith. “It’s an
amazing feeling.”
After a vigorous third quarter,
the Wolves started the fourth with
a slim lead of 58-54, but went on
Timberview’s boys basketball team is ranked
number 15 in the nation.
a 19-4 run leading them to their
77-64 win.
“I told them to keep their com-
posure. I asked them where their
fire was and to settle down. Just
get stops on defense and the of-
fense will take care of itself,” Grego-
ry said. “I told them Wagner would
have a huge following and that
there would be fans that just come
every year to watch the games. Just
play Timberview basketball and
you’ll win every single one of them
over and that’s what they did.”
Timberview extended their
winning streak to 19 games to take
the state title and finished the sea-
son with a record of 38-2.
The team went undefeated in district play and held a 19 week winning streak.