The Humboldt boys and girls got off to a rough start to open up the 2018-19 season on Friday, both falling to Tri-Valley foe Eureka.
The boys lost 80-73 and the girls lost 55-33. Both teams fall to 0-1 this season.
The Cub boys fell behind early and trailed the Tornadoes 20-13 after the first quarter. Things picked up slightly in the second quarter but they still went into halftime with an eight-point deficit at 39-31.
Eureka came out of the half strong and outscored Humboldt 20-12 in the third quarter to push their lead to 59-43.
With a quarter left to salvage things, the Cubs put out their best offensive effort of the night, outscoring Eureka 31-21 but that wasnt enough as they still came up seven points short.
Senior Tucker Hurst had a big outing, scoring 28 points on 11-16 shooting.
Senior Caleb Coronado had 10 points, senior Bo Bigelow had nine points, junior Conor Haviland had eight points, senior Teryn Johnson had seven, junior Isiah Coronado had five and senior Kyler Allen had two.
The Lady Cubs got off to a similarly slow start, trailing 16-6 after the first quarter, but a strong second quarter got them within a point at 20-19 at the half.
That closeness would soon disappear after the Lady Tornadoes unleashed a 20-4 third quarter to take a 40-23 lead heading into the final quarter.
Eureka outscored Humboldt 15-10 to close out the game and to push the final deficit to 22.
Senior Maggie Johnson was the lone double-figure scorer for the Lady Cubs with 12 points followed by eight for freshman Madi White, seven for senior Aricah McCall, four for junior Winter Snyder and two for senior Savanna Puckett.
Both teams will host Humboldts annual preseason tournament this week starting with a match-up versus Uniontown on Tuesday. The girls will play at 7 p.m. and the boys will follow around 8:30 p.m.
