Bonham, Texas -- The Bonham Warriors defeated the S&S Rams, 64-36, Friday night.
The game was played on "Throwback Night" to honor Steve Hembree, a star athlete in the mid-'60s at Bonham High School who was drafted by a Major League Baseball team and later returned to BHS for a successful run as head boys basketball coach.
A 1967 graduate of Bonham High School, Hembree was a versatile athlete, lettering in five sports: football, basketball, baseball, track and golf. He accepted a baseball scholarship from Navarro Jr. College in Corsicana and was drafted by the Atlanta Braves baseball organization.
In 1971, Hembree began his coaching career at Ector ISD and later coached varsity boys basketball at Bonham, where his teams won 374 games including six district or co-district titles and four runner-up finishes.
Hembree will be inducted into the Fannin County Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, January 25, 2020.
Friday evening, Bonham won the tip-off but quickly found themselves trailing S&S, 8-5.
The Warriors would take the lead on a pair of three-point shots by Tanner Reaves that gave Bonham an 11-8 lead as the opening period ended.
Bonham built a 26-15 cushion at halftime and cruised to a 64-36 victory.
Tanner Reaves led Bonham with 15 points, Tae Johnson dropped in a dozen points and Michael Crosby was also in double figures with 11 points.
Jerry Arrey scored six, Jabari Murrell finished with five points, with Mason Rodriguez, Trystan Mallory and Lala Reynolds all pitching in four points apiece.
photos by Allen Rich