Encampment Tigers basketball has strong showing in preseason tournament

The Encampment Tigers boys and girls basketball finished the preseason Carbon County Classic with only one loss out of six total games in the Tigers Den of Encampment K-12 last weekend.

The boys finished undefeated and played hard on both sides of the ball this weekend, which allowed them to compete with some talented teams, according to head coach Duane Gilbert.

“To me being undefeated doesn’t mean anything at this point and time,” Gilbert said. “Winning is always nice but his time of year is more about playing the game and working on improving. The only games that really matter are the confe...