Sam Tingley--Scorer & Mascot

                                                  

  Tri-Valley's Sam Tingley wears the number 33 on his varsity boys basketball jersey and this outstanding 17-year-old senior has put a lot of 3's on the scoreboard with his patented three-point scoring ability.

  But his talent does not end there as he also plays the role as the Tri-Valley Bear mascot performing all kind of acts during  Lady Bear games.

  During these games Sam can be seen greeting and hugging the starting five during the introductions and then he will slide in a number of  somersaults, push-ups to commemorate the Lady Bears tally at the end of each quarter and then the tired pose when he just lays flat out on his back on the court.

  Sam has been playing the sport of basketball since starting in the Bear Cub program at the age of nine graduating then into 7th and 8th grade modified, two years on the Junior Varsity and now spending his second year on the varsity.

  He credits his dad, Coach Brian Tingley, for introducing him to the sport which he noted, "I fell in love with."

  "Between ninth and tenth grades I started to get the feel for my  three-pointer as I l learned how to read screens which is important in getting open for this shot, "Sam said.

  The Tri-Valley guard likes to shoot the corner three-pointer, "an area where I practice from a lot and have confidence in," Tingley noted. 

  Scholastically Sam is ranked seventh in his class and hopes to be able to play college basketball. He also participates in the sport of golf.

  Sam leads this years varsity team in total points scored, assists, steals and in points scored per shot. 

  When asked how he got into being the Bear Mascot, which he has been doing for the past three years,  Sam pointed out that "a number of my fellow team mates and students encouraged me to do this and it allows me to be an idiot for a little while."

                                                      

Tri-Valley's Senior guard Sam Tingley shoots one of his patented three-point shots that has made him the leading scorer on the Bears boys varsity team.                                                                   

Sam Tingley, in the role as Tri-Valley's mascot, greets the Lady Bears starting lineup.                                                                   -

TV Bears Mascot Sam Tingley takes a breather following push-ups and back flips to lay down on the court to the amusement of some of is fellow boys varsity team members during a recent Lady Bears game.