Please always be respectful of our THSSBC tradition before each game.

It has been good to greet old friends and meet new faces!!!

Your host, the Austin Royals, are excited to celebrate this long held Texas tradition with you! 

Prior to the tip-off of each game:

As has been our custom all games will not begin until Scripture Reading and Prayer Circle are complete with opponents at center court prior to the game. 

Please don’t forget to invite our referees to pray and to treat them with the utmost respect throughout the competition.

We will bless each other before we compete with excellence giving God the glory! 

Scriptures for each game will be posted on the score table. 

HOME team reads the Scripture verses

VISITOR team will lead a brief prayer of blessings for all

PLEASE DO NOT BEGIN THE GAME UNTIL THE TIME IN THE PRAYER CIRCLE IS COMPLETED.

Game 1 (2026 Theme Verse – PEACE)

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Hebrews 12:11

Game 2

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Game 3

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.

John 16:33

Game 4

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. 

Numbers 6:24-26

Game 5

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:6-7

Game 6

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

2 Corinthians 13:11