Baton Rouge Community College 1st Annual Team Camp

The 1st annnual Baton Rouge Community College classic will be kicking off today and whil feature two defending state champions and a state runner-up. Riverside Academy and Christian Life will both be taking the floor today as defending champions. Scotlandville HS will be in attendance as well with the majority of their 5A runner-up team back minus 5A MVP J-Jay Thomas. Some of the top players to watch are:

Christian Life: Jr. Frank Bartley(Pictured below) and Freshman Will Jones and Johnathon Stove

Riverside Academy: Jr's Ricardo Gathers(below left), Louis Dabney(below right), Lucas Martin and Donald Thomas

Scotlandville: Sr. Levie Wright(pictured below left) and Jr's DeShawn Washington(bottom), Thaddeus Fortune(below center) and Zarif Basil(pictured below right)

Redemptorist: Jr. Gervaughn McGhee

Central: Senior LaQuin Turner

Istrouma: Senior Joel Jackson and Junior Darius Johnson(below)

BRCC 1ST ANNUAL TEAM CAMP GAME SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, JUNE 4

COURT 1

3:00-3:45 CLA VS. PARKVIEW BAPTIST

3:50-4:35 REDEMPTORIST VS. DUTCHTOWN

4:40-5:25 RIVERSIDE VS. SCOTLANDVILLE
5:30-6:15 CENTRAL VS. REDEMPTORIST
6:20-7:05 DUTCHTOWN VS. RIVERSIDE
7:10-7:55 DUNHAM VS. ISTROUMA

COURT 2:
3:00-3:45 ISTROUMA VS. SCOTLANDVILLE
3:50-4:35 BRUSLY VS. BELAIRE
4:40-5:25 DONALDSONVILLE VS. DUNHAM
5:30-6:15 PARKVIEW BAPTIST VS. BRUSLY
6:20-7:05 BELAIRE VS. CLA
7:10-7:55 COVINGTON VS. DONALDSONVILLE



SATURDAY, JUNE 5

COURT 1
10:00-10:45 DUTCHTOWN VS. DUNHAM
10:50-11:35 COVINGTON VS. SCOTLANDVILLE
11:40-12:25 RIVERSIDE VS. REDEMPTORIST
12:30-1:15 CLA VS. DUNHAM
1:20-2:05 COVINGTON VS. DUTCHTOWN
2:10-2:55 ISTROUMA VS. RIVERSIDE

COURT 2:
10:00-10:45 CLA VS. BRUSLY

10:50-11:35 PARKVIEW BAPTIST VS. BELAIRE
11:40-12:25 ISTROUMA VS. DONALDSONVILLE
12:30-1:15 BRUSLY VS. SCOTLANDVILLE
1:20-2:05 BELAIRE VS.REDEMPTORIST
2:10-2:55 PARKVIEW BAPTIST VS. DONALDSONVILLE

Great Video Feature from TheScoutVision.com featuring Christian Life Academy

Langston Galloway(left) Patrick Robinson (right) and Head Coach Carlo Maggio (below)

This is a great video feature from The Scout Vision featuring Christian Life Academy and their coach Carlo Maggio and two of their senior leaders in St. Joe's signee Langston Galloway and Northwestern State(La.) signee Patrick Robinson. This feature includes three interviews of the previous mentioned people along with some clips of shoot-around, the cheerleaders, pre-game warm-ups and highlights of Monday night's game featuring 1A Christian Life Academy vs. 2A The Dunham School.

Christian Life, Riverside Ranked in Pre-Season Rivals 100 Rankings

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With 3 Division 1 signees led by Langston Galloway(St. Joseph's) (pictured right) Patrick Robinson(Northwestern State) and Kaleb Knight(Grambling State) the Crusaders of coach Carlo Maggio enter the 2009-10 season the highest rated team in Louisiana for 2009 at 77. Last season Christian Life under former coach Todd Foster, now the Baton Rouge Community College coach, lost in the state semi-finals to LSU-signee Matt Derenbecker and current LSU player Eddie Ludwig which ended a string of 3 straight 1A titles for the 'Saders.  CLA has also revamped the roster with the addition of former University High star McCall Tomeny and former McKinley High starter Marlon Bell. They also return point guard Corey Self and 3-year starter Avery Prince. To start the season CLA will get heavily tested as they will be in a tournament in Shreveport on November 18th that features teams such as Riverside Academy, Richwood(last season's 3A State Champ) and Loyola,  a top team in 4A the Bossier Bearkats. Those are just 5 of the 8 teams.

With that said let's move on Riverside Academy and Coach Timmy Byrd who have also been recognized as a nationally ranked team coming in at 96. The Rebels have truly came into their own. Last year, a team that didn't even make the 2A playoffs got really good, really fast. Reserve Christian, the tiny Class C school that has been a powerhouse in Louisiana since 1999 closed down. This move landed Coach Byrd and his Class C state champions at Riverside. With this move almost all of the players followed Byrd to Riverside to make the Rebels a highly unknown team to a nationally ranked squad with load of talent. That talent is lead by senior's Cedric Jenkins (pictured above), Kyle McClue, and Ed Gallina all of whom will sign in the late signing period with division 1 schools. The anchor of this group though is the most important, that would be 6'6" 225 lb. man-child Ricardo "Rico" Gathers (pictured right) Gathers, the nation's 9th rated prospect on Rivals.com's 2012 rankings will have a lot to do with the Rebels success. Last year, this RA team that was at Reserve Christian won their 5th straight state title. This year could also end the same way but they will get tested in 2A which is a lot tougher than class C but if any team can make the jump 3 classes and still win, it will be Riverside. They are well coached, talented, disciplined and deep. They will be able to play about 10 players consistently and not lose a beat. Other teams that got mentioned for the national rankings but got caught on the outside looking in are Glen Oaks HS, St. Augustine HS and Richwood. Do not be surprised if these teams make noise as well and get in the rankings at some point during the season.

Riverside Coach Timmy Byrd(below)

With this being said, congratulations to Christian Life and Riverside on your national rankings. Let's make Louisiana proud and represent that ranking well. Stay humble and do well. Good Luck on your season.