Ellender Patriots crush Braves, 105-49, in season opener

Steve Holley


Sports Correspondent

Ellender's Trevon Lewis scored 21

to Lead Ellender on Monday night

HOUMA — Ellender scored 16 of the game’s first 17 pointsand used its full-court press defense to help slow down H.L. Bourgeois in a 105-49 nondistrict victory in the regular-season opener for both schools Monday.

The Patriots (1-0) started the game on an 11-0 run and led by as many as 58 in the final period. Ellender’s offensive outburst even caused the scoreboard atop the east side of the Patriots’ home court to start from zero once the team eclipsed 100 points.

They did that with three minutes still left in the game.

Trevon Lewis led the Patriots with 21 points and Chaz Williams added 12.

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Baton Rouge Area Boy's Box Scores from Monday Night

Courtesy of the Baton Rouge Advocate

Boys basketball


Baker 91, Belaire 83, 2 OT

Baker 12 15 17 20 15 12—91
Belaire 8 20 17 19 13 6—83

SCORING: BAKER: E. Brown 36, M. Williams 28, C. Grear 15, J. Rogers 7, L. LeDuff 3, D. Albert 2; BELAIRE: C. Taylor 23, D. Copeland 12, D. Harris 13, D. Martin 9, R. Seymour 7, J. York 6, D. Pettice 5, M. Dyson 4, J. Jackson 4, N. Brock 2.

3-POINT GOALS: Baker 3 (Brown 2, Rogers); Belaire 3 (Martin, Seymour, Harris)
RECORDS: Baker 1-0; Belaire 0-1
JUNIOR VARSITY: Belaire 59, Baker 46

Centerville 87, West St. Mary 56

West St. Mary 14 12 14 16—56
Centerville 24 20 18 25—87

SCORING: WEST ST. MARY: T. Gibson 12, J. Key 8, J. Tillman 8, D. Richard 7, L. Jackson 7, D. Robertson 6, J. Burney 3, C. Williams 3, G. Hawkins 2; CENTERVILLE: J. Sanders 26, T.J. Kemp 18, J. Williams 12, C. Chapman 10, R. Taylor 9, J. Diggs 8, Q. Nettles 2, Dillion Burgess 2.

3-POINT GOALS: West St. Mary 3 (Jackson, Burney, Williams); Centerville 5 (Kemp 3, Williams 2)
RECORDS: Centerville 5-3; West St. Mary 0-1

East Ascension 66, St. Michael 43

St. Michael 11 10 6 16—43
East Ascension 16 16 21 13—66

SCORING: ST. MICHAEL: W. Arcement 15, D. Guilbeau 9, P. Boudreaux 5, M. Smith 4, C. Bailey 3, B. Lacoste 3, T. Parker 2, R. Steed 2; EAST ASCENSION: T. Wright 15, K. Flemming 10, C. Watts 10, D. LeBlanc 8, D. Fisher 7, B. Madere 7, J. Williams 5, K. Williams 4.

3-POINT GOALS: St. Michael 5 (Arcement 2, Bailey, Guilbeau, Lacoste); East Ascension 2 (Wright, Watts)

RECORDS: East Ascension 1-0; St. Michael 0-1
JUNIOR VARSITY: East Ascension 40, St. Michael 27

East Iberville 75, Port Allen 56

East Iberville 19 8 15 33—75
Port Allen 10 13 6 27—56

SCORING: EAST IBERVILLE: D. Richardson 22, M. Johnson 16, S. Ballom 15, D. Anthony 6, J. Belvin 5, G. Pickett 2; PORT ALLEN: T. Washington 24, M. Parker 15, L. Parker 8, D. Branch 4.

3-POINT GOALS: East Iberville 4 (Anthony 2, Ballom, Belvin); Port Allen 1 (Washington)
RECORDS: East Iberville 1-0; Port Allen 0-1
JUNIOR VARSITY: East Iberville 60, Port Allen 50

Glen Oaks 76, LaGrange 59

LaGrange 9 19 12 19—59
Glen Oaks 29 21 15 11—76

SCORING: LAGRANGE: L. Jenkins 17, J. Melancon 15, J. Guillory 8, V. Brown 7, A. Hayes 3, Q. Chretien 3, M. Mumford 2; GLEN OAKS: B. Williams 25, B. Johnson 19, T. Drye 13, A. Scott 11, T. Brown 4, B. Vessell 3, C. Thomas 1.

3-POINT GOALS: LaGrange 5 (Melancon 3, Chretien, Jenkins); Glen Oaks 8 (Johnson 4, Scott 3, Williams)
RECORDS: LaGrange 0-1; Glen Oaks 1-0

Hosanna Christian 52, Lacassine 44

Lacassine 6 10 12 16—44
Hosanna Christian 11 9 13 19—52

SCORING: LACASSINE: D. Granger 15, J. Dubroc 10, G. Gott 9, B. Poullard 6, S. Kotara 4; HOSANNA: D. McGuire 28, J. Matthews 16, E. Lindsay 3, S. Ngo 3, Z. Townley 2.

3-POINT GOALS: Lacassine 2 (Dubroc 2); Hosanna 4 (McGuire 3, Matthews 1)
RECORDS: Lacassine 10-4; Hosanna 9-2
JUNIOR VARSITY: Lacassine 23, Hosanna 22

Parkview Baptist 56, Runnels 24

Parkview Baptist 11 22 15 8—56
Runnels 4 3 8 9—24


SCORING: PARKVIEW: N. Buckley 13, J. McInnis 11, J. Bradley 8, T. Cooke 8, S. Black 5, C. Guedry 5, B. Short 4, T. Rudd 1, S. Couvillion 1; RUNNELS: K. Jordan 7, B. Sharkey 7, W. Delong 4, A. Cartwright 4, J. Morris 2.

3-POINT GOALS: Parkview 6 (Buckley 3, McInnis 2, Black)
RECORDS: Parkview 1-0; Runnels 0-1
JUNIOR VARSITY: Parkview 34, Runnels 10

Plaquemine 43, Broadmoor 40

Broadmoor 11 11 7 11—40
Plaquemine 15 11 7 10—43

SCORING: BROADMOOR: Co. Barnes 19, M. Smothers 8, D. Ventress 5, D. Tanner 4, Cu. Barnes 2, R. Williams 2; PLAQUEMINE: D. Veal 10, C. Scott 9, J. Ricard 8, A. Major 5, J. Jenkins 5, J. Ward 4.

3-POINT GOALS: Plaquemine 2 (Ricard 2)
RECORDS: Broadmoor 0-1; Plaquemine 1-0
JUNIOR VARSITY: Broadmoor 35, Plaquemine 33, 3 OT
Scotlandville 61, Woodlawn 55

Woodlawn 10 12 8 25—55
Scotlandville 17 17 6 21—61

SCORING: WOODLAWN: B. Lazare 25, N. Johnson 20, C. McFerrin 7, E. Vidrine 5, T. Crockett 4; SCOTLANDVILLE: J. Thomas 18, L. Wright 15, D. Washington 12, Z. Basil 11, T. Lee 3, T. Fortune 2.

3-POINT GOALS: Woodlawn 5 (Johnson 4, Vidrine); Scotlandville 4 (Wright 2, Washington, Lee)
RECORDS: Woodlawn 0-1; Scotlandville 1-0
JUNIOR VARSITY: Woodlawn 52, Scotlandville 33

Zachary 55, St. Amant 50

Zachary 13 11 12 19—55
St. Amant 15 12 9 14—50

SCORING: ZACHARY: M. Wright 27, T. Mims 8, C. Gibbs 8, J. Washington 6, D. Moss 2, C. Burrell 2; ST. AMANT: J. Gauthier 10, J. Manton 10, S. Fulkerson 10, J. Joseph 10, M. Beasley 10.

3-POINT GOALS: Zachary 5 (Wright 5); St. Amant 4 (Beasley 2, Manton 2)
RECORDS: Zachary 1-0; St. Amant 0-1
JUNIOR VARSITY: Zachary 58, St. Amant 40

TIMES-PICAYUNE PRESEASON ALL-METRO BASKETBALL TEAMS

St. Aug. Sophomore Guard Javan Felix

LARGE SCHOOLS BOYS

Pos. Name       School          Ht. Class

G Phillip Bickham- Covington   6-1  Sr.

G Jeremy Clarke- East Jefferson  5-6  Sr.

G Jimmie Duplessis-  Edna Karr  6-3 Sr.

G Javan Felix- St. Augustine  5-10 So.

F Elridge Moore-  St. Augustine  6-5 Sr.

F/C Tevin Parker-   Slidell   6-4 Jr.

G T.J. Price-   Salmen   6-2  Jr.
F Jarvis Ray- O. Perry Walker  6-5 Sr.
G Dominick Scelfo-  Jesuit 6-2 Sr.
G Pat Swilling-  Brother Martin   6-4 Sr.

SMALL SCHOOLS BOYS

Pos. Name  School Ht. Class

G Louis Dabney- Riverside 6-3 So.
G/F Matt Derenbecker- Country Day 6-7 Sr.

G Ed Gallina- Riverside 6-5 Sr.

F Ricardo Gathers- Riverside 6-7 So.

F Havens Cary- Newman 6-4 Sr.

C Hunter Ham- Country Day 6-3 Sr.

G Cedric Jenkins- Riverside 6-2 Sr.

G Jonathan McKnight- John Curtis 6-1 Sr.

G/F Malik Morgan- John Curtis 6-3 So.

G Joel Pichon- Holy Cross 6-1 So.

PRESEASON TEAM RANKINGS

Large School Boys Team Rankings 4A-5A

1.St. Augustine

2.Hahnville

3.Karr

4.McDonogh 35

5.O.P. Walker
6.Covington

7.Brother Martin

8.Jesuit

9.Salmen

10. Slidell

Small Schools Boys Team Rankings C-3A

1.Riverside

2.Country Day

3.John Curtis

4.Holy Cross

5.Newman

6.Douglass

7.McDonogh

8.Northlake Christian
9.St. James

10. West St. John

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Mutual Respect

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Jerel Russo remembers Josh Guilbeau as an eighth-grader playing varsity basketball at Catholic High School in the mid-1980s.


The Assembly Christian School boys’ basketball coach is still impressed with his former player, now in his first year as head coach for his alma mater.

“I have tremendous respect for Josh,” said Russo. “He was a tremendous player. In eighth grade he played varsity for me at Catholic High.”

Guilbeau said it was nice to reminisce with his former coach. Guilbeau was an assistant coach at CHS last year.

“I got to talk to Coach Russo a lot,” he said. “It’s nice to go up against your friends and mentors. I respect him for what he’s done here at Assembly.”

Both coaches got a kick out of working against each other on Monday when their teams met at ACS.

The homestanding Lions pulled out a 50-45 win, scoring the game’s last 7 points, in Catholic High’s season opener. The Panthers are missing several key players, who are currently on the football team and preparing for a second-round playoff game.

“I really don’t think of it too much once the game starts,” said Russo.

“It’s actually more of a thrill for me than I imagined.”

“It was a lot of fun,” said Guilbeau.

Class C Assembly Christian Upsets 3A Catholic High New Iberia

BY CHRIS LANDRY

The Daily Iberian
 
Assembly Christian School took full advantage of its two-month head start on basketball, and Catholic High’s continued presence in the LHSAA football playoffs, to beat the Panthers 50-45 Monday night in a non-district boys’ basketball game at Assembly.


After a see-saw fourth quarter that saw nine lead changes, and three tied scores, ACS (5-3) scored the game’s final 7 points, 4 following steals and 3 on free throws, to pull away. Catholic High fell to 0-1 in its season opener.

“I’m not going to sugarcoat it,” said ACS coach Jerel Russo. “I realize these guys have a lot of football players out. We know if they come fully loaded it’s going to be a completely different game. We’re just fortunate we have a two-month jump and are able to prepare.”


Many of Catholic High’s starters and top subs are on the football team, which is currently preparing for its second-round playoff game against Bogalusa, a game scheduled for Friday at CHS. The Panthers beat West Feliciana 35-33 in the bi-district round.

“It’s great our football program is still winning,” said first-year Catholic High coach Josh Guilbeau. “We hope they keep on doing that.”

But having so many players out gives a lot of younger players a chance to get in some varsity work, he said.

“We had some trouble taking care of the basketball a little bit,” Guilbeau said. “I’m expecting that with a lot of young guys. Give a lot of credit to Assembly Christian. They gave us trouble with the trap.”

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Sulphur Hoops Preview: Tor basketball returns four starters

Sulphur Senior Guard Matt LeBato

By Rodrick Anderson, Sports Editor

Southwest Daily News

Sulphur, La. -

SULPHUR–When the Sulphur Tor basketball team begins the 2009-2010 today at home against Carencro there will be plenty of familiar faces. That is because the Tors return everyone from last year’s team that reached the Class 5A regional round and went 25-13.

"We are looking forward to it," head coach Clint LeBato said. "Our guys had a good summer.

"I think that they enjoy being together and are looking forward to the challenge that they have ahead of them. They know about the players and the other teams that we have to play and they are looking forward to it. It should be a good year if they keep their heads straight and keep working hard."

Four starters return this year in guards Chip Armelin and Matt LeBato and forwards Donovan Williams and Aaron Cupit. Sulphur has had their full team at practice for just over a week with the football season ending recently.

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Prep basketball season fully Underway at Lakeside Tourney

Written by Gregg Parks


Tuesday, 17 November 2009


Lakeside’s Don Stahl Tourney to highlight week



Now that all the Webster Parish football teams have been eliminated from the playoffs, all the attention will now turn to the basketball courts.

Most teams will be playing full schedules this week, while a number teams will take part in the 16th Annual Don Stahl Memorial Tournament that runs Wednesday through Saturday.

Teams from Lakeside, Minden, Doyline, Cotton Valley, Haughton, Red River, Ringgold, Lakeview, Farmerville, Haynesville and Woodlawn will take part.

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Iota tops Church Point in season opener

Iota’s Brett Broussard goes up for a layup

 Monday in the Bulldogs’ 69-55 victory over

Church Point. Broussard poured in

 a game-high 22 points in the victory.

By Chris Quebedeaux


SPORTS EDITOR


IOTA – When Troy Harmon took over the Iota boys’ basketball program two years ago, he inherited a squad that was averaging about three victories a season.

Harmon’s main goal at the time was simple - change the way people looked at Iota boys’ basketball.

In 2008, the Bulldogs responded with seven victories in Harmon’s first year.

“One thing we’ve been talking about for two years is trying to get some respect,” said Harmon. “We don’t want to be thought of as a stepping stone. We want teams to know that if they come to Iota, they are going to have to play to win. You’re going to have to work for every bucket you get.”

The Church Point Bears found that out the hard way Monday in the 2009 season opener at Iota’s Bulldog gym.

The Bears kept it close throughout the contest before Iota went on a 12-5 run in the final three minutes to claim a 69-55 victory.

“We really played hard tonight,” said Harmon, whose squad clung to a 28-27 lead at the break. “It was back and forth early on and when we went to the half, I told the kids we were going to keep doing what we were doing. We just had to try and outlast them.”

The game remained tight throughout the third quarter and early in the fourth when Church Point cut the lead to 49-46 with just over six minutes remaining.

Iota broke the game open after that, outscoring the Bears 12-2 over the next three minutes to take a 61-48 cushion.

“They had a big man who kept hitting threes in the corner so we kept trying to cut the lanes to stop him from getting the ball,” said Harmon. “And their big man in the middle, once he got tired, we had them.”

Iota’s Brett Broussard led all scorers on the night with 22 points. Brennan Miller added 21. Also contributing for the winners were Daniel Scott, who chipped in 10 points to go along with four blocked shots, Tyler Leblanc with 11 points and Johnny Guidry with five.

Church Point was led by freshman center Dexter Charles and guard Devante Malveaux. Charles poured in 18 points in the paint while Malveaux drained three 3-pointers. Tyrone Alexander added 10 points.

Iota will be in action again tonight when they take on Crowley High at 6 o’clock in the second round of the Kaplan Tournament.

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Class B Action: Midland cruises past Starks

Midland’s Andrew Hains (14) goes up for a shot

over Northside’s Kaleb Clement (24) in a

recent game.Hains scored nine points Monday

in the Rebels’ 92-46 victory over Starks.

STARKS – The Midland Rebels continued their early season onslaught Monday, racking up 48 point in the first half en route to a 92-46 road victory over Starks. Midland improved to 11-0 on the season with the victory heading into tonight’s contest against St. Louis in the first round of the Jennings Tournament. That game is slated for 8 o’clock.

In Monday’s game, Midland got hot early, jumping out to a 20-11 lead behind nine points from B.J. Cormier and six from Miles Prejean. Cormier continued his tear in the second quarter, dropping 11 of his game-high 25 points to help push the Rebels’ lead to 48-20 at the break. Colby Gantt took over the in third frame, scoring nine points and Allen Fontenot added five to lead the Rebels on a 25-12 run.

The reserves took the court in the fourth quarter and outscored Starks 19-14 to account for the final score. Midland drained a season-high 12 3-pointers in the contest. Cormier led the way with four while Prejean, Gantt and Michael Vincent each had two. Fontenot and Andrew Hains each had one. Gantt followed Cormier in the scoring column with 19 points while Prejean had 18 and Vincent had 10. Also contributing were Hains with nine points, Fontenot with seven and Cody Stutes and Michael Primeaux with two each.

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Bastrop Season Preview: Better Days Ahead for Rams

By Marq Mitcham

Trey Baldwin and the Bastrop Rams open the season

 at home Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. against Ouachita Christian.

By Marq Mitcham

Bastrop Daily Enterprise

 

BASTROP -

For Bastrop High, Tuesday night’s regular season basketball opener against Ouachita Christian serves a two-fold purpose.

Besides the excitement of tipping off a new season, the 7:30 p.m. home contest affords the Rams the opportunity to mercifully close the book on a forgettable 4-20 showing for good.

As bad as last year was, it wasn’t like the dropoff was unexpected.

“It was just one of those years that you go through every now and then. We graduated everybody that played any amount of time the year before,” coach David Patrick said. “Basically, we played a varsity schedule with a JV team.”

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