Tioga High rolls past Bolton 94-31 in prep basketball season opener

Tioga Senior Rodney Williams

TIOGA -- Tioga High flashed some brilliance, and Bolton High struggled mightily in Tioga's 94-31 victory in the season-opening high school basketball game for both boys teams Tuesday night.


Tioga scored the game's first 10 points, raced to a 45-14 lead at the half and played its third string for most of the fourth period.

"They wanted to score 100, but I didn't want us to score 100," said Tioga coach Gene Wright, who freely substituted throughout the contest as the Indians spread the scoring among 15 different players.

Senior guard Matt Thorne led the way with 20 points, and seniors Rodney Williams and Jamie Arnett each tossed in 10 points.

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Mt. Hermon Invite tips off today

By Brandon Wright
The Daily News


While the focus of many fans in the parish is still on playoff football, several area schools will convene in Mount Hermon for the Mount Hermon Invitational basketball tournaments kicking off today and lasting until Saturday.

Visiting schools include Pine, Franklinton, Kentwood and Sumner, and both the girls’ and boys’ teams will play for the title.

The slate includes three games today and Thursday, as well as two championship games on Saturday.

Action starts tonight with Franklinton’s girls squaring off with Sumner at 5:30, with the winner earning a berth in Saturday’s championship.

Following that game, scheduled for 6:45, Sumner’s boys will face Pine. The winner will return on Thursday to face Mount Hermon.

In Wednesday’s nightcap, slated for 8:00, Pine’s girls face Kentwood, and that winner will also face Mount Hermon on Thursday.

Thursday’s schedule begins at 5:30, with Franklinton’s boys facing Kentwood, with the winner advancing to Saturday’s championship.

Then host Mount Hermon takes the court, with the girls’ semifinal at 6:45 and the boys’ semifinal to follow at 8:00.

Saturday’s action tips off at 6 p.m. with the girls’ championship, with the boys’ championship to follow at 7:30.

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Shreveport Area Hoops Report

SOUTHWOOD 106, GIBSLAND-COLEMAN 36: At Southwood, Dean Johns pumped in a game-high 24 points to lead the Cowboys to the easy season-opening win. Southwood hit nine 3-pointers in the victory, including five from Johns.


HUNTINGTON 80, MANSFIELD 39: At Huntington, JaRod Farmer keyed the Raiders' fast start with three 3-pointers en route to a game-high 19 points. Michael Qualls(pictured below) added 12 for the Raiders.

MINDEN 68, ATHENS 58: At Minden, Jay Beavers and A.J. Shine(pictured below) combined for 44 points as the Crimson Tide handed Athens (11-1) its first loss.

PLAIN DEALING 72, PARKWAY 56: At Parkway, YonDarius Johnson's(pictured below) game-high 29 points led the Lions ot the season-opening victory.

BTW 76, RINGGOLD 55: At BTW, Kevin Sampson dropped in 24 points and Traavis Hawkins added 16 as the Lions (1-0) knocked off the Redskins. DeMarcus Madison led Ringgold (0-1) with 15 points.

RED RIVER 68, NORTH CADDO 53: At Vivian, Cordarius Johnson led a balanced Red River attack with 22 points as the Bulldogs opened the season with a win. Darius Owens paced the Reb els (0-1) with 16 points.


CALVARY 76, ST. MARY'S 53: At Calvary, Timothy Thompson hit all five of his 3-point attempts to give first-year head coach Chris Thompson his first win. Timothy Thompson finished with 32 points.


BOSSIER 78, SPRINGHILL 53: At Springhill, Devonte Francis'(pictured below) 20 points led Bossier to the season-opening win. Ken Cooper led Springhill (0-1) with a game-high 23 points.

Nationally Ranked Players Highlight Busy Tournament Week in Baton Rouge

Glen Oaks, Istrouma Headline Woodlawn-BR Tournament

Pictured Clockwise: Brian Williams, Tre' Drye, Ronald McGhee, JJ Thomas

Starting tonight Woodlawn High will host the Annual Woodlawn Shootout tournament that will feature Glen Oaks, Istrouma, Helen Cox, Plaquemine, H.L. Bourgeois, Broadmoor, Scotlandville and the host Woodlawn. With 4 games today starting at 3:30 and the final game starting at 8:00 p.m it will be a great day of basketball at Woodlawn today. The top matchups of the day will be the 5:00 game between Istrouma and 2009 Class 3A state semi-fianlist Plaquemine High. It will feature long-time coach Denny Wright of Plaquemine and his former assistant Coach Marvin Dotson of Istrouma. Last year these two teams had two very good games, one in which Istrouma came back from 14 down to beat the Green Devils at home. The other game to watch will be 5A Scotlandville and 4A Glen Oaks, who is coming off a 2009 4A State Semi-Final appearance as well. This matchup is very intriguing. It features two division 1 signees in Brian Williams(Oklahoma State) of Glen Oaks and JJ Thomas(Stephen F. Austin) of Scotlandville. This game will be a great night cap for the day.

Schedule:

Broadmoor vs. Helen Cox, 3:30 p.m.
Plaquemine vs. Istrouma, 5 p.m.

Woodlawn vs. H.L. Bourgeois, 6:30 p.m.

Glen Oaks vs. Scotlandville, 8 p.m

Players To Watch:

Istrouma High Sophomore Darius Johnson

at the Rivals 150 Camp in Houston, TX

Broadmoor- Colby Barnes 6'5" G/F Senior

Helen Cox- Brocton Bush 5'9" PG Junior

Plaquemine- Demarcus Veal 6'3" F Senior

Istrouma- Ronald "RJ" McGhee 6'5" G Senior

Istrouma- Darius Johnson 6'2" G Sophomore

Istrouma- Joel Jackson 6'3" F Junior

Istrouma- Steven Jackson 6'4" F Senior

Woodlawn- Braylon Lazare 6'6" F Senior

Woodlawn- Eric Vidrine 6'3" G Senior

Woodlawn- Craig McFerrin 6'6" F Junior

H.L. Bourgeois- Phil Jackson 5'10" G Junior

Scotlandville- JJ Thomas 6'5" F Senior

Scotlandville- Levi Wright 6'2" G Junior

Scotlanville- Deshaun Washington 5'10" Sophomore

Glen Oaks- Brian Williams 6'5" Senior

Glen Oaks- Tre' Drye 6'6"  F Junior

Glen Oaks- Brandon Johnson 6'1" PG Senior

Glen Oaks- Andre Scott 6'2" G Senior

Rivals.com Top 100 Player Highlights Donaldsonville Tournament

Pictured: Left- Keith Fleming and Right- Shavon Coleman

Thibodaux High standout Shavon "Sugar" Coleman and his THS Tigers will be in action today at 5:00 in Donaldsonville as they will play St. Amant. Coleman, a 6'6" SG is currently ranked 97th in the post-summer rankings on rivals.com, and is looking to lead Thibodaux back to the playoffs and advance to the Top 28 after running into a buzz saw in eventual 5A state champ Ouachita in the second round last season. The Tigers will be tested today as they go against Coach Gary Duhe who is one of the top coaches in the Baton Rouge Metro Area. Leading the way for St. Amant will be 6'8" senior center Steven Fulkerson. Other teams in the tournament include Class 1A White Castle(quarterfinalist team last season), 5A Assumption, 5A East Ascension and host Donaldsonville of 2A.

At Donaldsonville High Schedule:

St. Amant vs. Thibodaux, 5 p.m.

White Castle vs. Donaldsonville, 6:30 p.m.
Assumption vs. East Ascension, 8 p.m.

Players To Watch:

Thibodaux- Shavon Coleman 6'6" SG Senior
St. Amant- Steven Fulkerson 6'8" C Senior
White Castle- Dontreal Thomas 6'6" F Senior
East Ascension- Keith Fleming 6'5" F Senior

#1 Ranked Freshman in the Country Highlights

Round-Robin at Episcopal

Picture: Brian Bridgewater                                                   Pictured: Gervaughn McGhee

Episcopal High School will host it's annual pre-Thanksgiving round-robin this week. Included in the this year's event are some of the top young players in South Louisiana along with HoopScoop.com's #1 rated freshman Brian Bridgewater. Bridgewater, a 6'5" 215 lb frosh leads a pack of youngsters that include St. Thomas Aquinas' Zavarel "Zay" Jackson and Stephen Wronkowski, McKinley's Darryl Milburn and Redemptorist's Gervaughn McGhee. As we get more information I will post the schedule, all we know are the teams participating are host Episcopal of 2-A, 5-A Walker,  3-A Redemptorist, 2-A St. Thomas Aquinas, 4-A McKinley and class C Jehovah Jireh.

Players to Watch:

Episcopal- Brian Bridgewater 6'5" F Freshman
Episcopal- Robert Peterson 6'3" G Senior
McKinley- Daryl Milburn 6'3" G Sophomore
McKinley- Jon Bond 6'4" G Senior
St. Thomas Aquinas- Zay Jackson 6'1" G Junior
St. Thomas Aquinas- Stephen Wronkowski 6'4" G Sophomore
St. Thomas Aquinas- Brock and Blake Duncan 6'3" G's Juniors
Redemptorist- Gervaughn McGhee 6'4" G Sophomore

59th Annual Wedge Keyes Tournament

Zachary Sophomore Morris Wright

The state's longest running high school basketball tournament will have a little bit of a twist this season. The annual event that is typically held at Baker High since the tournaments beginning in 1960 will move to Zachary High for the 2009 version. Baker High will still host the event but will not be using their gym due to repairs on the roof. This years tournament features a lot of players that are under the radar that nobody really knows about. The best players could possibly both be sophomores in Morris Wright of Zachary and Keith Broome of Tara. Wright is a silky smooth guard that can flat score the basketball and will be able to show that ability with former Zachary players Mason Leggett and Phillip Carey gone due to graduation. Broome is a small, shifty guard that can shoot the 3 and handle the ball. He is a very good compliment to senior Joe Kirk of Tara.  Another player to watch is Ed Brown of Baker who is coming off a 36 point outburst against Belaire on Monday night. Teams in this tournament are host Baker, Zachary, Tara, Belaire, Northeast and St. Helena Central.

Schedule at Zachary High:

Zachary vs. Northeast, 5:30 p.m.

Tara vs. Baker, 7 p.m.

Players to Watch:

Zachary- Morris Wright 5'11" PG Sophomore

Baker- Edward Brown 6'2" G Senior

Tara- Joe Kirk 6'3" G Senior

Tara- Keith Broome G Sophomore

Belaire- Dorian Copeland 6'3" Senior

Other tournaments of Note:

East Iberville will be hosting their annual Robert Grace Invitational. Pointe Coupee Central is the only team other then East. Iberville that I know of that will be there. 

Port Allen will also be hosting a tournament this week as well. Two other teams besides the host that I know for sure that will be there are Class C Family Christian and Brusly.

 Pictured Above: Pointe Coupee Central's DJ Cobb                       Port Allen High's Tyler Washington

Players to Watch:

Port Allen Tourney

Port Allen- Tyler Washington 6'2" G Senior

Family Christian- Joseph Larson 6'8" F Junior

East Iberville Tourney:

Pointe Coupee Central- DJ Cobb 5'10" G Senior

Pointe Coupee Central- Idrakery Lewis 6'4" F Senior

East Iberville- Donovan Richardson 5'7" G Senior

Baton Rouge Area Boy's Box Scores from Tuesday Night

Boys basketball


Catholic 83, McKinley 69

Catholic 26 20 18 19—83

McKinley 17 18 14 20—69

SCORING: CATHOLIC: Kevin Caire 21, Tanner Breaux 18, D. Stewart 18, P. Pittman 9, A. Brock 8, C. Ferrara 4, M. Fritchie 3, E. Walker 2; MCKINLEY: Daryl Millburn 27, Jon Bond 13, C. Isaac 7, R. Smith 7, J. Kelly 5, P. Baily 4, A. Taplin 2, C. Kelly 2, V. Patterson 2.

3-POINT GOALS: Catholic: 9 (Breaux 4, Pittman 3, Fritchie 1, Caire 1); McKinley: 3 (Millburn 2, Isaac 1).

RECORDS: Catholic 1-0; McKinley 0-1.

JUNIOR VARSITY: Catholic 59, McKinley 48.

Denham Springs 65,

Tara 58

Denham Springs 20 11 15 19—65

Tara 14 10 9 25—58

SCORING: DENHAM SPRINGS: K. Fletcher 16, W. Hoover 15, Randy Lathers 11, H. Ethridge 10, D. Watkins 10, J. Spain 3; TARA: J. Bethley 17, Joe Kirk 13, Keith Broome 13, S. Harris 10, S. Parnes 3, D. Honore 2.

3-POINT GOALS: Denham Springs: 3 (Ethridge 2, Lathers 1); Tara: 4 (Broome 2, J. Kirk 1, Bethley 1).

RECORDS: Denham Springs 1-0; Tara 0-1.

JUNIOR VARSITY: Denham Springs 43, Tara 32.

Live Oak 62,

Redemptorist 45

Redemptorist 9 12 10 14—45

Live Oak 13 12 18 19—62

SCORING: REDEMPTORIST: Gervaughn McGhee 25, J. Thomas 9, N. Shelby 5, A. Tate 2, J. Veals 2, J. Courtney 2; LIVE OAK: M. Rayborn 16, A. Switzer 10, D. Bell 10, L. Danos 9, B. Berry 8, E. Crain 5, A. Wilson 4.

3-POINT GOALS: Live Oak 3 (Rayborn 2, Danos)

RECORDS: Redemptorist 0-1; Live Oak 1-0

Northeast 75, Jackson 53

Northeast 19 17 22 17—75

Jackson 10 13 13 17—53

SCORING: NORTHEAST: D. Jackson 32, J. Huggins 13, J. Houston 9, J. Fisher 6, T. Barber 5, J. Snowden 4, F. Hamilton 2, D. Knox 2, D. Wicker 1; JACKSON: D. Carr 9, J. Kilbourne 9, B. Covington 9, T. Hopkins 9, L. Ferguson 8, J. Curtis 5, K. Gordon 3.

3-POINT GOALS: Northeast: 4 (Jackson 2, Huggins 2); Jackson: 5 (Kilbourne 3, Covington 1, Gordon 1).

RECORDS: Northeast 1-0; Jackson 0-1.

JUNIOR VARSITY: Northeast 42, Jackson 25.

Springfield 60, Holden 59

Springfield 21 13 13 13—60

Holden 14 14 9 22—59

SCORING: SPRINGFIELD: V. Walker 20, J. Lee 15, J. Comeau 9, D. Wall 8, T. Batiste 6, J. Taylor 2; HOLDEN: C. Anthony 20, C. Nickens 13, M. Woods 11, J. Bordelon 10, T. Addison 3, T. Fletcher 2.

3-POINT GOALS: Springfield 3 (Comeau, Walker, Wall); Holden 1 (Anthony)

RECORDS: Springfield 1-0; Holden 7-6

JUNIOR VARSITY: Springfield 38, Holden 16

St. Thomas More 61, Lafayette 51

St. Thomas More 8 13 15 25—61

Lafayette 6 12 12 21—51

SCORING: ST. THOMAS MORE: Xavier Blackburn 18, R. Brown 17, J. Vining 9, E. Tatford 7, C. Domingue 5, B. Brodhead 5; LAFAYETTE: M. Taylor 24, C. Paris 9, A. Francis 9, L. Martin 5, R. Plummer 2, P. McZeal 2.

3-POINT GOALS: St. Thomas More 6 (Brown 3, Vining, Blackburn, Brodhead); Lafayette 2 (Taylor, Paris)

RECORDS: St. Thomas More 1-0; Lafayette 0-1

White Castle 55, Brusly 46

Brusly 10 18 10 8—46

White Castle 6 11 21 17—55

SCORING: BRUSLY: D. Jackson 14, D. Jackson 11, S. Patterson 7, J. Middlebury 7, C. Pryer 5, K. Purnell 2; WHITE CASTLE: T. Fair 19, Q. Allen 17, D. Thomas 13, D. Wesley 3, D. Kelson 2, D. Allen 1.

3-POINT GOALS: Brusly 1 (Pryer 1); White Castle 4 (Q. Allen 3, Fair)

RECORDS: Brusly 0-1; White Castle 1-0

JUNIOR VARSITY: White Castle 26, Brusly 24

Defending 4A State Champion Salmen falls to Chalmette

By Bill Turner
Staff writer


The gym is the same, still temporary looking with a new gym, a huge monolith to Spartans basketball, growing silently beside it.

But there's something different at Salmen.

On the walls, the difference is evident. On one beige wall up high is a large glossy photo of the 2008-09 basketball team, looking down on this year's version. On the opposite wall is a banner with the names of last season's team, like a moment out of Hoosiers, names of those who created history for Salmen by winning the Class 4A state basketball championship.
But Tuesday night -- when the Spartans lost 44-42 to Chalmette -- the march toward the same old goal, a state title, began again.


The differences extended to the team, where R.J. Scott and Jared Harrison and Isiah Tate and Daron Populist and even Daniel Sams and Matthew Sumpter no longer work the baseline or prowl the post or hit those long jumpers for a 33-2 team whose two losses were within 30 hours of each other last December.

But things are different by rule. Each year is fresh.

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New Orleans Area Boxscores for Tuesdays

Bogalusa 76, McDonogh 50

Boxscore N/A
East St. John 78, Lutcher 42


Lut: Myles 10, Mitchell 6, Nicholas 3, Adams 3, West 2, Jackson 12, Allen 2, Coleman 2.
ESJ: Robinson 6, J. Williams 13, Henderson 6, Kenner 2, Gales 14, Placide 8, Dune 14, Victor 4, L. Williams 5, Milton 6.

Lut 10 11 11 9 -- 42
ESJ 18 17 21 22 -- 78

Records: Lutcher 0-1; East St. John 1-0.

Northshore 47, Belle Chasse 43


BC: Corey 15, Rogers 10, Justin 6, Alsten 6, Sullivan 4, Cemo 2.
Nor: Townsend 8, Prange 4, Brown 11, Hewitt 3, Duplessis 6, Soule 6, Eddlestone 9.

BC 6 12 15 10 -43
Nor 14 16 13 4 - 47


Records: Belle Chasse 0-1; Northshore 1-0.
Northlake Christian 67, Hannan 25

Han: Hess 12, Bohen 4, Thurman 4, Arceneaux 3, Bonura 2.
NC: Fitzgerald 16, Seale 16, Williams 10, Landry 9, Motichek 6, Draffen 4, Cherry 3, Hughes 2, Sigl 1.

Han 6 12 5 2 -- 25
NC 15 18 9 25 -- 67
Records: Hannan 0-1; Northlake Christian 1-0.

Chalmette 44, Salmen 42


Chal: Williams 9, Bienemy 12, Green 8, Major 6, Muller 3, Griffin 6.
Sal: Price 7, Trotter 10, Jones 13, A. Adams 7, D. Adams 5.

Chal 14 15 7 8 -- 44
Sal 14 13 8 7 -- 42


Records: Chalmette 1-0; Salmen 0-1.

O.P. Walker 81, Opelousas 50


Ope: Pullard 14, Malveaux 12, Chambers 2, Wesley 6, Chenier 9, Hamilton 7.
OPW: Brown 6, Ray 13, Johnson 8, Covington 18, Jackson 6, Pope 13, Silas 13, Pierre 4.


Ope 12 4 11 23 -- 50
OPW 16 19 17 29 -- 81

Records: Opelousas 0-1; O.P. Walker 1-0.

St. Augustine 85, Easton 38


Easton: Ducros 3, Risen 2, Weary 26, Brown 8, Martin 2, Paul 2.
SA: Kelly 1, K. Jones 6, Moore 13, Thomas 4, Taylor 7, London 18, Harris 2, Felix 5, Hayes 9, D. Jones 8, Lain 14.

Easton 4 3 16 15 -- 38
SA 24 22 19 20 -- 85

Records: Easton 0-1; St. Augustine 1-0.

Northshore 47, Belle Chasse 43

BC: Corey 15, Rogers 10, Justin 6, Alsten 6, Sullivan 4, Cemo 2.
Nor: Townsend 8, Prange 4, Brown 11, Hewitt 3, Duplessis 6, Soule 6, Eddlestone 9.


BC 6 12 15 10 -- 43
Nor 14 16 13 4 -- 47

Records: Belle Chasse 0-1; Northshore 1-0.

McMain 56, Rabouin 34


McM: Jones 12, Mitchell 2, Mix 8, McGinnis 1, Burks 5, Freeman 8, Wricks 8, Clark 10.
Rab: Powell 3, Walker 1, George 4, Debounne 2, Davis 2, Lasaurge 1, Smith 21.


McM 18 8 13 17 -- 56
Rab 4 3 16 11 -- 34

Records: McMain 1-0; Rabouin 0-1.


Ecole 56, Haynes 43


Haynes: Yousaf 29, Hall 6, Murry 4, Lacey 2, Chavis 2.
Ecole: Hyde 23, Donnelly 13, Ruben 7, Scheuermann 6, Borrello 5, Latino 2.

Haynes 7 10 9 17 -- 43
Ecole 13 19 15 9 -- 56

Records: Haynes 0-1; Ecole 1-0.

Lusher 56, New Orleans Math & Science 17

NOMS: Davis 3, Kellup 5, McGary 53, Wimberly 4, Anderson 2.
Lusher: Muse 3, Bender 6, Theyard 7, De. Jones 1, Womack 10, McGregor 10, Da. Jones 12, Knatt 2, Lagarde 5.


NOMS 3 1 8 5 -- 17
Lusher 19 24 10 3 -- 56

Records: New Orleans Math & Science 0-1; Lusher 1-0.


Rummel 65, Riverdale 26


Riv: Robinson 2, Newton 4, D. Jankins 4, Keys 4, Minor 4, Shorts 4, J. Jenkins 4.
Rum: Barocco 23, Schmidt 8, Trammell 4, Webb 7, Wade 13, Thomas 6, Teechie 2, Womac 2.

Riv 4 6 4 12 -- 26 Rum 19 13 19 14 -- 65

Records: Riverdale 0-1; Rummel 1-0.

Former D-1 Ambassadors Player William Nelson Scores 38, BRCC Wins

One of my former players from the Louisiana D-1 Ambassadors/Texas D-1 Ambassadors William Nelson, who is a former Port Allen High Pelican scored 38 points last night as Baton Rouge Community College won 94-82 in a home game vs. Southwest Mississippi Community College last night. Nelson played his high school ball at Port Allen under current Zachary Head Coach Kirby Loupe, after Port Allen he played for my former high school coach Steve Rachal at Acadian Prep in Opelousas. As a junior, Nelson led Port Allen to a semi-final loss to Richwood High. After spending the entire summer working and training Will I am very happy to see how his hardwork that we put in is really paying. Whether it was the 6 a.m. weight room training with former LSU football star Trev Faulk or the 2-A-days in the gym that would start a 7:30 A.M. and 5:00 p.m. Will has shown the hardwork and dedication it takes to be a great player. He is finally seeing what it takes to be successful and has accepted the challenge. After playing for my team in the Spring, Will traveled the summer for our Texas D-1 Ambassadors team of Max Ivany which featured current University of Memphis freshman Dalenta "DJ" Stephens,  rivals 100 player and Texas A&M signee Daniel Alexander from Dripping Springs, TX, Oklahoma State signee Brian Williams from Baton Rouge, Northern Colorado signee Paul Garnica of San Antonio(who is on his way to breaking the Texas state record for points in a career), Univ. of San Fransisco signee Cody Doolin from Austin, TX, Ronald McGhee of Baton Rouge, and one of the top juniors in Louisiana Tre' Drye from Glen Oaks. Through playing with Max, Will got a lot of exposure throughout the country, whether it was at the Univ. of Texas Elite camp, or the trip up to Kansas for the Hoop City Classic, Myrtle Beach, SC for the Big Shots National Invite tourney, the River City Showdown in Memphis, or the Desert Duel in Phoenix, AZ, Nelson made an impact.

William Nelson #5

Ronald McGhee of Istrouma #4

Univ. of Memphis player DJ Stephens #34(left)

At Desert Duel in Phoenix, AZ

I don't know everybody's story but if you all knew the personal stuff that this young man has been through it would truly touch your heart. This young man is one of the best that I have been around. Sure he can give a little attitude or show frustration on the court, but at the end of the day he is a great young man that will be very successful after his stint at BRCC. So with that said, Will good luck and congratulations on a successful start to your college career so far and leading BRCC to a 5-1 start being the face of a first year program at BRCC. You are truly doing well.

Bossier takes on Favorite's role

Bossier High School Junior Guard

Jalan West(below) looks to lead Bossier

By Jason Pugh • jpugh@gannett.com • November 17, 2009

Bossier Bearkats boys basketball coach Jeremiah Williams used the power of the underdog to propel his team's run to the Class 4A championship game in March.


As the 2009-10 high school basketball season begins in earnest tonight, Williams won't have that piece of motivation for his team. In this area, the Bearkats are much more favorite than little engine that could.
 
"We've got to learn to play as the hunted instead of trying to hunt somebody," Williams said. "We've got to get used to playing that role. We're used to being the underdogs, people saying we're too small and we're not supposed to win. Now people are expecting us to win."
 
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Players To Watch in the Shreveport/Bossier Area According to the Shreveport Times
 

Many High Senior Guard Dantrell Thomas(pictured below) will look

to lead the Tigers to a 2A State Title after falling to Springhill in the

Championship last season

Players

Mike Davis, Southwood
JaRod Farmer, Huntington
Ron Richardson, Calvary
Dantrell Thomas, Many
Jalan West, Bossier

Teams

Airline
Bossier
Booker T. Washington
Huntington
Many

Riverside gets past hype, wins

                      

                                                                                        Sophomore Louis Dabney led RA with 23 points

Old Reserve players mesh with new team

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 By JJ Marshall Contributing writer

After the first foul was called in the first quarter of Monday's game between Riverside and Covington, the Riverside public address announcer announced, "Foul on Reserve Christian's Cedric Jenkins. His first personal foul, first on Reserve."

After Reserve Christian shut down last year, the acclaimed basketball program migrated down the street to Riverside Academy. Coach Tim Byrd, Reserve's former coach, now is in charge of the entire Riverside athletic department.

Riverside's varsity basketball team now has 13 players from Reserve, and five remaining from last year's program.

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