Jackson's Six 3's lead Rosepine(late friday)

By Josh Troy

Beauregard Daily News
DeRidder, La. -


ROSEPINE—Julius Jackson’s six 3-pointers and 35 points helped propel the Rosepine Eagles (1-1) basketball team to a runaway victory against the Merryville Panthers (1-1) in the Rosepine Tournament Thursday night. Rosepine won 83-40.

“We really didn’t come out with that much intensity tonight (Thursday),” Eagles head coach Danny Fletcher said, adding he did not know why since Rosepine hosted the tournament.

Rosepine and Merryville faced one another Tuesday.

Although it was not indicated by the score, Panthers head coach Rory Hollier was pleased with the improvements made by Merryville.

“We made improvements from Tuesday night,” Hollier said. “We probably had less turnovers tonight (Thursday).”

Hollier said the Panthers also performed better on the boards and learned who to go with the ball.
He added the next step is to execute.

Rosepine took a 30-5 lead at the end of the first quarter and never looked back.

The Eagles scored the first 18 points of the game unanswered.

Jackson scored 13 of the first 15 points for Rosepine.

That was when he converted three of his 3-pointers and he also had a steal and fast break for a 2-pointer.

“I thought we had a pretty good touch on the ball,” Fletcher said.

However, Fletcher said the Eagles did not play well with the press. He noted Rosepine missed too many free throws.

“It’s hard to play the same team back-to-back,” Fletcher said.

Merryville came alive in the fourth quarter.

Each team scored 15 points during the final quarter, but the Eagles had put the game away much earlier.

John Hobbs scored nine fourth quarter points for the Panthers. That included a 3-pointer.

“Overall, I was pleased with our progress,” Hollier said.

Hollier said he expects the first two weeks of the Panthers season to be tough, but already Merryville’s conditioning has improved.

“I can see a light at the end of the tunnel,” Hollier said. “It’s a long way to get there.”

For the Eagles, Jackson scored 35 points, Richard Palmer scored 16 points, Ethan Calcote scored 10 points, Shane Longoria scored seven points, Jason Allerdyce scored eight points, Breland Parrott scored two points and Tyler Thompson scored three points.

For the Panthers, Hobbs scored 15 points and four assists, Garrett Knowlton scored one point and collected six rebounds, Eric Palmer scored six points and had three assists, Greg Sweet scored five points, Corey Cantrell scored five points, Jaylen Bradshaw scored six points and Garrett Riggs scored two points and had three blocks. Merryville is back in action at 5:30 p.m. tonight against Pitkin in the Rosepine Tournament and Rosepine is back in action at 5:30 p.m. Saturday against DeRidder in the Rosepine Tournament.

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Minden High Wins at Lakeview Tourney

Minden's A'Torri "AJ" Shine

SIBLEY — Minden High took home a win in Thursday’s action at the Don Stahl Memorial Tournament at Lakeside.

Minden 58, Lakeview 56

The Crimson Tide led for most of the game, before Lakeview rallied to make it close it the fourth quarter.

The Tide had a four-point lead late, but Lakeview hit a three-pointer to cut the lead to one with eight seconds left.

After the inbounds play, Minden’s Jay Beavers was fouled, and made one of two free throws to move the lead to 58-56. Lakeview tried a desperation shot as the buzzer sounded, but missed.

“I thought we played extremely well for three quarters,” Minden head coach Alan Shaw said. “We executed our offense, and were patient looking for the shots we wanted. But for some reason, in the fourth quarter we just went completely brain dead. We decided to shoot quick and started taking some three-pointers that we didn’t need to take with a seven or eight-point lead. And because of our inefficiency on offense, we allowed Lakeview to get back in the game.”

With the game slipping away towards the end, the Tide used their defense to turn the momentum back around.

“What saved us was our defense,” Shaw said. “Late in the game, when we had to have some stops, we went to a zone. That stopped their penetration and caused some turnovers. Then we had some kids make some big free throws down the stretch to seal the game for us.”

A.J. Shine led Minden with 21 points and Jay Beavers dropped in 13. T.J. Stanley added 11.

“I was proud of our guys for sticking in there at the end and not folding,” Shaw said. “We went out there and made the plays we needed to get the win.”

The Tide will play Haughton in the semi-finals Saturday at 12 p.m.

Other scores:

Boys
Haynesville 74, Doyline 63
Haughton 62, Ringgold 56
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East Ascension powers past Warriors in season opener(Late from last Monday)

East Ascension’s Bobby Madere converts a lay up in

transition over Christopher Bailey to open the 2nd half

of the Spartans’ 66-43 season opening victory Monday

By Peter Silas Pasqua

East Ascension limited St. Michael to just six points in the third quarter to blow open an 11-point halftime lead on way to a 66-43 season opening victory Monday night at EAHS’ gym. The Spartans’ reserves continued the onslaught taking their biggest, 29 points, with 1:50 left to play.

“I thought they had a decent start to the second half and then we caught our second wind and played real well,” East Ascension head coach Kenny Almond said. “We got to work on holding the ball when they were doubling and got through without getting anybody hurt so it was a good game.

“We played a good system. They are a little young and have to come around but we are going to play a lot quicker athletes than they have down the road.”

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Sulphur Tors’ experience, good rebounding lead to win

Sulphur's Donovan Williams led the Tor's

with 12 points and 6 rebounds Friday night

By Mickel Ponthieux

Southwest Daily News

Lake Charles, La. -

The Sulphur Tors never panicked in a close 62-57 win over Iowa in the Tors' last game of the LaGrange tournament.

"It's the experience to handle the situation," Sulphur head coach Clint LeBato said on the Tors' composure. "Our guys came through big time."

Sulphur went into the half tied with the Yellow Jackets at 34-34 and Iowa was able to get a one-point edge after the third quarter to take a 46-45 lead.

The Tors never gave up and battled with the Yellow Jackets in the fourth quarter. Chip Armelin put Sulphur up by one with three and a half minutes remaining. Then a minute later, the Tors broke away with a 6-0 run to take a 61-54 lead with 1:26 remaining.

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Christian Life wins Inaugural Ballin' On The Red Tourney in Shreveport over Bossier

Click here to read the twitter updates from tonights game. The tourney recap story will be available tomorrow by 4:00 P.M.

Battle of Nationally Ranked Teams Highlight Ballin' on the Red Day 2!!

Riverside Academy Coach Timmy Byrd will lead his team tonight

against Christian Life in the Semi-Finals at the Ballin' on the Red

Pictured Below vs. Christian Life last season on opening night.

Well last night was a night of easy victories for Bossier, Christian Life and Riverside, but now is when the action heats up. Bossier easily dominated 3A Richwood who were without 12 players due to football including one of their top players Marceis Davis. The only score I received last night was Bossier over Richwood 82-54. Jalan West led Bossier with 20 and LaDon Carter had 23 for Richwood. The next two games finished late so there were no reports from the host last night, hopefully we will receive that today for tomorrow.

Now, on with the matchups for today, Richwood will play Loyola at 5:00.(who recieved a bye but since guaranteed 3 games they will play Richwood in a game just make sure everybody gets 3 games).  Game 2 is Vandebilt Catholic vs Airline at 6:30 for the second of the consolation games. The nightcap features Christian Life, ranked 77th nationally vs. Riverside who is ranked 96 in the first semi-final contest. The two nationally ranked teams has a lot of bragging rights on the table. Last season Christian Life swept all 3 games against Timmy Byrd's squad when they were at Reserve and the year before that they beat the same team to end the season. CLA has won 4 straight against this group and look to make it 5. The biggest key to this matchup will be coaching. Todd Foster left CLA for a head coaching spot at Baton Rouge C.C. and was replaced by former Plainview head coach Carlo Maggio. On paper, CLA and Riverside are equal in the talent department but the matchup will be the coaches. Timmy Byrd has won a ton of state titles in his years coaching and this season could be no different. Not only has he won, he knows how to win and can coach in close games. Will this be a classic battle where coaching decided the game or will the stars Langston Galloway, McCall Tomeny and Patrick Robinson lead CLA to victory over Ricardo Gathers, Cedric Jenkins and Kyle McClue of Riverside? We will see tonight, it should be classic. Gametime for this match up is 8:00 at LSU-S.

The final game tonight will be Bossier vs. Loyola in the second semi-final. Bossier is coming off a huge win over defending 3A state champ Richwood. Jalan West had a team high 20 points and Jordan James also contributed 11 points and tons of assist including a few alley-oop passes late in the game. Another player to watch will be the inside presence of Darmaneiya Francis of Bossier who I have been told added a lot of muscle since last year. Freshman Zack Bramburg will look to lead Loyola to an upset win.

Pictured Below: Christian Life vs. Reserve Christian Last season are seniors #2 Avery Prince, #11 Langston Galloway and #30 Kaleb Knight

Pictured Below: Christian Life vs. Reserve Christian Last season are current Riverside players

#4 Cedric Jenkins(left), #13 Louis Dabney, #33 Ricardo Gathers and senior Ed Gallina (right)

Pictured Below: Christian Life vs. Reserve Christian Last season are the two leaders for

tonights game. Left: Christian Life senior Langston Galloway and Riverside Senior Cedric Jenkins(right)

Kyle Preston's 48 points not enough for UCP

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Box Scores from Baton Rouge on Wednesday Night

Boys basketball Box Score late tuesday


Ville Platte 111, Westminster 68

Ville Platte 25 31 27 28—111
Westminster Academy 13 20 12 23 —68

SCORING: VILLE PLATTE: T. Scott 21, P. Arvie 20, D. Ardoin 11, D. Wilson 10, J. Charles 9, F. Edwards 8, D. Charles 8, C. Jones 7, J. Doucet 7, J. Chad 3.

3-POINT GOALS: Ville Platte 8 (Arvie 4, Doucet 2, Jones 1, Chad 1).

Boy's Tournament Scores
Albany Invitational
At Albany

Holden 47
Springfield 41

Leading Scorers: HOLDEN: J. Bordelon 19, M. Woods 13; SPRINGFIELD: J. Lee 14, V. Walker 12

Halftime: Springfield 27, Holden 24

Donaldsonville Tournament

At Donaldsonville


Thibodaux 51
St. Amant 34

Team leaders: THIBODAUX: S. Coleman 24; ST. AMANT: S. Fulkerson 14.

Halftime: Thibodaux 27, St. Amant 15

Donaldsville 64
White Castle 43

Team leaders: DONALDSONVILLE: L. Collins 14, D. Breaux 13, A. Turner 10; WHITE CASTLE: D. Allen 13.

Halftime: Donaldsonville 34, White Castle 20.

East Ascension 57
Assumption 48

Team leaders: EAST ASCENSION: T. Wright 13, B. Madere 12; ASSUMPTION: A. Sardent 11.

Today’s games

White Castle v. St. Amant, 5 p.m.
Donaldsonville v. Thibodaux, 6:30 p.m.
East Ascension v. Dutchtown, 8 p.m.

East Iberville Tournament

At East Iberville

Pointe Coupee Central 69
F.A. Douglas 60

Leading Scorers: POINTE COUPEE CENTRAL: D. Cobb 26, I. Lewis 17; F.A. DOUGLAS: W. Allen 25, J. Stewart 13, J. Field 11.

Halftime: Pointe Coupee Central 23, F.A. Douglas 22

East Iberville 73
Crescent City 44

Leading Scorers: EAST IBERVILLE: S. Ballon 16, R Johnson 15, D. Richardson 10; CRESCENT CITY: T. Robinson 14

Halftime: East Iberville 37, Crescent City 17

Pelican Tip-Off Classic

At Port Allen

Capitol 45
Brusly 33

Leading Scorers: CAPITOL: M. Sibley 12, J. Hart 10, D. Hughes; BRUSLY: Darius Jackson 15, Dave Jackson 11

Halftime: Capitol 22, Brusly 16

Port Allen 64
Southern Lab 53

Leading Scorers: PORT ALLEN: T. Washington 22, J. Esco 12, L. Parker 11, M. Parker 10; SOUTHERN LAB: M. Harrel 16, K. Scott 10
Halftime: Port Allen 27, Southern Lab 23

Port Allen Tip-off Classic
At Port Allen

Dunham 51
Brusly 23

Team leaders: DUNHAM: Z. Pagent 13; BRUSLY: D. Jackson 8.
Halftime: Dunham 22, Brusly 7.

Wedge Kyes Tournament

At Zachary

Northeast 85
Zachary 77

Leading Scorers: NORTHEAST: J. Huggins 22, D. Jackson 17, J. Houston 14, P. Rivers 13, M. Bethley 12; ZACHARY: J. Washington 17, M. Wright 15, C. Burrell 14, T. Mims 10.

Halftime: Northeast 41, Zachary 35

Tara 76
Baker 64

Leading Scorers: TARA: K. Broome 35, J. Bethley 16; BAKER: M. Williams 20, E. Brown 19, L. LeDuff 12
Halftime: Tara 44, Baker 31

Woodlawn Shootout
At Woodlawn

Broadmoor 61
Helen Cox 60

Team leaders: BROADMOOR: C. Barnes 26, D. Daricus 12; HELEN COX: B. Bush 19, J. Jason 17, J. Ealy 15.

Halftime: Helen Cox 19, Broadmoor 26.

Istrouma 50
Plaquemine 44

Team leaders: ISTROUMA: J. Jackson 11, R. McGhee 10, R. Knox 10; PLAQUEMINE: J. Richard 12.

Halftime: Plaquemine 22, Istrouma 20.

Woodlawn 65
H. L. Bourgeois 36

Team leaders: WOODLAWN: L. Braylan 17, C. McFerrin 15, E. Vidrine 12; H. L. BOURGEOIS: P. Jackson 12.

Halftime: Woodlawn 28, H. L. Bourgeois 7.

Glen Oaks 67
Scotlandville 47

Team leaders: GLEN OAKS: B. Williams 20, T. Drey 15, B. Johnson 15, A. Scott 10; SCOTLANDVILLE: J. J. Thomas 15, Z. Basile 12.

Halftime: Glen Oaks 33, Scotlandville 28

Silliman Shootout

Boys


Huntington 40
Amite 28

Team leaders: K. Brown 17, J. Powell 10; AMITE: T. Coleman 15.
Halftime: Huntington 22, Amite 12
Centreville 69,
Silliman 57

Team leaders: CENTREVILLE: J. Dezendorf 24, C. Lockwood 20, E. Noland 12; SILLIMAN: T. Hornsby 20, A. Gayle 17, W. Kelly 10.
Halftime: Centreville 36, Silliman 21

Late Tuesday nigh Box Scores from Monroe

BOYS BASKETBALL

(Tuesday)

West Monroe 54
Ruston 38

Leading scorers: WM — Corey Lacey 16, James Mason 10, Dominque Ford 10. RU — Shawn Johnson 11.

Ouachita 70
Richwood 60

Leading scorers: OP (1-0) — Antonio Landers 17, Ryan Gix 12, Demariques Leonard 12; RW (0-1)- Ledon Carter 19 (10 rebounds), Deandre Martin 11 (10 rebounds).

Neville 71
Washington-Marion 69

Leading scorers: NV — Delarious Jones 25, Thomas Austin 15. Jeff Williams 13, Zay Henderson 10 (15 rebounds). WM — Kevin Fontenot 22, Derrick Guidry 16


Bastrop 52
Ouachita Christian 34

Leading scorers: BA — Donald Washington 15, Keith Walker 10. OCS — Levare Davis 25, Jeremy Hill 13.

Grambling Lab 97
Bienville 49

Leading scorers: GL (1-0) — Jamie Kimball 20, DeAngelo Williams 16, Heath Moore 16. BV (0-1) — K Lord, 22; T Champion 17.


OTHER BOYS SCORES

Mangham 60, Tensas 55

Sulphur Boy's basketball visits Rotary group

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By Marilyn Monroe
Southwest Daily News

Pictured, from left to right in front, are Coach Carlin, Coach LeBato, Rotarian Suzanne Peveto, Aaron Cupit (senior player), and Chip Armelin (senior player). And pictured in back are Tanner Kuykendall (senior player) and Matt LeBato (senior player).

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Head Basketball Coach Clint LeBato and Coach Charles “Skip” Carlin visited the Sulphur Rotary Club on Wednesday to talk about the team, the new season, and the Sulphur Golden Tor Tournament, which is from December 28 to 30. He told the group that there are three things that make his program successful: a great community, coaching and facilities, and the players themselves. He said that he does have a tough schedule and a lot of young players but if everything comes together, he looks for great things to happen.