Westgate Blasts Livonia 91-47

Westgate’s Kendrick Porter goes up

for a basket over a Livonia defender

 on Tuesday. WHS won, 91-47.

After watching the Livonia Wildcats jump out to a 7-3 lead in the first quarter of his team’s home opener, Westgate boys’ basketball head coach Oliver Winston decided to turn up the defensive pressure on his counterpart, Troy Green, Tuesday night.

The Tigers’ defensive pressure forced the Wildcats into 32 turnovers and WHS outscored Livonia 91-47 to improve their record to 7-3 on the young basketball season. D’Nerious Antoine and Brandon Malveaux led the Tigers with 14 and 13 points, respectively. Duval Jackson and Kendrick Porter scored 10 points each for the Tigers.

After stealing the ball away from Livonia on two consecutive plays for easy scores, WHS took the lead for good at the 5:27 mark of the first quarter after Joshua Boutte threw down a two-handed dunk that got the home crowd on its feet, prompting Green to call a time out.

“I knew if we get into a running game with them we were going to commit some turnovers,” Green said following the game. “I just did not know we were going to commit that many turnovers.”

Throughout the first and second quarter the Tigers’ defense continued to apply pressure despite regularly substituting the first and second teams. That same defensive pressure turned into easy transition points for the home team and Westgate led 54-34 at halftime.

“It’s always good to win your home opener,” Winston said. “But we are not where we need to be yet. We are not as consistent as we should be on offense and defensively we will get better once the kids get their basketball legs. We need to improve every week.”

Westgate (9-4) continued to apply its full court pressure defense after halftime and the Tigers continued to get layup after layup after layup before the officials sent the game to running time.

“Hats off to Westgate, they can play,” Green said. “They are one of the best teams in the state right now and they are only going to get better. We were playing without our two best players, Ivory Slaughter and Xavier Joseph, and our players still played hard. They did not quit and I am proud of them.”

Arkel Paul and Dontre Ruffin led Livonia with 14 and 12 points, respectively.

The loss sent the Wildcats to 6-8 on the year.

Courtesy of the Daily Iberian

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.

North Central defeat's Beau Chene at Francis Singleton Tourney: Joseph Charles scored 32 in the loss

Despite leading Beau Chene with a game high

32 points and five 3's, Joseph Charles and the

 Gators lose by 8 to North Central in the finals

PRAIRIE BASSE — The North Central Hurricanes winners in the 2009 version of the Francis Singleton Memorial Tournament that finished Sunday at Beau Chene High.


The Hurricanes won the boys championship with a 68-61 win over over host Beau Chene in the final game.
"Everything went very well for the tournament," Beau Chene boys coach Roy Young said. "We real good competition and pretty good crowds."

North Central's boys utilized the scoring from three primary sources to subdue the host team. Julian Tatman finished off a spectacular tournament with 16 points to equal Jamal Doucet, who also had a team-high 16 points in the win.

Jerome Wilson also played a key role with 14 points.

The individual star of the boys final game, though, was Beau Chene's Joseph Charles in a losing cause with 32 points, behind five 3-pointers.

"It was a good game," Young said. "It was nip and tuck. We decided to slow it down and go to the delay game. The problem is that we didn't make any free throws down the stretch. We missed something like six straight free throws and that really hurt us."

"North Central was able to get into transition and made some baskets. Like I expected, North Central was really good. They're strong year-in and year-out."


Courtesy of the Opelousas Daily World

St. Landry Parish Tournament set for Wednesday

Joseph Charles will lead Beau Chene this week

The battle for St. Landry Parish supremacy is just days away as the St. Landry Parish Tournament is all set to get under way on Wednesday at Northwest High School.

The Beau Chene Lady Gators and North Central Hurricanes are the respective top seeds in the girls and boys' tournament and will both receive first-round byes in the 7-team tournaments.

The tournament will be played over four days with Saturday providing the championship games for the girls and boys.

The girls' finals will begin at 5 p.m. while the boys' finals will take place at 6:30 p.m.

The Lady Gators will enter the tournament as the top seed after a strong run in their own Francis Singleton Memorial Tournament this past weekend.

Beau Chene will have a first-round bye before facing the Northwest-Westminster winner in the semifinals.

Opelousas High is the No. 2 seed and will take on Eunice in the first round at 6 p.m. on Thursday. North Central and Port Barre will play at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the other first-round game, with the winner advancing to play the OHS-Eunice winner in the semifinals at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.

On the boys' side, the North Central Hurricanes will serve as the top seed in the tournament and receive the pass into the semifinals.

North Central will await the Beau Chene-Eunice winner. Beau Chene and Eunice will face off at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Port Barre is the No. 2 seed and will face Westminster in the first round at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. The winner of that game will face the OHS-Northwest winner at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Admission to the tournament is $6 per day

Basketball heating up at Pine Prairie High School

By: LANCE REED

Sports Editor

There is lots of round ball action going on at Pine Prairie High School right now. The Panthers are coming off of two tough losses to Jena High School, but are also getting ready to host the Pine Prairie Invitational Basketball Tournament.

The Lady Panthers fell to the Lady Giants of Jena 60-49. Pine Prairie held a lead going into halftime, 27-24.

The JHS girls turned it on in the second half, out-scoring the local girls 36-22. The Lady Panthers fought hard against their Class 3A opponent, but could not overcome the second-half surge.

Chelsey Rider led the team with 16 points, including nine points in the second period. Kassidy Crawford chipped in with 12 points in the contest.

The PPHS boys slipped in a nail-biter to the Giants. Pine Prairie came out strong and traded buckets throughout the entire first half. They were down 22-24 at the intermission, but still very much in the game.

The see-saw battle continued in the second half all the way to the buzzer. The Giants electrified their home crowd with a game-winning shot with very little time left on the clock.

Kelly Allison led the Panthers with 15 points, while Corey Ardoin put up 12 points. Kendall Celestine ended the night with nine points.

The Panthers traveled to Rapides High School Friday night.

The PPHS Invitation begins this Wedenesday night at Pine Prairie High School. The girls get things started first at 3:30 p.m. when the host team meets St. Ed’s. At 5 p.m., Sacred Heart will take on Northwood.

The boy’s bracket gets started at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Northwood meets Sacred Heart and then Pine Prairie faces off against Pickering at 8 p.m.

Thursday the action continues. The boys get on the court first. St. Ed’s and Bunkie meet at 3:30 p.m. The winner of that game plays Rapides Friday at 8 p.m.

In the girl’s bracket, St. Mary’s and Pickering High School collide at 5 p.m. That game will be followed by a match-up between the Lady Panthers of Bunkie and the Lady Mustangs of Rapides.

The finals will take place Saturday at 6 p.m. (girls) and 7:30 p.m. (boys).

Courtesy of the Ville Platte Today

Baton Rouge Area Box Scores from Last Friday night until this monday Night

Boys basketball


Christian Life 75, Dunham 31

Dunham 4 9 9 9—31
Christian Life 19 20 18 18—75

SCORING: DUNHAM: T. Celestine 11, J. Caine 7, J. Honore 5, J. Lang 3, K. Planchard 2, D. Butler 2, H. Kinchen 1; CHRISTIAN LIFE: P. Robinson 18, L. Galloway 16, K. Knight 12, M. Tomeny 11, A. Prince 8, F. Bartley 4, C. Self 4, M. Bell 2.

3-POINT GOALS: Dunham 1 (Honore); Christian Life 6 (Robinson 4, Galloway, Tomeny)
RECORDS: Christian Life 11-1
JUNIOR VARSITY: CLA 46, Dunham 33

Ellender 82, Terrebonne 69

Ellender 23 24 15 20—82
Terrebonne 21 20 10 18—69

SCORING: ELLENDER: T. Lewis 29, D. Parfait 12, H. Chatman 12, R. Ward 7, C. Staidum 7, K. Dixon 5, D. Jones 5, J. Wheaton 3, T. Alexander 1; TERREBONNE: J. Brown 17, R. Williams 16, D. Austin 15, D. Brown 11, M. Williams 8, D. Bolden 2.

3-POINT GOALS: Ellender 4 (Parfait 2, Staidum, Ward); Terrebonne 4 (Austin 3, M. Williams)
RECORDS: Ellender 11-2

Scotlandville 55, Belaire 43

Scotlandville 15 13 8 19—55
Belaire 10 9 13 11—43

SCORING: SCOTLANDVILLE: J. Thomas 27, D. Washington 11, L. Wright 6, T. Lee 5, T. Fortune 4, D. Basile 2; BELAIRE: C. Taylor 12, D. Copeland 10, D. Martin 8, D. Harris 5, J. Jackson 4, J. York 2, M. Dyson 2.

3-POINT GOALS: Scotlandville 5 (Washington 3, Fortune, Wright); Belaire 2 (Martin 2)
RECORDS: Belaire 7-7
JUNIOR VARSITY: Scotlandville 47, Belaire 33

Zachary 90, West Feliciana 51

West Feliciana 18 10 10 13—51
Zachary 24 31 24 11—90

SCORING: WEST FELICIANA: B. Cobb 16, D. Dawson 10, D. Morrison 9, M. Cummings 5, K. Davis 4, B. Reed 3, B. Brooks 3, C. Dawson 1; ZACHARY: T. Mims 19, M. Wright 19, J. Washington 14, R. James 8, D. Moss 7, K. Johnson 4, T. Smart 4, C. Gibbs 4, R. Bowman 3, L. Cage 3, E. Finister 2, T. Claypole 2.

3-POINT GOALS: West Feliciana 0; Zachary 4 (Wright 2, Bowman, Moss)
JUNIOR VARSITY: Zachary 63, West Feliciana 18

Boys basketball


Ellender 65, H.L. Bourgeois 54

Ellender 12 20 20 12—65
H.L. Bourgeois 11 8 20 15—54

SCORING: ELLENDER: T. Lewis 16, D. Parfait 11, D. Jones 10, K. Dixon 9, J. Wheaton 7, R. Ward 4, C. Staidum 3, H. Chatman 3, J. Navy 2; HL BOURGEOIS: D. Anderson 17, D. Ward 17, T. Amaker 7, K. Ray 6, P. Jackson 5, D. Kemp 2

3-POINT GOALS: Ellender 7 (Parfait 3, Dixon 2, Stadium, Chatman); H.L. Bourgeois 5 (Anderson 3, Jackson, Amaker)

RECORDS: Ellender 10-2

McKinley 47, O.P. Walker 45

O.P. Walker 12 16 11 6—45
McKinley 16 14 10 7—47

SCORING: MCKINLEY: D. Millburn 20, J. Bond 20, J. Kelly 5, C. Bailey 2; O.P. WALKER: Scoring Unavailable

3-POINT GOALS: McKinley 3 (Milburn 3)
RECORDS: McKinley 5-7

Westgate 78, St. Thomas More 59

St. Thomas More 24 14 17 4—59
Westgate 24 24 19 11—78

SCORING: ST. THOMAS MORE: X. Blackburn 19, R. Brown 16, J. Vining 9, J. LeBlanc 8, B. Veazey 3, C. Domingue 2, B. Brodhead 2; WESTGATE: J. Boutte 19, S. Colbert 13, A. Worgo 11, F. Joseph 9, B. Malveaux 8, D. Thomas 6, J. Jophus 5, K. Portier 3, D. Jackson 2, D. Antoine 2.

3-POINT GOALS: St. Thomas More 10 (Brown 4, Vining 3, LeBlanc 2, Veazey); Westgate 6 (Colbert 3, Thomas 2, Worgu)

RECORDS: St. Thomas More: 6-8

Episcopal Round Robin
At Episcopal
Boys

E.D. White 35, Ascension Catholic 20

Team Leaders: E.D. WHITE: P. Lyons 15; ASCENSION: M. Pearce 12
Halftime: E.D. White 16, Ascension 12

East Iberville 63, Family Christian 48

Team Leaders: EAST IBERVILLE: D. Richardson 19, M. Johnson 18, A. Nelson 11; FAMILY CHRISTIAN: T. Ray 16, M. Landry 15

Halftime: East Iberville 33, Family Christian 33

Episcopal 58, Brusly 39

Team Leaders: EPISCOPAL: B. Bridgewater 26; Brusly: D. Jackson 16, C. Rryer 13

Halftime: Episcopal 35, Brusly 28

University 84, Ecole CLASSIQUE 63

Team Leaders: UNIVERSITY: Stanley 18, Mims 18, Monk 14, Daughtem 11, Richard 11; ECOLE CLASSIQUE: Donnelly 23, Hyde 19, Rubon 16

Halftime: University 33, Ecole Classique 30

Charles T. Kinsley Memorial
At Central High
Boys

Championship Game

Central 54, Natchitoches Central 52

Team Leaders: CENTRAL. We. Briscoe 19, J.Veals 14; NATCHITOCHES: K. Aaron 13

Halftime: Central 31, Natchitoches Central 26

Third place game

Destrehan 78, Redemptorist 42

Team Leaders: DESTREHAN: R. Derbes 13, B.J. Singleton 13, K. Fagan 11, K. Smith 10; REDEMPTORIST: G. McGhee 12

Halftime: Destrehan 43, Redemptorist 16

Consolation Final

Denham Springs 51, Belaire 47

Team Leaders: DENHAM SPRINGS: R. Lathers 22; BELAIRE: D. Harris 14, D. Martin 10

Halftime: Belaire 20, Denham Springs 17

Fifth Place Game

Zachary 62, Broadmoor 57

Team Leaders: ZACHARY: T. Mims 20, M. Wright 19; BROADMOOR: Co. Barnes 15, E. Ventress 13, Cu. Barnes 11

Halftime: Zachary 33, Broadmoor 30

All Tournament Team


C. Barnes, Broadmoor; M. Wright, Zachary; R. Lathers, Denham Springs; D. Copeland, Belaire; G. McGhee, Redemptorist; B.J. Singleton, Destrehan ; C. Mitchell, Natchitoches Central; D. Burton, Natchitoches Central; J. Veals, Central; W. Briscoe, Central


Sportsmanship Award: Brock Poydras, Central
Best Defense: Kendrick Aaron, Natchitoches Central
MVP: Wes Briscoe, Central

Walker Invitational

At Walker
Boys
Friday

Holden 66, Live Oak 57

Team leaders: HOLDEN: J. Bordelon 30, M. Woods 14; LIVE OAK: E. Crain 12.
Halftime: Holden 26, Live Oak 21

Saturday
Third place game
Walker 57, Grand Isle 55

Team leaders: WALKER: G. Brewer 22, E. Carter 11; GRAND ISLE: W. Scioneaux 30, S. Terrebonne 16.

Halftime: Walker 25, Grand Isle 25.

Championship Game

Dunham 57, Springfield 48

Team Leaders: DUNHAM: J. Taine 19, J. Honore 14, K. Planchard 11; SPRINGFIELD: C. McKigney 13, C. Scott 10, K. Henderson 10

Halftime: Dunham 35, Springfield 23

Boys basketball

Adams County 39,
Silliman 37

Adams County Christian 12 9 8 10—39
Silliman 7 10 7 13—37

SCORING: ADAMS COUNTY CHRISTIAN: L. Swinny 15, D. Gaudan 11, D. Johnson 10, J. Moffett 3; SILLIMAN: C. Donze 17, A. Gayle 7, T. Hornsby 5, N. Kelly 5, N. Ohlinger 3.

3-POINT GOALS: ADAMS COUNTY CHRISTIAN 1 (Swinny); SILLIMAN 1 (Gayle).
RECORDS: Silliman: 5-6, (District 5AA MAIS 0-1); Adams County Christian: (District 0-1).
JUNIOR VARSITY: Silliman 45, Adams County Christian 11.

Centreville 53,
Central Private 44

Centreville 20 7 15 11—53
Central Private 14 14 611—44

SCORING: CENTREVILLE: J. Dezendorf 22, B. Jelks 11, C. Lockwood 10, E. Noland 6, J. Doughty 4; CENTRAL PRIVATE: L. Wicker 18, J. Young 10, C. Behrns 10, C. White 4, M. Wallace 3.

3-POINT GOALS: CENTREVILLE: 5 (Dezendorf 3, Jelks 2); CENTRAL PRIVATE: 6 (Behrns 2, Wicker 3, Young 1).
RECORDS: Central Private 0-1 in district; Centreville 2-0 in district.

Christian Life 81,
Pointe Coupee Central 56

Christian Life 17 20 19 25—81
Pointe Coupee Central 6 17 16 17—56

SCORING: CHRISTIAN LIFE: C. Self 19, P. Robinson 17, A. Prince 13, M. Tomeny 13, C. Knight 13, M. Bell 4, F. Bartley 2; POINTE COUPEE CENTRAL: B. Cobb 22, I. Lewis 9, R. Franklin 9, B. Martin 4, J. Young 4, M. Tolliver 2, D. Bellazain 2.

3-POINT GOALS: CHRISTIAN LIFE 3 (Prince 2, Robinson 1); POINTE COUPEE CENTRAL 3 (Cobb 3).
RECORDS: Christian Life: 11-1; Pointe Coupee Central: 9-2.
JUNIOR VARSITY: Christian Life 50, Pointe Coupee Central 43

Doyle 58, Loranger 40

Loranger 4 8 13 15—40
Doyle 12 14 8 12—58

SCORING: LORANGER: M. Lamb 12, J. King 10, T. Sims 7, M. Cox 7, J. Brazil 4; DOYLE: K. Sibley 15, L. Jones 12, P. Cotton 11, C. Sibley 11, B. Willie 9, T. Bencaz 2.

3-POINT GOALS: LORANGER 3 (Lamb 2, Brazil 1); DOYLE 3 (Cotton 2, K. Sibley 1).
JUNIOR VARSITY: Doyle 34, Loranger 32.

French Settlement 76, Maurepas 59

Maurepas 8 10 15 26—59
French Settlement 16 30 14 16—76

SCORING: MAUREPAS: D. Gill 25, K. Scivique 17, R. Bercegeay 12, A. Johnson 3, M. Thornton 2; FRENCH SETTLEMENT: R. Keller 34, D. Cadby 11, H. Averett 11, B. Noto 7, B. Verbois 5, C. Guitreau 4, J. McMorris 2, A. Simoneaux 2.

3-POINT GOALS: Maurepas 4 (Scivique 2, Gill 2); French Settlement 11 (Keller 6, Averett 3, Verbois, Noto)
RECORDS: Maurepas 10-8; French Settlement 2-10

Hosanna Christian 53, Catholic-Pointe Coupee 50

Hosanna 12 17 9 15—53
Catholic-Pointe Coupee 13 7 14 16—50

SCORING: HOSANNA: Q. Mcguire 26, Z. Townley 11, J. Matthews 6, R. Thompson 3, S. Mgo 3, B. Williams 2, J. Martin 2; CATHOLIC-PC: D. Lorio 17, S. Boudreaux 15, S. Hilliard 10, C. Littleton 8.

3-POINT GOALS: HOSANNA: 2 (Mcquire 1, Thompson 1); CATHOLIC-PC: 1 (Lorio).
RECORDS: Hosanna 15-6; Catholic-PC 1-8.

Port Allen 58, Baker 52

Baker 11 12 16 13—52
Port Allen 17 10 14 17—58

SCORING: PORT ALLEN: T. Washington 28, D. Payne 12, M. Parker 10, L. Parker 6, D. Williams 2; BAKER: M. Williams 20, C. Grear 14, E. Brown 12, J. Rogers 3, T. Ely 2, L. Leduff 1.

3-POINT GOALS: PORT ALLEN: 1 (Washington); BAKER: 2 (Rogers 1, Brown 1).
RECORDS: Port Allen 8-4.
JUNIOR VARSITY: Baker 56, Port Allen 55.

Episcopal Round Robin

At Episcopal High School
Boys

Family Christian 48,
Ecole Classique 43

Team leaders: FAMILY CHRISTIAN: T. Ray 14, M. Horton 14, M. Landry 11; ECOLE CLASSIQUE: Hyde 26.
Halftime: FCA 15, Ecole Classique 11.

E.D. White 58, Brusly 47

Team leaders: E.D. WHITE: T. Guidry 13, J. Frye 10; BRUSLY: D. Jackson 20, K. Purnell 10.
Halftime: E.D. White 27, Brusly 17.

Episcopal 70, East Iberville 65

Team leaders: EPISCOPAL: B. Bridgewater 28; EAST IBERVILLE: D. Richardson 24, M. Johnson 14, S. Ballores 10.
Halftime: Episcopal 33, East Iberville 27.

Ascension Catholic 56, University 45

Team leaders: ASCENSION CATHOLIC: M. Dominique 22, J. Pizzolato 10; UNIVERSITY: L. Richard 12, S. Mayes 10.
Halftime: Ascension Catholic 31, U-High 14.

Kinsley Memorial
At Central High School
Boys

Central 83, Redemptorist 59

Team leaders: CENTRAL: B. Poydras 19, J. Vails 14, L. Turner 11; REDEMPTORIST: Harris 18, McGee 14, Talbert 11, Shelby 10.
Halftime score: Central 54, Redemptorist 33.

Belaire 46, Barbe 35

Team leaders: Belaire: B. Martin 12, D. Copeland 11; BARBE: Johnson 12, Tezeno 10.
Halftime Score: Belaire 16, Barbe 21.
Denham Springs 58, Tara 49

Team leaders: DENHAM SPRINGS: Lathers 20, Watkins 12, Ethridge 11; TARA: Kirke 22, Broome 11.
Halftime score: Denham Springs 21, Tara 25.

Zachary 52, Woodlawn 42

Team leaders: ZACHARY: Wright 17, Bowman 11; WOODLAWN: McFerrin 15.
Halftime score: Zachary 30, Woodlawn 18.

Lee College
At Baytown, Texas
Boys

St. Thomas More 55,
Goose Creek Memorial (Texas) 40

Team leaders: ST. THOMAS MORE: R. Brown 13, J. Vining 13; GOOSE CREEK: C. Louis 14.
Halftime: STM 24, Goose Creek 18.

Scotlandville Challenge
At Istrouma High School
Boys

Northside 52, St. Amant 37

Team Leaders: NORTHSIDE: T. Montgomery 21, N. Syrie 12; ST. AMANT: S. Fulkerson 18.
Halftime Score: Northside 28, St. Amant 21.

Istrouma 65, Scotlandville 63 (OT)

Team Leaders: ISTROUMA: R. Knox 18, R. Mcghee 16, J. Jackson 11; SCOTLANDVILLE: L. Wright 18, D. Washington 15, Z. Basil 12, J. Thomas 10.
Halftime Score: Scotlandville 37, Istrouma 29.

Walker

At Walker High School
Boys

Dunham 68, Walker 67

TEAM LEADERS — Dunham: D. Butler 35, J. Caine 16, K. Planchard 12; WALKER: E. Carter 12, B. Severio 10, D. Versland 16.

Halftime score — Dunham 29, Walker 29.
Record — Dunham 9-2.

Dutchtown 61, Capitol 41

Capitol 9 7 10 15—41
Dutchtown 10 17 19 15—61

SCORING: CAPITOL: D. Hughes 10, R. Wright 8, B. Mack 6, M. Sibley 6, H. Paul 3, R. Stansberry 2, J. Harden 2, S. Winters 2, D. Hicks 2; DUTCHTOWN: S. Burgess 24, T. Cushenberry 12, D. Williams 9, D. Ester 9, J. Biagas 4, J. Williams 3.

3-POINT GOALS: Capitol 5 (Sibley 2, Hughes 2, Paul); Dutchtown 4 (Cushenberry 2, D. Williams, Burgess)

RECORDS: Dutchtown 3-4
JUNIOR VARSITY: Dutchtown 55, Capitol 26

Episcopal Round Robin

At Episcopal High School
Boys

Episcopal 67, Family Christian 41

Team leaders: EPISCOPAL: B. Bridgewater 21, R. Peterson 14, C. Plattsmier 12; FAMILY CHRISTIAN: T. Ray 14, Q. Jones 11.

Halftime: Episcopal 35, FCA 18

Ecole Classique 57, Ascension Catholic 42

Team leaders: ECOLE CLASSIQUE: Ruben 19, Hyde 14, Donnelly 11; ASCENSION CATHOLIC: M. Pearce 9.

Halftime: Ecole Classique 32, ACHS 22

E.D. White 49, East Iberville 47, OT

Team leaders: E.D. WHITE: Bourgeois 14; EAST IBERVILLE: Ballons 14, Johnson 13, Richardson 13.

Halftime: East Iberville 19, E.D. White 14
End of regulation: E.D. White 42, East Iberville 42

Brusly 61, University 51

Team leaders: BRUSLY: D. Jackson 18, K. Purnell 10; UNIVERSITY: L. Richard 20, D. Monk 17.

Halftime: Brusly 30, University 21

Scotlandville Challenge

At Istrouma
Boys

Istrouma 45, St. Amant 28

Team leaders: ISTROUMA: R. Knox 14; ST. AMANT: S. Fulkerson 12.
Halftime: Istrouma 14, St. Amant 8

Scotlandville 48, Northside 44

Team leaders: SCOTLANDVILLE: L. Wright 16, D. Washington 14, J. Thomas 12; NORTHSIDE: T. Montgomery 13.

Halftime: Northside 23, Scotlandville 19

Newman Invitational


Brother Martin 56, Catholic 47

Team leaders: CHS: C. Ferrera 11, T. Breaux 10; BM: P. Swilling 20, Berger 11.

Halftime: Brother Martin 26, Catholic 17

Southwood boys end Huntington drought

By Lee Hiller • Special to The Times

Southwood finally broke through after four years of falling short to Huntington as the Cowboys defeated the Raiders 91-68 Friday night at the Gold Dome.


Dean Johns hit on eight 3-point field goals en route to scoring 31 points for Southwood. Michael Davis added 17 points, Jeff Latin 14 points and Kevin Daniels had 10 for the Cowboys, now 8-2 on the year.

Jarrod Farmer led the way for Huntington (6-7) with 22 points and Kevin Bell chipped in 14.

PLAIN DEALING 52, AIRLINE 45: At Airline, the Lions outscored the host Vikings 19-11 in the final quarter to post the win.

Dordarrius Gill led Plain Dealing with 14 points and Yondarius Johnson pitched in with 12 points.

Leon Carswell II was the only Airline player in double digits with 11 points.

Waskom Tournament

LOYOLA 81, TENAHA, TEXAS 61: The Flyers rallied past the Tigers to advance to the finals and will play for a third consecutive Waskom Tournament title today.

Loyola fell behind 28-16 after one quarter but pulled to within 38-36 at the half and led 60-51 heading into the final period.

The Flyers got double-doubles from Justin Harris (30 points and 10 rebounds) and Trevino Martin (22 points and 10 rebounds) and Josh Bates added 11 points. Loyola plays Waskom at 5 p.m. in the championship game.

Calvary Tournament

CALVARY 62, NEVILLE 55, OT: The Cavaliers needed an extra period and a big night from Ron Richardson to get past the Tigers of Monroe. Richardson's 23 points led all scorers for Calvary and Tim Thompson posted 10 points.

MINDEN 83, CAPTAIN SHREVE 61: A.J. Shine led three Tide players that hit for double figure scoring with 22 points, T.J. Stanley was next with 15 points and Jay Beavers 12. Jarrius Marshall led the Gators with 21 points.

NORTHWOOD 51, OUACHITA CHRISTIAN 38: The Falcons picked up the win behind Chris Baker's 15 points and Terrell Stephens added another 12 points.

NORTH CADDO 73, LOGANSPORT 52: Marcus Easter led the Rebels cause with 18 points and Anthony Easter scored 16.

Parkway Tournament

Mansfield 62, Parkway 59, OT: The host Panthers fell short despite getting 21 points from Joe Ball. Ball had five 3-point goals as Parkway fell to 2-7.

BOSSIER 81, EVANGEL 60: The Bearkats moved into the finals as Jalen West and Lyndale James combined for 45 points to lead the way. West finished with 23 points and James 22 and Bossier will play Fair Park at 7:30 tonight for the championship.

Cameron Monroe led the Eagles with 20 points, Devin George contributed 11 points and Josh Adams had 10.

Athens Tournament

ARCADIA 58, LAKEVIEW 38: The Hornets advanced to the finals behind Anthony Roberson's 18 points. Tradarius Banks added 10 points for Arcadia now 7-2 on the year.

Gary Braden led Lakeview with 17 points and Demarte Fisher pitched in 11.

Zwolle Tournament

ZWOLLE 92, PELICAN 47: The Hawks rolled past the Jaguars as Marvin Frazier scored 20 points and had 14 rebounds. Breion Beaver pitched in with 19 ponts and Davis Smith 12 as Zwolle improved to 15-4 on the year.

Courtesy of the Shreveport Times

Bossier boys claim another tourney title

By Kelly Morris • kmorris4@gannett.com

The Bossier Bearkats have another tournament title to their name.


The Bearkats rolled past Fair Park 63-41 in the championship of the Parkway Tournament on Saturday. Devonte Francis(pictured right) had a game-high 22 points and teammate Lyndale James added 11 points. Bossier piled on 22 points in the fourth quarter and had nine 3-pointers in the game. Francis finished with five 3-pointers.

LOYOLA 71, WASKOM 52

The Flyers won the Waskom Tournament with a 71-52 over host Waskom on Saturday. Loyola cruised from the start with 20 points in the first quarter. The Lady Flyers also added 20 more points in the fourth quarter.

Loyola was lead by Josh Bates’ 21 points. Lavar Washington (18) and Justin Harris (15) also finished with double digits.

MINDEN 60, CALVARY 52

Minden defeated Calvary in the championship game of the Calvary Tournament on Saturday. Minden was lead by T.J. Lewis’ team-high 13 points. Calvary had no players in double digits.


GREEN OAKS 63, MANSFIELD 41

Sparked by a 19-point first quarter, the Giants cruised to a win over Mansfield on Saturday. Green Oaks finishes third in the Parkway Tournament with the win.

Courtesy of the Shreveport Times

Ready to roar: A look at the Ouachita Lions basketball team

Antonio Landers is one of the few remaining
contributors from last year’s title-winning team

By Keith Prince • kprince@thenewsstar.com

Ouachita coach Casey Jones has never been one to rest on laurels — even though he has plenty upon which he could rest — and the Lions are jumping right back into the fray despite losing most of their headliners from last year’s state championship team.

Jones says fans should know that his young Lions won’t go 39-4 again this year, but he definitely isn’t giving up on putting up a gallant fight to defend their 5A state title.

Ouachita actually knows nothing but success under Jones, who has led the Lions to district championships in all eight of his seasons as the head coach and was also an assistant coach for five other district crowns.

How well can the Lions do after losing so much talent across the roster? The departed include MVP Nick Haywood (now at the University of Houston), high-jumping Jeremie Mitchell (McNeese), 6-4 post Mike Shaw and speedy guard Henry Sidney (both now at Wood Junior College in Illinois).

Ouachita is off and running at 8-3 going into tonight’s home game against Richwood and Jones says his kids “are beginning to understand how to play at the high level we need.”

Talented Antonio Landers is the one returning headliner from last year and the 6-2 guard is “accepting the leadership role we need from him” while averaging 21.9 points and 10.9 rebounds.

“Last year Antonio could just go play but now he is in a different, more vocal role. He knows I expect and need more from him and he’s playing well,” Jones said.

Forward Ryan Gix, a 6-3 sophomore, is contributing 10.7 points and leads in rebounds at 12.6. “He has the most experience of our kids other than Antonio and he is developing quickly into a leader, too.”

Second forward Sam Williams, also a 6-3 sophomore, “is probably our most gifted player. He’s still raw but he has the most tools with his quickness, ball handling skills and offensive potential. He needs to get stronger and tougher around the basket to become the complete player that he can be,” Jones said.

Joining Landers in the other two guard slots are 5-11 junior Cedric Treadway and 5-11 junior Dee Leonard, who transferred over from Wossman this year.

Treadway played very little varsity ball last year but is an outstanding shooter. “He just needs to understand that he must defend to stay on the floor, and I can see improvement in that area, so I look for him to have a solid season.”

Leonard “has great quickness and court vision. He’s a tremendous passer but is having to change his mentality from shooter to floor general. I still want him to be aggressive with the ball but his first priority is getting everybody else involved in the offense.”

Jones is also expecting big things from his sixth man, 6-2 junior Malik Richard.

“I call him my do-everything-guy because he is capable of coming in at guard or forward and making an impact. He can be an enforcer for us and I like being able to bring his firepower off the bench,” Jones said. “I really like this group. Our schedule is very tough and our district will be very competitive.”

“But as our chemistry develops and everybody learns their roles, we can become a very good team. It will be interesting to see this group grow and mature.”

Courtesy of the News Star

Richwood boys off to slow start, but should pick up steam

By Keith Prince • kprince@thenewsstar.com

Beware of the slow moving Ram – Because it always picks up speed as the prep basketball season moves along.


The Rams of Richwood won just two of their first six games to open the current campaign, but coach Terry Martin isn’t alarmed.

In fact, the coach of the defending 3A state champs isn’t even surprised.

"This year is like always because some of our guys are in football through most of November," he said. "This year we have even more than usual (12) who played football, so we are have only had them the past 10 days."

By playoff time, Martin’s Rams, who defeated Vidalia 75-61 in the state championship game last March, will likely right back in the thick of the title chase again thanks to the presence of 6-7 all-state returnee LaDon Carter, several other veterans and some promising newcomers.

Already nominated for the McDonald’s All-American team, Carter is definitely one of the state’ premier players thanks to a smooth, fluid style that allows him to run the floor, shoot from anywhere and also be a force inside with his rebounding and shot-blocking abilities.

"We’ve had some good big people and LaDon is certainly up there with the best of them," said Martin. "He’s a big time player and he is working hard. We need him to help lead this team to reach the level we are capable of."

Carter led the Rams in scoring last year with 17.8 points per game.

Marceis Davis, a 6-3 senior, is another returning standout who contributed 14.2 points per game last year. He is also one of the many football players who is now working to get into basketball shape.

""Marceis is an all-around player who helps us in a lot of ways. He’s a true scorer inside and outside and when he gets back in the flow of basketball he will be one of our best," said Martin.

Senior LaDarrin Williams (6-6) and junior D’Andre Martin (6-5) also return and will be big contributors this year.

Others who will vying for plenty of playing time in Martin’s 8-10 man rotation include Anthony Abraham, Jamal Dial, Michael Hunter, Rakim Lumpkins, Akeem Ceasar, Lamaktris Alexander and Chad Clay.

"Right now it is difficult to read this group, because we have had so many coming in late from football. But there’s a lot of talent here and we should become a good, solid team. It really depends on chemistry and everybody working together to fit the pieces together," said Martin.

The Rams are again hitting the road for out-of-state tournaments during the Christmas break, first playing in Las Vegas Dec. 16-20 and then going to Orlando, Fla., for a Dec. 26-30 event.

"The competition is also outstanding and traveling like this is a good opportunity for our team to come together on an off the court," believes Martin.

Courtesy of the News Star in Monroe