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Henrico Holiday Hoops Schedule

Posted on 26 December 2007 by redwan123.

(All games at Henrico H.S.)
FRIDAY
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Hermitage 58, Mills Godwin 45

THIRD-PLACE GAME
Henrico 65, St. Christopher’s 53
FIFTH-PLACE GAME
Matoaca 80, Chesterfield Community 70
SEVENTH-PLACE GAME
Armstrong 56, Clover Hill 55

THURSDAY, LOSER BRACKET
Chesterfield Community 50, Armstrong 41
Matoaca 76, Clover Hill 54
THURSDAY, WINNER’S BRACKET
Hermitage 70, St. Christopher’s 59
Mills Godwin 57, Henrico 42

WEDNESDAY, QUARTERFINALS
St. Christopher’s 71, Chesterfield Community 70 (OT)
Hermitage 47, Armstrong 45
Mills Godwin 63, Matoaca 60
Henrico 71, Clover Hill 53

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Henrico Holiday Hoops Tournament

Posted on 26 December 2007 by redwan123.

by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond

The fourth annual Henrico Holiday Hoops Tournament, sponsored by DigitalSports and Max Team Sports, begins Wednesday, December 26 at Henrico High.

Games start each day at 2:30 p.m. through Friday night when the champion is crowned.

The previous three tourneys, that champion has been Henrico, the host school. The Warriors usually use their own tournament as a springboard to another 20-win season.

But the Warriors aren’t the favorite in this tournament, Hermitage is. Following a 0-4 start, the Panthers are 2-5 after a third-place finish in the Times-Dispatch Invitational.

The Panthers defeated Monacan 57-40 before losing a well-played game Highland Springs, top-ranked in the DigitalSports poll.

The Panthers bounced back to defeat then-No. 3 Huguenot 39-38 on Gabe McNeal‘s clutch free throws.

More good news for Hermitage. Forward Theron Norman should play his first games this season after having finger surgery.

“He makes us so much better, it’s unreal,” Hermitage coach Joe Coulter said. “I didn’t realize we were going to miss him as much as we did.”

Here’s a look at each of the eight participants:

Armstrong (1-1): The Wildcats defeated Thomas Jefferson in a nail-biter, and lost to Varina earlier in the season. We’ll find out more about them after this tournament. Look out for point guard Eric Adkins and big man Nat Taylor.

Chesterfield Community: The Eagles are a state Group A power and already have a victory over Henrico under their belt at Henrico. Watch No. 30 David Copeland, a junior Division I prospect.

Clover Hill (0-5): The Cavs have a tough matchup with Henrico to begin the tournament, their third straight appearance.

Henrico (4-3): Warriors are looking to win another one of their own tournaments. The road will be the toughest ever with this field. Don’t count them out, though. They are itching to rebound from a 44-point loss to Highland Springs.

Hermitage (2-5): The Panthers face Armstrong at 4 p.m. We’ll see if they can build on their impressive TDIT performance.

Matoaca (4-0): These Warriors are the tournament’s sleeper. Charles Payton‘s team is still unbeaten, with their latest win, a 68-66 triumph over a good Manchester team. Matoaca is short, but scrappy. Their first-round matchup with Godwin is probably the best quarterfinal matchup.

Mills Godwin (5-4): Can experience pay off? The Eagles have already played nine games this season. Look out for Fletcher Lumpkin and senior leaders Kefentse Budd and Patrick Oley.

St. Christopher’s: This is the third tournament appearance for the Saints. Keep your eyes on Charlie McCann, he can fill it up. It’ll be tough to get past Chesterfield Community to equal the Saints best performance of last year when they reached the semifinals.

Wednesday’s Schedule
(At Henrico High School)
Chesterfield Community vs. St. Christopher’s, 2:30 p.m.
Hermitage vs. Armstrong, 4
Matoaca vs. Mills Godwin, 5:30
Clover Hill vs. Henrico, 7:15

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Boys Basketball Top 10 – Dec. 24

Posted on 24 December 2007 by .

Records as of Sunday, Dec. 23
Previous
ranking in parenthesis

1. Highland Springs, 7-1   (1)

2. Petersburg, 3-1   (2)

3. L.C. Bird, 5-0   (3)

4. John Marshall, 3-0   (5)

5. Meadowbrook, 4-2   (6)

5. Prince George, 6-0   (7)

7. Huguenot, 4-3   (3)

8. Cosby, 5-1   (10)

9. Douglas Freeman, 6-3   (NR)

10. J.R. Tucker, 5-2   (9)

Others receiving votes:

Matoaca, 4-0

Deep Run, 5-1

Dinwiddie, 4-3   (8)

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Lee-Davis Basketball Camp

Posted on 24 December 2007 by redwan123.

Your children or younger siblings have nothing to do for Christmas break? Send them to Lee-Davis’s Basketball Camp at Lee-Davis High School

Boys and girls from third to eighth grade are eligible for the three-day camp, beginning Thursday, December 27.

Lee-Davis varsity boys basketball coach Tripp Metzger, along with his staff and players wil be counselors at the camp.

Students will be separated into two groups, for third through fifth graders and sixth through eighth graders. The camp will have several activities that concentrate on fundamentals, including contests and five-on-five play.

At the end of the camp, T-shirts and awards will be given out.

The camp will take place from 9 a.m.-noon each day. Arrive at 8:30 a.m. December 27 to register and check-in for the camp. Arrive at 8:45 a.m. the other two days to stretch and be ready to play.

The cost of the camp is $60. Make checks out to Lee-Davis High School. For more information, call Metzger at (804) 723-2203.

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Girls Basketball Top 10 – Dec. 24

Posted on 24 December 2007 by .

Records as of Sunday, Dec. 23
Previous ranking in parenthesis
 
1. Atlee 7-2    (2)

2. Meadowbrook 6-0   (1)

3. Cosby 6-2   (3)

3. L.C. Bird 5-3   (6)

5. Monacan 4-3  (5)

6. Highland Springs 6-2   (7)

7. Mills Godwin 7-2   (4)

8. Deep Run 7-1   (9)

9. Thomas Dale 5-2   (8)

10. Midlothian 3-2   (10)

Others receiving votes:

Clover Hill 4-1

Hanover 5-2

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Mills Finds Stroke, Springers Beat Cadets

Posted on 22 December 2007 by redwan123.

by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond

A tweak here, a tweak there can make the best of engines run smoother.

There are few better in the Central Region than Harvey Mills. An excellent shooter, Mills has struggled all season to consistently find the mark that he’s used to.

Leave it to Highland Springs coach George Lancaster and his staff to find a solution.

“When guards are struggling with their outside shot, you move them to forward,” Lancaster quipped. “Harvey’s too short to play forward (5-10), so we moved him to point guard. It’s just something that we thought would help him.”

And it helped the Springers, ranked first in the DigitalSports Top 10, topple Benedictine 53-51 for the Times-Dispatch Invitational Tournament title Saturday night, their first in five trips to the title game.

Mills, the tournament MVP, was sensational from the start, knocking in 14 of his game-high 18 points in the first half.

He scored six of Highland Springs’ first eight points. He knocked in a trey to tie the game at 17 early in the second quarter.

Confidence pouring out of his fancy black No. 14 jersey, he tied the game at 22 at 3:51, before burying a deep trey to end the half and a 9-2 run that put the Springers (7-1) ahead 31-24.

“Shooting is a confidence thing,” the well-spoken Mills said. “My teammates never said don’t shoot. They always said, ‘Have your confidence. Keep your confidence. You know you can shoot.’ I said hey, I’ve been in a slump. Let’s just play ball.”

Armed with a new plan to defeat private-school nemesis Benedictine, the Springers used a physical 2-3 zone to put the Cadets back on their heels.

Every time Ed Davis (15 points), headed to UNC next fall, touched the leather, there were two Springers tight to him, nearly in his jersey.

The defense rattled Davis and Benedictine as Davis was the only Cadet to score in the second quarter (seven points).

The slump continued through most of the third quarter before Kevin Gill nailed his second 3-pointer of the quarter, and Davis found Wayne Whiting (10 points) underneath for a two-hand slam as the Cadets pulled within five, 44-39, going into the fourth period.

“They seemed like they wanted it more than we did,” Benedictine coach Sean McAloon said. “I don’t think we were into it until the end of the third quarter.”

The Cadets (11-3), ranked first in the area by the Times-Dispatch, traded blows with the Springers’ Dazmond Starke (11 points) in the fourth quarter.

He scored seven straight for Highland Springs; so did Benedictine.

Then Davis slammed home two from Bradford Burgess, and Burgess nailed a short jumper to bring the Cadets within one, 51-50 with 1:36 to go.

Harry Lee Daniel (nine points) knocked in two clutch free throws with 23 seconds left to put Highland Springs up three. Davis added a free throw eight seconds later to set the stage for Darien Brothers.

Brothers scored 12 points and was Benedictine’s top perimeter threat all night. He caught the inbound pass with 5.1 seconds left.

Fending off Daniel on the dribble to his right, he pulled up on the right wing for a game-winning 3-point attempt, but Daniel blocked the shot to earn the elusive title in Highland Springs’ ninth try.

“This is our fifth time here,” Lancaster said. “When we lost the previous four times, we didn’t blame anybody. When you win, then the reverse is true. You don’t gloat … That’s what Christmas is all about.”

Highland Springs 14 17 13   9 – 53
Benedictine          17  7 15 12 – 51
Highland Springs (7-1): Daniel 9, Hill 0, Winfield 5, Mills 18, Young 6, Starke 11, Henderson 0, Hilliard 4, Williams 0. Totals: 22 6-9 53. 3-point goals: Mills 2, Winfield.
Benedictine (11-3): B. Burgess 6, Brothers 12, Gill 8, Harvey 0, Whiting 10, Davis 15, Moody 0. Totals: 19 9-14 51. 3-point goals: Brothers 2, Gill 2.

All-Tournament Team
Harvey Mills, Highland Springs, MVP
Harry Lee Daniel, Highland Springs
Ed Davis, Benedictine
Dazmond Starke, Highland Springs
Jonathan Crawley, Huguenot

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Flipping The Script

Posted on 22 December 2007 by .

by Seneca Contomanolis
DigitalSports Richmond

Same teams. Different outcome.

For the second straight year Atlee and L.C. Bird met in the final of the Times-Dispatch Invitational Tournament.

But this time the Raiders, not the Skyhawks, were the team celebrating after the final buzzer with a 40-30 victory Saturday night.

“At the beginning of the week they decided they wanted to write last year’s score on the chalkboard,” Atlee coach Anna Prillaman said. “They looked at it all week. They wanted to prove that last year was a fluke. There was a little bit of a revenge factor.”

This is Prillaman’s first year as the Raiders coach so she wasn’t around when L.C. Bird took the title last season 60-30. Tournament MVP Sydney Henderson was though, and she made sure the Skyhawks would not repeat with a team-high 16 points.

“This is a big win,” Henderson said. “We were really motivated. We know we can play with anyone in our region.”

Like they did against Cosby in the semifinals, Atlee, ranked second in the DigitalSports Top 10, jumped out to an early commanding lead against No. 6 L.C. Bird. The Raiders led 15-3 after the first quarter thanks to a defense that caused four Skyhawks’ turnovers and five points each from Henderson and 6-2 junior forward Richelle Price.

“That was huge,” Prillaman said. “We didn’t start out well against Colonial Heights [quarterfinals] so our game plan was to come out pumped up.”

Scoring only three points in the first quarter could have took the wind right out of L.C. Bird, but the Skyhawks showed some fight in the second quarter outscoring the Raiders 13-4 behind their own tough defense and the leadership of junior guard Barbara Sitton (10 points).

L.C. Bird’s impressive junior forward Ruthanne Doherty struggled though, scoring only two points in the first half and seven for the entire game.

In the third quarter neither team could find their scoring touch as the teams combined for only 16 points, Atlee getting the advantage 9-7.

The Raiders clung to a five-point lead heading into the fourth period and twice the Skyhawks got within three points.

But that would be as close as they would get even without Atlee hitting a field goal all quarter as Henderson went 6 for 7 and sophomore Britt Hill went 6 for 8 from the free throw line to account for all the Raiders scoring in the quarter. Hill finished with 12 points.

“It’s a hard thing to coach,” Prillaman said of her team’s free throw shooting. “We don’t want to focus too much on it but we definitely talk about it.”

Price, Atlee’s leading scorer on the season, finished with only five points but Prillaman is confident she has more then enough talent to pick her up when she isn’t on.

“There are just so many weapons,” Prillaman said. “We are six or seven deep. If a big gun like Richelle isn’t playing great others will step up.”

Prillaman will let her and players celebrate this victory for now but knows they will have to get back to work soon.

“Anytime you win a tournament it is exciting,” Prillaman said. “It is a boost to the morale. But at some point you can’t dwell on it anymore.”

L.C. Bird   3 13 7  7 – 30
Atlee      15  4 9 12 – 40
L.C. Bird (5-3): Doherty 7, Sitton 10, Vaughan 3, Reynolds 6, Smith 4, Robinson 0, Rosamont 0. Totals: 8 5-7 30. 3-point goals: Reynolds 2, Sitton.
Atlee (7-2): Hill 12, Henderson 16, Gordon 4, Price 5, Martin 3, Ashcraft 0, Lescalleet 0. Totals: 6 16-20 40. 3-point goals: Henderson 2, Gordon, Martin.

All-Tournament Team
Sydney Henderson, Atlee, MVP
Andrea Bertrand, Cosby
Barbara Sitton, L.C. Bird
Ruthanne Doherty, L.C. Bird
Britt Hill, Atlee

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Atlee’s Quick Blueprint

Posted on 21 December 2007 by redwan123.

Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond

Atlee coach Anna Prillaman had to be honest after her team’s 57-46 victory over Cosby.

She thought Mills Godwin would be her semifinal opponent in the Times-Dispatch Invitational Tournament.

But the youthful Titans handed the Eagles a 68-52 loss in the quarterfinals.

The first-year coach and her accomplished staff drew up a blueprint and gave it to their Raiders at 11 a.m., six hours before their semifinal matchup with the Titans.

They digested it like a pregame meal and executed flawlessly, jumping out to a 15-1 lead.

The Raiders (5-2), ranked second in the DigitalSports Top 10, were flaming from the field while the third-ranked Titans (5-2) struggled offensively.

“It was kind of the first game where we had a good scouting report on a team,” said Prillaman. “We kind of wanted to prove ourselves. I think that people have kind of slighted us because of our two losses we’ve had outside of our region. We wanted to prove and make a statement that we are the most talented team in the region and we believe that we can be at the top.”

The Raiders did nothing to disprove that yesterday, building a 27-9 lead on Richelle Price‘s stickback with 5:35 to go in the second quarter.

By that point the Titans were getting their legs underneath them, but the damage had been done.

“They took us out of our game real quick,” Cosby coach Rachel Mead said. “The first quarter just got away from us. Atlee’s a great team with good ballplayers and great shooters.”

The Raiders knocked in four 3-pointers in the first quarter, seven in all.

Sydney Henderson hit three treys to go with her 17 points, but was in the lane at will.

“No one could stop her the way she was penetrating and getting into the paint,” Prillaman said.

Lindsey Martin (eight points) hit two 3-pointers, Britt Hill, who tallied a game-high 21 points, had one and Michelle Gordon drilled another.

Hill scored on jumpshots, fast breaks and sharp cuts to the basket. But Prillaman was more impressed with Hill and Henderson’s defensive effort.

“They were both given assignments defensively to do certain things to keep the ball from getting down to Jazmin [Pitts],” Prillaman said. “At first, I don’t think they realized that their defensive play affects what’s going on down low. They did an amazing job of denying the wing and not letting the ball go to certain places where Jazmin’s going.”

The star sophomore, who has already committed to the University of Virginia, managed only two field goals for eight points.

It was Atlee’s goal to keep Pitts in single digits. Richelle Price‘s denial and steal of entry passes (three steals) further limited Pitts’ touches.

Not to mention Price on the offensive end. She was very aggressive going to the basket against Pitts, scoring eight points as well

The lead continued to approach 20 points before Cosby put together a 20-point fourth period.

Andrea Bertrand knocked in nine of her team-high 14 points, reducing the deficit to 11 halfway through the period on two free throws.

Becca Wann (six of her 10 points in the fourth quarter) also got going. But Atlee finished strong with good free-throw shooting.

“I’m not disappointed,” Mead said, her Titans chock full of freshmen and sophomores. “We’ve got to bounce back and not dwell on it. We’ll be fine.”

Atlee  18 17 8 14 – 57
Cosby   7 12 7 20 – 46
Atlee (5-2): Gordon 3, Hill 21, S. Henderson 17, T. Henderson 0, Lescalleet 0, Price 8, Martin 8, Eberle 0. Totals: 20 10-13 57. 3-point goals: S. Henderson 3, Martin 2, Hill, Gordon.
Cosby (5-2): Melland 0, Conyers 9, Wann 10, Katzman 5, Bertrand 14, Pitts 8. Totals: 15 13-17 46. 3-point goals: Conyers 2, Katzman.

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Boys Basketball POW – Dec. 18

Posted on 20 December 2007 by redwan123.

Adam Desgain, J.R. Tucker Tigers
Height: 6-3   Age: 18  
Position: Shooting Guard
Performance: Scored 26 points as the Tigers upended then-No. 7 Hermitage. Then Desgain followed with a 25-point performance with a victory over Deep Run.
Strengths: “My shooting and slashing.”
Working on: “My ballhandling and pull-up jumper.”
On quick 5-2 start: “It’s good because a lot of people before had been sleeping on us.”
Funniest teammate: “Matt Campfield. He just acts goofy. It doesn’t matter, before a game or during a game.
Invite any three people to dinner: “LeBron James, Michael Jordan and [star Memphis basketball player] Derrick Rose. I just kind of model my game after them. They play hard and they do what they can to help their team.”
Toughest opponent: “Pretty much anybody in our district. In our district, you know every night it’s going to be a tough game.”
Favorite subject: “Physics.”
College plans: “I’m just waiting. I haven’t really decided yet. I’m just waiting for someone to give me an offer. I’m hoping either Division I or Division II.”
What you wouldn’t know: “That I take my school work and academics very seriously.” Desgain carries a 3.0 grade-point average.

– Stephen M. Lewis

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Cosby Beats Mills Godwin

Posted on 20 December 2007 by .

by Seneca Contomanolis
DigitalSports Richmond

Experience is usually a crucial part to any team’s success.

Just don’t tell that to the Cosby girls basketball team.

In the Titans’ first ever appearance in the Times-Dispatch Invitational Tournament sophomore Jazmin Pitts scored a game-high 21 points as third-ranked Cosby defeated No. 4 Mills Godwin 68-52 Thursday afternoon in the quarterfinals at VCU’s Siegel Center.

Sophomores Andrea Bertrand and Becca Wann are also in Cosby coach Rachel Mead‘s starting lineup and scored 16 and 12 points, respectively. Only one senior, Kelsey Melland, and one junior, Ellen Katzman, grace the Titans’ roster.

“It’s kind of scary,” Mead said. “There are times they don’t play like freshmen and sophomores but there are times they do play there age. They are really growing up fast and they have to with the competition we have played.”

Cosby (5-1) will now face Atlee, ranked No. 2 in the DigitalSports Top 10, Friday at 5 p.m. in the semifinals The Raiders defeated Colonial Heights in another quarterfinal contest.

The Titans’ victory over the Eagles (6-1) took an impressive defensive effort as it is no secret that senior guards Maggie Roy and Brooke Long and junior Michelle Foley lead a Mills Godwin team that can shoot from the outside. Cosby played physical and continually extended their defense causing the Eagles to struggle but like most good shooting teams they still hit their fair of shots.

“We allowed them to take us out of our game,” Mills Godwin coach Louise Foley said. “But we can’t live and die from the outside. It wasn’t falling early so we have to be able to fall back on other things.”

In the first quarter Bertrand scored seven points and Pitts had six as Cosby led 20-11 after one.

Early in the second quarter the Titans extended the lead to 25-11 on a Wann basket and Kelsey Conyers‘ 3-pointer. Conyers finished with 10 points.

Later in the quarter Bertrand put Cosby ahead by 16 at 34-18 and it looked like the rout might be on. But Andrea Sisson (13 points) came off the Mills Godwin bench to nail two straight 3-pointers to end the half and send the Eagles into intermission down 10.

Mills Godwin closed the deficit to eight at the start of the second half on a Sallie Foster basket. Cosby responded with an 8-0 run started by a Pitts’ score and held a 49-35 advantage heading into the final period.

“Jazmin is so strong inside,” Mead said. “Teams put two and three players on her and it doesn’t matter.”

The Eagles whittled the lead down to eight with a 10-4 run to begin the fourth quarter but Pitts quickly put the Titans back in control with a layup she was fouled on. She hit the free throw to complete the 3-point play and strong free throw shooting the rest of the way sealed the win.

“We worked really hard in practice,” Bertrand said. “We condition and we practiced defense so we could be ready for their outside game and we showed it on the court.”

Michelle Foley finished with 11 points and Long and Roy added nine. Louise Foley hopes the Eagles’ first loss of the season will be a wakeup call for the team.

“I just think we needed a game like this,” Foley said. “We were soft. We need to learn to play against a team that is physical and aggressive. We needed this to show us we aren’t as good as we think we are.”

Cosby will try to keep Atlee from returning to their second straight TDIT title game.

“It’s huge,” Mead said. “They match up with us well. They are big, physical and can shoot. It is going to be a war tomorrow.”

Cosby           20 14 15 19 – 68
Mills Godwin 11 13 12 16 – 52
Cosby (5-1): Pitts 21, Melland 3, Wann 12, Bertrand 16, Katzman 6, Reid 10, Nichols 0. Totals: 17 16-25 68. 3-point goals: Bertrand 2, Conyers 2, Melland, Wann.
Mills Godwin (6-1): Roy 9, Long 9, Foley 11, Withrow 0, Foster 4, Walker 6, Sisson 13. Totals: 12 10-14 52. 3-point goals: Sisson 3, Foley 2, Walker.

To watch Andrea Bertrand talk about Cosby’s victory and to see highlights from the game click here.

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