Prep Notebook

By Staff
from staff reports
March 4, 2004
The 2004 Mississippi Private Schools Association-A.R. Smithers All-Star Basketball Games are scheduled for Friday at Mississippi College's A.E. Wood Coliseum in Clinton.
The girls' game is set for 5 p.m. with the boys' contest slated for 7 p.m.
Members of the North girls' team include Kristin Caldwell of Overall runner-up Leake Academy and Leslie Beach of Overall participant Kemper Academy.
Also on the North roster is Ole Miss signee Lindsay Roy of Delta Academy.
Players on the South roster include Jessie Altman of Overall champion Brookhaven Academy.
On the North boys' roster is Daniel Jones of Leake Academy and former Winston Academy guard Phillip Harrison, who closed out his career at Madison-Ridgeland Academy. Overall champion Jackson Academy has three players on the North roster, while Overall runner-up MRA has two.
Admission is $7.
Marty Stamper
MPSA Soccer All-Star Game Friday too
The MPSA will have its annual boys' soccer all-star game Friday at 3 p.m. at Mississippi College in Clinton.
Four members of Lamar's state runner-up team have been chosen on the South squad. They are Drew Moffett, Randy Boyd Thompson, Lane Rush, and Daniel Hicks.
Lamar is the only area private school that competes in soccer.
Admission is $5.
Marty Stamper
Lady Tornadoes make Gentry proud
While he could have been happier if his Philadelphia girls' basketball team could have won its Class 2A MHSAA State Tournament game with Baldwyn Monday, Lady Tornadoes' coach Jason Gentry left proud for what his team did this season.
Despite having four starters foul out Monday, Philadelphia took Baldwyn to double overtime before losing 70-67.
Up 57-54, the Lady Tornadoes had two chances to close out the win in the final 19.3 seconds of regulation, but Danielle Cole and Ashley Lowery both missed the front end of one-and-ones.
Two free throws by Baldwyn's Schiquana Price with one second left in regulation knotted the game at 57-57.
Both teams scored seven points in the first overtime.
Lowery buried a trey from the right wing with 10.5 seconds left in the first extra period to tie the game at 64-64.
Philadelphia actually finished 28-6 after getting a forfeit from Newton after the Lady Tigers were ruled ineligible to compete in postseason action.
Marty Stamper
Cleaning the glass
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The Livingston Cougars won both the game and the battle for the boards against Jacksonville in the teams' Class 4A boys semifinal contest.
Livingston grabbed 34 rebounds to Jacksonville's 28, and the Cougars scored 21 points on second-chance opportunities.
Jacksonville tallied just four points on second-chance tries to win 55-49.
Tony Krausz
Picking sides
West Lauderdale and Newton County will renew an old rivarly in prep baseball Friday night in Collinsivlle at 7 p.m. The Cougars have gotten off to a great start at 5-1 after defeating Forest 8-5 on Wednesday night.
Robby Atkinson
Nothing deep
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Sumter County will never be criticized as a team of free-wheeling shooters.
The Wildcats (30-2) didn't shoot a single three-point shot in their 77-58 victory over Litchfield (24-9) in the boys Class 3A State Championship semifinals.
The lack of long-range shooters didn't seem to bother Sumter County coach Johnny Patrick all that much after the game.
Asked if he had any three-point shooters, Patrick quickly replied, "No, I haven't."
Tony Krausz