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Saturday's girls basketball
Saturday, February 06, 2010
by
Cristina Ledra
Dwyer's defense took control in the second half and turned what was a close game into a decisive 77-57 victory over Palm Beach Lakes in the District 15-5A championship Saturday.
The fourth-ranked Panthers (20-5), who won their first district title since 2004, used their depth to wear down the seventh-ranked Rams (12-13).
Dwyer struggled to a 59-57 win earlier this season against Lakes.
"We watched the tape from that game and it was too slow," Dwyer coach Jeryl Akins said. "We know that Myeisha Hall is a very good player and if we stand there and let her shoot, she'll drain them."
The sixth-seeded Rams (12-13) led 21-16 after the first quarter and 36-35 at halftime.
But then the Panthers took over.
The Dwyer defense — which head coach Jeryl Akins credited assistant coach Barbara Coleman with orchestrating — held Palm Beach Lakes to seven points in the third quarter while Dwyer scored 22, including 11 in a row.
"We had our minds set in this one," Dwyer forward Clare Hosack said. "We played much harder defense."
Hosack led the Panthers with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Precious Bridges added 18 points. Kai James, who only played the second half, had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
"We kind of went back to that whole 'When we're down, we're down' and we didn't fight back," Palm Beach Lakes coach Cassandra Rahming said. "We're so young, but it's nothing but up from here, because as the six seed, we weren't even supposed to be here. We were supposed to be sitting at home a long time ago."
Hall led Palm Beach Lakes with 18 points. Shanovia Dove added 14 and Dykerria Jefferson contributed 10.
District 14-4A
No. 2 Lincoln Park 54, Fort Pierce Central 45: Brandy Montgomery had 18 points and six rebounds and Stephanie Ball added 15 points and six steals, as the Greyhounds (19-2) defeated the Cobras (12-10) in Fort Pierce to win their second straight district title. Brittany Montgomery, Brandy's sister, led Fort Pierce Central with 22 points.
District 13-3A
St. Andrew's 62, Cardinal Newman 47: Tayler Tremblay scored 34 points and Angela Alvarez had 14 rebounds to lead the Scots (19-4) past the Crusaders in Boca Raton. Antonella Marino scored 20 points for Cardinal Newman.
District 13-2A
No. 6 American Heritage 55, King's Academy 51: Neydja Petithomme scored 20 points and Diamond Jones and Lynzey Williams each added 13 as the Stallions (24-1) edged the Lions in Delray Beach. Brooke Garmon scored 29 points for King's Academy.
District 12-1A
No. 1 Trinity Christian 64, Berean Christian 38: Danielle McCray had 25 points, 17 rebounds and blocked five shots and her sister, Alicia, added 15 points, seven rebounds and four assists, leading the Warriors (21-2) to the rout of the Bulldogs (20-9) in West Palm Beach. "We really had to control the tempo of the game because Berean came out strong," Trinity coach Luke McCray said. "After the third quarter we really started clicking on all cylinders." Ke'Andrenee Berry led Berean with 15 points.
District 13-1A
Lake Worth Christian 47, Boca Raton Christian 22: Alexandra Geesey had 17 points and 11 rebounds as the Defenders (10-12) routed the Blazers in Boynton Beach. Beatrice Domond scored 10 points for the Blazers.
Boys
No. 8 St. Andrew's 60, Coral Springs Christian 28: Jake Lockhart scored 15 points as the Scots (17-5) rolled in Boca Raton.
Palm Beach Lakes 64, Glades Central 62: Clive Walford scored 16 points and Antwon Chisholm added 14, but the Raiders (11-7) lost to the Rams in Belle Glade.
North Broward Prep 49, King's Academy 42: Jason Kolar and A.J. Titus each scored 11 points, but the Lions (5-19) fell to the Eagles in West Palm Beach.
User Comments:
officials have already decided!!! commented on February 7, 2010 at 6:18 a.m.: flag
Should officials decide the outcome of the game before it is already over?! Shouldn't grievances be filed when they are obviously being bias and calling the game one-sided?! The bad thing about it is that it is always the same officials, therefore frustrating the other team because they aren't calling the game fairly. I am so tired of watching them laugh on the side lines with the other coaches as if money has exchanged hands. If there is a procedure for dealing with these kind of infractions, please inform of the steps to take against this kind of wrong doing.
Coach commented on February 8, 2010 at 1:53 p.m.: flag
so who do you think got beat that should have won the game?!?!?! ive been on the sidelines joking around with officials and seen it on the other sideline or opposite corner of the gym, yet 9 out of 10 times, the team that played the best won. when youre in one or multiple sports, you will tend to see a few officials throught the year and develop a working relationship, never mind if youve been coaching for mulitple years and have seen the same officials year after year.
The Refs Sucked!!! commented on February 8, 2010 at 2:31 p.m.: flag
If you are referring to the Andrews/Newman game you would be absolutely correct! The refs were TERRIBLE!!!! They were so for St. Andrew's that even the St. And. fans agreed. When they had to call a foul on the Scots they did and then they gave the wrong players number so that the better players did not get in to foul trouble. The referring of the game was a disgrace. Those refs should be made to hand in their whistles. I am not going to make the statement that Newman would have won the game if the refs were better, but at least call it both ways. It is a shame that bc one of the refs has a relationship with the Scots coach that they would call a biased game.
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