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Click the Link Above! Lincoln is at the top of iHigh Top 25 Jeff Goodman iHigh.com Correspondent Mar 21, 2002 - With Lincoln (Texas) already wrapping up a perfect season, Milwaukee Vincent (Wis.) was unable to run the table. TOP 25 NATIONAL BOYS BASKETBALL POLL 1. Lincoln (Dallas, Texas) – (40-0) *1 Results: Defeated Beaumont Ozen, 71-51, to win the Class 4A title; Beat San Antonio Roosevelt, 62-49, in the 4A semifinals. Next: Season over. Notes: Chris Bosh (Georgia Tech) had 21 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocks in a head-to-head matchup with Ozen junior center Kendrick Perkins in the title game. SMU-bound guard Bryan Hopkins led the Tigers with 15 points against Roosevelt while Bosh finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds. 2. Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) – (32-1) *2 Results: Beat Our Savior (N.Y.), 78-59; Defeated Notre Dame Academy, 85-71. Next: Season Over Notes: Wake Forest-guard Justin Gray really finished on a strong note in the second half of the season and he ended the year with a 26-point outburst against Notre Dame. Carmelo Anthony (Syracuse) had 13 points against Our Savior and 20 in the win over Notre Dame. Now all the Warriors can do it sit and hope Lincoln gets upset in the Texas state playoffs. Loss: Mater Dei (Calif.) 3. Vashon (St. Louis, Mo.) – (30-1) *4 Results: Pounded DeSmet, 82-27, to win the Class 4A title; Beat Jefferson City, 64-39, in the Class 4A semifinals. Next: Season over. Notes: Missouri-bound guard Jimmy McKinney scored 19 points while Nicholas Kern (St. Louis) and Dwayne Polk added 14 against Jefferson City. McKinney capped off his season with a 26-point performance to give the Wolverines their third straight title. Loss: St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio) 4. St. Anthony (Jersey City. N.J.) – (27-1) *5 Results: Defeated St. Rose, 58-43, in the Parochial B title game; Beat St. Patrick’s, 64-45, in the North Jersey Parochial B title game. Next: Wednesday vs. Bergen Catholic-Middle Township winner in the State Tournament of Champions semifinal Notes: Elijah Ingram (St. John’s) scored 25 points and connected on five of eight 3-pointers in the win over St. Pat’s while backcourt mate Donald Copeland had a team-high 18 points in the title game, which gave Bob Hurley’s club its 23rd championship. Loss: Neptune 5. Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) – (31-2) *6 Results: Beat Long Beach Poly, 66-60, in the Southern California Division I title game. Next: Saturday vs. Oakland Tech in the Division I state title game Notes: Georgetown-bound forward Brandon Bowman and guard Brandon Heath (San Diego State) each scored 17 points in the win over Poly. Now the Comets must face Leon Powe and Oakland Tech for the state title. Losses: Oak Hill Academy (Va.); Fairfax 6. Brookhaven (Columbus, Ohio) – (25-1) *7 Results: Defeated Centerville, 78-61, in the Division I regional finals; Beat Pickerton, 86-59, in the semifinals. Next: Friday vs. Lakewood St. Edward in the state tournament Notes: Ronald Lewis scored 23 points and grabbed eight boards against Pickerton and had 19 points in the win over Centerville. Junior forward Brandon Faust tied a season-high with 20 points against Centerville. Loss: Mifflin 7. Rainier Beach (Seattle, Wash.) – (28-1) *8 Results: Defeated Mercer Island, 67-51, to win the Class 3A state title; Beat Mark Morris, 62-46, in the Class 3A state semifinals. Next: Season Over. Notes: Senior guard Nate Robinson had 19 points, seven rebounds and six assists in the win over Mercer Island. Rodrick Stewart scored 19 points in the title game after being held to eight points in the semifinal win. Loss: Cedar Hill (Texas) 8. Amityville (Amityville, N.Y.) – (24-2) *9 Results: Defeated Peekskill, 67-57, in the Class B title game; Beat Bishop Kearney, 77-54, in the Class B state semifinals. Next: Saturday vs. St. Mary’s-Wings Academy in the state federation Class B championship game Notes: Villanova-bound big man Jason Fraser scored 29 points and hauled down 18 boards against Bishop Kearney and had 19 points and a tournament-record 25 rebounds in the championship contest against UConn-bound center Hilton Armstrong. Losses: DeMatha (Md.); St. Anthony’s 9. Rice (New York, N.Y.) – (27-2) *10 Results: Beat All Hallows, 62-57, in the CHSAA title game. Next: TBD Notes: Junior big man Shagari Alleyne knocked down all 12 of his shots from the field, finishing with 25 points and nine boards in the win against All Hallows. Loss: Xaverian 10. Vincent (Milwaukee, Wis.) – (23-1) *3 Results: Lost to Tosa East, 43-41, in the Division I state quarterfinals. Next: Season over. Notes: It looked as though Vincent was going to run the table, but Tosa East pulled the upset in the state quarterfinals. Greg Brown was just 5-for-20 from the field while Maurice Wade (Wisconsin) scored 18 in the setback. Loss: Tosa East 11. St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio) – (22-3) *11 Results: Beat Ottawa-Glandorf, 77-58, in the Division II regional championship; Defeated Warrensville Heights, 78-49, in the regional semifinals. Next: Thursday vs. Poland Seminary in the state semifinals Notes: Junior LeBron James scored a season-low 16 points against Warrensville Heights while forward Romeo Travis was the star of the week, scoring 31 against Warrensville and Ottawa-Glandorf. Losses: Amityville (N.Y.); Oak Hill (Va.); George Jr. Republic (Pa.) 12. White Station (Memphis, Tenn.) – (35-2) *13 Results: Beat Johnson City Science Hall, 59-45, to win the Class 3A state title; Defeated Knoxville Bearden, 49-38, in the semifinals. Next: Season over. Notes: Melvin Wilkes led a balanced scoring attack with 12 points in the title game to earn MVP honors while guard Dane Bradshaw and Fred Harris added 11 apiece. 13. DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) – (32-3) *14 Results: Beat Bishop O’Connell, 68-63, to win the Alhambra title; Defeated Philadelphia St. Joseph Prep, 41-36, in the semifinals. Next: Season over. Notes: Maryland-bound forward Travis Garrison stepped up when it counted, scoring a season-high 30 points against St. Joseph Prep and finishing with 24 points and 16 boards in the win over Bishop O’Connell. 14. Miami Christian (Miami, Fla.) – (38-2) *16 Results: Beat Bronson, 79-49, to win the Class 1A state title; Defeated Tallahassee FAMU, 75-64, in the 1A semifinals. Next: Season over. Notes: Jose Juan Barea, who recently returned from a bout of mononucleosis, recorded a triple-double against FAMU with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. Forward Jesus Verdejo scored a team-high 22 points in the win while Carlos Rivera won tourney MVP honors after scoring 22 in the title game. The team set a state record for wins with 38. 15. Winton Woods (Cincinnati, Ohio) – (25-1) *17 Results: Defeated Springfield South, 58-53, to win the regional title; Beat Dayton Colonel White, 50-42, in the regional semifinals. Next: Friday vs. Canton McKinley in the state semifinal Notes: Robert Hite led the Warriors with 17 points against Colonel White and 18 points and seven boards in the victory over Springfield South. 16. Charlestown (Charlestown, Mass.) – (27-0) *18 Results: Beat Groton-Dunstable, 88-68, to win the Division 2 state title. Next: Season over. Notes: Senior guard Rashid Al-Kaleem (Florida) scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds despite playing with an ankle injury in the title game. The Townies became the first team in 23 years to repeat as state champs. 17. Putnam City (Oklahoma City, Okla.) – (27-1) *20 Results: Beat Tulsa Union, 55-53, to win the Class 6A title. Next: Season over. Notes: It was the first state title for the Pirates since Alvin Adams led the team to the crown back in 1972. Junior forward Keith Smith scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and senior Marques Hayden added 10 points and nine boards in the title game. 18. Lakewood (St. Petersburg, Fla.) – (34-2) *21 Results: Beat Glades Central, 59-52, to win the Class 4A title. Next: Season over. Notes: Kevin Dorsey scored a team-high 23 points in the win over Glades Central. Losses: Westchester (Calif.); Lakeland Kathleen 19. Gulfport (Gulfport, Miss.) – (37-1) *22 Results: Defeated Harrison Central, 75-63, to win the Class 5A title; Beat Natchez, 89-77, in the semifinals. Next: Season over. Notes: Sophomore Henry Salter averaged 21.5 points per contest in the final two games. 20. Douglass (Baltimore, Md.) – (28-0) *19 Results: Beat Gwynn Park, 76-72, in the Class 3A state title game. Next: Season over. Notes: Tyler Smith led the team with 25 points in the championship game, but it was center Richard Dorsey who did most of the damage, with 20 points, 12 boards and eight blocks. 21. Compton Centennial (Compton, Calif.) - (31-1) *23 Results: Defeated Bishop Montgomery, 56-47, to win the Southern California Division III title. Next: Saturday vs. San Francisco Riordan in the Division III state title game Notes: Darius Sanders (Oregon) scored 15 points in the victory against Bishop Montgomery. 22. Oakland Tech (Oakland, Calif.) – (28-3) *NR Results: Beat De La Salle, 65-61, to win the Northern California Division I title. Next: Saturday vs. Westchester in the Division I state title game. Notes: Guard Armando Surratt (Fresno State) led the team with 24 points while junior power forward Leon Powe added 17 points and 15 boards in the win over De La Salle. 23. Westinghouse (Chicago, Ill.) – (30-5) *NR Results: Beat Lanphier, 76-72, in the Class AA state title game; Defeated New Trier, 63-46, in the semifinals. Next: Season over. Notes: Forward Darius Glover went for 28 points and 10 boards in the state title game against Arkansas-bound swingman Andre Iguodala & Co. 24. Martin Luther King (Riverside, Calif.) - (30-4) *NR Results: Beat Mater Dei, 70-65, in the Southern California Division II title game. Next: Saturday vs. St. Francis of Mountain View in the Division II state title game Notes: Senior Marvin Lea scored 28 points in the upset over Mater Dei, giving King, in just its second season of varsity basketball, a trip to the state title game. 25. East Side (Newark, N.J.) - (29-1) *NR Results: Beat Burlington City, 90-70, in the Tournament of Champions quarterfinals. Next: Wednesday vs. Neptune in the Tournament of Champions semifinals Notes: Villanova-bound Randy Foye was fairly quiet with nine points, nine assists and seven rebounds, but guard Jeff Carsell erupted for a career-high 29 points in the win over Burlington City. Dropped Out: No. 12 Lanphier (Springfield, Ill.) – (32-2) Results: Lost to Westinghouse, 76-72, in the Class AA title game; Beat Thornwood, 66-50, in the semifinals. Next: Season over. Notes: Arkansas-bound swingman Andre Iguodala managed 29 points in the loss to Westinghouse, but it wasn’t enough. Losses: Peoria Richwoods (Ill.); Westinghouse No. 15 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) – (29-5) Results: Lost to Martin Luther King, 70-65, in the Southern California Division II title game. Next: Season over. Notes: Mike Strawberry led the team with 18 and Wesley Washington added 13, but top junior Harrison Schaen was scoreless in the loss to King. No. 25 Ozen (Beaumont, Texas) – (32-3) Results: Lost to No. 1 Lincoln, 71-51, in the Class 4A title game; Beat Fort Worth Dunbar, 55-53, in the 4A semifinals. Next: Season over. Notes: Junior big man Kendrick Perkins did his part, scoring 20 points, grabbing 14 boards and rekecting five shots in the loss to Lincoln. Perkins also had 13 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks against Dunbar in the semifinal win. Losses: Rice (N.Y.); Lincoln Also Receiving Votes: The Colony (The Colony, Texas) – (29-3); Nease (St. Augustine, Fla.) – (32-3); Mason City (Mason City, Iowa) – (22-1); Camden Catholic (Camden, N.J.) – (24-2); Lexington Catholic (Lexington, Ky.) – (33-2); Neptune (Neptune, N.J.) – (28-2); Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, Calif.) – (30-3); Kolbe Cathdral (Bridgeport, Conn.) – (22-0); Ouachita (Monroe, La.) – (35-1); Gulfport (Gulfport, Miss.) – (37-1); Arlington Country Day (Jacksonville, Fla.) – (23-3); Central Park Christian (Birmingham, Ala.) – (25-0); West Rowan (Mt. Ulla, N.C.) – (30-0); B.T. Washington (Tulsa, Okla.) – (27-0); Redford (Detroit, Mich.) – (20-2); Sunnyslope (Phoenix, Ariz.) – (29-1); St. John’s Jesuit (Toledo, Ohio) – (24-0); Loyola (Los Angeles, Calif.) – (27-4); Oxon Hill (Oxon Hill, Md.) – (22-2); Garfield (Seattle, Wash.) – (20-3); Sanford (Hockessin, Del.) – (28-2); Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) – (29-3); Proviso East (Maywood, Ill.) – (24-3); Joliet Township (Joliet, Ill.) – (30-2); Thornwood (South Holland, Ill.) – (27-5); Bloomington North (Bloomington, Ind.) – (23-3); Tomas Johnson (Frederick, Md.) – (25-1); Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) – (30-5); Marietta (Marietta, Ga.) – (30-1); Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill, Texas) – (32-3) * Last Week’s Ranking Lincoln still on top of iHigh Boys Top 25 Jeff Goodman iHigh.com Correspondent Mar 07, 2002 - Lincoln (Texas) has just two games to go before sealing the deal for an undefeated season and a season-ending top ranking, but Milwaukee Vincent (Wis.) could state its case by rolling through its state tourney. TOP 25 NATIONAL BOYS BASKETBALL POLL 1. Lincoln (Dallas, Texas) – (38-0) *1 Results: Beat South Oak Cliff, 75-34, in the Class 4A, Region II title game; Defeated Terrell, 90-33. Next: Thursday vs. San Antonio Roosevelt in the Class 4A state semifinals Notes: SMU-bound guard Bryan Hopkins led the Tigers with 14 points and nine assists against South Oak Cliff while Chris Bosh (Georgia Tech) scored 10 points, grabbed 10 boards and swatted five shots. 2. Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) – (32-1) *2 Results: Beat Our Savior (N.Y.), 78-59; Defeated Notre Dame Academy, 85-71. Next: Season Over Notes: Wake Forest-guard Justin Gray really finished on a strong note in the second half of the season and he ended the year with a 26-point outburst against Notre Dame. Carmelo Anthony (Syracuse) had 13 points against Our Savior and 20 in the win over Notre Dame. Now all the Warriors can do it sit and hope Lincoln gets upset in the Texas state playoffs. Loss: Mater Dei (Calif.) 3. Vincent (Milwaukee, Wis.) – (21-0) *3 Results: Beat Madison, 94-67, in the Division I sectionals. Next: Friday vs. Waukesha South in the Division I, Sectional 5 semifinals Notes: Greg Brown scorched Madison for 38 points and Carl Landry added 18 to extend the team’s winning streak to 43 games. 4. Vashon (St. Louis, Mo.) – (27-1) *4 Results: Beat Chaminade, 80-50, in the Class 4A quarterfinals; Defeated Vianney, 93-37. Next: Friday vs. Jefferson City in the Class 4A semifinals Notes: Missouri-bound guard Jimmy McKinney lit up Chaminade for 30 points and Nicholas Kern (St. Louis) chipped in 21. Loss: St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio) 5. St. Anthony (Jersey City. N.J.) – (25-1) *6 Results: Defeated Newark Academy, 78-42, in the State Parochial B North semifinals; Beat Eastern Christian, 72-42, in the State Parochial B North quarterfinal. Next: Wednesday vs. St. Patrick’s in the sectional title game Notes: Elijah Ingram (St. John’s) led the team with 19 points and Terrence Roberts added 15 against Eastern Christian. Donald Copeland didn’t play because of the flu. Dwayne Lee poured in 27 points in the rout over Newark Academy. Loss: Neptune 6. Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) – (28-2) *5 Results: Beat Fairfax, 57-50, in the city title game. Next: Wednesday vs. Thousand Oaks in the Southern California, Division I quarterfinals Notes: Hassan Adams was held in check with just 10 points, but the Comets still got the win against Fairfax. Loss: Oak Hill Academy (Va.); Fairfax 7. Brookhaven (Columbus, Ohio) – (22-1) *8 Results: Defeated Gahanna, 63-52, in the Division I district semifinals; Beat Franklin Heights, 76-40, in the first round of the Division I state tournament. Next: Saturday vs. Zanesville in the Division I state tournament Notes: Raheem Moss led the team with 19 points in the win over Franklin Heights while junior point guard Andrew Lavender had 14 points and Moss added 12 against Gahanna. Loss: Mifflin 8. Rainier Beach (Seattle, Wash.) – (28-1) *9 Results: Defeated Mercer Island, 67-51, to win the Class 3A state title; Beat Mark Morris, 62-46, in the Class 3A state semifinals. Next: Season Over. Notes: Senior guard Nate Robinson had 19 points, seven rebounds and six assists in the win over Mercer Island. Rodrick Stewart scored 19 points in the title game after being held to eight points in the semifinal win. Loss: Cedar Hill (Texas) 9. Amityville (Amityville, N.Y.) – (21-2) *11 Results: Edged Whitman, 64-62, in the Suffolk County championship game. Next: Saturday vs. Bethpage in the Class B, southeast region final/Long Island Championship Notes: Villanova-bound big man Jason Fraser had 24 points and 30 boards while Trevour McIntosh added 15 points and 11 rebounds against Whitman. Losses: DeMatha (Md.); St. Anthony’s 10. Rice (New York, N.Y.) – (24-2) *13 Results: Beat St. Peter’s, 91-47, in the Archdiocese semifinals; Defeated All Hallows, 75-52. Next: Thursday vs. Christ the King in the CHSAA City quarterfinals. Notes: Steven Burtt Jr. had 18 points and seven assists in the win over All Hallows while 7-2 junior Shagari Alleyne scored 13 points and grabbed eight boards. Loss: Xaverian 11. St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio) – (18-3) *14 Results: Pounded Firelands, 107-47, in the Division II quarterfinals. Next: Wednesday vs. Copley in the Division II district semifinals Notes: Junior LeBron James had 22 points and eight boards in the win over Firelands. Romeo Travis added 14 points. Loss: Amityville (N.Y.); Oak Hill (Va.); George Jr. Republic (Pa.) 12. Lanphier (Lanphier, Ill.) – (28-1) *15 Results: Defeated Lincoln, 64-52, in the sectional semifinals; Beat Danville, 87-54, in the Class AA regional title. Next: Friday vs. Mount Zion in the sectional finals Notes: Arkansas-bound swingman Andre Iguodala scored 28 points and grabbed 11 boards while Niccos Scott had 16 points and 12 rebounds in the easy win over Danville. Iguodala followed it up with 17 points in the victory against Lincoln. Loss: Peoria Richwoods (Ill.) 13. Ozen (Beaumont, Texas) – (31-2) *18 Results: Beat Belton, 52-37, in the regionals; Defeated Waller, 65-30, to win the Class 4A, Region III crown. Next: Thursday vs. Fort Worth Dunbar in the Class 4A state semifinals. Notes: Junior big man Kendrick Perkins had 23 points, eight boards and five blocks in the win over Belton. Loss: Rice (N.Y.) 14. White Station (Memphis, Tenn.) – (32-2) *17 Results: Beat Bolton, 47-35, in the Class AAA sub-state; Lost to Hamilton, 63-58, in the Region 8-AAA final; Beat Whitehaven, 67-48. Next: March 14 vs. TBD in Class AAA state quarterfinals Notes: Dane Bradshaw scored 15 points, grabbed eight rebounds and had five steals in the win against Bolton. 15. DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) – (28-3) *20 Results: Idle. Next: Saturday vs. Springarn in the Washington D.C. city title game Notes: The team got a week off after beating O’Connell in the WCAC title game. 16. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) – (27-4) *21 Results: Beat Pasadena, 65-49, in the Division II-AA title game. Next: Wednesday vs. Escondido in the CIF-Southern California, Division II quarterfinals Notes: Junior guard Wesley Washington scored 20 points and Mike Strawberry added 18 in the win over Pasadena. 17. Bloomington North (Bloomington, Ind.) – (23-2) *23 Results: Defeated Franklin, 57-54, to win the 4A sectional title; Beat Columbus East, 61-46, in the semifinals. Next: Saturday vs. TBD in the region playoffs Notes: Senior power forward Sean May (North Carolina) scored 24 points and hauled down 14 boards against Columbus East and had 25 points and 14 rebounds in the win over Franklin. Losses: Pike; Columbus East 18. Thomas Johnson (Frederick, Md.) – (24-1) *24 Results: Defeated Meade, 108-7, to win the Class 4A East Regional crown. Next: Thursday vs. Magruder in the 4A state semifinals. Notes: Senior Jermaine Thomas tied a school-record with 51 points in the victory against Meade. 19. Miami Christian (Miami, Fla.) – (36-2) *25 Results: Beat Northwest Christian, 65-49, to win the Region 4-1A title. Next: Wednesday vs. FAMU High in the Class 1A state semifinals (Lakeland) Notes: Jose Juan Barea came back from a bout with mononucleosis to score 16 points in the win over Northwest Christian. 20. Winton Woods (Cincinnati, Ohio) – (22-1) *NR Results: Beat Western Hills, 62-51, in the Division I sectionals. Next: Saturday vs. Lebanon in the district tournament Notes: Robert Hite led the Warriors with 20 points while DeForrest Riley added 16. 21. Charlestown (Charlestown, Mass.) – (23-0) *NR Results: Beat Winchester, 99-57, in the Division II North quarterfinals. Next: Wednesday vs. Westford in the semifinals Notes: Rasheed Al-Kaleem (Florida) led the Townies with 28 points and 14 boards while senior guard Tony Chatman added 12 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in the rout over Winchester. 22. Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) – (29-4) *22 Results: Lost to Westchester, 57-50, in the city title game. Next: Wednesday vs. Carlsbad in the CIF-Southern California, Division I quarterfinals. Notes: Evan Burns scored 20 points, but it wasn’t enough to beat the Comets. 23. Compton Centennial (Compton, Calif.) - (28-1) *7 Results: Lost to Bishop Montgomery, 57-55, in the Division III-A title game. Next: Saturday vs. Bishop Montgomery in the Division III-A title game Notes: Darius Sanders scored 20 points and grabbed nine boards in the loss to Bishop Montgomery. 24. Marietta (Marietta, Ga.) – (30-1) *10 Results: Lost to Lakeside, 78-64, in the Class 5A semifinals; Beat Pope, 56-45, in the second round. Next: Season Over. Notes: Keyon Boyd led the team with 17 points in the win over Pope while Wake Forest-bound forward Chris Ellis had 14 in the setback to Lakeside. Loss: Lakeside 25. Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill, Texas) – (32-3) *12 Results: Lost to Midland Lee, 67-62, in the Class 5A, Region I semifinals. Next: Season Over. Notes: Michigan-bound senior guard Daniel Horton had an off-night, hitting just seven of 25 shots and finishing with 19 points in the season-ending loss to Midland Lee. Losses: A&M Consolidated (Texas); Lincoln; Midland Lee Dropped Out: No. 16 Oxon Hill (Oxon Hill, Md.) – (22-2) Results: Lost to Eleanor Roosevelt, 55-45, in the 4A South Region final; Beat Largo, 59-44, in the semifinals. Next: Season Over Notes: Eleanor Roosevelt entered the game with just a 13-12 mark, so the upset knocks the Clippers out of the national poll. Loss: Parkdale; Eleanor Roosevelt No. 19 Garfield (Seattle, Wash.) – (20-3) Results: Lost to Franklin, 82-74, in the Sea-King 4A district title game; Beat Inglemoor, 51-49, in the 4A state tournament. Notes: Marcelus Kemp had 25 points in the loss to Franklin and also scored 23 in the victory over Inglemoor. Loss: Franklin (twice) Also Receiving Votes: Putnam City (Oklahoma City, Okla.) – (24-1); Lakewood (St. Pete, Fla.) – (32-2); The Colony (The Colony, Texas) – (28-3); Nease (St. Augustine, Fla.) – (30-3); Mason City (Mason City, Iowa) – (21-1); Camden Catholic (Camden, N.J.) – (24-2); Lexington Catholic (Lexington, Ky.) – (26-2); Neptune (Neptune, N.J.) – (24-2); Oakland Tech (Oakland, Calif.) – (25-3); Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, Calif.) – (28-3); Joliet Township (Joliet, Ill.) – (27-1); Kolbe Cathdral (Bridgeport, Conn.) – (22-0); Ouachita (Monroe, La.) – (35-1); Gulfport (Gulfport, Miss.) – (35-1); Arlington Country Day (Jacksonville, Fla.) – (23-3); Central Park Christian (Birmingham, Ala.) – (25-0); West Rowan (Mt. Ulla, N.C.) – (27-0); B.T. Washington (Tulsa, Okla.) – (24-0); Redford (Detroit, Mich.) – (17-2); Sunnyslope (Phoenix, Ariz.) – (29-1); Proviso East (Maywood, Ill.) – (24-2); East Side (Newark, N.J.) – (25-1); St. John’s Jesuit (Toledo, Ohio) – (22-0); Douglass (Baltimore, Md.) – (26-0); Loyola (Los Angeles, Calif.) – (27-3) * Last Week’s Ranking Lincoln beats Cedar Hill, remains on top of iHigh boys Top 25 Jeff Goodman iHigh.com Correspondent Feb 21, 2002 - Lincoln (Texas) came out on top of its huge in-state matchup with Cedar Hill and has the inside track to the national title, but they have to win the state crown first. Previous polls: TOP 25 NATIONAL BOYS BASKETBALL POLL 1. Lincoln (Dallas, Texas) – (34-0) *1 Results: Beat Cedar Hill, 64-63, in the DMN Classic (end of regular season) Next: Friday vs. Sherman-Waxahachie winner in the Class 4A, Region II area playoffs Notes: Georgia Tech-bound big man Chris Bosh came up big, with 16 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocks while SMU-bound point guard Bryan Hopkins added 15 to help solidify Lincoln’s spot at the top of the poll. 2. Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) – (30-1) *2 Results: Beat Blue Ridge, 72-66; Crushed Bonner Academy (N.C.), 111-74; Defeated Christian Faith Center (N.C.), 86-63. Next: Tuesday vs. Our Savior (N.Y.) Notes: Wake Forest-guard Justin Gray has picked up his scoring of late, going for 35 in the rout over Bonner and 21 against Christian Faith. Of course, Syracuse-bound swingman Carmelo Anthony also had a solid week, scoring 23 against Bonner and 22 in the win over Christian Faith. Loss: Mater Dei (Calif.) 3. Vincent (Milwaukee, Wis.) – (19-0) *4 Results: Beat Milwaukee Madison, 87-58. Next: Wednesday vs. Milwaukee Washington (end of regular season) Notes: Two straight games without Greg Brown leading the team in scoring. Last time it was Marcus Ross, this time it was Maurice Wade (Wisconsin) who led the team with 20 points against Madison. That makes 41 straight wins. 4. Vashon (St. Louis, Mo.) – (23-1) *5 Results: Beat Chicago Manley, 89-64. Next: Wednesday vs. Roosevelt-Normandy winner in the Class 4A, District 7 semifinals Notes: Missouri-bound guard Jimmy McKinney led the team with 27 and Nicholas Kern (St. Louis) added 18 in the victory against Manley. Loss: St. Vincent-St. Mary 5. Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) – (25-2) *6 Results: Pounded Cleveland, 96-41. Next: Wednesday vs. Carson in the CIF City Section quarterfinals Notes: Brandon Bowman (Georgetown) had 23 points and Hassan Adams (Arizona) added 22 in the rout over Cleveland. Losses: Oak Hill Academy (Va.); Fairfax 6. St. Anthony (Jersey City. N.J.) – (21-1) *9 Results: Beat Our Savior (N.Y.), 60-48; Defeated Holmdel, 76-30; Beat St. Dominic, 60-49. Next: Wednesday at St. Raymond’s (N.Y.) Notes: Coach Bob Hurley racked up his 28th straight 20-win season with the victory over Holmdel. St. John’s-bound point guard Elijah Ingram had 16 points, Donald Copeland added 15 and Dwayne Lee chipped in 14 in the victory. Loss: Neptune 7. The Colony (The Colony, Texas) – (28-2) *8 Results: Beat South Oak Cliff, 73-62, in the DMN Classic. Next: Friday vs. South Grand Prairie-Bowie winner in the Class 5A, Region I area playoffs Notes: Bracey Wright (Indiana) scored 28 points and grabbed 11 boards in the undercard of the Lincoln-Cedar Hill showdown over the weekend in Dallas. Losses: Cleveland Heritage Christian (Texas); Lincoln (Texas) 8. Compton Centennial (Compton, Calif.) - (27-0) *10 Results: Crushed Blair, 110-66; Edged Pomona, 48-46. Next: Friday vs. Muir (Pasadena) in the CIF Southern Section Division III-A playoffs Notes: Sterling Byrd and Darius Sanders have the Apaches without a loss. Sophomore Gabriel Pruitt led Centennial with 18 against Pomona. 9. Brookhaven (Columbus, Ohio) – (19-1) *11 Results: Beat Independence, 89-65, to win the city league title. Next: Friday vs. Whetstone in the first round of the Division I state tournament Notes: Senior forward Danta Patterson stepped it up with a career-high 30 points in the win against Independence. Freshman Jamelle Cornley added 16 points in the easy victory. Loss: Mifflin 10. Rainier Beach (Seattle, Wash.) – (23-1) *12 Results: Defeated Issaquah, 79-52, in the Sea-King district semifinals. Beat O’Dea, 73-56, in the Sea-King district playoffs. Next: Saturday vs. Mercer Island in the Sea-King district title game Notes: Junior Rodrick Stewart scored 23 points and twin Lodrick added 20 in the victory against O’Dea. Nate Robinson scored 30 against Issaquah. Loss: Cedar Hill (Texas) 11. Marietta (Marietta, Ga.) – (28-0) *13 Results: Defeated Harrison, 61-43, to win the Region 5A title. Next: Friday vs. Southwest DeKalb in the Class 5A state tournament Notes: Keyon Boyd scored 20 points and Jazz Ross added 17 while Wake Forest-bound senior Chris Ellis, the son of Dale Ellis, did not play because of a sprained ankle. 12. Amityville (Amityville, N.Y.) – (17-2) *15 Results: Pounded Babylon, 81-34, in the first round of the Class B playoffs; Beat Mount Sinai, 86-42. (end of regular season) Next: Thursday vs. East Hampton-Harborfields winner in the Class B playoffs Notes: Villanova-bound big man Jason Fraser scored 19 points, hauled down 22 boards and dished off 10 assists in the rout over Mount Sinai. He followed that up with 20 points, 21 boards and 10 assists against Babylon. Losses: DeMatha (Md.); St. Anthony’s 13. Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill, Texas) – (30-2) *3 Results: Lost to No. 1 Lincoln, 64-63, in the DMN Classic (end of regular season) Next: Friday vs. Paschal-Lewisville winner in the Class 5A, Region I area playoffs Notes: Michigan-bound senior guard Daniel Horton managed 22 points, but it wasn’t enough as Cedar Hill came up just short in its quest for state dominance against top-ranked Lincoln. Losses: A&M Consolidated (Texas); Lincoln 14. Rice (New York, N.Y.) – (22-2) *16 Results: Beat Bishop Loughlin, 88-60. Next: Feb. 27 vs. St. Peter’s in the Archdiocese of the New York CHSAA semifinals Notes: Swingman Christian Brown led the team with 26 points in the easy win over Curtis Sumper’s Bishop Loughlin squad. 15. St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio) – (15-3) *7 Results: Lost to George Jr. Republic (Pa.), 58-57, in overtime. Next: Wednesday vs. Orange in the Big Four Classic (Canton, Ohio) Notes: Junior LeBron James, after being on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week, scored 20 points but it wasn’t enough to avoid the upset at the hands of George Jr. Republic. Loss: Amityville (N.Y.); Oak Hill (Va.); George Jr. Republic (Pa.) 16. Lanphier (Lanphier, Ill.) – (24-1) *18 Results: Pounded Glenwood, 80-33. Next: Friday vs. Lincoln Notes: Arkansas-bound swingman Andre Iguodala poured in 25 points, grabbed seven boards and dished out seven assists in the win over Glenwood. The Lions were up 50-8 at the break. Loss: Peoria Richwoods (Ill.) 17. Oxon Hill (Oxon Hill, Md.) – (19-1) *19 Results: Beat Parkdale, 71-60, to claim its second straight Prince George’s County 4A title. Next: Tuesday vs. Largo Notes: Senior Chris Williams leads the team at 16 points per game and helped avenge the Clippers only setback of the season with a win over Parkdale. Loss: Parkdale 18. White Station (Memphis, Tenn.) – (29-1) *20 Results: Beat Overton, 79-61; Defeated Whitehaven, 77-59. Notes: Dane Bradshaw scored 14 in the win against Overton and had 12 points and seven boards vs. Whitehaven. 19. Ozen (Beaumont, Texas) – (27-2) *21 Results: Beat Livingston, 91-43. Next: Friday vs. Shoemaker-Brenham winner in the Class 4A, Region III area playoffs Notes: Junior big man Kendrick Perkins had 28 points, 10 boards and five blocks against Livingston. Loss: Rice (N.Y.) 20. Garfield (Seattle, Wash.) – (19-2) *22 Results: Defeated Eastlake, 60-54, in the Sea-King district playoffs; Beat Juanita, 70-38, in the first round of the Sea-King district playoffs Next: Friday vs. Franklin in the Sea-King 4A district title game Notes: Washington-bound guard Brandon Roy was held to just 12 points while Marques Echols had a team-high 14 against Juanita. Loss: Franklin 21. DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) – (25-3) *23 Results: Beat Archbishop Carroll (D.C.), 82-55; Defeated Paul VI (Va.), 54-43. Next: Wednesday vs. Bishop Ireton in the WCAC tournament quarterfinals Notes: Warren Williams and Maryland-bound forward Travis Garrison each scored 17 points in the win over Paul VI. Garrison had 29 points and 15 boards against Archbishop Carroll. 22. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) – (24-4) *24 Results: Pounded Antelope Valley, 101-53, in the CIF South Section Division II playoffs; Beat Hemet, 80-56, in the CIF South Section Division II quarterfinals Next: Friday vs. Woodbridge in the state quarterfinals Notes: Junior big man Harrison Schaen scored 19 points and grabbed 11 boards against Hemet to help give coach Gary McKnight his 600th victory. Mike Strawberry led the team with 26 points and six rebounds against Antelope Valley. 23. Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) – (27-3) *25 Results: Beat Locke, 95-67, in the CIF City Section Division I playoffs Next: Wednesday vs. Narbonne in the CIF City Section Division I quarterfinals Notes: Evan Burns scored 30 points and hauled down seven rebounds in the win over Locke. 24. Bloomington North (Bloomington, Ind.) – (19-2) *14 Results: Lost to Columbus East, 60-50; Crushed Graceland Christian, 104-34. Next: Friday vs. Brown County Notes: Senior power forward Sean May (North Carolina) scored 22 points and became the county’s all-time leading scorer with 1,550 career points. Michael Davis, one game after going 0-for-10 from the field, poured in 29 points. Losses: Pike; Columbus East 25. Thomas Johnson (Frederick, Md.) – (19-1) *NR Results: Defeated Notre Dame Academy, 75-59, to win the St. James Tournament; Beat Montrose Christian, 56-49, in the semifinals of the St. James Tournament. Notes: Senior Jermaine Thomas scored 23 against Montrose and added 25 in the upset over Notre Dame to earn tourney MVP honors. Dropped Out: No. 17 Redford (Detroit, Mich.) – (15-2) Results: Lost to King, 57-50, in the Public School League semifinals. Notes: Junior guard Dion Harris scored 19, but it wasn’t enough as Redford went down to King. Loss: St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio); King Also Receiving Votes: Nease (St. Augustine, Fla.) – (27-3); Mason City (Mason City, Iowa) – (18-0); Camden Catholic (Camden, N.J.) – (19-1); Winton Woods (Cincinnati, Ohio) – (19-1); Lexington Catholic (Lexington, Ky.) – (22-2); Edgewater (Orlando, Fla.) – (24-3); Springfield Kickapoo (Mo.) – (25-1); Putnam City (Oklahoma City, Okla.) – (20-1); Neptune (Neptune, N.J.) – (19-2); Murrah (Jackson, Miss.) – (28-3); Oakland Tech (Oakland, Calif.) – (23-3); Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, Calif.) – (24-3); Miami Christian (Miami, Fla.) – (33-2); Joliet Township (Joliet, Ill.) – (24-1); Charlestown (Charlestown, Mass.) – (20-0); Kolbe Cathdral (Bridgeport, Conn.) – (17-0); Ouachita (Monroe, La.) – (33-1); Gulfport (Gulfport, Miss.) – (32-0); Arlington Country Day (Jacksonville, Fla.) – (23-3); Central Park Christian (Birmingham, Ala.) – (22-0); West Rowan (Mt. Ulla, N.C.) – (23-0); B.T. Washington (Tulsa, Okla.) – (21-0); Washington (Memphis, Tenn.) – (22-2) Dallas Lincoln on top of iHigh Boys Top 25 Jeff Goodman iHigh.com Correspondent Feb 14, 2002 - Lincoln got through its first week on top of the poll, but has a mammoth matchup against Cedar Hill this Saturday. Oak Hill Academy (Va.) re-established itself as a Top Five team with wins over St. Pat’s and St. Vincent-St. Mary and LeBron James. TOP 25 NATIONAL BOYS BASKETBALL POLL 1. Lincoln (Dallas, Texas) – (33-0) *1 Results: Beat Madison, 90-71; Pounded Samuell, 107-53. Next: Saturday vs. Cedar Hill in the DMN Classic Notes: Georgia Tech-bound big man Chris Bosh scored just 13 points in the rout over Samuell while Kevis Shipman led the team with 21 and Bryan Hopkins added 19. Bosh finished with 19, Shipman 18 and Hopkins 12 in the win against Madison. Next up is a so-called playoff warm-up game against Class 5A Cedar Hill on Saturday. 2. Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) – (25-1) *2 Results: Beat St. Patrick’s (N.J.), 74-54; Defeated St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio), 72-66. Next: Thursday vs. Bonner Academy; Saturday at Faith Christian Center; Tuesday vs. Our Savior Notes: The Warriors had a nice weekend at the Prime Time Shootout, cruising past St. Pat’s and taking care of LeBron James and SVSM for the second straight year. Carmelo Anthony (Syracuse) had 34 going against James while Wake Forest-bound guard Justin Gray led the club with 21 vs. St. Pat’s. Loss: Mater Dei (Calif.) 3. Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill, Texas) – (30-1) *4 Results: Defeated Arlington, 85-63; Beat Arlington Sam Houston, 75-49; Defeated Arlington Martin, 89-45. Next: Saturday vs. No. 1 Lincoln in the DMN Classic Notes: Michigan-bound senior guard Daniel Horton was held in check with eight points against Sam Houston, but he had 29 in the easy victory over Martin. Cedric Brooks had 18 against Sam Houston and 17 vs. Martin. Loss: A&M Consolidated (Texas) 4. Vincent (Milwaukee, Wis.) – (18-0) *5 Results: Crushed Milwaukee Tech, 73-34; Pounded the Milwaukee School of Language, 100-43. Notes: In a rare game when Greg Brown didn’t lead the team in scoring, it was Marcus Ross’ 24 points that led the club against the Milwaukee School of Language. Brown finished with 20 in the win over Tech, the team’s 40th consecutive victory. 5. Vashon (St. Louis, Mo.) – (22-1) *6 Results: Beat Soldan, 78-41; Defeated Paseo, 90-63. Next: Saturday vs. Manley Career Academy Notes: Missouri-bound guard Jimmy McKinney managed just 13 points in the rout over Soldan, but rebounded with 32 in the easy victory against Paseo. Loss: St. Vincent-St. Mary 6. Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) – (24-2) *8 Results: Crushed Palisades, 97-39; Edged All Hallows, 65-64, at the Prime Time Shootout (N.J.) Next: Friday vs. Cleveland in the CIF City Section Division I playoffs Notes: Hassan Adams (Arizona) sank a pair of free throws with 26 seconds left and finished with 23 points against All Hallows. Keith Everage and junior Trevor Ariza each had 17 in the victory over Palisades. Losses: Oak Hill Academy (Va.); Fairfax 7. St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio) – (15-2) *3 Results: Lost to Oak Hill Academy, 72-66. Next: Sunday vs. George Jr. Republic; Wednesday vs. Orange in the Big Four Classic Notes: Junior LeBron James scored 36 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished out five assists in the losing effort. Losses: Amityville (N.Y.); Oak Hill (Va.) 8. The Colony (The Colony, Texas) – (27-2) *10 Results: Beat McKinney, 75-40; Defeated Lewisville, 57-55. Next: Saturday vs. South Oak Cliff in the DMN Classic Notes: Bracey Wright (Indiana) led the team yet again with 24 against Lewisville. Bam Harmon added 15 and Deron Williams chipped in 10 in the victory. Wright had 18 and Harmon 14 vs. McKinney. Losses: Cleveland Heritage Christian (Texas); Lincoln (Texas) 9. St. Anthony (Jersey City. N.J.) – (18-1) *11 Results: Beat Amityville (N.Y.), 75-55, at the Prime Time Shootout; Defeated Germantown Academy (Pa.), 70-45. Notes: St. John’s-bound point guard Elijah Ingram had a team-high 19 points and Dwayne Lee added 17 in the win over Amityville while Donald Copeland had 22 in the rout over Germantown. Loss: Neptune 10. Compton Centennial (Compton, Calif.) - (25-0) *12 Results: Beat El Segundo, 66-42. Next: Friday vs. Blair in the first round of the playoffs. Notes: Sterling Byrd had 24 points and 14 boards in the win over El Segundo. 11. Brookhaven (Columbus, Ohio) – (18-1) *13 Results: Beat Linden, 77-61 (end of regular season) Notes: Ronald Lewis finished with 23 points and Raheem Moss added 17 in the win over Linden. Loss: Mifflin 12. Rainier Beach (Seattle, Wash.) – (21-1) *14 Results: Beat Seattle Prep, 8056; Defeated Ballard, 65-60, to win the Metro League title. Next: Friday vs. TBD in the Class 3A Sea-King district playoffs. Notes: Junior Lodrick Stewart and Nate Robinson each scored 16 against Ballard while Robinson erupted for 32 in the win over Seattle Prep. Loss: Cedar Hill (Texas) 13. Marietta (Marietta, Ga.) – (26-0) *15 Results: Defeated Lithia Springs, 66-54, in the region 5A tournament; Beat Wheeler, 89-86. Notes: Jazz Ross led the club with 31 and Keyon Boyd added 26 in the win over highly regarded Wheeler. Chris Ellis paced the team with 19 vs. Lithia Springs. 14. Bloomington North (Bloomington, Ind.) – (18-1) *7 Results: Lost to Pike, 67-66. Next: Friday at Columbus East; Saturday vs. Graceland Christian; Feb. 22 vs. Brown County Notes: Senior power forward Sean May (North Carolina) had 25 points and 14 boards, but it wasn’t enough for North to avoid its first setback of the season. 15. Amityville (Amityville, N.Y.) – (15-2) *9 Results: Beat Southampton, 90-54; Lost to St. Anthony’s (N.J.), 75-55, at the Prime Time Shootout Next: Thursday vs. Mount Sinai (end regular season) Notes: Villanova-bound big man Jason Fraser had an off-night against St. Anthony’s, scoring just 17 points and grabbing a mere mortal eight boards. He rebounded to score 27 points and haul down 15 rebounds in the pounding of Southampton. Losses: DeMatha (Md.); St. Anthony’s 16. Rice (New York, N.Y.) – (21-2) *16 Results: Beat Camden Catholic (N.J.), 61-37; Defeated Passaic (N.J.), 67-50, at the Prime Time Shootout. Next: Friday vs. Bishop Loughlin Notes: Junior center Shagari Alleyne had 13 points, but it was guard Steven Burtt Jr. who led the team with 24 against Camden Catholic. 17. Redford (Detroit, Mich.) – (15-1) *18 Results: Beat Renaissance, 48-34, in the Public School league playoffs. Notes: Junior guard Dion Harris led the team with 17 against Renaissance. Loss: St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio) 18. Lanphier (Lanphier, Ill.) – (23-1) *19 Results: Routed Jacksonville, 104-60; Beat Normal West, 81-55. Next: Saturday at Glenwood; Feb. 22 vs. Lincoln Notes: Arkansas-bound swingman Andre Iguodala was upstaged by junior Richard McBride, who had 29 against Jacksonville and 25 in the win over Normal West. Iguodala had 23 vs. Jacksonville. Loss: Peoria Richwoods (Ill.) 19. Oxon Hill (Oxon Hill, Md.) – (19-1) *20 Results: Beat Parkdale, 71-60, to claim its second straight Prince George’s County 4A title. Next: Feb. 19 vs. Largo Notes: Senior Chris Williams leads the team at 16 points per game and helped avenge the Clippers only setback of the season with a win over Parkdale. Loss: Parkdale 20. White Station (Memphis, Tenn.) – (26-1) *21 Results: Beat Collierville, 83-40; Defeated Kirby, 85-65. Next: Thursday vs. Overton Notes: Melvin Wilkes had a team-high 21 against Kirby to give the Spartans their 21st straight win. Steve Wigley finished with 18 vs. Collierville. 21. Ozen (Beaumont, Texas) – (26-2) *22 Results: Beat Vidor, 58-30; Crushed Lumberton, 91-40. Next: Tuesday vs. Livingston Notes: Junior big man Kendrick Perkins had 27 points against Vidor and 30 in the win over Lumberton. Loss: Rice (N.Y.) 22. Garfield (Seattle, Wash.) – (16-2) *23 Results: Beat Woodinville, 65-34. Notes: Washington-bound guard Brandon Roy led the team with 22 in the win over Woodinville and Marcelus Kemp had 15. Loss: Franklin 23. DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) – (22-3) *24 Results: Beat Gonzaga, 66-38. Next: Tuesday vs. Archbishop Carroll Notes: Warren Williams had a big game against Gonzaga with 21 points, six assists and five steals while Maryland-bound forward Travis Garrison finished with 14 points in the win. 24. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) – (22-4) *25 Results: Beat St. John Bosco, 90-62. Next: Friday vs. Hemet in the CIF South Section Division II playoffs. Notes: Junior Wesley Washington had 21 points and Mike Strawberry added 12 points and eight boards in the victory against St. John Bosco. 25. Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) – (26-3) *NR Results: Beat Los Angeles, 106-60; Crushed Hamilton, 110-42. Next: Friday vs. Locke in the CIF City Section Division I playoffs. Notes: Evan Burns scored 16 points in the win over Los Angeles. Also Receiving Votes: Nease (St. Augustine, Fla.) – (23-2); Mason City (Mason City, Iowa) – (16-0); Camden Catholic (Camden, N.J.) – (17-1); Winton Woods (Cincinnati, Ohio) – (18-1); Lexington Catholic (Lexington, Ky.) – (20-2); Tabor Academy (Marion, Mass.) – (19-4); Edgewater (Orlando, Fla.) – (24-3); Springfield Kickapoo (Mo.) – (24-1); Putnam City (Oklahoma City, Okla.) – (18-1); Neptune (Neptune, N.J.) – (19-2); Murrah (Jackson, Miss.) – (27-2); Oakland Tech (Oakland, Calif.) – (21-3); Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, Calif.) – (23-3); Miami Christian (Miami, Fla.) – (30-2); Montrose Christian (Rockville, Md.) – (17-4); Joliet Township (Joliet, Ill.) – (23-1); Charlestown (Charlestown, Mass.) – (16-0); Kolbe Cathdral (Bridgeport, Conn.) – (16-0); Ouachita (Monroe, La.) – (32-0) Dropped Out: No. 17 Washington (Memphis, Tenn.) – (21-2) Results: Lost to Carver, 66-62; Beat Westwood, 87-67. Notes: Sophomore point guard Andre Allen was held in check with nine points against Westwood and 11 in the loss to Carver. Losses: Sheffield; Carver Lincoln takes over top spot in iHigh boys Top 25 Jeff Goodman iHigh.com Correspondent Feb 07, 2002 - Oak Hill Academy (Va.) lost for the first time in 68 games out on the west coast, and Dallas Lincoln replaces them at the top of the latest iHigh boys basketball Top 25. TOP 25 NATIONAL BOYS BASKETBALL POLL 1. Lincoln (Dallas, Texas) – (29-0) *2 Results: Beat Sunset, 88-55; Seagoville, 70-53; Pounded Woodrow Wilson, 79-36. Next: Feb. 9 vs. Samuell Notes: Georgia Tech-bound big man Chris Bosh scored 19 points against Seagoville and led the team with 28 in the rout over Woodrow Wilson. Kevis Shipman added 18 in the Seagoville win and had 20 against Sunset. 2. Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) – (25-1) *1 Results: Lost to Mater Dei (Calif.), 84-72, at the Nike Extravaganza; Beat Victory Christian (N.C.), 102-51; Game against Faith Christian Center was cancelled. Next: Feb. 8 vs. St. Patrick’s (N.J.) at the Prime Time Shootout; Feb. 10 vs. St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio) at the Prime Time Shootout Notes: The Warriors suffered their first setback in 68 games against Mater Dei. Wake Forest-bound guard Justin Gray finished with 25 points and Carmelo Anthony (Syracuse) had 24 in the loss. Oak Hill will get a chance for some redemption against a pair of national powers this week – St. Pat’s and LeBron James’ St. Vincent-St. Mary’s squad. Loss: Mater Dei (Calif.) 3. St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio) – (15-1) *3 Results: Crushed Archbishop Hoban, 74-49. Next: Feb. 10 vs. Oak Hill Academy at the Prime Time Shootout (N.J.) Notes: Junior LeBron James scored 32 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the easy win against Archbishop Hoban. Loss: Amityville (N.Y.) 4. Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill, Texas) – (27-1) *4 Results: Beat Arlington Lamar, 60-30; Game against Arlington Sam Houston was moved from Wednesday to Thursday because of weather conditions. Next: Feb. 6 vs. Arlington Sam Houston; Feb. 8 vs. Arlington Martin Notes: Michigan-bound senior guard Daniel Horton was held in check to 12 points against Arlington Lamar, but Cedric Brooks picked up the slack and scored 14 in the rout. Loss: A&M Consolidated (Texas) 5. Vincent (Milwaukee, Wis.) – (15-0) *6 Results: Beat Rufus King, 84-68; Routed South, 70-39. Notes: Greg Brown poured in 42 points against Rufus King while Maurice Wade and Dejaunte Wade each had 10 first-half points in the win over South. 6. Vashon (St. Louis, Mo.) – (20-1) *7 Results: Beat Cleveland, 75-40; Defeated Long Beach Poly (Calif.), 70-60, at the Nike Extravaganza Next: Feb. 5 vs. South Central; Thursday (or Saturday) vs. Soldan Notes: Missouri-bound guard Jimmy McKinney led the Wolverines with 22 points in the win over Cleveland while Dwayne Polk scored a team-high 18 against Poly. Nicholas Kern (St. Louis) averaged 14 points in the wins over Cleveland and Poly. Loss: St. Vincent-St. Mary 7. Bloomington North (Bloomington, Ind.) – (18-0) *8 Results: Beat Lawrence Central, 60-44. Next: Feb. 7 at Pike Notes: Senior power forward Sean May (North Carolina) scored 19 points and grabbed 15 boards in the win over Lawrence Central. 8. Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) – (22-2) *10 Results: Routed L.A. University, 99-50; Crushed Los Angeles, 94-51; Pounded Venice, 91-52. Next: Feb. 7 vs. Palisades; Feb. 9 vs. All Hallows (N.Y.) at the Prime Time Shootout Notes: Hassan Adams (Arizona) and Keith Everage each had 19 points in the win over Venice while Brandon Bowman (Georgetown) led the team with 21 and guard Brandon Heath (San Diego State) added 20 against Los Angeles. Adams concluded the week with a 39-point, 7-rebound and 6-assist performance against University. Losses: Oak Hill Academy (Va.); Fairfax 9. Amityville (Amityville, N.Y.) – (14-1) *11 Results: Crushed Bayport, 85-43; Pounded John Glenn, 89-39. Next: Feb. 8 vs. St. Anthony’s (N.J.) at the Prime Time Shootout Notes: Villanova-bound big man Jason Fraser scored 18 points, but it was sophomore A.J. Price who led the club with 19 in the easy win over Bayport. Fraser became the school’s all-time leading scorer (1,437) with 25 points against John Glenn. Loss: DeMatha (Md.) 10. The Colony (The Colony, Texas) – (25-2) *13 Results: Defeated Flower Mound Marcus, 60-53; Beat Carrollton Creekview, 58-51. Next: Feb. 8 at Lewisville; Feb. 12 vs. McKinney Notes: Bracey Wright (Indiana) led the team with 27 against Creekview and Bam Harmon added 17. Losses: Cleveland Heritage Christian (Texas); Lincoln (Texas) 11. St. Anthony (Jersey City. N.J.) – (16-1) *14 Results: Beat Monmouth Regional, 46-40; Defeated Manasquan, 86-49; Beat Allentown Central Catholic (Pa.), 84-47. Next: Feb. 8 vs. Amityville (N.Y.) at the Prime Time Shootout; Feb. 10 vs. Germantown Academy (Pa.) Notes: Terrance Roberts had a team-high 19 points and guard Donald Copeland added 18 in the victory against Manaquan. Loss: Neptune 12. Compton Centennial (Compton, Calif.) - (24-0) *15 Results: Crushed Torrance, 76-45; Routed Hawthorne, 100-48. Notes: Sterling Byrd led the team with 29 points and 15 boards while senior Darius Sanders added 23 points and 20 rebounds against Hawthorne. Sanders had 20 points and 15 boards in the win over Torrance. 13. Brookhaven (Columbus, Ohio) – (17-1) *9 Results: Lost to Mifflin, 80-78; Beat Beechcroft, 74-61. Next: Feb. 8 vs. Linden Notes: Ronald Lewis, who has volunteered for sixth-man duties this season, led the team with 28 in the loss to Mifflin and junior point guard Andrew Lavender missed a game-winning shot in overtime. Junior Brandon Faust had 20 points and 15 boards in the win over Beechcroft. Loss: Mifflin 14. Rainier Beach (Seattle, Wash.) – (19-1) *16 Results: Beat Lakeside, 85-68. Next: Feb. 6 vs. Seattle Prep in the Metro League tournament semifinals. Notes: Junior Lodrick Stewart led the team with 27 points against Lakeside and twin brother Rodrick added 16. Loss: Cedar Hill (Texas) 15. Marietta (Marietta, Ga.) – (23-0) *17 Results: Beat Osborn, 80-62. Next: Feb. 8 at North Cobb; Feb. 9 vs. Wheeler Notes: Wake Forest-bound forward Chris Ellis, the son of former NBA player Dale Ellis, led the team with 23 points against Osborne. 16. Rice (New York, N.Y.) – (19-2) *5 Results: Lost to Xaverian, 74-70; Beat Christ the King, 65-58; Defeated St. Augustine Prep (N.J.), 86-69. Next: Feb. 8 vs. Camden Catholic at the Prime Time Shootout; Feb. 10 vs. Passaic Notes: Junior center Shagari Alleyne was held to just two points in the win over Christ the King, but guard Steven Burtt Jr. poured in 25. Alleyne had 24 in the loss to Xaverian. Loss: Xaverian 17. Washington (Memphis, Tenn.) – (20-1) *12 Results: Lost to Sheffield, 70-60; Pounded Mitchell, 90-40; Beat Hilllcrest, 96-68. Next: Feb. 8 at Westwood; Feb. 12 at Carver Notes: Sophomore point guard Andre Allen didn’t play against Mitchell, but poured in 37 points in the victory over Hillcrest and 26 in the team’s first loss of the season against Sheffield. James Hooper had 22 and Tim Barr added 19 against Mitchell. Loss: Sheffield 18. Redford (Detroit, Mich.) – (14-1) *18 Results: Edged Mackenzie, 53-47. Next: Feb. 12 or 13 in the Public School league playoffs Notes: Junior guard Dion Harris scored 16, but it was Kendrick Moton who led the team with 20 in the win over Mackenzie. Loss: St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio) 19. Lanphier (Lanphier, Ill.) – (21-1) *19 Results: Pounded Taylorville, 97-48; Beat Peoria Central, 99-82. Next: Feb. 8 vs. Jacksonville Notes: Arkansas-bound swingman Andre Iguodala scorched Peoria Central for a career-high 41 points on 17-of-22 shooting and junior Richard McBride averaged 15 points in the two wins. Loss: Peoria Richwoods (Ill.) 20. Oxon Hill (Oxon Hill, Md.) – (16-1) *20 Results: Beat Crossland. Next: Feb. 8 vs. Suitland Notes: Senior Chris Williams leads the team at 15.6 points per game. Loss: Parkdale 21. White Station (Memphis, Tenn.) – (25-1) *21 Results: Defeated Houston, 73-58; Beat Wooddale, 72-49. Next: Feb. 8 vs. Kirby Notes: Chris Gillard was the one player in double figures against Wooddale with 10 points. Steve Wigley led the team with 15 against Houston. 22. Ozen (Beaumont, Texas) – (25-2) *22 Results: Beat Vidor, 62-47; Pounded Silsbee, 94-44; Beat Jasper, 69-42. Notes: Junior big man Kendrick Perkins scored 28 against Silsbee and added 22 vs. Jasper. He also hauled down 22 boards and swatted nine shots in the two wins. Loss: Rice (N.Y.) 23. Garfield (Seattle, Wash.) – (14-2) *23 Results: Beat Inglemoor, 69-42. Notes: Washington-bound guard Brandon Roy rebounded from a one-game suspension to score 18 points against Inglemoore. Marcelus Kemp (Nevada-Reno) was a no-show for the game. Loss: Franklin 24. DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) – (22-3) *24 Results: Beat Good Counsel, 77-44; Beat St. John’s, 72-50. Next: Friday vs. Gonzaga Notes: Maryland-bound forward Travis Garrison led the team with 22 against Good Counsel. 25. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) – (21-4) *NR Results: Beat then-No. 1 Oak Hill Academy (Va.), 84-72. Next: Feb. 6 vs. St. John Bosco Notes: Wesley Washington scored 25 points while Harrison Schaen and Mike Strawberry each added 14 to give Oak Hill its first loss in 68 games. On the Fence: Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) – (24-3) Results: Beat Palisades, 68-54; Defeated University, 89-54; Beat Modesto Christian, 77-60. Next: Feb. 6 vs. Hamilton Notes: Evan Burns had 28 points against University, 20 against Palisades and 18 vs. Modesto Christian. Montrose Christian (Rockville, Md.) – (15-3) Results: Defeated The Heights, 92-48; Beat Notre Dame Academy, 56-54; Defeated Einstein, 88-43. Notes: Junior Linas Kleiza scored 21 points in the upset over Notre Dame Academy, which has fifth-year players and is ineligible for the poll. Joliet Township (Joliet, Ill.) – (21-1) Results: Beat Lincoln-Way Central, 72-43. Notes: Brandon Dillard scored 15 points in the win over Lincoln-Way Central. Charlestown (Charlestown, Mass.) – (15-0) Results: Beat East Boston, 86-74; Crushed Martha’s Vineyard, 92-50. Notes: Alray Taylor had 22 in the win over East Boston and Florida-bound guard Rasheed Al-Kaleem finished with 24 in the rout over Martha’s Vineyard. Miami Christian (Miami, Fla.) – (30-2) Results: Beat Lakeland Kathleen, 74-71; Defeated Cypress Creek, 77-62. Next: Feb. 12 vs. TBD in the district playoffs Notes: Jose Juan Barera led the club with 27 points and nine assists against a Rashad Anderson Kathleen team while Jesus Verdejo added 21. Also Receiving Votes: Nease (St. Augustine, Fla.) – (23-2); Lakeland (Kathleen, Fla.) – (25-3); McQuaid (Rochester, N.Y.) – (17-1); Mason City (Mason City, Iowa) – (14-0); Camden Catholic (Camden, N.J.) – (15-0); Winton Woods (Cincinnati, Ohio) – (16-1); Lexington Catholic (Lexington, Ky.) – (18-2); Tabor Academy (Marion, Mass.) – (16-4); Henry (Minneapolis, Minn.) – (17-2); Edgewater (Orlando, Fla.) – (23-3); Springfield Kickapoo (Mo.) – (23-1); Putnam City (Oklahoma City, Okla.) – (15-1); Neptune (Neptune, N.J.) – (15-2); Murrah (Jackson, Miss.) – (26-1); Oakland Tech (Oakland, Calif.) – (19-3); Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, Calif.) – (22-3) Dropped Out: No. 25 Archbishop Molloy (Briarwood, N.Y.) – (15-4) Results: Lost to St. Raymond’s, 77-75, in overtime; Beat St. Peter’s, 86-67. Next: Feb. 5 at McClancy Notes: Marlon Smith had a team-high 25 points in the victory against St. Peter’s. Losses: Rice; All Hallows; St. Raymond’s Oak Hill still number one in iHigh Top 25 Jeff Goodman iHigh.com Correspondent Jan 31, 2002 - While Oak Hill Academy (Va.) and Lincoln (Texas) continued to roll, this week it was Westchester’s turn to fall. TOP 25 NATIONAL BOYS BASKETBALL POLL 1. Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) – (24-0) *1 Results: Pounded Coastal Christian (Va.), 94-55; Cruised past Woodrow Wilson, 74-45, to win the Mountain State Coal Classic (West Va.); Beat Charlotte Christian, 71-41; Defeated South Charleston, 82-61. Next: Jan. 31 at Victory Christian; Feb. 2 vs. Mater Dei (Calif.) at the Nike Extravaganza; Feb. 5 vs. Faith Christian Center; Feb. 10 vs. St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio) at the Prime Time Shootout Notes: Senior swingman Carmelo Anthony (Syracuse) led the team against Charlotte Christian and South Charleston with 23 in each game while Wake Forest-bound guard Justin Gray scored 24 in the title game against Woodrow Wilson. Sani Ibrahim finished with 20 points and 11 boards in the easy win over Coastal Christian. 2. Lincoln (Dallas, Texas) – (27-0) *2 Results: Beat Spruce, 79-54. Next: Jan. 31 vs. Seagoville; Feb. 2 vs. Woodrow Wilson; Feb. 5 vs. Sunset Notes: Georgia Tech-bound big man Chris Bosh scored 25 points and is averaging 20 points and 3.3 blocks per game this season. Guard Bryan Hopkins (SMU) added 15 in the win. 3. St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio) – (14-1) *4 Results: Pounded Walsh Jesuit, 89-46; Beat Akron Buchtel, 91-66. Next: Feb. 3 vs. Archbishop Hoban; Feb. 10 vs. Oak Hill Academy at the Prime Time Shootout Notes: Junior LeBron James scored 30 points and became the school’s all-time leading scorer, breaking Curtis Wilson’s mark of 1,565 points. James added 33 points, seven rebounds and nine assists against Akron Buchtel and now has 1,607 career points. Loss: Amityville (N.Y.) 4. Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill, Texas) – (26-1) *5 Results: Beat DeSoto, 81-47; Defeated Arlington Bowie, 74-60. Next: Feb. 1 vs. Arlington Lamar; Feb. 5 vs. Arlington Sam Houston; Feb. 8 vs. Arlington Martin Notes: Michigan-bound senior guard Daniel Horton scored 21 points in the win over DeSoto and added 22 against Arlington Bowie. Loss: A&M Consolidated (Texas) 5. Rice (New York, N.Y.) – (17-1) *6 Results: Crushed Xaverian, 67-36; Beat All Hallows, 65-60; Defeated Holy Cross, 70-54. Notes: Junior center Shagari Alleyne sat out the win against All Hallows with a sprained right ankle, but came back to score 27 points, grab 20 boards and block five shots against Holy Cross. Steven Burtt Jr. added 18 points in the win over Holy Cross. Guard Keydren Clark led the team with 15 vs. Xaverian. 6. Vincent (Milwaukee, Wis.) – (14-0) *7 Results: Routed Pulaski, 100-34; Beat Custer, 73-59. Notes: Senior guard Greg Brown (undecided) led the team with 20 points against Pulaski and Maurice Wade chipped in 17. 7. Vashon (St. Louis, Mo.) – (18-1) *8 Results: Beat Sumner, 79-47. Next: Jan. 31 vs. Cleveland ROTC; Feb. 2 vs. Long Beach Poly (Calif.) at the Nike Extravaganza Notes: Missouri-bound guard Jimmy McKinney scored 25 against Sumner and is averaging 22.1 points per game this season. Nicholas Kern (St. Louis) added 17 in the win. Loss: St. Vincent-St. Mary 8. Bloomington North (Bloomington, Ind.) – (17-0) *9 Results: Beat Martinsville, 59-45; Crushed Manual, 86-44. Next: Feb. 1 vs. Lawrence Central; Feb. 7 at Pike Notes: Senior power forward Sean May (North Carolina) had 26 points and 10 boards against Martinsville and 25 points and 10 rebounds in the win against Manual. 9. Brookhaven (Columbus, Ohio) – (16-0) *10 Results: Beat Whetstone, 74-54; Pounded Centennial, 91-50; Crushed Northland, 83-45. Next: Feb. 1 at Mifflin; Feb. 5 vs. Beechcroft; Feb. 8 vs. Linden Notes: Ronald Lewis, who has volunteered for sixth-man duties this season, led the team with 22 against Whetstone. Fellow Bowling Green-bound senior Raheem Moss had 21 vs. Centennial and a team-high 22 against Northland. 10. Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) – (19-2) *3 Results: Pounded Hamilton, 107-56; Lost to Fairfax, 66-62. Next: Jan. 30 vs. Venice Notes: Hassan Adams (Arizona) scored 24 in the win over Hamilton and had 17 in the loss to Evan Burns and Fairfax. The team hit just one of 16 3-pointers against Fairfax. Losses: Oak Hill Academy (Va.); Fairfax 11. Amityville (Amityville, N.Y.) – (13-1) *12 Results: Crushed Mount Sinai, 110-48; Pounded Shoreham-Wading River, 96-44; Routed Harborfields, 105-54. Next: Feb. 1 vs. Bayport; Feb. 5 vs. John Glenn; Feb. 8 vs. St. Anthony’s (N.J.) at the Prime Time Shootout Notes: Villanova-bound big man Jason Fraser averaged 21 points and 15 boards in the three wins, including a triple-double against Mount Sinai. Trevour McIntosh had 24 against Mount Sinai and sophomore A.J. Price added 15. Loss: DeMatha (Md.) 12. Washington (Memphis, Tenn.) – (18-0) *13 Results: Pounded Oakhaven, 75-37; Defeated South Side, 101-68. Next: Jan. 31 vs. Hillside; Feb. 1 at Mitchell; Feb. 5 at Sheffield Notes: Sophomore point guard Andre Allen managed just four points in the rout over Oakhaven while Tim Barr had a team-high 13 points. Six players were in double figures in the win over South Side. 13. The Colony (The Colony, Texas) – (23-2) *15 Results: Crushed Carrollton Turner, 85-52; Beat Flower Mound, 58-44. Next: Feb. 1 vs. Carrollton Creekview; Feb. 5 at Flower Mound Marcus; Feb. 8 at Lewisville Notes: Bracey Wright (Indiana) led the team with 32 points vs. Carrollton Turner and broke the 2,000-point barrier in the process. Losses: Cleveland Heritage Christian (Texas); Lincoln (Texas) 14. St. Anthony (Jersey City. N.J.) – (13-1) *16 Results: Beat Memorial, 68-53; Defeated Elizabeth, 60-52. Next: Feb. 2 vs. Monmouth Regional Notes: St. John’s-bound point guard Elijah Ingram led the team with 22 points and Donald Copeland added 15 against Elizabeth. Loss: Neptune 15. Compton Centennial (Compton, Calif.) - (21-0) *17 Results: Beat Culver City, 96-47; Defeated Hawthorne, 89-48; Beat Beverly Hills, 64-39. Next: Jan. 30 at La Sierra Notes: Sterling Byrd led the team with 27 points against Culver City. 16. Rainier Beach (Seattle, Wash.) – (18-1) *18 Results: Crushed Chief Sealth, 102-45; Pounded West Seattle, 92-54. Next: Feb. 1 vs. Lakeside Notes: Junior Lodrick Stewart led the team with 22 points against West Seattle and he added 17 in the win over Chief Sealth while his twin brother Rodrick averaged 18.5 points in the two wins. Loss: Cedar Hill (Texas) 17. Marietta (Marietta, Ga.) – (21-0) *19 Results: Beat Douglas County, 94-81; Defeated Springs McEachern, 78-70. Notes: Wake Forest-bound forward Chris Ellis, the son of former NBA player Dale Ellis, scored 24 against Springs McEachern while Patrick Ewing Jr. added 10 points, nine boards and four blocks. 18. Redford (Detroit, Mich.) – (13-1) *20 Results: Beat Henry Ford, 61-54. Next: Feb. 1 vs. MacKenzie Notes: Junior guard Dion Harris and Kendrick Moton each scored 17 points in the win over Henry Ford. 19. Lanphier (Lanphier, Ill.) – (19-1) *11 Results: Lost to Peoria Richwoods, 56-52. Next: Feb. 1 vs. Taylorville; Feb. 2 at Peoria; Feb. 8 vs. Jacksonville Notes: Arkansas-bound swingman Andre Iguodala scored 17 and junior Richard McBride added 16, but it wasn’t enough as Lanphier dropped its first game of the season. Loss: Peoria Richwoods (Ill.) 20. Oxon Hill (Oxon Hill, Md.) – (15-1) *21 Results: Beat Eleanor Roosevelt, 65-63; Edged Northwestern, 76-74. Next: Feb. 1 vs. Crossland; Feb. 5 vs. C.H. Flowers; Fedb. 8 vs. Suitland Notes: Junior Rashaud Nixon scored a team-high 23 against Northwestern and added 17 in the tight win over Eleanor Roosevelt. Notes: Loss: Parkdale 21. White Station (Memphis, Tenn.) – (22-1) *22 Results: Beat Germantown, 66-44. Next: Feb. 1 at Wooddale; Feb. 5 vs. Houston; Feb. 8 vs. Kirby Notes: Fred Harris led the team with 15 points while junior guard Dane Bradshaw was held to just three points. 22. Ozen (Beaumont, Texas) – (22-2) *23 Results: Pounded Lumberton, 102-51; Crushed Livingston, 79-32. Notes: Junior big man Kendrick Perkins finished with 17 against Livingston while Keena Young led the team w
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Click the Link Above! February 22, 2002 Neosho knocks off Glendale; Kickapoo rolls By Joe Cress News-Leader JOPLIN — The Neosho Wildcats ruined Saturday afternoon plans for thousands of Springfield high school basketball fans Thursday night. The third-seeded Wildcats beat No. 2 Glendale 67-60 in the Class 4A District 12 boys’ semifinals, setting up a championship game matchup with top-seeded Kickapoo, a 98-49 winner over Joplin. Saturday’s 1 p.m. title game will be played at Joplin High School’s Kaminsky Gymnasium, which holds about 2,100 people. A Kickapoo-Glendale championship game would have been at Hammons Student Center, where a crowd more than three times Joplin’s capacity watched the two play last month. Neosho (22-5) led by as many as 14 points in the first half and 49-38 after three quarters, but Glendale, successfully erased the deficit, as a 13-1 run in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter gave the Falcons their first lead of the game at 51-50. Neosho didn’t flinch, though, playing the same aggressive style that got it the lead early on. The Wildcats continued to attack and regained the lead for good at 55-53 on a power move to the basket by Michael Anders. Glendale got as close as 57-56, but Neosho was 8-for-12 from the foul line in the final minute. “It all comes down to ‘Can you get a stop when you need it and can you score a basket when you have to have it?’ ” Glendale coach Steve Hesser said. “ ... (Neosho) played with more energy tonight. Our guys reached down time and time again, but we just didn’t make the plays and get the breaks at the end.” Anders, a 6-foot center, led Neosho with 16 points and eight rebounds, including several key offensive putbacks. Tyler Chaney added 14 and Travis Wilfong 13 for the Wildcats. “Give our kids credit for coming back and responding after Glendale took the lead in the fourth quarter,” Neosho coach Denny Chenoweth said. “It didn’t seem to rattle us.” Glendale senior duo of Ryan Luethy and Jason Bueker scored 48 of Glendale’s 60 points. Luethy’s 25 points included five 3s and Bueker scored 14 of his 23 in the first half. •Kickapoo 98, Joplin 49: The first five minutes of the first semifinal was a two-team offensive seminar, with the teams trading 3s and Kickapoo leading 20-17. But as the Eagles cooled off, the Chiefs just kept firing. Kickapoo closed the half with a 30-9 run that made the last two quarters a mere formality. Spencer Laurie hit six of his eight 3s and had 20 of game-high 26 in the first half. Brandon Argo scored 19 of his 23 points in the first two quarters. “Joplin was getting some good looks out of our press in the first quarter, so we went to a 1-3-1 half-court trap,” Kickapoo coach Roy Green said. “Offensively, Spencer has a history of shooting well in the first half and Brandon was getting some good looks inside.” Deven Mitchell, who scored 18 points and pulled down 13 rebounds, injured his right wrist in the third quarter, but did play a few minutes in the fourth period. Green said the extent of Mitchell’s injury wouldn’t be known until today. Feb. 12, 2002 Boys’ district here if it’s Kickapoo-Glendale By Joe Cress News-Leader If the Kickapoo High School and Glendale boys’ basketball teams end up playing for the Class 4A District 12 championship, the game will be in Springfield. That decision was announced on Monday by Joplin High School athletic director Doug Doss, after discussions with the Joplin school board. The championship game will be played at 1 p.m. Feb. 23. If top-seeded Kickapoo and No. 2 Glendale are in the finals, it will be played at Hammons Student Center. If the final is not a Kickapoo vs. Glendale affair, it will be played at Joplin High School. The girls’ district championship game will be played at 7 p.m. Feb. 22 (one hour later than originally scheduled) at Joplin, regardless of which teams are in the final. Doss pointed to the high interest in the Kickapoo-Glendale boys’ rivalry this season as the deciding factor in moving the game. The state-ranked teams played in front of a crowd of 6,458 Jan. 25 at Hammons after that game was moved from Glendale. “This will allow more fans to see the (boys’ championship) game, be it Joplin fans, Neosho fans, Carthage fans or Springfield fans,” Doss said. “We didn’t want to turn away 4,000-5,000 people who want to see the game. We wanted to do the right thing.” Joplin’s gym holds approximately 2,100 people, which Doss feels is ample for the girls’ title game. A larger arena at Missouri Southern State College in Joplin is unavailable the weekend of the district tournament. Doss said that the first four days of the original district schedule will remain intact, with first-round action Feb. 18 (girls) and Feb. 19 (boys), and semifinals Feb. 20 (girls) and Feb. 21 (boys). Feb. 8, 2002 Scott Puryear Sports columnist Officials ponder moving district finals to Hammons It will be the hottest ticket in the Ozarks, the one that gains the holder a seat at the Class 4A, District 12 basketball championship games currently scheduled for Feb. 22. If the seeds hold true, that would mean Kickapoo-Glendale III on the boys side, and a Kickapoo-Parkview girls (or perhaps, Glendale) matchup featuring some of the state’s best young talent. The question is ... where will those games be played? The answer will come today, when Joplin High School athletic director Doug Doss wades through the choices and decides on a course of action. “We want to do right by Joplin, Springfield and everybody concerned,’’ Doss said. Here’s the dilemma: The Joplin High School gym, the district’s assigned site, holds only 2,100 fans. The last Kickapoo-Glendale game boys’ game between state-ranked powers, moved to Hammons Student Center due to tremendous interest, drew nearly 6,500 fans on Jan. 25. Factor in a typical girls’ district championship crowd on top of that and do the math, and you’ll come up with the potential for a lot of unhappy folks who can’t get in to see a classic night of prep basketball. Here’s the disclaimer: If third-seeded Neosho were to knock off Glendale’s boys in the semis on Feb. 21 — a possibility, because Neosho beat the Falcons 68-65 at Glendale on Dec. 4 — we’re wasting ink. The finals would stay in Joplin because Neosho shouldn’t have to drive to Springfield for a game that was originally just a half-hour away, which is why this district annually alternates between Springfield and the Joplin-Neosho sites. But if it comes down to an all-Springfield final on both sides, here are the options Doss, the district tournament director, is considering: •Keep the tournament at Joplin High School, pre-sell tickets at the schools and see how things turn out with security and safety issues in such close quarters (not to mention outside, from the angry mob that can’t get in). •Keep the girls’ title game at JHS on Friday night and move the boys’ game to Saturday afternoon, also at JHS, with the idea being that dividing the two games would then make enough seating available. •Keep the girls’ game at JHS on Friday night and move the boys’ game to Hammons Student Center on Saturday afternoon. (Hammons isn’t available Friday night due to a Lady Bears game with Illinois State). •Move both title games to Hammons Saturday afternoon. While the last one would be ideal for Springfield fans and save some gas money, it doesn’t seem likely. Doss believes JHS could handle a girls-only crowd, and Joplin doesn’t want to lose concessions money entirely for the finals. Before you scream “what about Missouri Southern?’’ ... the Lions’ gym, which seats around 3,500, is unavailable both days due to an indoor track meet. Springfield R-12 athletic director Edsel Matthews wants at least a Kickapoo-Glendale boys’ final at Hammons because “we can control the crowd better, and I don’t think it’s a good idea having 1,500 kids driving up and down I-44 before and after the game.’’ And Matthews says the financial side should be considered, because such a move can be profitable for lots of folks. District tournaments are unique in that they have an NCAA-Tournament financial feel to them, where every participating school gets a slice of the pie, led by MSHSAA, the host school and the teams in the finals on down to those eliminated in the first round. With that in mind ... the Glendale-Kickapoo game at Hammons Center cleared more than $10,000, which went back into the Springfield Public Schools overall athletic pot after the $2,000 Hammons rental fee and other expenses were paid. That was with a paying crowd of around 3,000 fans due to the many student activity passes and freebies used. There are no student passes for district tournaments; everyone pays $3 to get in. If a boys’ district final could draw, say, 5,000 paying fans — which might be a conservative estimate, given the last matchup, the importance of this one and the reasonable $3 to get in — that’s a nice payday, much more than a game at JHS would generate. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t believe there are too many Ozarks’ school districts that can say “no thanks ... we have too much money as it is.’’ But Doss, too, is concerned about setting a precedent that can’t be repeated. “The thing is, what if next year Carthage-Joplin or Carthage-Neosho is the big game ... are we going to be able to move it from Kickapoo or Parkview back to here?’’ he asked. “I want to make sure what we do, we can do in the future as well.’’ Becky Oakes, the MSHSAA’s executive director, said her association doesn’t like to form a habit of moving games from district sites, but adds “our biggest concerns we’ve always got in these situations are that we really don’t want to turn people away if we don’t have to, because that’s what we’re playing the games for.’’ What’s best in this case? If it’s an all-Springfield final, I don’t see any negatives with moving the boys’ final to Hammons on a Saturday. Anyone who attended the last matchup there would be hard-pressed to come up with one. After all, where else do you think you’d ever see John Q. Hammons at a high school game? Move an all-Springfield girls’ final to Hammons, too, and have the R-12 spend some of that money it made off the last Glendale-Kickapoo boys’ game there to compensate Joplin for the loss of concessions money. What matters is what Doss and his fellow JHS administrators think. Today, we’ll know. CLASS 4A BOYS Team Record 1. Kickapoo 23-1 2. Glendale 18-4 3. Waynesville 22-2 How Cress sees it: Only visiting Hillcrest (tonight) and Rolla (next Friday) stand between Kickapoo and undefeated Ozark Conference run. Feb. 5th, 2002 Bueker sparks Glendale By Don Abernathy For the News-Leader Glendale High School senior Jason Bueker was too much for visiting Rolla to handle, doing damage both in the paint and beyond the arc as the Falcons won 75-53 in Ozark Conference action on Tuesday night. The 6-foot-6 Bueker scored a game-high 33 points, including four 3-pointers, as Glendale took a nine-point halftime lead and exploded in the second half. “Tonight, I was just feeling it,” said Bueker. “My teammates worked hard to get me open and I was knocking (shots) down.” Rolla trailed by just one point early in the second quarter, 25-24, when Glendale outscored the Bulldogs 15-5 over the next four minutes. “Give Rolla credit, they played well on both ends,” Glendale coach Steve Hesser said. “We haven’t played well offensively of late, but we played well offensively tonight. I think we wore them down in the second half, where our half-court defense got much better.” Bueker added seven rebounds and three blocks to his 33 points, helping the Falcons improve to 18-4 overall and 4-1 in the OC. “We didn’t have an answer for (Bueker),” said Rolla coach Jim Pritchett. “He’s a complete player. He can shoot from the outside, post up and he’s quick off the dribble.” Glendale senior Ryan Luethy scored 20 points and junior Tyler Hesser added 11. Senior Matt Esquibel led Rolla with 14 points and junior Ryan Hunt added 12 points and six rebounds as the Bulldogs fell to 10-12 and 1-4. Hesser said the Falcons will get junior Brandon Kimbrough back from injury next week just in time for the final stretch. With the game out of reach late in the fourth quarter, Glendale got a lift off the bench from senior Logan Still, who had been out of action after breaking his leg during football. Still scored three points and had three rebounds in the final two minutes. “You’ve got to give it up to the kid,” Hesser said. “He’s not 100 percent yet, but he wants to come back and play. He’s tougher than a 9-year-old squirrel.” Jan. 30, 2002 Glendale holds off Hillcrest with solid defensive effort By Aaron Unterreiner For the News-Leader The Hillcrest Hornets won the time-of-possession battle but the Glendale Falcons won on the scoreboard, claiming a 43-32 victory Tuesday night at Hillcrest. The Hornets set the rhythm by stretching their offensive possessions and limiting the amount of Glendale touches, but Hillcrest struggled finding points against the Falcons’ pressure defense. With the game tied 4-4 early in the contest, Glendale scored seven unanswered points to capture a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. The Falcons ended the first half on a 13-4 run and took a 24-11 lead to the half. Glendale forced Hillcrest into 13 turnovers in the first half and held the Hornets to just 5-12 shooting. “Our lack of scoring isn’t anything new for this team,” Hillcrest coach Greg Harding said. “This is a young team, but they have hung in there despite a bunch of losses.” The Hornets have struggled to a 6-13 record this year, with a starting lineup consisting of three sophomores and two juniors, and two of the first three players off the bench are sophomores. The Falcons built their lead to as many as 22 points in the second half, finishing the third quarter with a 39-17 advantage. Their lead, however, quickly disintegrated in the fourth quarter. Glendale went without a field goal in the final frame until 2:30 remained in the contest. Grant Sparks scored on a layup for two of the Falcons’ four fourth-quarter points. Sparks finished the game with eight points, four in the fourth quarter. “They were looking to control the tempo and they did a good job with that,” Glendale coach Steve Hesser said. “There wasn’t many oppurtunities for us to score. They forced us into some poor shooting.” Glendale finished the game 20-of-46 (43 percent) from the floor, Ryan Luethy led the Falcons with 12 points (on 6-of-14 shooting) and six steals. “I was proud of (the steals),” Hesser said. “I like my kids that can score to play good defense.” Hillcrest outscored Glendale 15-4 in the fourth quarter to close the gap from 22 points to 11. In the first meeting between these teams, the Falcons clubbed the Hornets by 43 points at Glendale. The Hornets avenged that lopsided defeat by playing the Falcons close on their home floor. “I was very proud of our effort and defensive intensity,” Harding said. “They never gave up.” Jan. 26, 2002 Kickapoo wins historic rematch with Glendale Chiefs hold off Falcons in tight game played at Hammons Center. By Joe Cress News-Leader The scene surrounding Friday night’s Kickapoo-Glendale boys’ basketball was certainly unique, but the game itself was typical for the southside rivalry. On a historic night for Springfield high-school basketball, Kickapoo outlasted Glendale 50-43 in front of a crowd of 6,458 at Hammons Student Center, taking the lead in the Ozark Conference and perhaps securing the No. 1 seed in next month’s district tournament in the process. Kickapoo (20-1 overall, 3-0 OC) took the lead for good late in the second quarter, but never led by more than the final seven-point margin. Glendale (16-4, 2-1) got as close as 40-39 with 2:17 remaining, but Spencer Laurie hit two quick buckets in the span of 11 seconds — the first a short jumper on the wing and the second a steal and layup — to get the lead back to five. The Chiefs went 6-for-8 from the free-throw line in the final minute to seal the win. The game had a state-championship type atmosphere around it, with nearly 4,000 people already in the stands midway through the junior varsity game. The cheering sections were split nearly down the middle of Hammons, with Glendale’s blue and red on the north side and Kickapoo’s brown and gold on the south side. “We just appreciate the high-school basketball fans in the Springfield area more than I can tell them,” R-12 Director of Athletics Edsel Matthews said. “It showed that (moving the game to Hammons) was the right decision. ... It’s just incredible.” Due perhaps to the surreal scene or to solid defense — or more likely a combination of each — both teams struggled offensively for much of the night, Kickapoo shooting 41.9 percent (18-for-43) and Glendale 30.8 percent (16-for-52). The two were a combined 6-for-30 from 3-point range. “Glendale played an outstanding game,” Kickapoo coach Roy Green said. “Their defense is always tough. We had a few more turnovers in the first half (nine) than normal, but I give credit to Glendale’s defense.” Glendale’s Steve Hesser was equally complimentary. “It was hard to score out there tonight,” Hesser said. “I think it was because of the defense being played out there.” Kickapoo led just 6-4 after one quarter and 19-18 at halftime, then maintained a slim lead in the third quarter, holding a 31-27 advantage heading into the final period. A 3-pointer by Laurie gave the Chiefs a 36-29 lead with 6:15 to play, but the Falcons responded quickly as Jason Bueker hit two foul shots and Ryan Luethy knocked down a 3 after a Kickapoo turnover. Deven Mitchell scored his only points of the game on a putback to put Kickapoo up 40-34, but Glendale rallied once again, pulling within one on Bueker’s drive to the rim with 2:17 left. Laurie then scored his two quick buckets and the Chiefs held on. Laurie scored 19 points to lead all scorers and had 11 in the fourth quarter. Brandon Argo had 13 points and nine rebounds and Anthony Tolliver pulled down 12 boards for the Chiefs. Luethy had 16 and Bueker 15 to lead Glendale. Jan. 23rd, 2002 Kickapoo-Glendale moved to Hammons By Joe Cress News-Leader The city’s premier prep basketball game of the 2001-02 season will be played on its largest stage. Friday night’s Glendale-Kickapoo boys’ game will be played at Hammons Student Center instead of Glendale High School, the original site of the contest. Springfield Public Schools Director of Athletics Edsel Matthews said Tuesday that the game is being moved — with the consent of Glendale coach Steve Hesser — in order to accommodate an anticipated crowd much greater than the approximately 1,400 seats available at Glendale. “We all came to the conclusion that this would be the best thing,” Hesser said. “It puts the focus back on playing the game.” Tickets go on sale at 5 p.m. Friday. The junior varsity contest starts at 6 p.m., with the varsity game to follow. A standing-room only crowd of over 2,000 witnessed the first meeting this year, a 66-63 Glendale win Jan. 4 at Kickapoo. The first meeting was a “nonconference” showdown between the Ozark Conference rivals. Friday’s game will count in the OC standings. Kickapoo is 19-1 overall and ranked No. 3 in Class 4A, while Glendale is 16-3 and ranked No. 4. Both teams are 2-0 in conference play. Anticipating another packed house Friday night, the schools originally agreed on dividing the 1,400 tickets evenly, with players, cheerleaders and other participants and their parents getting tickets and the remainder being put in a lottery for students at each school. When students began signing up for tickets Tuesday, it quickly became obvious that demand would greatly overshadow supply. “There was such an overwhelming demand on the part of students for tickets, and we were going to be unable to accommodate all of them,” Matthews said. “That began the thought process (of moving the game). “We didn’t want to deny (the students) seeing the game.” Kickapoo coach Roy Green thinks the switch is good for both schools. “There’s no complaint on our side, and I don’t think there are any on Glendale’s side,” Green said. “The way I see it is the more the merrier.” Both teams have played well at Hammons this year, Kickapoo going 4-0 at the Blue and Gold while Glendale went 2-1 at the Tournament of Champions this past weekend. “It will be a great night for high-school basketball,” Green said. Jan. 23, 2002 Scott Puryear Sports columnist Sportsmanship prevails in moving high school game Glendale gracious in letting big gamego to Hammons this Friday night. Notes, thoughts and general stuff from the sports world: I thought Steve Hesser was a class guy before, based on the way he handled “Eggfest’’ when his Glendale Falcons lost an incident-marred close game in the district finals at Kickapoo last February. But the Glendale coach’s decision to allow the biggest prep basketball game to hit town in years — Friday’s rematch with Kickapoo — to be played at a neutral site (Hammons Student Center), merely makes it more evident. After all, Hesser and the Falcons could have said an emphatic “no way,’’ citing the importance of keeping home-court advantage in what amounts to an Ozark Conference title game between state-ranked teams, two of the best in some time with the Falcons at 16-3 and the Chiefs 19-1. But Hesser and the Falcons recognized the interest in this game, saw that hundreds of fans would be denied the chance to see the matchup if it stayed in the 1,400-seat Glendale gym, and made the right move. With an assist, of course, from R-12 athletic director Edsel Matthews and Bill Rowe and the folks at SMS. “I don’t know that there’s a home-court advantage anyway in Springfield,” Hesser said. “We’ve played at Hammons. They’ve played at Hammons, and this takes the factor of who can and who can’t get into the game out of it, and puts the focus back on the game.” Said Matthews, “We left it up to (Hesser and Glendale) ... it’s just another example of what a tremendous coach and person (Hesser) is,. He’s tough and he’s hard-nosed, but his priorities have always seemed right.’’ SMS will charge the schools $2,000 — the normal nightly fee it charges for the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions — and will keep the concessions take. Matthews anticipates a crowd of 4,000-plus would make the move profitable, a figure that should be attainable. Not only can you expect 2,000 or more students to show up, but basketball fans from neither school who know they can now park within 10 miles of the gym and watch it in comfort, with some space to spare. “I would hope we could get at least 5,000,’’ Matthews said. Rowe is excited, too, because now he’ll get to see the prep matchup: “I think it’s just neat. I always hate to take away opportunities for anybody to see a game.’’ Some will no doubt fuss over the decision, claiming it’s more southside favoritism. I say to them, “zip it.’’ Matthews said all matchups with such interest will be given a look in the future, regardless of the location of the schools. And while it would have been nice to see both Kickapoo-Glendale regular-season games at Hammons, I can see why the Jan. 4 game was played at Kickapoo, even though Hammons was available that night as well. Matthews needed to see that to gauge the interest in this one. And when he saw a capacity crowd of 2,000 watch Glendale beat Kickapoo 66-63 — and another couple hundred lined up outside the doors, hoping the fire marshal might squeeze them in — it was time to re-evaluate. Learning Tuesday that twice as many students had signed up with an interest in getting tickets than were going to be allotted, and the fact that the schools and his office received some nasty phone calls from the public over being shut out from the game, helped clinch the decision. Jan. 21st, 2002 Glendale, Ozark finish tourney on a positive Jason Bueker’s 26 points help Falcons wrap up third, Tigers take fifth on hot shooting By Rod Shetler For the News-Leader Glendale’s Jason Bueker wasn’t quite able to earn a new pair of shoes, but his effort was enough to help claim a third place trophy for the Falcons on Sunday on the final day of the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions. Bueker, a 6-foot-5 senior forward, scored 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help the Falcons top Christ the King 56-45. “If they get 12 rebounds I’ll buy them a new pair of shoes,” Glendale coach Steve Hesser said with a laugh. As Hesser looked at the postgame stat sheet he yelled back into the Glendale locker room. “You were one away, Bueker,” he said. The Falcons (16-3) took advantage of a cold-shooting night by the Royals (8-7) who finished hitting just 28 percent from the field (16-for-56). “(Christ the King is) not a great shooting team,” Hesser said. “Where they get you is on easy baskets off steals and off the offensive boards. The game plan was to rebound well and I thought for the most part we did a good job.” Glendale ended up edging the Royals on the boards 34-33. Christ the King could get no closer than six in the final quarter when Mitchel Beauford hit a short jumper to cut the Glendale lead to 47-41 with 3:05 left. The Falcons hit seven of their last eight free throw attempts in the final three minutes to ice the win. Even though Bueker’s performance wasn’t good enough for a new pair of shoes, Hesser gave his senior high marks for his effort. “This was, overall, his best performance of the year,” Hesser said. “Not only with the points and rebounds, but he also played 30 minutes for us tonight.” •Ozark 81, Heritage Christian (Texas) 72: It took a record-setting rebounding performance by Ozark’s Nathan Bilyeu and solid offense from teammate Joe Skyles to push the Tigers past the high-flying Heritage Christian Eagles in the fifth-place game. Skyles was 5-for-5 from 3-point range finishing with 24 points, and Bilyeu chipped in with 16 points and 15 rebounds. For the tournament Bilyeu, a 6-5 junior, finished with 42 rebounds tying him for second all-time in the T of C, and moving him past tournament legends such as Jevon Crudup (41) and Alonzo Mourning (40). Ozark coach Steve Hunter pointed to a first quarter blocked shot that helped set the tone for his Tigers. Early in the first quarter Heritage Christian’s Cedric Hensley took off along the baseline and went up for what looked like a sure dunk. Bilyeu went up with him and cleanly blocked the attempt sending Hensley to the floor. Hensley came back to jam home an alley-oop moments later, but Hunter believed the block sent a message. “We came out a little timid. You hesitate a little after (Heritage) blocks a few. You get shell shocked,” he said. “But after Bilyeu blocked that shot of Hensley’s out of bounds I thought it told (Heritage) that we weren’t going to back down and let them dominate us.” After falling behind 20-10 in the first quarter, Ozark rallied to outscore the Eagles 19-7 in the second quarter and led the rest of the way. “Our confidence right now should be sky high,” said Hunter. “We have all 3A schools now our last six games, and we should be ready. Our early schedule has been brutal.” Hensley led Heritage Christian with 17 points in the loss. •Centralia (Ill.) 80, Oviedo (Fla.) 63: Lance Marcum led the Orphans with 24 points, and teammate Jon Smith netted 21. Jan. 17th, 2002 Glendale, Ozark have sights on T of C trophy Although going 3-0 in 18th annual tournament will be a difficult task. By Joe Cress News-Leader The Glendale Falcons and Ozark Tigers have little interest in simply being accommodating hosts for this weekend’s Bass Pro Tournament of Champions. With a combined record of 28-5 entering Friday night’s first-round action at Hammons Student Center, the two local teams in this year’s event have loftier aspirations. “We’re excited to be in it,” Ozark junior guard Nathan Bilyeu said of the T of C. “But our goal is to win.” Glendale junior guard Ryan Luethy is just as confident of his team’s capabilities this weekend. “I think we can (win the tournament),” Luethy said. “If we play to the best of our ability.” While confident, all involved know that going 3-0 this weekend would be a major achievement, considering the competition assembling in the Ozarks over the next few days. In addition to Glendale and Ozark, the field for the 18th T of C includes the No. 1 Class 3A (New Madrid County Central) and 4A (St. Louis Vashon) teams in Missouri, as well as out-of-state powers Christ the King (N.Y.), Oviedo, Fla.; Centralia, Ill.; and Heritage Christian Academy of Cleveland, Texas. “It’s going to be a great atmosphere,” Glendale coach Steve Hesser, a T of C rookie, said. “This is my first time in it, but I know the fan support is excellent. ... It’s a win-win situation for us.” Ozark coach Steve Hunter, who coached Hartville to a 1-2 record in the 1998 tournament, is looking forward to another chance at coaching in the area’s premier prep event. “It’s a big weekend,” Hunter said. “But we want to compete. Win, lose or draw, we’ll be better after this weekend.” Both the Falcons and Tigers will face considerable challenges in the first round, and Glendale will have to do so without one of its leaders. Junior point guard Brandon Kimbrough will be watching from the bench when Glendale plays Centralia in Friday’s late (9:30 p.m.) game. Kimbrough suffered an injury to his left (non-shooting) wrist in practice Monday. Hesser said Kimbrough is out until he can be re-evaluated in two weeks and could miss up to four weeks. “We’ve got some guys who will have to play different roles now,” Hesser said. “Brandon’s our heart and soul, our emotional leader. He does a lot of things for us ... we don’t have any one person who can step in and do what he does.” Luethy and senior forward Jason Bueker will be asked to step up even more in Kimbrough’s absence. “This team has dealt with a lot of adversity this year,” Bueker said. “Brandon is a big loss, but as long as everyone steps up ... we should be all right.” The 14-2 Falcons face a 15-1 Centralia team that Hesser was still trying to gather information on Wednesday afternoon. “They’re a good, hard-nosed team with several talented, well-coached players,” Hesser said. “They’re going to be good, but we think we’re pretty good, too.” Ozark’s challenge will be no less daunting. The Tigers face four-time T of C champ Christ the King at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The Royals (7-5) have a younger, less-experienced team this time around, but Ozark coach Steve Hunter knows the visitors from New York will be ready. “I’m told that if you play Christ the King, the first night is best,” Hunter said. “Maybe they’ll be jet-lagged. They are younger than normal, but they play such a good schedule that I don’t think it matters.” Winners of nine straight and ranked No. 2 in Class 3A, the Tigers (14-3) seldom enter a game as an underdog, like they will Friday. “We understand the role we’re in,” Hunter said. “You know you’re up against some awesome athletic ability ... we kind of relish it (being an underdog), though.” Jan. 16th, 2002 Short-handed Glendale sails to victory over Parkview Glendale Boys 61 Parkview 38 By Don Abernathy For the News-Leader When you take away a player who is the teams’ heart and soul, the outcome could be devastating, but somebody forgot to tell Glendale that Tuesday night. Playing without leading scorer Brandon Kimbrough, the Falcons jumped out to an early 13 point lead and handled Parkview in fine fashion, 61-38, in Ozark Conference action at Glendale. Kimbrough was injured in practice Monday night, when he was undercut by a teammate, landing fully on his left hand and injuring his wrist. Kimbrough will visit a doctor today to see the extent of his injury. “Let’s hope we didn’t lose him for the rest of the season,” Glendale coach Steve Hesser. “He’s been our heart and soul and our emotional leader.” A 15-2 run by the Falcons over the first 4:30 of the game, was due largely in part to Glendale’s matchup zone defense, which pushed the Viking offense 20 to 25 feet from the basket during its halfcourt set. “(Glendale) guards awfully well and they are very difficult to play against,” Parkview coach Dick Rippee said. “We’ve struggled all year putting four quarters together and against great teams you can’t take a quarter off. That’s what happened tonight and they had everything to do with that. “They just play so hard on defense and they take you out of what you want to do offensively.” After halftime, Parkview had a bit of success attacking the backside of Glendale’s zone. The Vikings cut an 20 point lead down to 12 points, forcing Hesser to change his defense to a pressure man-to-man. Falcon senior Ryan Luethy scored nine of his game-high 22 points in the first quarter. Luethy shot 9-for-12 from the floor and pulled down six rebounds. “That’s how he’s been playing for us,” Hesser said. “That’s what we really need from him and that’s our expectations from him.” Despite the large deficit early, Parkview didn’t quit and was outscored only four points over the middle two quarters, but the Vikings weren’t able to get any closer than 12 points the rest of the way. Glendale senior Ryan Luethy scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds and junior Grant Sparks added 10 points and six rebounds for the Falcons (14-2, 1-0) “I was proud of our guys, because I didn’t do a very good job of preparing them after Brandon went down in practice,” Hesser said. “I was probably more worried about Brandon instead of practice, but my hat’s off to them for coming out and playing hard and taking care of business.” Parkview (3-12, 0-2) was led by senior Edward Zeller’s 11 points and five assists. Senior Nick Cunningham chipped in 10 points and a team-high six rebounds. Glendale will play next in the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions at Hammons Student Center at 9:30 p.m. Friday against Centralia (Ill.). Jan. 8, 2002 Scott Puryear Sports columnist Glendale-Kickapoo game was good on several fronts Not only was the contest well-played, but everyone was on best behavior. Notes, thoughts and general stuff from the sports world: Kudos are in order for all involved with Friday’s Glendale-Kickapoo boys’ basketball thriller, from school administrators to the players and coaches, and even officials Bob Mowrey, Randall Long and Kerry Nelson, who called as clean a big game as we’ve seen in a while. Students were on their best behavior, unlike the egg-fest that occurred last winter in the district finals between the southside rivals. The administration’s most brilliant move was really a simple one: Separating the student bodies on opposite sides and corners of the Kickapoo gym. And then there was the game ... the Falcons’ 66-63 victory, in which they came back from a 15-point deficit with five minutes to go in the third quarter, was a classic, with 2,000 fans crammed into the Kickapoo gym and another 200 or so waiting in the lobby at tipoff in hopes that the fire marshal might let them in, one by one. “It was just a great high school basketball atmosphere,’’ said Glendale coach Steve Hesser. What we learned from the Falcons’ win: That, despite the preseason losses of forward Chauncey Duke (decided not to play) and guard Logan Still (broken leg in football), Glendale still can give a more talented Kickapoo fits. They’ll likely get two more chances, too: The Falcons (12-2) and Chiefs (13-1) will square off in the Ozark Conference matchup Jan. 25 at Glendale, and perhaps, in the 4A district finals at Joplin next month. That Falcons guard Ryan Luethy, a 6-foot-2 senior, is one of the best-kept secrets in the Ozarks. The kid can not only shoot it (he hit five 3s on his way to 23 points Friday), but his defensive work on Kickapoo’s Deven Mitchell in the second half was the true key to the Glendale win. In fact, Hesser’s teams guard as well as any we’ve seen in the Ozarks in some time. That the Chiefs probably needed this loss to humble them a bit and make them realize there’s plenty of work ahead if they want to get out of their district, let alone make a run at a state title. And that the wild card for Kickapoo the rest of the way will be 6-8 junior Anthony Tolliver, who, with more consistent play, can give Kickapoo a fourth strong offensive threat to go with Mitchell, Spencer Laurie and Brandon Argo.
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Click the Link Above! Story ran on February 26, 1994 Springfield Glendale's zone defense gave Hickman fits from the beginning last night. The Kewpies were never able to recover. The Falcons, the No. 2 ranked team in the state came out in a match-up zone that threw Hickman's offense out of synch and led Glendale to an easy 81-58 win. Glendale pulled to an 11-6 first quarter lead and extended its advantage to 11 points by halftime. Hickman (16-8) missed easy shots to open the third quarter while the Falcons drilled three-pointers to put the game away. "They just shot extremely well," Hickman coach David Johnson said. "They are one of the best teams we have played this year. Their zone defense took us out of our offense." Hickman starts district play Tuesday night at 6 p.m. in Jefferson City against Sedalia Smith-Cotton. The Kewpies fell to the Tigers 70-61 earlier this season. Hickman was led by Jamie Breshears 16 points and Paul Taylor's 11. Brad Fennerbacher led Glendale with 29 points.
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Click the Link Above! February 12, 2001 Lakers upset No. 8 Glendale SPRINGFIELD - The Camdenton Lakers staked their claim to a possible Ozark Conference league title with a win over frontrunner Glendale 70-66 Friday.Camdenton (15-9, 3-1) hit 85 percent of a lot of free throws to give itself a chance for a shot at the conference championship in its first season. The Lakers host Hillcrest (17-5, 3-1) Tuesday."This was as big a win as we've had in a long time," Laker coach Skip Brock said. "To beat the eighth-ranked team in the state on their home floor in a conference game is really big. The kids have put themselves in position to have a chance to win the conference in the last week of the season."The Lakers did it by taking almost twice as many shots from the charity stripe (39-46) as from the field (13-26).Camdenton led early after holding Glendale (20-4, 4-1) to just seven points in the opening quarter on its way to a 34-22 halftime lead.Kyle Orf and Greg Atkins hit all six free throws they attempted in the second quarter to stake the Lakers to a 15-for-16 effort and the lead.But Glendale turned up the defensive pressure and stormed back with the first 10 points of the third quarter to close to 34-32 before a wild finish.Matt Brock hit consecutive 3-pointers to stretch Camdenton's lead to 42-35 before Glendale nailed a trey at the buzzer to close to 42-38.The Falcons never got closer than 67-66 late in the game when Orf sealed the win with two free throws with 14 seconds left. Ward Morris put the final touch on Camdenton's 19-for-23 free-throw shooting in the final period with a late free throw for the final margin."We played good matchup defense, blocked out well and hit our free throws," Brock said.Orf led the Lakers with 21 points and Atkins finished with 19."Our sophomores were a big key to this win as well," Brock said, noting six first-half points by David Dye and Mark Duggan's passing and 4-for-6 free throw shooting in the second half."The JV fell 57-39 after trailing 31-20 at the half. Greg Lombardo led with 17 points and Jeff Leslie had 9. Camdenton 11-23-08-28 - 70 Glendale 07-15-16-28 - 66 SCORING - Orf 21, Atkins 19, Morris 8, Brock 6, Dye 6, Duggan 4, Dickemann 4; 3-POINT GOALS - Brock 2, Orf 1; REBOUNDS - Morris 7, orf 6; ASSISTS - Orf 3, Morris 2, Brock 2; STEALS - Brock 2; CHARGE TAKEN - Orf 1.