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Greg Higgins - Sports Editor Greg has lived in the Paris area for most of his life and is a huge sports fan. He loves talking about sports and writing about it. Greg has been a part of eparisextra since the beginning of 2012. He is also very active in his church. When he's not writing about or watching sports, you can find him working out or hanging out with his wife.
PJC volleyball players receiving all-conference and all-tournament mention include (from left) Abby Phillips, Katie Poole, Karina Garcia, Katie Clapp, Jordan Strickland, and T’Asia Black.
Several members of the Paris Junior College Lady Dragons volleyball team were named 2012 All-Conference and one All-Tournament.
Making First Team All-Conference was sophomore outside hitter Katie Poole from Rowlett, Texas, and Second Team All-Conference was sophomore outside hitter Katie Clapp from Brewer, Texas.
Receiving Honorable Mention All-Conference were sophomore librero Karina Garcia, of McAllen, Texas, freshman right side hitter Abby Phillips from Bryan, Texas, freshman setter Jordan Strickland from Lexington, Ken. and freshman middle blocker T’Asia Black from Longview, Texas.
“It is a true honor to be recognized in a conference as tough as ours,” said PJC Volleyball Coach Justin Maness. “Any team fortunate enough to win in this conference and compete after the regional tournament has a chance to be National Champions. These ladies, as well as the rest of the Lady Dragons, represented our school, community, and athletic programs very well this season. We fell shy of the National tournament by one match, which is the best showing we have had in the program’s history.
“Fighting our way back through the tourney bracket and upsetting the defending National Champions, Blinn College, was a huge victory. We finished third in the region behind nationally ranked No. 1 San Jacinto and No. 4 Tyler Junior College. It says a lot to finish amongst teams who could very well be crowned National Champions this year. I’m also pleased to say that Katie Poole was selected to as one of the seven for the Regional All-Tournament Team.”
The North Lamar Varsity Boys will be travelling to Van, Texas on Thursday to play in the DQ Van Invitational Tournament this weekend (the bracket is shown below). eParisExtra will post scores and game stats as soon as they are made available to us.
By: GREG HIGGINS
PARIS – It wasn’t pretty at times for North Lamar, but the Varsity squad was still able to come away with a 48 – 35 victory over Anna on Tuesday night. The Panthers defense gave Anna fits most of the night, including 29 forced turnovers. North Lamar couldn’t quite capitalize on the miscues, however, as they had 19 turnovers themselves.
“We’re just not getting any offense out of our defense,” says Coach Garner after the game.
The Panthers scored the first five points of the game; however Anna quickly erased that deficit. The two teams didn’t show much offense during the first quarter and as a result the Panthers took an early 9 – 7 lead into the second.
It was the second quarter defense of the Panthers that allowed them to pull away. Anna was held to four points in the quarter, with two of those coming at the free throw line. Austin Anthony led the Panthers in the second quarter scoring six of the 12 North Lamar points.
Scoring picked up for both squads in the second half. Justin Eyeington led Anna’s comeback efforts as he managed to put eight points on the board in the third quarter, including a pair of three pointers. Anna managed to outscore the Panthers 13 – 10, but the Panthers held a seven point lead going into the fourth quarter.
Anna fought hard for a comeback. Eventually, they would get the North Lamar lead down to two, but that was as close as they would come to matching the efforts made by the Panthers. The Panthers would end the game on a 13 – 2 run, fueled by eight points from Ian Dukleth.
The win puts the Panthers 2 – 0 on the young season as they travel to Van this weekend for a tournament.
Scoring Summary
North Lamar 9 12 10 17 – 48
Anna 7 4 13 11 – 35
Individual scorers:
Ian Dukleth – 9 points
Darius Johnson – 9 points
Austin Anthony – 8 points
Buc Odie – 6 points
Adrian Ellis – 5 points
Devin McDonald – 4 points
Kirk Sellers – 3 points
Garet Ingram – 2 points
Samaki Walker – 2 points
The LadyCats bounced back from a six point deficit in the first quarter to take a one point lead at the half against Sulphur Springs. Sulphur Springs went on a run in the third quarter, though, that proved to be too much for Paris. The LadyCats were outscored 20 – 1 in the third quarter on the way to a 60 – 43 defeat.
“Many lessons were learned throughout this game. Our youthful roster will continue on the path of learning this game, and we will continue to improve,” Coach Mackey said after the game.
Here are the stats:
The North Lamar Middle School girls basketball team took on Pittsburg on Monday, November 26th.
Here are the results:
7th Gold won 17 – 10
Scorers for NL were:
Jayce McFatridge – 4
JaKirah Franklin – 3
Kaitlyn Dority – 2
Lauren Hodges – 2
Cheyenne Holder – 2
Sydney Beshirs – 2
Mandy Freeman – 2
Defensive Effort – Abbie Jolley
7th Blue won 23 – 17
Scorers for NL
Karlie King – 6
Amber White – 5
Hylan Gabeline – 4
Megan Baker – 3
Summer Andrews – 2
Breanna Ford – 2
Taylor Drennen – 1
Defensive Effort - Mikaela Hess
8th Gold won 14 – 8
Scorers for NL
Cheyenne Jones – 4
Melanie Brewer – 2
JamieLynn Parker – 2
Kayedon Oliver – 1
Defensive Effort - Alex Phillips
8th Blue won 31 – 22
Scorers for NL
Maddison Morrison – 14
Karlie Ewell -6
Sydnee Prunty – 2
Reagan Robinson – 2
Peyton Fleming – 2
Kylee Scudder – 2
Bailee Nickerson – 1
**Pittsburg donated two points**
Defensive Effort – Erin Scholl
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