December 11-16 Report
This report will cover the following games or events: Choctaw County at Booneville, the Curtis Loggins Classic from Calhoun City and the All-American City Shootout from Tupelo.
Friday December 15, 2017
#107 MS Booneville Blue Devils 6-7 (3A Booneville, MS) 70
#87 MS Choctaw County Chargers 5-3 (3A Ackerman, MS) 59
Booneville applied the tight, stingy defense and kept Choctaw County at bay for the win. Akeem “Keem” Kirkwood (6-2 ’18 PG Choctaw County 17 pts, 8 in the 4th qtr, 4-4 ft 11 reb 10 ast 2 st 2 blk) did everything he could to help the Chargers and he is a serious option for all the JUCO’s around. He plays with fast hands defensively and has good court vision on the offensive end. Cole McGrath (6-0 ’19 SG Booneville 18 pts 2 3’s 3 reb 5 ast 6 st) paced Booneville.
Booneville (home team)
’18’s
Jarius Crump 5-9 G 16 pts
’19’s
Camron Young 5-6 PG 13 pts 3 3’s
Dallas Gamble 6-1 G/F 8 pts 2 reb 5 ast 4 st 2 blk
’21’s
Trey McKinney PG 9 pts 4 reb 2 ast 5 st
Choctaw County (traveled 111 miles)
Devonte Miller 10 pts 4-5 ft
Saturday December 16, 2017
Curtis Loggins Classic
From Calhoun City HS
#39 MS Nettleton Tigers 12-2 (3A Nettleton, MS) 80
#207 MS Vardaman Rams 4-5 (1A Vardaman, MS) 44
Nettleton was led by the duo of Va’Shawn Pounds (6-1 ’19 G Nettleton 17 pts 7 reb 2 ast 7 st) and Damien Ealy (6-3 ’18 F Nettleton 18 pts 7 reb 2 ast 4 blk 2 st). Vardaman was paced by Wesley Casey (6-5 ’18 C Vardaman 15 pts 5 reb 3 blk).
Nettleton (traveled 51 miles)
’18’s
Grady Gardner 5-9 PG 5 pts 3 reb 5 ast
’20’s
Dedrick Johnson 5-8 ’20 G 13 pts
Vardaman (traveled 9 miles)
’19’s
Michael Williams 6-1 G/F 8 pts 13 reb 2 ast 2 st
#139 MS Coffeeville Pirates 7-5 (1A Coffeeville, MS) 64
#168 MS Eupora Eagles 6-6 (2A Eupora, MS) 57
Senior duo of Stantavious “Stan” Spearman (5-11 ’18 G Coffeeville 20 pts 3 3’s 2 reb) and Zavion “Zay” Jones (6-2 ’18 PG Coffeeville 21 pts, 9 in 4th qtr, 3-3 ft 12 reb 7 ast 5 st) were too much for Eupora.
Coffeeville (traveled 32 miles)
Eupora (traveled 26 miles)
’18’s
Al Dumas 6-0 11 pts
’19’s
Makaylon “Bam” Patterson 6-1 G 14 pts 7 reb 2 ast 3 st
Jarrean “Snootie” Patterson 6-0 SG 15 pts 5 3’s
#8 MS Okolona Chieftains 10-1 (1A Okolona, MS) 89
#106 MS Grenada Chargers 7-6 (5A Grenada, MS) 39
Okolona used a huge second quarter to jump past the Chargers. Leading the charge during the dunk fest was senior trio of Cameron “Beno” Smith (6-7 ’18 G/F Okolona 19 pts, 15 in 2nd qtr, 7 reb), Ladarrius “Moo Moo” Spears (6-6 ’18 C Okolona 12 pts 5 reb 3 blk) and Jaylon “Jay-Mo” Bailey (6-1 ’18 G Okolona 12 pts 5 reb 6 ast 5 st).
Okolona (traveled 38 miles)
’18’s
Deshunta Thompson 6-2 F 10 pts
’19’s
Jacorrius “Tudy” Stanfield 5-9 ’19 PG 3 pts 4 reb 3 st
Grenada (traveled 32 miles)
’19’s
Takias “TK” Hall 6-3 ’19 G/F 13 pts 3 reb
#257 MS Bruce Trojans 1-9 (2A Bruce, MS)
#48 MS North Panola Cougars 10-2 (3A Sardis, MS)
I was only able to stay until halftime of this game but it was a very close contest in the early frames. My takeaways from North Panola was size, size and more size. They come with Ankerion Gross (6-4 ’20 F North Panola), Mario Fenner (6-4 ’19 F/C North Panola) and freak athlete Kenneth Jefferson (6-5 ’19 F North Panola) to go in the starting lineup with Jamarcus Jones (6-6 ’18 F/C North Panola). Jones showed that he could play outside by knocking down a three and hitting several 18 footers. He handled the ball with confidence as well. Bruce looked to be a much improved team that was athletic across the board.
Bruce (traveled 11 miles)
North Panola (traveled 69 miles)
All-American City Shootout
From Tupelo HS
#65 MS Coahoma County Red Panthers 7-3 (2A Clarksdale, MS) 62
#175 MS Kemper County Wildcats 1-10 (3A DeKald, MS) 56
Coahoma used overtime to get past the Wildcats. Coach Moore was without his stud junior Markevius Phillips (6-4 ’19 G/F Coahoma County) while he attended the debutante ball. No worries, his underclassmen stepped up in the spotlight. Jai’Sheldon “Jai” Yates (6-4 ’21 C Coahoma County 15 pts, 7 in OT, 3-3 ft 12 reb 2 ast) and Bentavious “Ben” Galmore (5-10 ’20 PG Coahoma County 19 pts 3 3’s 4-4 ft 3 reb 4 ast 3 st) helped the defending 2A Champs pull off the victory. Timothy McElroy (6-4? more like 6-7 ’19 F/C Kemper County 14 pts) gave Coahoma County fits with his size and length.
Coahoma County (traveled 113 miles)
’18’s
Marquise Percy 5-10 G 10 pts 2 3’s 3 reb 3 st
Derrick “Dee” Moore Jr 6-1 G/F 6 pts 11 reb 2 ast 3 st
’19’s
Jeffrey Fisher 6-0 G/F 3 pts 3 reb 5 st
Timothy Sack 5-5 G 4 reb 6 st
’20’s
Markevious Holmes 5-5 G 8 pts 2 ast
Kemper County (traveled 113 miles)
’21’s
James Granger Jr G 14 pts
#25 MS New Site Royals 14-2 (2A Booneville, MS) 55
#134 MS Itawamba AHS Indians 5-5 (4A Fulton, MS) 51
This one was Itawamba’s game to lose and a couple mental errors late in the game cost the young Indians team. Ramsey Ivy (6-1 ’18 G New Site 17 pts, 10 in 4th qtr, 6-7 ft 8 reb 6 st 2 blk) lifted New Site up in the fourth quarter for the win. Jaxon Orr (6-6 ’19 G/F Itawamba AHS 22 pts 17 reb 6 blk) had a big game for Coach Wilson. Isaiah Herndo (6-8 ’19 C Itawamba AHS) didn’t have a great stat line but he was a key for stopping the New Site offense.
New Site (traveled 35 miles)
’20’s
Walker Moreland 5-11 ’20 G 11 pts 4-4 ft 3 st
Itawamba AHS (traveled 28 miles)
’21’s
Jamerison Martin 5-9 PG 11 pts, all in 2nd half, 3 reb
#12 MS Starkville Yellowjackets 6-3 (6A Starkville, MS) 63
#28 MS Tupelo Golden Wave 11-3 (6A Tupelo, MS) 34
Starkville came out bombing and never looked back on the Golden Wave. Starkville has several guards that can light you up and take turns doing it.
Starkville (traveled 69 miles)
’18’s
Kenneth Blake Rogers 6-3 ’18 SG 14 pts 4 3’s 4 reb 4 ast
’19’s
Tyler Talley 5-9 G 15 pts 5 3’s
Atavious Jones F/C 17 pts 3-3 ft
Tupelo (home team)
’18’s G
Jayven Humphrey 6-4 G/F 6 pts 5 reb
Magnolia Hoops 