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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Lake City Classic All-Tournament Teams Announced
Future college stars dazzled in this three-day, 16-team tournament in Acworth.
The Lake City Classic Basketball Tournament ended Thursday after three days of hard-fought action by eight girls, and eight boys teams from around the southeast. The Hillgrove Lady Hawks, from Powder Springs, won the girls title with an 83-44 win over the Allatoona Lady Buccaneers, who hosted the tournament in Acworth. On the boys side, the host Allatoona Buccaneers beat the North Clayton Eagles 55-51. At the end of each championship game, tournament officials announced an All-Tournament team and a tournament Most Valuable Player. Girls All-Tournament Team Tournament MVP Boys All-Tournament Team Tournament MVP Tim Altork's thoughts: Marcus Hunt and Larryqua Hall were the two highest-profile players in the tournament, and for the most …
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Alexander Boys Follow Two Close Losses with Blowout Win
The Cougars allow just 28 points in the victory
Deandre Harper scored 15 points and grabbed six rebounds as Alexander escaped the Lake City Classic at Allatoona High School with a 53-28 win over Johnson County, Tennessee, Thursday. Alexander aimed its defensive focus on Johnson County's Jason Steele, who is averaging over 25 points per game this season. They held him to 15 points, and no other Johnson County player had more than four. Despite the solid results, Alexander head coach David Cottrell found some flaws in the Cougars' performance. "We've got to have better help team defense and I didn't think in the first half we did that very well," Cottrell said. "We could have taken some charges and we didn't." "I thought in the first half we didn't really play well," he added. "The first …
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Alexander Girls Salvage Victory in Lake City Classic Finale
Cougars avenge an early-season loss with 51-24 win.
The Alexander Cougars salvaged a win in the Lake City Classic at Allatoona High School on Thursday, and it came at the expense of a regional foe. Katica Favors and Brooke Davidson led a dominant effort for Alexander as they handily beat South Paulding, 51-24. "We play South Paulding on Tuesday night and that's a region game that counts, and so it's important for us," said Alexander head coach Brandon Boehman. "We played them the first game of the year and they beat us by three. So we came out today and we kind of wanted to send a message that Tuesday's going to be a different story." Favors dominated the interior on both ends of the floor as she scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Davidson displayed consistent accuracy from outside …
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Alexander Boys Drop Close Game to Mays, 36-34
Alexander lost their second game in two days at the Lake City Classic. The coaching staff is looking for more offensively from this team.
The Alexander Cougars dropped a heartbreaker on Wednesday, 36-34 to the Mays Raiders in the Lake City Classic Basketball Tournament at Allatoona High School. Alexander played from behind for the majority of the game -- always keeping the score close -- but wasn't able to pull even with a Mays team with a decided size advantage until the final minutes of the game. Behind by one point at halftime, and four points heading into the fourth quarter, the Cougars changed defensive strategies. Alexander started jumping the ball at half court, putting immense pressure on whoever had the ball and cutting off passing lanes to everyone else. The new strategy worked. Alexander held Mays to just two points in the fourth quarter. The problem was that the …
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Hillgrove Boys Survive Alexander Comeback
The Hawks hold on for a 3-point tournament win.
The Hillgrove Hawks saw a 10-point second-half lead dwindle to naught before a late surge gave them a 43-40 win over Alexander in their opening game of the Lake City Classic at Allatoona High School Tuesday. The Hawks led 34-24 with three minutes left in the third quarter, then saw that lead dissipate in a 12-2 Alexander run that knotted the game at 36-36 with five minutes left to play. "I thought we stopped boxing out, and we stopped defending," Hillgrove head coach Edward Morris said. "We're having spurts this year where we go through a three-minute stretch where we just don't do little things, and then a 10-point lead becomes a four-point lead. If we do those little things, it might be a different game." Hillgrove led 42-40 with 10.6 …
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