Pat Coleman is very serious about honoring copyright laws. One should not "cut and paste" another news story, but rather give the hyperlink so all can read the original story. I am using my capabilities as a moderator on the baseball boards to modify this post.
Thanks for the "heads-up" on what is happening in Pineville.
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070202/NEWS01/702020325
s/ Ralph Turner
I knew LC has problems with its administration telling half-truths and being secretive, but now there is the following news from Pineville:
Six Lady Cats basketball players quit LC program
By Randy Benson and Bob Tompkins
rbenson@thetowntalk.com, btompkins@thetowntalk.com
(318) 487-6431, (318) 487-6349
Six players, including starters Carol Elder and Ashley Peairs, have quit the Louisiana College women's basketball team.
Thirteen players walked off the court -- leaving first-year coach Robin Potera-Haskins with four players -- during practice earlier this week to meet with athletic director Tim Whitman. Seven players subsequently returned to the team.
"They didn't do it to hurt the basketball program," said Lynn Peairs of Pride, father of Ashley Peairs. "They came into a program where basketball was secondary and helping the girls become well-rounded, moral, Christian girls was more important. I think they knew after a week or so (after the start of practice) that that program is no longer there."
Louisiana College played its first game without the six players Thursday night, losing 77-51 to East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Texas.
Whitman confirmed Thursday that he met with a group of players.
"There were discussions," Whitman said. "We had six kids decide not to play the rest of the games."
Whitman declined to divulge the names of the players who left the team, saying he did not have a list with him and did not want to pass out incorrect information.
"Anytime we have more than one quit, we're going to have a meeting to talk it out," Whitman said.
Players on the roster but not in uniform on Thursday included Elder, a senior co-captain who had started 16 games this season, and Peairs, a sophomore who had started 15 games, along with Lindsay LaBowe, Paige Singleton and Kayla Shirley. The identity of the sixth player could not be confirmed Thursday night.
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Thanks for the "heads-up" on what is happening in Pineville.
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070202/NEWS01/702020325
s/ Ralph Turner
I knew LC has problems with its administration telling half-truths and being secretive, but now there is the following news from Pineville:
Six Lady Cats basketball players quit LC program
By Randy Benson and Bob Tompkins
rbenson@thetowntalk.com, btompkins@thetowntalk.com
(318) 487-6431, (318) 487-6349
Six players, including starters Carol Elder and Ashley Peairs, have quit the Louisiana College women's basketball team.
Thirteen players walked off the court -- leaving first-year coach Robin Potera-Haskins with four players -- during practice earlier this week to meet with athletic director Tim Whitman. Seven players subsequently returned to the team.
"They didn't do it to hurt the basketball program," said Lynn Peairs of Pride, father of Ashley Peairs. "They came into a program where basketball was secondary and helping the girls become well-rounded, moral, Christian girls was more important. I think they knew after a week or so (after the start of practice) that that program is no longer there."
Louisiana College played its first game without the six players Thursday night, losing 77-51 to East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Texas.
Whitman confirmed Thursday that he met with a group of players.
"There were discussions," Whitman said. "We had six kids decide not to play the rest of the games."
Whitman declined to divulge the names of the players who left the team, saying he did not have a list with him and did not want to pass out incorrect information.
"Anytime we have more than one quit, we're going to have a meeting to talk it out," Whitman said.
Players on the roster but not in uniform on Thursday included Elder, a senior co-captain who had started 16 games this season, and Peairs, a sophomore who had started 15 games, along with Lindsay LaBowe, Paige Singleton and Kayla Shirley. The identity of the sixth player could not be confirmed Thursday night.
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