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#1
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.

{edited to preserve copyright/pc}
#2
Region 10 women's basketball / Six LC players quit team
February 02, 2007, 11:17:47 AM
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






LC already has serious problems as a school. Does this add to it?


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." (remainder deleted)
#3
It's been a while since I posted here. Ralph's talk about the 2001 playoff game featuring MC and McMurry brings back fond memories of a long bus trip from Clinton with a buddy of mine who actually was in my wedding. I can remember the hard-fought game it was, as were all of those contests between the Indians and Choctaws. Even though I have moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, for graduate school and won't be able to see my alma mater play in the next few years, I will be excited to see how they fare this year with the return of Jones and the promising season they are supposed to have. Now only if they can make the playoffs and get that Sweet 16 monkey off their back.
#4
This is from today's Clarion-Ledger newspaper in Jackson, Miss. Don't know how accurate Street and Smith's is, but it's good news to believe whether it's really good or not.

Don't be surprised to hear the sound of heavy footsteps emanating from Wood Coliseum in Clinton when basketball practice starts at midnight tonight.

Mississippi College's Choctaws aren't going to sneak up on anyone.

They are ranked No. 2 in NCAA Division III by Street & Smith's magazine after going 24-5 last season and reaching the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.

"We'll take it as a compliment and try to use it as motivation that people will be coming after us," said sophomore forward Tyler Winford, the former Jackson Academy star who was named first-team All-American by Street & Smith's.

"The key will be how well our new guys fit in with what we've got back. It's a lot like last year, really."

Last year, MC coach Don Lofton wasn't sure what he would have when he blended a bevy of newcomers with just three returning lettermen.

The 2004-05 Choctaws made the American Southwest Conference Tournament championship game for the eighth straight year and the NCAAs for the seventh time in that same span.

Ten lettermen are back from that team and will be joined by 10 transfers, most of them from junior colleges.

"We feel like we've got a nice team," said Lofton, entering his fourth season as MC's head coach. "To be ranked No. 2 in the country, that's kind of a surprise, but we're not concerning ourselves with preseason polls right now.

"You like the fact that you're well thought of, but it's where we finish that we're concerned about."

In addition to Winford, top returnees include Jaszmine Eugene, Lonnie Vasquez, Cedric Armstrong and Willie Powers.

Newcomers of note include Jones County JC transfer Tim Broomfield, a onetime Southern Miss recruit, and D-III LeTourneau transfer Jonathan Collins.