Friday, December 30, 2011
The Buccaneer boys basketball team loses its last two games in the Lake City Classic Basketball Tournament.
The Allatoona High School boys basketball team had plenty of excuses it could’ve relied upon for failing to hold an early 14-2 first-quarter lead against Mays Friday afternoon. One of those excuses could’ve been fatigue from its 57-42 loss against Carrollton Thursday in a game that didn’t end until 10:30 p.m., and then having to come back to play at 2:30 p.m. in a game that decided the third-place finisher for the Lake City Classic Basketball Tournament. But fourth-year Buccaneer coach Markus Hood refused to use such excuses after the tough 61-59 overtime loss. He instead pointed out Allatoona (9-4) hitting only 6-of-19 free throws for the game, including 2 of 10 in the fourth and overtime periods combined. He also noted losing a 33-20 …
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The Allatoona boys basketball team will play for third-place a 2:30 p.m. today against Mays in the last day of the Lake City Classic tournament.
An uncharacteristic shaky and sloppy start doomed Allatoona High School’s boys basketball team in its semifinal game against unbeaten Carrollton late Thursday night in the Lake City Classic Basketball Tournament at Allatoona. The now 9-0 Trojans grabbed a 14-5 first-quarter lead and never looked back before posting a 57-42 win. The loss dropped Allatoona (9-3) into the third-place game against Mays (2-7) at 2:30 p.m. today. “Offensively, we rushed things too much and had a lot of turnovers,” said Buccaneer senior Dimychael Ross, who scored13 points. “We just didn’t go for the offensive rebounds when we put shots up. “Mentally, we didn’t prepare ourselves for the game,” he continued. “We’ve been playing a lot of ball lately and I think we’…
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Allatoona High School’s girls basketball team will play Archer in tonight’s championship Lake City Classic Basketball Tournament.
The semifinal game turned ugly quickly. Riding an 18-5 first-quarter lead, Allatoona High School’s girls basketball team rolled to a 43-23 victory over South Atlanta Thursday night to advance to the championship game of its 2nd annual Lake City Classic Basketball Tournament. The Buccaneers – a school-best 11-1 – will play Archer (8-3) at 7 p.m. today. The Tigers advanced by beating Drew 55-51 Thursday and opened the tourney by downing South Paulding 42-19 Wednesday. Allatoona junior guard Elise Spann led the Buccaneers in their first quarter scoring outburst with 13 of her game-high 19 points coming in the first half. She also drained three 3-pointers before halftime. Spann and teammate Alexis Ezell turned the first quarter into a scoring …
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Here's your roundup of top stories from Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Paulding and Douglas counties for Dec. 29.
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
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Senior Will Grant’s 16 points lead the Buccaneers past North Paulding in Lake City Classic Basketball Tournament opener.
Although the game wasn’t in doubt, junior Forrest Lane’s dunk with 50 seconds left provided the exclamation point Allatoona High School's boys basketball team used to celebrate a 50-31 victory over rival North Paulding late Wednesday night. “It was a good relief,” Lane said of his slam. “It kind of sealed the deal and got the crowd pumped. (There was) a lot of energy in the gym.” Boisterous fans from each team competed with each other utilizing spirited yells throughout the first-round Lake City Classic Basketball Tournament game. Allatoona fans frequently razzed North Paulding players when they would in-bound a pass in front of the spirited group of about 25 students, while the lively Wolfpack students heckled some of Allatoona’s cheers. …
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Alexis Ezell leads the way with 20 points as Allatoona advances to tonight’s semifinals.
Allatoona High School’s girls basketball jumped out to a 24-13 halftime lead and never looked back to cruise to a 53-33 win over North Paulding Wednesday night in the first round of its second annual three-day Lake City Classic Basketball Tournament. Junior forward Alexis Ezell helped to ensure the rout with 12 of her game-high 20 points coming in the second half for the Buccaneers, who raised their school-best record to 10-1 with the victory. Allatoona will play South Atlanta (3-6) at 7 p.m. today in the semifinals. The Hornets beat Lanier 38-28 to advance. “I had to play better for my team because they needed me,” said the 5-foot-10 Ezell, who reached the 20-point plateau for the fifth time this season. “I knew I could play better. I …
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Sixteen teams will compete in the second Lake City Classic Basketball Tournament, which begins at 10 a.m. today.
Allatoona High School’s boys and girls basketball teams are each off to strong starts this season. Both Buccaneers squads should vie for the championship when they host the three-day second annual Lake City Classic Basketball Tournament at Allatoona. Today’s opening round games are: The tournament continues with games Thursday and Friday. “I really think the (boys) tournament is really up for grabs, whoever gets hot and can string (together) three games in a row … and there’s any team that can do that,” fourth-year Allatoona boys coach Markus Hood said. “We think we have one of the best basketball tournaments around because of the teams we have here.” Hood said South Cobb and Hillgrove are two of the best teams around and that Douglas …
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Here are five things you need to know before starting your Wednesday.
Sunny skies return as temperatures reach 51 degrees with a northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures will drop below freezing tonight as skies will remain mostly clear, with a low around 30 degrees. Joe Heroux was named the Town Winner for Acworth in Patch’s national Deck the House contest Tuesday. He was one of 397 Town Winners across the nation, although those results are unofficial until today. His winning entry has been forwarded to a national Patch judge, who will select 24 finalists Friday who will win $500 to pay for their month’s electric bill. The second annual three-day Lake City Classic basketball tournament kicks off at 10 a.m. today with four boys and four girls basketball …
Friday, December 31, 2010
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 …
"That's what I want Allatoona basketball to be about, the team not the individual. And it took every one of them tonight to get it done." -- Coach Hood
The Allatoona boys basketball team held off a late-game run by North Clayton to win 55-51 on Thursday and take home the Lake City Classic championship trophy on their home court at Allatoona High School. North Clayton jumped out to a 13-4 lead to start the game, but Allatoona fought back to tie the score as the first quarter came to an end. The second quarter was all Allatoona as the team rode on the backs of Dimychael Ross and Josh Fowler, who each scored six points in the quarter and helped carry the team into halftime with a 31-17 lead. But Allatoona head coach Markus Hood knew the game was far from over. "I was watching North Clayton this whole tournament and every time they played, they were down at halftime," said Hood. "We knew the …
