Boys: Huntington boys claim SIA tourney crown; Trojans fall in Sicily Island final

Published 12:00 am Monday, January 2, 2006

ROLLING FORK &8212; First the Huntington Hounds made a statement by defeating Porter&8217;s Chapel, the fifth-ranked team in Class A.

Then on Friday night, the Hounds took care of the Sharkey-Issaquena on its home court 51-47 to win the boys championship of SIA Tournament.

&8220;We played real disciplined, and we took care of the ball,&8221; Hounds head coach David Boydstun said. &8220;It was a big win. Sharkey made us work real hard for this one. They had a good game plan. They took care of the ball. They got people open and got good shots.&8221;

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The second and third quarters proved to be the difference in the Hounds&8217; big win as they outscored the Confederates 14-11 in the second quarter and 15-10 in the third quarter to take a 40-33 lead. Sharkey-Issaquena tried to rally in the fourth quarter, but it was not meant to be on this night.

Huntington had a good balanced scoring attack that kept the Confederates from trying to stop one player in particular. Ricky Dunbar led the Hounds with 15 points and Antonio Jordan had 12 points. Both made the All-Tournament team.

The game was tied at 41-41 early in the fourth. Then the Hounds went on an 8-2 run to take a 49-43 lead and seemed to be in control of the game. But the Confederates&8217; defense got them back in the game.

Seth Brown, tournament MVP, gave Huntington&8217;s defense fits throughout the game and led the Confederates with a game-high 26 points..

Ferriday at Sicily Island Tournament

SICILY ISLAND, La. &8212; Delhi&8217;s stingy defense made it tough for Ferriday to get any kind of offensive rhythm going as the Bears rolled to a surprisingly easy 56-34 win over the Trojans in the Sicily Island Tournament championship.

Crump and Laderrick combined to score 35 points. The Trojans bounced Sicily Island 55-39 in the semifinals earlier.

Crump led Ferriday with a game-high 20 points and Metcalf had a solid game with 15 points.

Dexter 78, Cathedral 65

WESSON &8212; The Green Wave let a seven-point lead late in the second quarter slip away, and the Bulldogs never looked back as they won the consolation game at the Wesson Tournament.

Cathedral also could not stop Rico Haynes, who led Dexter (9-4) with a game-high 27 points. Matt Goss led the Green Wave (7-8) with 21 points and 11 rebounds.

LaSalle 59, Monterey 35

OLLA, La. &8212; The Tigers&8217; defense and a balanced scoring attack proved to be too much for the Wolves to overcome.

Layton Strebeck led Monterey with 15 points.

Tensas Academy 59, Amite School Center 48

WOODVILLE &8212; The Chiefs&8217; strong third quarter was the difference after they led 30-27 at half and outscored the Rebels 13-7 to lead 43-34 heading into the fourth.

Cody Hill led Tensas with 13.

Centreville Academy 60, WCCA 43

WOODVILLE &8212; The Rams cut the deficit to four with about four minutes to go, but they lost Eli Ashley to five fouls shortly thereafter and fell behind.

The Tigers led 37-28 heading into the fourth quarter. Josh Lanehart led Centreville with 16.

Simpson 51, Adams Christian 48 OT

BROOKHAVEN &8212; The Rebels (3-12) led 46-43 with just a handful of seconds left in regulation before the Cougars ran a play just in front of their bench and drained a 3-pointer to tie it up. They then got the opening tip and a quick bucket to start overtime.

Adams had it with eight seconds left and fired up a 3-pointer, but Timmy Foster&8217;s attempt hit the front of the rim.

Oak Forest 45, WCCA 41

WOODVILLE &8212; WCCA led 22-15 at half, but the Yellow Jackets trimmed the lead to 30-25 heading into the fourth quarter before outscoring the Rams 20-9 in the fourth.

Joseph Landry led the Rams with 13 points. Lathan Campo led OFA with 12.

Trinity Episcopal 69, Ben&8217;s Ford 51

WOODVILLE &8212; Still without Stevan Ridley and Kris Ford, the Saints this time got a big game out of Tripp Bryant to finish the WCCA Shootout with a 2-0 mark.

Bryant finished with 20 points, and Parker Brumfield scored 20.

as the Saints used a 38-25 lead at half to pull away.

Vinny Stewart led the Eagles with 16.