East Augusta Jaguars vs Langford Lions (girls) 11/30/09
Tonight’s matchup kicked off the official start of the Richmond County Middle School season. We were in the building to watch the Langford Lions host the East Augusta Jaguars. The game got off to a fast/ aggressive pace with both teams showing a strong defensive effort with block shots and hard fouls. #50 C Aleshia Merriweather (Langford) showed her dominance in paint by grabbing 6 rebounds, 4 being offensive. Her counter partner #55 PF Brandy Hayes (Langford) also was very aggressive on the boards in the first half leading the lady lions to a 21 – 12 halftime lead. East Augusta started to chip away in the second half. Leading the way for the jaguars was #24 SF Bowman (East Augusta) who is just a six grader, displayed a nice pull-up jumper throughout the game and also has a nice shooting touch on her jumpshot. Bowman also added in two blocks. Langford started to pull away late in the fourth quarter with an offensive effort from #14 Tatyanna Dumas (Langford) in where she scored 6 points in the fourth. #24 Bowman (East Augusta) led all scorers with 13 points. #14 Tatyana Dumas led Langford with 10 points.
Final Score: Langford 34 East Augusta 21
East Augusta Jaguars vs Langford Lions (boys) 11/30/09
The boy’s matchup was much closer, but from the start, it didn’t seem that way. Langford, with the return of their highly touted PG #23 Malcolm Quaterman (Langford), got off to a 19-9 first quarter lead. #20 Aubrey McRae (Langford) got off to another fast scoring start, finishing with 7 first quarter points including a deep trey ball. East Augusta didn’t get rattled by the first quarter mayhem by Langford. Led by PG #23 Tommy Smith (East Augusta), who is rated as the #6 player in Georgia in the class of 2015 (www.d1spects.com) started to get hot. Tommy, with 7 second quarter points and a great defensive effort from East Augusta, tied the score at 21 at halftime. Both teams slowed the pace down in the 3rd quarter. East Augusta started to pull away with 5 third quarter points by #32 Keleal Wright leading the Jaguars to a 30-26 lead. The fourth quarter is where the game started to pick up some action. With 1:05 left, #20 Aubrey McRae (Langford) drove to the basket and got sent to the free throw line. He made both free-throws giving Langford a 38 to 37 lead. East Augusta couldn’t score on the next possession and Langford secured the rebound and had the opportunity to ice the game. With 13 seconds left, #23 Tommy Smith (East Augusta) stole the ball and took it coast-to-coast for the lay-in but got fouled and almost converted the And-1. #23 Tommy only capitalized on one free-throw making the score tied at 38. Langford inbounded the ball to #23 Malcolm Quaterman, who went full court for the game winning layup but couldn’t convert.
In overtime, Langford’s guard experience started to prevail. #15 Juwan Tolbert (Langford) made a nice pass to #23 Malcolm Quaterman for the score to put Langford up 41-38. East Augusta put the ball in #23 Tommy’s hand but he couldn’t knock down the three point shot to tie the game. #23 Malcolm Quarterman iced the game with two made free throws. #20 Aubrey McRae led all scorers with 13 points. #15 Juwan Tolbert added 7 points, 5 rebounds #23 Tommy Smith finished 12 points and 4 assists and #32 Kaleal Wright added 11 points.
Final Score: Langford 43 East Augusta 38
Glenn Hills Spartans vs Langford Lions (boys) 12/3/2009
Glenn Hills and Langford are both coming off wins on their first official games. Tonight’s matchup previews a possible championship battle based on the caliber of players that both teams possess. Glenn Hills was without “high flying” wing guard #13 Aaron Williamson (Glenn Hills) due to injury but with the deep team that Glenn Hills has, someone was going to step up the scoring load and that player was #15 Santo Nina (Glenn Hills) Glenn Hills got off to a early lead in the first half led by 15 first half points by #15 Santo. Santo showed us once again why he is regarded as one of the top scorers in the CSRA. Scoring on pull-up jumpers, layups and deep three pointers. Langford tried to make a run in the first half. #33 Mark Walden (Langford) scored 8 first half points but the Lions just couldn’t seem to get into sink on the offensive end. Part of that was due to the inside play of 6’1” seventh grader PF/C Maurice O’Bannon (Glenn Hills) who had 4 first half blocks and 5 rebounds. The third quarter belonged to the highly rated PG #23 Michael “Meat” Scott. “Meat” scored 8 of his 14 points in the third quarter with dribble drives and finishing strong at the basket. He also displayed his defensive skills with 3 steals. Meat's overall performance and the team's great defensive effort led the Spartans with a 41-19 lead going into the fourth quarter. Langford continued to play hard and started to put on a run late in the fourth. #25 Frank Roberts (Langford) scored 5 fourth quarter points chipping away at the lead. The comeback was just a little too late with lead being 20 plus.
Final Score: Glenn Hills 46 Langford 35.
#15 Santo Nina led all scorers with 17 points. #23 Michael Scott finished with 14 points. #33 Mark Walden had 12 points and #25 Frank Roberts finished with 9 points.
Next Game: Monday December 7th Glenn Hills vs Morgan Rd (girls and boys)
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