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In the 15 AAA District Championship Game against Southwind............You might need a TO after this! LOL

Final score, details.....anybody?? I think the final was 77 - 58

Well I believe this was Corieon's 1st time playing against southwind as well this year since the injury... He didn't light up the scorebook but ran a very efficient show, leadership and scored when it was there!

Are there any big games this week for Southwind, Ridgeway, Melrose, Central or White Station?

1) What's wrong with Corieon? 2) When is he slated to return (I don't recall seeing him last night)? 3) Is he the starting PG, over "Boo?" 1. Joe Jackson(i think, might've been someone else, my head was turned) slapped him in the eye in the first meeting back in December. 2. Last night, he was in uniform and warmed up, just didn't play. He wasn't wearing his usual #3. He was wearing #12(his number from his sophomore year). I understand Henning sitting him out of a game like that until he gets back in rhythm. 3. He's the 6th man. Marshall always starts. 1. It was Andre Hollins who hit him in the eye (Over Aggressive Play)......After viewing the clip on him, a lot of those highlights were from that white station game. and Raleigh Egypt (I think) 2. He was in uniform for the 1st time since the injury.....#12 instead of the #3 jersey normally worn. 3. Yep he is the 6th man but was/is a key part of ridgeway and the other team having another option to worry about. After looking at the highlight tape, thats a huge loss /addition going into the post season!

Well said Knoxbball....

Found these on youtube......Ridgeway hoops! -game footage from lastnight game (ridgeway at southwind) - Corieon's Basketball Highlight Mix.......He's been out, so ridgeway havent been full strength - Game footage from the 1st meeting at Ridgeway.

Final score, anybody??? Melrose did lose, not sure about the final score

Brock - half strength - Corieon (been out since white station 1st game) and Adam was out as well......... I said it once and will say it again...Peeps underestimate Ridgeway as a TEAM! Once they are healthy again...Watch Out!

This was from the commercial appeal website..... Southwind (68) -- Walter Davis 8, Montez Fifer 3, Darrian Gray 24, Denzell Hardy 3, Donavan Humphreys 2, Nick Mason 15, Darious Paige 10, Kedorian Sullivan 3. Ridgeway (76) -- Tarik Black 14, Christopher Brewer 14, Materrace Brock 9, Cameron Golden 19, Brandon Lewis 8, Darryl Marshall 10, Adam Weary 2.

Black was huge late in the game......He had 2 early fouls in the 1st quarter and sat the half. Halftime score was 36-35 (southwind).....Cameron Golden and Kris Brewer played huge in the 4th as well! Some very key defensive stops as well some pressure 3's to cut in the deficit!

Ridgeway 76 Southwind 68......and oh Darrian Gray is much better and so is Corieon Pearson (He didn't even play) Again, the same exact line ups played the game last year as juniors for most of the game, with the exception of CP played.......A good game nevertheless!

You're not making sense! You talk about core players, but White Station lost two! Ridgeway lost 4 right? So with your logic of the same group of players means White Station should've owned Ridgeway. With your logic thats how it should've been. Now you can tell me this doesn't matter, because they were playing small ball last year, but it really does. Do you honestly believe Darrian Gray is a Power Forward? Walter Davis a center? How many players did Southwind use off the bench? 2! Basing this year(Especially predictions) off last year is foolish. Look at White Station. They might be the third best team in their district. Nobody is underestimating Ridgeway my friend, they are Nationally ranked, but its clear that this is a good matchup for Southwind! Darious Paige, Darrian Gray, Montez Phifer, Nick Mason, Darius Paige vs. Darryl Marshall, Cameron Golden, Marterrance Brock, Correion Pereson(sp?), and Kris Brewer! Should be a great match up of back courts. P.S. The kid Matt who is now at Pine Bluff, Cordero Macklin, and Hampton all played big minutes my guy, and Cam Golden received no where near as many minutes as he should've last year. You are making my point.....Cordero was hurt with a knee injury half the season, Matt started at the beginning of the season but Kris Brewer eventually started and played most of those minutes between the 2.......It's not about the number of players lost, its the contributions, White station being 3rd best in there district is not a stretch to me, they lost a big part of their team in Farakahn, my point is, if Farakan hall was returning with this years white station team they would be highly favored, Ridgeways graduating players wasn't as a significant loss.......James Hampton was the only senior player that consistantly played on ridgeways team last year, the most minutes at that position, besides him everyone else is returning contributor...............This match up Darious Paige, Darrian Gray, Montez Phifer, Nick Mason, Darius Paige vs. Darryl Marshall, Cameron Golden, Marterrance Brock, Correion Pereson(sp?), and Kris Brewer! Should be a great match up of back courts., was the same exact match up as last year games for the most part, Id send you a copy of the games if you like.......Regardless to what positions the kids played, their style is geared to a 5 guard line up....Im basing on what the match ups were last year along with the contributing returners.......Yes white station misses farahkan much more than ridgeway misses the 4 graduating seniors....The group of guys returning at ridgeway, beat southwind 3 times last year. It is a great match up nevertheless!

No, ridgeway graduated 4 seniors last year.....only 1 played consistently....James Hampton...The rest of the players whom contributed to last years squad returned! So no white station no way should have won the game, they lost more through graduation than they had returning as far as contributors......As far as the southwind thing, black did spend a great deal of time in foul trouble which forced ridgeway to play an all guard game that supposedly works in southwinds favor....plus the so called experience factor, nothing has changed, as southwind gains so called experience, so does the kids from ridgeway, they are the same age and have played these players each year in the past leading up to tuesdays game.......they southwind kids were juniors last year, well so were the returning ridgeway kids, the southwind kids are seniors now, well so are the ridgeway kids.....so if there is any experience advantage factor, it has to be the experience in taking L's....That's the logic! but anyway....I didnt say at all he didn't need to be a factor, Im saying these are the exact same kids that played the previous games. I'm missing the point in what makes their team the juggernaut this year. Black is much needed but after watching saturday's game against white station, peeps underestimate ridgeway as a 'TEAM'

I'm starting to think the Melrose and White Station game won't live up to the expectations. Nino Johnson and Marvin Williams ARE NOT getting it done. Point Blank. Joe is great, but White Station is NOT. I think the Spartans get alot more pub and respect due to Jackson. They also are not a very good defensive team. Ridgeway takes on Southwind next Tuesday. The Jaguars are a MUCH better rebounding team due to their depth, and length. They also play much better defense than White Station. They are skinny on the inside, but they have that type of attitude now that they lacked last year. On the perimeter is where this team is so good. Darious Paige, Nick Mason, Darrian Gray, and Montez Phifer all will be playing D1 ball. The keys for Southwind will be to make this game guard orientated, and play their up tempo style while playing sound defense. Darrian Gray has been putting up 20 points for about 5 or 6 straight games! Darious Paige is an unheralded PG in the 2011 class. Mason is one of the best shooters in the city, and Montez is one of those guards who does just about everything for a team. Consider him like an A.J. Price or Jerome Dyson. For Ridgeway I believe, they'll have to continue their hot shooting, but also make this more of an inside game. With J3 out, Tarik Black must have a monster game! He'll have at least 40 pounds on the starting Southwind frontline. Their guards must also be able to match the input of not only the 4 guards just mentioned, but also the guys coming off the bench. Cam Golden and Marterrance Brock have been the catalyst for this very impressive Ridgeway squad. In the end I think Southwind's versatility with all 5 guys being able to put it on the floor and their sound defensive effort will be JUST enough to score a big win. Southwind 71, Ridgeway 69! Ok...For some reason, peeps forget that ridgeway won the state championship just 2 years ago, made it to semis 3 years ago......the team that won the championship consisted of a group seniors and sophomores, well those sophomores are now seniors, I say this to say that the shock is overated! Before the 2 wins against white station this year, the last team to beat them was....yes, for the district title last year with the same core of players.......As far as the southwind game goes, someone mentioned small ball, well black didnt get much justice from the refs at all last year and ridgeway played southwind in most occasions with him being in foul trouble....which turned into a game of....guard ball....check the out come of each match last year.......Same core of players returning.............