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After winning the AHSAA Northwest Regional for the 3rd straight year!!!

2009-2010 Season Record 33-3


State 6A Final 4 @ BJCC

Semi-Finals: Friday, 2/26/2010
Bob Jones 51 vs Davidson 41 @ 9:00 am
Hoover 77 vs Jeff Davis 44 @ 12 noon

Finals: Saturday, 2/27/2010
Bob Jones 19 vs Hoover 39 @ 5:00 pm


2009-2010 Boys 6A State Championship

Congratulations to Bob Jones High School Boys Team for Winning the
Alabama 6A State Championship for the 1st time in the School's History!

Congratulations to BJHS Coach Danny Petty for becoming the
first coach in Alabama history to win a state championship
for three different teams (Johnson, Madison Academy, and
Bob Jones) Danny also won a state championship as a
player for Lee-Huntsville in 1968 the last time Lee won a
state title until this year's 5A title!




Minor Game Photos / Sparkman Game Photos
/ Homewood Game Photos

BOYS Semi-Finals: Friday, February 26, 2010

Game 1: Bob Jones 64 vs Baker 61 @ 10:30
Game 2: Central-Phenix-City 47 vs Homewood 61 @ 1:30 pm

Finals: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Bob Jones (20-14) 65 vs Homewood (31-5) 41 @ 7:00 pm


 Madison's Harris tabbed by C-USA

Huntsville Times ArticleUAB Star wins Freshman, Sixth Player awards
It apparently doesn't matter if Jala Harris starts or comes off the bench. Either way, she's the best freshman in Conference USA. The UAB guard backed up her last year's Miss Basketball award at Bob Jones High with two league honors on Sunday: Freshman and Sixth Player of the Year. Harris is the first player in C-USA history to win the two awards in the same season. "I pretty much came in as a freshman and continued from where I left off in high school," said Harris, a second-team, all-conference selection. "I came to UAB because I knew I was going to have an opportunity to play." The 5-foot-6 Harris has taken that chance and run with it. She's averaging a team-high 16.4 points per game this year - including a freshman conference-record 40 points against Marshall - and also leads the Blazers in assists at 3.2 per game. Harris started 11 games early in the season, but she began coming off the bench once league play got under way in January. Her scoring average in C-USA games increased to 18.3 per game, even though she started just once in 16 contests. "It's not that it feels any different starting or coming off the bench," said Harris, who still leads the team in minutes with 32.6 per game. "It's just that I give the team a spark." It's helped UAB of late. The Blazers went through a rough stretch in late January - losing three games by a total of six points, two in overtime - and wound up dropping eight of nine into early February, but they closed the regular season with three straight victories to even their record at 14-14. Sixth-seeded UAB will begin conference tournament play today against host Tulsa, the 11th seed. "Right now we're playing some of our best ball of the year," Harris said. "I think we're going to be tough to handle." On the court, Harris' transition from high school to the college game proved to be a smooth one. She said roles were established early and everyone on the roster understood what they were supposed to do. "The biggest adjustment?" she asked. "Probably the losing." Harris was a five-year starter at Bob Jones, which won back-to-back state titles in her junior and senior seasons. She was unable to watch the Lady Patriots come up short against Hoover in their quest for a three-peat last week at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center - "I had class on one day and we had a game on the other day," she said - but did get to visit her former teammates at the hotel. "I watched everything on the Internet," Harris said. "They gave it a good shot."
By Bill Bryant, Times Sports Editor, bill.bryant@htimes.com

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 Girls state title run stopped

Madison County Record NewspaperBIRMINGHAM - Bob Jones’ reign as the queens of basketball in Alabama came to an end with a disappointing offensive performance in a 39-19 loss to top-ranked Hoover Saturday in the Class 6A state championship game at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center. The 19-point offensive total for the Lady Patriots, who won the last two Class 6A state titles, set a mark for fewest points in a championship game. “We knew that this game would come down to defense,” said Hoover head coach Donnie Quinn. “The defense made all the difference in the world. The win was Hoover’s second of the season against Bob Jones and avenged a loss to the Lady Patriots in last year’s Class 6A state championship game. The Lady Bucs finished the year with a 32-1 mark with the lone loss coming to Stockton (Calif.) St. Mary’s, the top-ranked team in the nation. “It was a gritty, grind-it-out type of game, the kind of game we’ve been winning all year,” said Bob Jones head coach Tim Miller. “I think it just finally caught up with us. We just couldn’t put it in the hole.” Bob Jones, which replaced its entire starting lineup after winning Class 6A titles the past two seasons, was led by Makena Randall’s eight points. She also added 13 rebounds. Bob Jones scored just two points in the first quarter, taking an early 2-0 lead when Tiarra Pritchett scored the game’s first bucket 35 seconds into the game. But Bob Jones didn’t score again until Randall made a layup with 3:32 remaining in the first half. By then, Hoover had opened up a 16-4 advantage. The Lady Patriots were able to trim the margin to 16-9 at the half with a pair of buckets by Pritchett and a free throw by Randle. Eight of Hoover’s points in the quarter came off Bob Jones turnovers. “It was ugly,” Miller said. “If you had told me we’d be down seven at halftime, I’d have come over and kissed you.” But almost as important as the Lady Bucs’ defense was its effort at the free throw line. Meghan Dunn overcame a tough day from the field with a 14-for-14 performance at the free throw line. Dunn, the tournament’s most valuable player, finished with 18 points. Tyrese Tanner added eight points. Hoover pushed its lead to 10 points in the third quarter when Shannon Steinert’s 3-pointer with 1:32 remaining put the Bucs in front 24-14. Bob Jones closed to within seven points in the final quarter, but never got any closer as Hoover stretched the lead to a game-high 20 points in the closing seconds. Bob Jones’ offensive production was the lowest total for a girls’ title game since Arab scored 24 in a loss to Ramsay in the 2006 Class 5A championship game. The Lady Patriots finished the year with a 33-3 mark, including two losses to Hoover and one to rival Sparkman.
By Todd Thompson, Madison Record,(Updated: Friday, March 5, 2010 10:35 AM CST)

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 Local trio to suit for the state

Huntsville Times ArticleJosh Langford of Lee, Kendal Jennings of Sparkman and Mekena Randle of Bob Jones, all forwards who also play guard, are among the players selected to play in annual Alabama-Mississippi Classic all-star games to be played March 19 at the Pelham Civic Complex. Coaches for Alabama's boys are Kelly Cheatham of Ramsey and Rodney Wesley of Green County. Girls coaches are Reggie Ware of Midfield and Herbert Blackmon of J.F. Shields. The girls game is set for 5 p.m. with the boys following at 7. The teams are selected by the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association's Basketball All-Star Committee. Also selected to the boys team are R.C. Hatch center Brandon Battle, Green County guard Damien Carr, Pinson Valley forward Coty Clarke, Ramsey guard Ralph Floyd, Brewbaker Tech guard K.T. Harrell, Green County forward Neiko Hunter, Anniston forward Quintarius Hutchinson and Muscle Shoals guard Ralston Turner. Joining Randle on the girls team is Hoover guard Meghan Dunn, Brooks forward Miranda Liles, Sumter County guard Katia May, LeFlore center Shanece McKinney, Russellville forward Erin Reynolds, Ramsey center Destiny Samuels, Fairfield guard Jazmine Saxton, Bessemer City center Tiffany Stephens, Woodland guard Courtney Strain, Hoover forward Tyrese Tanner and Midfield guard Brittany Young. Alabama's boys hold a 10-9 series lead while the state's girls have an 11-8 advantage.

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 When Hoover-Bob Jones meet, somebody has to be Goliath

Birmingham News ArticleNobody wants to be Goliath. "Bob Jones is the defending state champion,'' said Hoover High School girls' coach Donnie Quinn. "They're the one going for a 'three-peat.' We haven't beaten them when it matters. We're the ones who have the most to prove.'' Which makes Bob Jones coach Tim Miller laugh.  "Yeah, OK,'' Miller said. "We've way over-achieved this year. Those girls from the two-time defending state championship? They're gone. We're just a scrappy little bunch with no one over 5-foot-9.'' It's laughable to see these two giants of girls' basketball trying to fit into the role of little David. Hoover is 31-1, ranked No. 18 in the country by USA Today, and has won 31 games by an average of 34 points per game while holding opponents to 30 points or less 15 times this season. Bob Jones is 33-2, the two-time defending state champion, coached by a guy who has been in the Final 48 of the state tournament seven times since 2001, reached the championship game five times, and won three titles. Oh, and did I mention that these two teams faced each other last year in the Girls' Class 6A State Championship at the BJCC Arena? Or that they meet again in the title  game today at 5 p.m.? And that both coaches think the other one has the advantage? "Ever since Bob Jones knocked us out of this game last year, I haven't had to say anything to this team,'' Quinn said. "Everyone says you're just glad to be here, and you are. But when you get beat in the last game, you walk out with a different perspective. You just want it so bad.'' The two teams did play in the regular season, with Hoover winning by six at Bob Jones. The rematch, which was to take place at Hoover, was cancelled due to snow. "We hated that,'' Miller said. "We wanted to see where we were by seeing how we matched up against them a second time. You hate to have to find out now, in the state championship. "We know they're a great team. Looking at them today (Friday, in a typical 77-44 victory over Jeff Davis), they looked like a small Division I team out there. We can't match up with them at all.'' Not that Bob Jones looked shabby in using a 12-2 run to close out the second quarter and successfully keep a double-digit lead all the way to the end for a 51-41 win over Davidson. "I don't know what Bob Jones will do,'' Quinn said. "I have a sense of what I think he (Miller) will do, and we have to practice for that. I know he relishes the idea of beating me. I (relish the idea of beating Miller), too." Physically, Bob Jones looks to be no match for Hoover. And a few years ago, a political scientist named Ivan Arreguin-Toft researched every war fought in the past two hundred years between strong and weak opponents, and found that the Goliaths - the side that was deemed obviously more powerful than the other - won 71.5 percent of the cases. Miller knows his team can't compete straight up. But Arreguin-Toft, realizing that in the Biblical story David did not fight Goliath by conventional means but went out with a slingshot and five stones,  found that when the underdogs chose an unconventional strategy, the underdogs winning percentage rose from 28.5 percent to 63.6. Hoover looks unbeatable. But Bob Jones has history on its side. So how does this game play out? Will they go at it like two Goliaths? Or will one try to be a David? Whatever happens, this game could be one for the ages. Either Bob Jones wins its third consecutive title, which hasn't happened since Butler did it from 1997-99; or Hoover avenges last year's loss and, with the talent in the Bucs' program, could begin a three-year run of its own. "This has a chance to be something special,'' Miller said. "For both teams.''

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 Reign is de-railed

Huntsville Times ArticleTwo-time defending champ Bob Jones
girls fall 39-19 in 6A final

BIRMINGHAM - Tim Miller stood five feet from his huddled team in heavy thought at the close of the third quarter Saturday night, kicking out his right foot and gazing briefly into the stands at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center. What was the Bob Jones High girls coach thinking?  What might have been, that's what. His Lady Patriots, ranked second in Class 6A, were still within 10 points of top-ranked and heavily favored Hoover in the state championship game. But it could have been five. Or even three. "We sure had some good chances," Miller said. The powerful Lady Bucs don't allow second ones, though. They don't allow many points, either. Bob Jones didn't even break 20 in a 39-19 loss, which officially ended its two-year championship run. The point total was the lowest in a girls title game, with the previous low of 24 being established in 1984 (Red Level against Courtland in the 1A final) and tied in 2006 (by Arab against Ramsay in the 5A final). "We just didn't score," Lady Patriots point guard Tiarra Pritchett said. "We had shots, but they just wouldn't fall."  Indeed, Bob Jones (33-3)hit just 18.4 percent. But it limited Hoover (32-1) to 22.2 percent from the floor. The Lady Bucs' Meghan Dunn wound up the lone player on either side in double-figure scoring, finishing with 18 points. "It was a gritty, grind-it-out game, the kind we've been winning all year," Miller said. "I think it just finally caught up with us as far as going against some good skill players. We just couldn't put it in the hole tonight." In the first quarter, the Lady Patriots couldn't even get the ball to the basket. After scoring the game's first points, they turned the ball over on six straight possessions. Hoover, meanwhile, went on a 13-0 run to close the period. Bob Jones wound up going a total of 11:53 - from 7:25 in the first quarter to 3:32 in the second - without scoring. "It was ugly," Miller said. The Lady Patriots kept it that way with their defense. And that kept them in the game. They got a basket here and a basket there, and by halftime they trailed 16-9. "If you had told me we'd be down seven at halftime, I'd have come over and kissed you," Miller said. "Especially after that first quarter." The deficit stayed right around there for most of the third quarter, but a 3-pointer by Shannon Steinert gave Hoover a 24-14 lead going into the final eight minutes. Given its offensive output to that point, the order was too tall. "From the jump we knew Hoover had blown teams out," said senior Mekena Randle, who led Bob Jones with eight points and 13 rebounds. "We had played them before (losing 41-35), so it was just a matter of going out there and playing. There were layups and free throws I know I could have hit, but it just didn't work out. "Knowing you could have done something and you didn't, it's hard." Miller, however, found no fault with his players' effort. The Lady Patriots reached their third straight final - with five new starters, no less. "Well, I'm proud of our girls, I can tell you that," Miller said. "I didn't quite think we'd be here, but we were. They played hard again tonight. "I think we overachieved this year, obviously."
Sunday, February 28, 2010 By Bill Bryant, Times Sports Editor, bill.bryant@htimes.com


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 LADYPATS ALIVE

Huntsville Times ArticleBIRMINGHAM - The Bob Jones High girls fell back on the "R" word Friday. As in returning to the Class 6A state final, not as in rebuilding despite losing all starters from last year's team that won the school's second straight championship. The second-ranked Lady Patriots earned a berth in the title game by shaking off a sluggish start to subdue No. 3 Davidson 51-41 in a semifinal at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center.  Bob Jones fell in a 13-2 hole at the beginning of the game, but a 13-0 run to end the quarter gave it a two-point lead it wouldn't relinquish. Junior guard Rikeyah McKinnon said the turnaround was fueled by "frustration and motivation.'' 'We just all needed to come together,'' she added. The Lady Patriots (33-2) seek their third straight crown against top-ranked Hoover (31-1) tonight at 5. The Lady Bucs defeated Bob Jones 41-35 in a game earlier this season. "We know that's a challenge for us because of who they have,'' Lady Patriots coach Tim Miller said. "Looking across the board, they've got five girls 6-foot or better. We don't have anybody over 5-9.'' Friday, McKinnon sparked the first-quarter run with a 3-pointer, then made another before senior Mekena Randle scored to put Bob Jones ahead 15-13 entering the second quarter. Sophomores DeAsha Campbell and Joidon Jennings both sank 3-pointers to close the first half to give the Lady Patriots a 29-18 lead at intermission. Bob Jones, which defeated Davidson 59-29 in the season opener, led 38-28 entering the fourth quarter. Davidson (31-4) pulled to within six points at 43-37 on a basket by Aundre Adams with 4:47 left to play, but senior Tiara Pritchett sank two free throws and Randle made a layup after getting a steal to push Bob Jones' lead back to an insurmountable 47-37 with 4:09 remaining. "Everybody stepped up and did what they had to do,'' Randle said. Adams scored 16 points to lead Davidson, which was making its fourth Final 48 appearance in six years. Randle had 19 points and nine rebounds and McKinnon added 11 points for Bob Jones. "I don't know if it was our best effort, but it was a win,'' Miller said. "It's been like that all year. We grind 'em out, we don't blow 'em out.''
Saturday, February 27, 2010, By Mike Easterling,Times Sports Writer mike.easterling@htimes.com

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 Class 6A Girls: Bob Jones 51, Davidson 41

Birmingham News ArticleBob Jones had Jan. 29 marked on its calendar. That's when the Patriots were supposed to make their way down Interstate 65 for a game against top-ranked Hoover. But Jan. 29 passed without Bob Jones meeting the Bucs on the court. "We hated when that opportunity didn't arise for us when that snow (came) and we couldn't come," coach Tim Miller said. "We hoped we would have the opportunity to see them again. We felt like we would be there. We weren't sure if we would be." Now, after dispatching Davidson 51-41 Friday in the Class 6A girls semifinal, the Patriots are there. Class 6A's No. 2 will play for a three-peat when it faces the Hoover-Jeff Davis winner at 5 Saturday evening. "We would like to play Hoover," Miller said. "We know that's a challenge for us because of the team that they have. They've got five or six girls 6-1 or better and we don't have anybody over 5-9. First, the Patriots had to turn back a Warriors squad that jumped out to a 13-2 lead in the first quarter Friday. Devina Moulds got two baskets for Davidson in that early run and Aundre Adams had two long jumpers. Bob Jones responded by having Tierra Jones guard Moulds. The team also turned to Rikeya McKinnon, who hit a couple of 3-pointers. "We didn't start hard from the jump," McKinnon said. "Somebody needed to step up and hit a shot. We all needed to step up." Mekena Randall did that. She proved too quick for Davidson inside with her drop-step moves and then her drives from up high. Randall led Bob Jones with 19 points and nine rebounds while McKinnon followed with 11. Adams paced Davidson (31-4) with 16 points; Moulds had 10 points and 11 boards. Birmingham News -- Solomon Crenshaw Jr., February 26, 2010 12:45 p.m.

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 Lady Pats simply win

Huntsville Times ArticleMADISON - Can't do it, that's what the Bob Jones High girls basketball team heard over and over again. Can't make it back to the Class 6A final four in Birmingham. Can't win a third straight state championship. Can't do it because all five starters are gone from the two-time defending state champs. "The expectations outside this gym were not real good," coach Tim Miller said. By now, of course, the bandwagon is overflowing and revisionist history is being written. By now, the members of those state title teams who told the current players they couldn't do it are now fighting for first-class seats on the bandwagon. "They got ragged a little bit last year by last year's group," Miller said. "They said they're not going to be as successful or not going to win, your coach is going to UAH. "It all kind of weighed on them. They had something to prove." The only place Miller is going is back to Birmingham as the Patriots have a 9 a.m. date with Davidson High on Friday in the state semifinals. "Nobody on this team ever quits," senior Mekena Randle said. "And we all wanted it as bad as each other." Still, back to Birmingham? Back for a shot at a third straight title? "That was never not a goal," senior Tiarra Pritchett said. "That's always been a goal. I know from the beginning, we always said go game by game. That was our main thing." Game by game, Bob Jones has done little this season but win. The Patriots' offense isn't flashy, and there is no star for opponents to obsess about. Mostly, it's defense. Lots and lots of defense. In the Northwest Regional final win over Sparkman, Bob Jones squeaked out a 26-25 win. In the regional semifinal, Hillcrest scored just 23 points. "We have nobody over 5-foot-9 and don't have the best skill, based on previous teams we've had," Miller said. "They work hard at it but they don't have the best skill. They want to defend, they want to win and they compete. "And they do it night in and night out. It's a collective group. They don't care who scores. They don't care how we win. Just win." Defense and hard work are nice but, at the end of the day for a team that replaced all five starters, should anyone be surprised Bob Jones is back in Birmingham? "Yeah, me, for one," Miller said. "I'm very surprised." "A lot of people were surprised," Randle said. "We weren't. We knew from the beginning what we could do. We just had to get out and do it." Now everyone is on Bob Jones' side - even the skeptics of the 2009 state champs. "We had all five of the girls texting me and texting them like crazy (last week)," Miller said. "Wishing them luck, hope you do well, go get them. "All five of them - not just one or two - all five. It means something to them."
Wednesday, February 24, 2010, By Paul Gattis
, Times Sports Staff paul.gattis@htimes.com

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 Bob Jones wins 32nd Game

Examiner.comEither both teams were extremely strong defensively or neither team had awoke yet for the early morning regional game held at Tom Drake Coliseum on the campus of Wallace State College; but with 2:28 left in the quarter, the score stood at 2-0 in favor of the Sparkman Lady Senators. The only score at that point was a basket underneath for Jasmine Jones of Sparkman. Bob Jones was eventually able to get into the scoring column with a 3-pointer by Tiarra Pritchett. The Lady Patriots (32-2) was able to add one more score before the buzzer with another trey, this time by Rikeya McKinnon, for a 6-2 advantage. "This was one of those games where we had a little luck on our side," said Bob Jones head coach Tim Miller. " These two teams are so evenly matched, that it is a coin flip as to who is going to win. That was our ninth game on the season that was decided by three points or less."

Sparkman (25-7) outscored the Lady Patriots slightly in the second quarter to trail 12-9 heading into the locker rooms and both teams got a few more shots to fall offensively in the third quarter, with Sparkman having the edge 12-8 for the first lead change of the game since Bob Jones took the lead back in the first quarter. Sharin Rivers took the honors, as she got the offensive put-back off a missed shot by Alexis Butler. "We had our chance to win, but we just could not get it done," said Sparkman head coach June Seals. "I have to put the blame on myself for that one. We had a great game plan, but could not execute it like we should have." The Lady Senators pushed out to their biggest lead of the game with a shot by Jasmine Jones to start the final stanza, but Bob Jones was able to score six of the final eight points of the game to lay claim to the Northwest Regional title and make a return trip to Birmingham for a shot at another AHSAA state title. Although she tried to down-play her role in the final quarter, McKinnon was responsible for all points score by the Lady Patriots, as she drained two 3-pointers, including the game winner. Bob Jones was led in scoring by Pritchett with 14 points, two rebounds and two assists, McKinnon had nine points (all 3-pointers), two rebounds and a blocked shot, Alisia Mathews followed with two each in points and rebounds, Makena Randle scored nine boards, two steals and one point, Tierra Jones contributed with two steals and a rebound, and Shelby Lambert added two rebounds and an assist. Sparkman was led by Jones with 11 points, 10 rebounds and two blocked shots for a double-double, DeAsia Henley followed with six points, one rebound and an assist, Ashunte Smith contributed with four points, four boards, two steals and one assist, Rivers added three rebounds, two points and a steal, while Butler finished with two points, five rebounds and an assist. The Northwest All-regional team selections for Class 6A girls were Tiarra Pritchett (MVP), Rikeya McKinnon and Makena Randle for Bob Jones, Jasmine Jones and Sharin Rivers of Sparkman, and Chelsee Black for Bessemer City (Jess Lanier High).

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 McKinnon proves clutch

Huntsville Times Article

Junior's late 3-pointer propels Bob Jones past Sparkman 26-25 in final

HANCEVILLE - Rikeyah McKinnon lost neither her faith nor her 3-point shooting touch. McKinnon made up for several missed shots with the two biggest of her career Friday, sinking two treys in the fourth quarter to account for all of Bob Jones' points in the period as the Lady Patriots punched a return ticket to Birmingham and the Class 6A girls final four.  McKinnon's second 3-pointer in the period provided the difference for the two-time defending state champions with 18 seconds to play in a 26-25 victory archrival Sparkman in the Northwest Regional final at Wallace State-Hanceville. She came around a screen to take a pass and didn't hesitate to fire away from the top of the key despite making just one of her previous four 3-point attempts, making the decisive shot in the third one-point game between the two teams this season. "I was wide open,'' she said. "I knew we needed a 3. I hadn't hit throughout the game, but something inside me said 'shoot.' I had faith. Something told me it was going in.'' Bob Jones (32-2) will play Davidson, the South Regional winner, in the state semifinals Friday at 9 a.m. at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center. After the Lady Patriots went ahead, Sparkman's Jasmine Jones had a driving shot roll off the rim. Bob Jones rebounded and was fouled with 9.1 seconds left. The Lady Senators had only two fouls, so with not enough time to put Bob Jones at the free-throw line a steal was necessary. They got it when Ashunte Smith picked off an inbound pass, and her shot in the lane that followed bounced away. Bob Jones rebounded again and ran out the clock.
Saturday, February 20, 2010, By Mike Easterling,Times Sports Writer mike.easterling@htimes.com




Northwest Regional @ Wallace State Community College in Hanceville

Tuesday (2-16) – 9:00 a.m.
Sparkman 64 - Bessemer City 57
Read about the Sparkman win over Hazel Green
Read about the Bessemer City win over Tuscaloosa County

Tuesday (2-16) – 1 p.m.
Bob Jones 51 - Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 23
Game Photos
Read about the Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa win over Minor

Friday (2-19) – 9:00 a.m.
NW Regional Finals
Bob Jones 26 - Sparkman 25
Game Photos

Northwest Regional All-Tournament Team
From Bob Jones High School
Rikeyah McKinnon, Mekena Randle and Tiarra Pritchett was the Tournament's Most Valuable Player (MVP)


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 Bob Jones earns return trip to final four

Huntsville Times Article

Rikeya McKinnon made a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left to play to provide the winning margin. She accounted for all of Bob Jones' points in the fourth quarter with two 3-pointers. Sparkman's Ashunte Smith stole an inbound pass with less than 10 seconds left and took a shot in the lane, but the ball bounced around the rim a couple of times and went out before Bob Jones rebounded and ran out the clock. Tiarra Pritchett scored 14 points for Bob Jones (32-2) and was named tournament Most Valuable Player. Jasmine Jones led Sparkman (25-7) with 11 points. By Mike Easterling,February 19, 2010, 10:40AM


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 Lady Patriots set for for Sparkman rematch

Huntsville Times ArticleHANCEVILLE - The Bob Jones High girls needed a spark. Lady Patriots coach Tim Miller tried to ignite one by making a mass substitution of five for five midway through the first quarter. But Bob Jones wouldn't shake what Miller and senior Mekena Randle called a "sluggish'' start in their 51-23 Class 6A girls Northwest Regional semifinal win over Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa until the second period Tuesday. Junior Rikeya McKinnon finally gave the team an energy boost with nine straight points to end the first half and push Bob Jones to a 25-7 lead entering the third quarter at Wallace State-Hanceville. She started the run with a 3-pointer and finished it with a steal-and-layup on her way to a game-high 15 points. "We finally got some transition buckets in the second quarter to stretch out the lead,'' Miller said. Bob Jones (31-2), ranked second, plays archrival and fourth-ranked Sparkman (25-6) for the regional title Friday at 9 a.m. The Lady Patriots are two-time defending regional and state champions. Hillcrest (15-15) had a woeful time trying to score. The Lady Patriots shot 16.7 percent in the first half, sinking 3-of-18 from the field. The Lady Patriots finished with a shooting percentage of 27.8 percent (10-of-36) and left coach Jerome Elliott at a loss to explain his team's failures here. Hillcrest had made five straight trips to the regional and have lost to Sparkman three times and Bob Jones twice. The last two setbacks have been particularly humiliating. Sparkman defeated Hillcrest 83-31 last season. "This is well beyond the number of times I wanted to come here and not be successful,'' he said. "It's at a point now where the thing is old. We get to this stage and all of a sudden go south.'' Bob Jones never trailed, but led only 13-5 after one quarter and held the 25-7 halftime advantage. Miller was perturbed with his team's overall play and chalked it up to lack of experience. He replaced all starters from last year's team. "We had seven or eight who were bug-eyed in the locker room at the half,'' he said. Randle scored five straight points to open the second half and the Lady Patriots were on their way to the final where they'll meet Sparkman for the fifth straight year.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010, By Mike Easterling, Times Sports Writer mike.easterling@htimes.com


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 Sluggish fourth quarter can't deny Bob Jones, 52-43

Huntsville Times ArticleNEW MARKET - The Bob Jones High girls basketball team survived Thursday night's Class 6A sub-regional against Buckhorn despite making only 8-of-16 free throws in the fourth quarter. The second-ranked Lady Patriots held off the No. 8 Lady Bucks 52-43. They advanced to play at noon Tuesday at the Northwest Regional in Hanceville against Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa. "We defended fairly well," Bob Jones coach Tim Miller said. "We're not finishing late-game situations because we're not hitting free throws. Don't get me wrong. I'm happy for the win, we're moving on. At this stage any win is a good win." Mekena Randle had 17 points and eight rebounds for the two-time defending state champions (30-2). Shelby Lambert scored 10. "We're a team this year," said Randle, a senior center. "We depend on each other more and more each game." "We really didn't play very well," said Lambert, a senior guard. "But we are improving and we're working hard. We'll definitely be better in this situation next time. But it is a win, we'll take it." The Lady Patriots led 34-22 after three quarters and withstood the game's frantic closing minutes when the Lady Bucks kept putting them on the foul line. Lambert made 3-of-4 free throws in the fourth quarter and 5-of-6 for the game. Jacquelyn Thompson scored 11, including three 3-pointers, for the Lady Bucks (16-11). "I think we couldn't really get going offensively in the early quarters and we struggled getting the ball down low," Buckhorn coach Anthony Bell said. "We missed a whole bunch of layups and turned the ball over. They (the Lady Patriots) do a great job taking care of the basketball." Miller said he wants his young team to understand the importance of layups and free throws in late-game situations. His 12 players include seven sophomores, four seniors and one junior. "Our team played hard," Miller said. "They are listening. None of these girls have been in a playoff atmosphere like this so it is new and we're still growing and learning." By Skip Vaughn for the Times




Sub-Regional: Thursday, February 11, 2010

Thursday (2-11) – 7:00 p.m.

Game 13 – Minor 46 at Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 50
Game 14 – Tuscaloosa County 55 at Bessemer City 70
Game 15 – Hazel Green 46 at Sparkman 62
Game 16 – Bob Jones 52 at Buckhorn 43


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 Sparkman wins it late

Huntsville Times ArticleLayup at buzzer shocks Bob Jones
in area final, 40-39

MADISON - Joyce Kenon had never experienced the state's premier girls basketball rivalry until she enrolled at Sparkman last summer and became a part of the Lady Senators' program. Fourth-ranked Sparkman and second-ranked Bob Jones played yet another classic Saturday night in the Class 6A, Area 15 championship game. And no one had a bigger role in determining the outcome than Kenon, a 5-foot-10 reserve. Kenon tossed in a layup off an in-bounds play as time expired to lift the Lady Senators to a stunning 40-39 victory on the Lady Patriots' home floor. Sparkman (23-6) overcame a six-point deficit in the final 39 seconds to snap Bob Jones' 23-game winning streak. Kenon had kept Sparkman's hopes alive with a 3-pointer with 8.2 seconds remaining. After Bob Jones turned the ball over attempting to throw it in, the Lady Senators got possession underneath their own basket. Bob Jones (29-2) - which had fouls to spare - immediately committed one on 6-foot-1 center Jasmine Jones with 1.8 seconds left. Unable to lob the ball into Jones again, it instead came to Kenon, who streaked across the lane from outside the free-throw line and went up with the layup as the horn sounded. While Sparkman celebrated, Bob Jones coach Tim Miller sought an explanation from the three-man officiating crew as to whether Kenon had released the shot with time on the clock. One official near mid-court appeared to wave it off before all three left the court. Moments later the lead referee emerged to rule that the shot indeed counted and the Lady Senators' celebration resumed. "It was not supposed to come to me," Kenon said, "but I saw the opening so I figured 'Why don't I just hit the open area.' " "We knew they'd put two or three on J.J. (Jones)," said Sparkman coach June Seals. "This kid (Kenon) has hit unbelievable layups. She has an unorthodox shot so I put her on the other side knowing that they've got to cover (Sharin) Rivers. "When she got it she flipped it up. But she shoots 'em that way all the time." How long had it been since Bob Jones lost? To put it in perspective, Tim Tebow was quarterback of the nation's No. 1-ranked college football team and U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith was still a Democrat when the Lady Patriots fell to No. 1 Hoover back in November. A 12-0 fourth-quarter run pushed the Lady Patriots' lead to 36-28 with 1:12 remaining, but they failed to put the game away from the free-throw line, missing five down the stretch. Rivers' 3-pointer made it 38-35 with 27.5 seconds to go. A free throw by Shelly Lambert gave Bob Jones a 39-35 lead with 23 seconds left, but Kenon scored her only five points of the game in the final seconds to hand Sparkman its first win in three tries against the Lady Patriots. Bob Jones travels to Area 16 champion Buckhorn for next week's sub-regional play. Sparkman hosts Area 15 runner-up Hazel Green. Jones led Sparkman with 11 points and Alexis Butler added 10. Sunday, February 07, 2010, By Jerry Felts, For The Times


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 Bob Jones delivers defensive dandy in victory

Huntsville Times ArticleMADISON - Stingy.
That's what host Bob Jones High was Thursday night against Austin in the semi-finals of the Class 6A, Area 15 girls basketball tournament. The second-ranked Lady Patriots (29-1) allowed only nine baskets - one in the first quarter, two in the second, two in the third and four in the fourth - in a 54-26 victory over the Lady Black Bears (12-14). "Defense has always been our trademark," said Bob Jones coach Tim Miller, who celebrated his 300th career win. "We did a good job of pressuring the ball tonight." Almost everybody scored for the Lady Patriots (seven in the first quarter alone), who fell behind 2-0 and then proceeded to go on a 15-0 run. Sophomore Tierra Jones, with 14 points, was the only one to reach double-figure scoring. "We've been that way all year long. It doesn't matter who does the scoring for us," Miller said. "We get production out of everybody. We like that balance." Bob Jones plays Sparkman at 7 p.m. Saturday for the title. Bill Bryant, Huntsville Times staff report

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 Lady Patriots take charge

Huntsville Times ArticleNo. 2 Bob Jones tops Grissom 51-19. Bob Jones coach Tim Miller moved one game closer to career win No. 300 as the Class 6A, second-ranked Lady Patriots broke open a tight game in the second half to defeat Grissom 51-19 Tuesday night. Tierra Jones scored 14 points to lead Bob Jones (28-1). The Lady Patriots led 14-7 at the half, then eased away to a 30-16 lead entering the fourth quarter. "We played with them for three quarters, then couldn't make a shot,'' Lady Tigers coach Guy Collins said. Natalie Farmer had seven points to lead Grissom (9-15). MeKena Randle added 12 for Bob Jones (27-1) which Friday plays at Lee before traveling Saturday to take on top-ranked Hoover. The Lady Bucs defeated Bob Jones 41-35 in December. "We would like to execute better than the last time we played them,'' Miller said. "You go into each game looking for more consistency on each end, and going into a game with this type of competition, if we don't we'll get beat pretty good.'' Grissom will play host to Columbia on Friday. Mike Easterling,Wednesday, January 27, 2010, From staff reports,
Huntsville Times

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 Bob Jones Still Rolling

Huntsville Times Article
Lady Patriots fine with busy schedule, top Buckhorn 47-30
MADISON - The Bob Jones High girls played their fourth basketball game in five days Tuesday night. But the Lady Patriots attacked Buckhorn with the zeal of a season opener in a battle of Top 10 teams. Mekena Randle scored 10 points to lead the way as Bob Jones, ranked second on Class 6A, defeated the ninth-ranked Lady Bucks 47-30. "The more reps we get the better we'll get, "Randle said as she iced a fractured wrist. She added it only hurts when it "gets hit." Bob Jones improved to 25-1 -- its lone loss was to top-ranked Hoover in the seventh game of the season - while Buckhorn dropped to 14-7. "We didn't show up to play," Lady Bucks guard Krishayle Evans said. "When we played scared, we'll get beat by whatever the score was or worse." The Lady Patriots take on Muscle Shoals on Thursday and meet Florence on Friday. The Lady Bucks next play at home against Area 16 foe and archival Hazel Green. Buckhorn can clinch homecourt for the area tournament with a win, while a Lady Trojans victory would force a tie. "We're trying to avoid a coin toss," Lady Bucks coach Anthony Bell said. Tuesday night, Buckhorn couldn't avoid another loss to the Lady Patriots. Buckhorn lost to Bob Jones for the second time this season and hasn't defeated its former county rival since the 2001-02 season. However, the two teams haven't played each season since. Things began well enough for the Lady Bucks, who led 11-8 at the end of the first quarter. But Bob Jones moved ahead in the second and was in control at the half 26-15. The Lady Patriots led by as much as 15 points in the third quarter, took a 36-26 lead into the fourth and the closest the Lady Bucks got the rest of the way was 40-30 with 2:47 left. According to Bob Jones coach Tim Miller, the busy game schedule has been good for his team. "You want to work on your stuff against somebody else," he said. "Your still finding out what will work, what doesn't work. And the kids like it better." Rikeyah McKinnon said the Lady Patriots continue to be a work in progress as they gear up to host the area tournament beginning Feb. 5. "I feel like we've gotten a lot better since December," she said. "But, we've got a long way to go." Jacquelyn Lambert led Buckhorn with 10 points.

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 Bob Jones 65, Shades Valley 40

Birmingham News Article

Class 6A second-ranked Bob Jones used a 10-0 run to start the second quarter to build a 25-8 lead on the way to an easy victory in Martin Luther King Day girls basketball at Samford.

The two-time defending class champion Patriots (24-1) kept the Mounties (17-6) at bay with tight man-to-man defense and were able to get plenty of easy baskets inside.

"Anytime someone is that aggressive with us we have trouble handling it," said Shades Valley coach Tonya Hunter. "They play really good defense. It's the best defense we've faced this year."

The Patriots started quickly with an 8-0 run keyed by a pair of baskets from senior 5-foot-5 point guard Tiarra Pritchett, who finished with eight points in the balanced attack. Tierra Jones led Bob Jones with 12 points off the bench while Shelby Lambert nailed three 3-pointers for nine points and Rikeyah McKinnon added nine points.

Morganne Phillips and Ashlee McAdory each scored 13 points to lead the Mounties. Birmingham News - Dennis Victory, January 18, 2010 8:31 p.m.


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 Bob Jones girls clinch area title vs. Sparkman

Huntsville Times Article

HARVEST - It was vintage Bob Jones vs. Sparkman girls. At least in effort and drama. The Lady Patriots, ranked second in Class 6A, were held to 10 baskets but held the fourth-ranked Lady Senators to 12 and clinched the Area 15 championship with a 30-26 victory Saturday. "It's not a sprint but a marathon every time you play Sparkman,'' Bob Jones coach Tim Miller said. "I think we defended well, and they do some things to us that caused the score to be low.'' Tiarra Pritchett was high-scorer for Bob Jones (23-1 overall, 5-1 area) with nine points. "We missed a lot of easy shots, open baskets,'' she said. There was an echo in the locker room at the other end of the gym. "We missed wide-open shots,'' Sparkman coach June Seals said. "My kids do not handle the pressure well right now. They play their guts out, but they've got to get a basketball mentality. They have to learn to finish shots.'' Sparkman (17-6, 2-3) was led by Jasmine Jones' 11 points and seven rebounds. Bob Jones sank 8-of-15 free throws while the Lady Senators sank just 1-of-6. Sunday, January 17, 2010, By Mike Easterling, Times Sports Writer mike.easterling@htimes.com


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 Lady Patriots roll past Austin

Huntsville Times ArticleMADISON - Seniors Mekena Randle and Tiarra Pritchett scored 11 and 10 points, respectively, as the Bob Jones High girls basketball team rolled past Austin 50-29 on Tuesday. Bob Jones (21-1, 5-0 in 6A, Area 15) jumped out to a 27-13 halftime lead.

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 Hartselle Tigers fall in finals to Bob Jones

Decatur Daily 2009 Decatur Orthopaedic Clinic Classic Brackets
The 2009 edition of the Decatur Orthopaedic Clinic Classic girls basketball tournament came to a close Wednesday night with Bob Jones claiming the championship with a 31-30 win over Hartselle... The Patriots beat Carver-Montgomery 61-39 in the opening round of the tourney followed by a 59-43 win over Athens on day two. Bob Jones struggled in a 40-37 overtime win against a very athletic Fairfield squad. In the tournament finals, the Patriots struggled again with very poor shooting and multiple turnovers. Bob Jones held on to win the tournament by beating Hartselle 31-30. Bob Jones Lady Patriot's Tiarra Pritchett, Shelby Lambert and Mekena Randle all were selected to the All-Tournament team and Randle was named the Tournament MVP.

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 Top lineup set for 26th Classic

Decatur Daily
6A champ Bob Jones seen as Decatur Orthopaedic Clinic favorite

If you love high school basketball, next week is one of the most wonderful times of the year. Local girls basketball fans don’t have to travel far from the comforts of home to enjoy great competition in one of the longest-standing girls tournaments in the state when the 26th annual Decatur Orthopaedic Clinic Classic begins Monday at Decatur High. The three-day tournament will feature eight games Monday, followed by eight games both Tuesday and Wednesday in Earl Morris Gymnasium. The finals are set for Wednesday at 8 p.m. “I think the big thing this year is that we have a field where half of the teams in it could win the tournament. At least half of the field could win it and it not be a surprise.” While defending tournament champion and two-time defending Class 6A state champion Bob Jones is the favorite, the Lady Patriots will be challenged by several other teams in this year’s field. This year’s field includes two state-ranked teams — 6A No. 2 Bob Jones and 2A No. 8 Tanner — while four others have been in the rankings at some point this season. Local teams fared well in last year’s tournament. Sparkman beat Decatur 61-33 in last year’s championship game. Clay-Chalkville finished third in the tournament last year, beating Austin in the consolation finals. Two local teams square off on the first day when 6A Austin meets 4A Priceville at 6:30 p.m. Boy expects it to be one of the most hotly contested games of the day. “Priceville is in for the first time and we’re excited to have them,” Boy said. “I look forward to seeing that (Austin vs. Priceville) game for sure.” Two more teams added from last year are regular Northwest Regional qualifier 6A Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa along with 5A Fairfield, now coached by Tiffany Frederick, who played in the tournament during her prep days. “Those two coming in really beef up this field,” Boy said. “I think we’ve got a nice flavor for some different kinds of basketball.” For the host team, Boy said it’s a chance “to get back on track,” after going 1-2 recently in the Huntsville Times Ladies Classic. Decatur’s girls earned a No. 9 state ranking earlier in the season. “We had a very disappointing Huntsville Times Classic. There’s no secret in that and we’re not going to hide from that,” Boy said. “We need to use this tournament to build momentum for the second half of the season.” Tournament admission for each day will be $5. By Brooke Milam, Sports Writer


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 Lady Pats filled with super subs

Huntsville Times ArticleMADISON - Not long after the Bob Jones High girls had taken a one-point second-quarter lead in what to that point had been a back-and-forth affair with Hazel Green, five players dressed in home white trotted from the bench and squatted at the scorer's table. Lady Patriots coach Tim Miller wasn't subbing 5-for-5 for motivational purposes during Wednesday's championship game of The Huntsville Times Classic. He was doing it because he could do it. "Oh yeah, it's by design," he said. About four minutes later, when the halftime buzzer sounded, Class 6A's second-ranked team and two-time defending champion headed to the locker room with a 15-point advantage. Bob Jones went on to claim a 62-40 victory for its third straight Huntsville Times Classic title at its home gym. "We have so many people that we can put in," said 5-foot-8 sophomore forward Katie Colson, who had nine points off the bench for the Lady Patriots. "We all get playing time, and any one of us can step up." Much has been made about Miller having to replace the five starters from the juggernaut that rolled through the past couple of Februarys. All of them signed Division I scholarships. While the individual talent might not be as strong, collectively the Lady Patriots are doing just fine. Eight different players scored in the first half against the Lady Trojans, which fit right in with Miller's plan. "This being our fourth game in three days, and playing a transition team like them, I told everybody they would get an opportunity to play," Miller said. "We like to push it, too. Sometimes, it just depends on the style of play we're facing." In this particular case, the style was physical from the tip. Bodies flopped. Hips were checked. Tempers were occasionally on the cusp of being flared. By early in the second half, Miller and his counterpart Chad Hall were effectively in time out. Each of them had been assessed technical fouls. For a first meeting - which this was - it sure had the look of a February postseason game after several previous engagements.  "I feel like most teams get up to play Bob Jones," Miller said. "Everybody wants to beat us, and the girls on this team are beginning to see that on a daily basis." For the first 12 or so minutes, Hazel Green had its nose right in there, but it eventually had its impressive tournament run stopped for a variety of reasons. The Lady Trojans had a difficult time rebounding and defending, leading Hall to say afterward that the officials "took the game out of our hands." But the first-year coach was also quick to point out "their bench took the lead and stretched it out," which effectively put Hazel Green's hopes of an upset to rest. "They play hard, without a doubt," Hall said of the Lady Patriots. "We want our program to be where Bob Jones is." It has to be happy where it is right now, with 14 victories and just one loss. "We're just having a lot of fun," Colson said, "and we're all playing together." If nothing else, these Lady Patriots have answered any questions about how they were going to replace all of that departed talent. It's apparent they are capable of building a legacy of their own. It's still early, of course. And pulling it off won't be easy. But at least they have a lot of folks willing to lend a hand. Thursday, December 24, 2009, Huntsville Times, Contact Bill Bryant at bill.bryant@htimes.com

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 Hosts win it all

Huntsville Times ArticleMADISON - Shelby Lambert heard what her coach was saying. "During a timeout we were talking about what we need to do to score,'' the Bob Jones senior guard said. "He looked at me and said, 'You've got to knock some shots down.' '' Lambert listened and helped set off what proved to be a decisive run in the second half of the second quarter as the host Lady Patriots won their third straight championship at the ninth annual Huntsville Times Ladies Classic. The Wednesday afternoon crowd looked on as Bob Jones turned a tense one-point game into a comfortable halftime lead en route to a 62-40 win over Hazel Green. The game was ragged at times and both head coaches - Bob Jones' Tim Miller and the Lady Trojans' Chad Hall - were whistled for technical fouls. "Hazel Green is a transition, up-and-down team and we want to run too so we started playing (a lot of) kids,'' Miller said. "And it's fun when you hit some shots.'' Bob Jones, the second-ranked team and two-time defending Class 6A state champion, and 6A Hazel Green, which made a surprise run through the tournament into the finals, were locked in a heated battle through 1 1/2 quarters. But after the Lady Trojans trimmed a 16-12 deficit they were in at the start of the second period to 20-19 with 4:59 left, the Lady Patriots' perimeter players went to work. Lambert sank a 3-pointer, Tierra Jones scored underneath, Lambert made another trey and, after Katie Colson scored, Alexis Parkes made a 3-pointer to end a 13-0 run. With 1:01 until halftime, Bob Jones' lead swelled to 33-19 and it took a 36-31 lead into the third quarter. While Lambert and company were opening up the outside, the Bob Jones duo of Mekena Randle and Jones made it difficult on Hazel Green's post players. "Those two girls were hard,'' Hall said. "They were bigger, and that's our weakness. And when they've got a couple of players who can make shots outside, that makes it hard.'' Randle led Bob Jones (14-1) with 13 points and 12 rebounds. "You know what you'll get with us,'' Miller said. "We're going to Mekena and hope we get some shots from somebody else.'' Lambert said while the Lady Patriots have faith in their guards to score, the team's post players "were above the other teams we saw here.'' Chelsi Bryant paced Hazel Green (9-8) with 13 points. Bob Jones next plays Monday against Pinson Valley in Decatur High's Red River Classic. Hazel Green is entered in the Northwest Alabama Tournament at Lauderdale County beginning Saturday. Hall said the Classic should only make his first Hazel Green team better as it gears up for the second half. "Without a doubt,'' he said. "Nobody expected us to be in the finals.'' Thursday, December 24, 2009, By Mike Easterling, Times Sports Writer mike.easterling@htimes.com

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 Patriots Beat Hazel Green to Claim 3rd Straight HSV Times Classic

Bob Jones High School

Final 2009 HSV Times Classic Brackets

The Bob Jones Lady Patriots held off the Hazel Green Lady Trojans 62-40 in a very physical game to capture their 3rd straight Huntsville Times Classic championship. The Lady Trojans remained close early with a series of long three point shots but slowed after senior Chelsie Bryant went down with an injury. Bob Jones was able to widen the gap in the second quarter reaching a 36-21 lead at half.

In the semi-final game against Madison Academy, it took overtime before the Lady Patriots were able to close the deal 39-37. Bob Jones finally seemed to get over their poor free throw shooting coming into the tourney with a very high percentage over the four games. Mekena Randle, Tiarra Pritchett and Shelby Lambert from the Lady Patriot squad all made the All-Tournament team.


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 OT THRILLER

Huntsville Times Article

Bob Jones girls hold off Madison Academy 39-37 in semifinal

MADISON - With the game on the line and its goal of a third straight tournament championship in doubt, the Bob Jones High girls basketball team turned to something that's been problematic throughout the season.


"I didn't want to get into a free-throw shooting contest with them, that's for sure,'' Lady Patriots coach Tim Miller said. "But we did shoot them better than we have all year.'' A semifinal game at the ninth annual The Huntsville Times Ladies Classic didn't turn into a free-throw-fest, but the Lady Patriots sank 6-of-7 for all of their points in overtime as they survived upset-minded Madison Academy with a thrilling 39-37 victory Tuesday. Senior Mekena Randle, who said Bob Jones has stressed getting better at the charity stripe, sank 4-of-4 in overtime. Her last two with 12 seconds remaining proved to be the difference after Madison Academy threw the ball out of bounds as time expired. Randle said the tense game was what tournament play is all about. "It won't be a surprise when it happens later on,'' she said after leading all scorers with 18 points. "It will mentally prepare us.'' Bob Jones (13-1), which is ranked second in Class 6A and has also won two straight state championships, plays tournament surprise Hazel Green (9-7) today at 3 p.m. for the title. The Lady Trojans advanced with a 62-55 semifinal win over Jeff Davis. "They're quick and athletic and have three or four players that can shoot,'' Miller said. "We'll have our hands full.'' Madison Academy (14-2), the top-ranked team in 3A whose both losses have been to Bob Jones, will play Jeff Davis (12-4) today at 1:30 p.m. for third place. "We can only get better from here,'' Madison Academy junior Nyla Johnson said after leading the Lady Mustangs with 17 points. Madison Academy jumped out to a 5-0 lead, but Bob Jones went ahead 9-7 when Randle scored as the clock ran out on the first quarter. The Lady Patriots held a 20-13 halftime lead and took a 26-23 advantage into the fourth quarter. The lead never got bigger than five points, and the Lady Mustangs tied it when Johnson hit a 3-pointer and teammate Amara Mayer followed with a basket to make it 33-all with 1:53 left in regulation. Madison Academy regained possession with 30 seconds left, and played for the last shot. It nearly paid off when Johnson, the team's leading scorer, had a short jump shot from near the side of the lane bounce off the rim as the clock wound down. "I thought it was in,'' Lady Mustangs coach Brian Privett said. Instead, the two teams played an extra period of intense hoops in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Bob Jones. "That was two good teams with good players,'' Miller said. "It was a good high school game to watch. I thought both teams battled.'' Privett agreed with Johnson's assessment that the team will get better despite the loss. "I was proud of the girls for playing through the adversity of facing a tough defensive team,'' he said. "We're both very good defensively. The thing is you can't simulate playing someone like them in practice.'' Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - By Mike Easterling, Times Sports Writer mike.easterling@htimes.com


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 Lady Pats cruise

Huntsville Times ArticleMADISON - The host Bob Jones Lady Patriots were in control from the outset, but the team was not thrilled despite winning for the fifth straight game to open the first day of The Huntsville Times Ladies Classic.

Bob Jones, ranked second in Class 6A and now 11-1 with its lone loss coming to top-ranked Hoover, easily advanced to the tournament quarterfinals with a 61-39 Monday night victory over Carver-Montgomery. Bob Jones will play Athens at 4:30 p.m. The winner advances to a 7:30 p.m. semifinal, while the loser will fall to a 9 p.m. game in the consolation round. "We didn't play like we should have,'' Lady Patriots junior Rikeya McKinnon said. "We started off slow. We should have come out harder and tougher than we did and that's disappointing.'' Sophomore Joidon Jennings said the Lady Patriots took Saturday off from practice and it showed. "We came back looking like a completely different team,'' she said. "We just weren't executing.'' Mekena Randle scored 17 points and Jennings and Tierra Jones both added 10 for Bob Jones, which led 18-7 after one quarter and 32-14 at halftime. Tiffany Kelley and Shatavia Ferris both had 12 points for Carver (5-3), which plays Grissom today at 1:30 p.m. Mike Easterling - Tuesday, December 22, 2009, From staff reports, Huntsville Times

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 Defense does it

Huntsville Times Article

No. 2 Bob Jones girls hold off fourth-ranked Sparkman at home
MADISON - Round 1 went to the Bob Jones High girls basketball team Friday night. The second-ranked Lady Patriots, after losing five starters from last year's 6A state championship team, beat No. 4 Sparkman 28-27. Bob Jones moved to 7-1 overall and 1-0 in Area 15. After Bob Jones claimed a 7-4 first-quarter advantage, Sparkman (5-2, 0-1) took its first lead at the 6:28 mark of the second quarter. Sparkman outscored Bob Jones 13-4 in the second quarter to take the 17-11 halftime lead. "This week has been really frustrating for us after Monday's loss to Hoover," said Bob Jones' Mekena Randle. "So we had to show ourselves that we could get back up and play as a team. We are all leaders, and we all step up when we need to, and we never quit and we were not going to let them (Sparkman) come into our home and beat us." Bob Jones regained the lead for the first time since the first quarter with 5:23 to go in the game on a two free throws by DeAsha Campbell. Sparkman's Sharin Rivers gave the Lady Senators the lead again when she hit a 3-pointer basket. Randle later hit two layups to pull the Lady Patriots within 27-26. Rivers went to the foul line for a one-and-one and missed the shot, giving Bob Jones the opportunity to rebound. With eight seconds remaining, Randle hit a layup to put the Lady Patriots ahead 28-27 and seal the win. "It's always good to get a win, especially an area game, but we've still got a long way to go," Bob Jones coach Tim Miller said. Randle had 13 points for Bob Jones, while Campbell finished the night with eight. For Sparkman, Rivers has 14 points and Jasmine Jones had 10. From staff reports Huntsville Times


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 Lady Patriots' new look still a winner

Huntsville Times ArticleBob Jones girls are 6-1 so far with five new starters
MADISON - The starting lineup is entirely new, yet it features four seniors. That's the paradox facing the Bob Jones High girls basketball team, which is not as experienced as recent squads that won back-to-back Class 6A state championships. But while the Lady Patriots were expected to
be something of a puzzle early in the season, one thing has remained constant - they're still winning. This season's edition still plays clamp-down defense like its predecessors, just maybe more from baseline to baseline while relying more on the fastbreak. The new "go-go'' Lady Patriots (6-1) are ranked No. 2 with their only loss coming 41-35 to top-ranked Hoover. Another challenge awaits Friday when archrival and No. 4-ranked Sparkman visits. "Everybody thought it would be easy playing Bob Jones because we lost five starters and eight seniors," senior forward Mekena Randle said. Not just five starters - but five who signed Division I scholarships. Yet coach Tim Miller's cupboard wasn't left bare. Randle and fellow seniors Tiarra Pritchett, Shelby Lambert and Alisia Matthews all saw playing time in previous seasons. Two things highlight changes for Bob Jones this season. The team is shorter - Randle and Matthews are the team's tallest players at 5-foot-9 - though the Lady Patriots also have more overall quickness to offset the lack of height. The faster tempo didn't work against the Lady Buccaneers earlier this week, but the outcome was in doubt until the final minutes. "That shows you his ability to coach, to transform the program," said Hoover coach Donnie Quick, whose team finished runner-up to Bob Jones last season and features three players over 6-foot. Miller bemoaned his team's lack of a go-to player in the loss to Hoover, which rode stars Tyrese Tanner and Meghan Dunn down the stretch. Bob Jones sank just 1-of-12 3-pointers in the loss, allowing the Lady Bucs to sit back in zone defense. "I want our girls to shoot with pressure on and have confidence," Miller said. "Unless we do that, teams are going to (zone) us." Bob Jones also sank just 4-of-16 free throws in that game. "We've got to find somebody we can go-to," Miller said. "We have to have some body step up." The current Lady Patriots said they learned a few things from past players. "Always play hard and work together," Pritchett said. Matthews said this year's bunch does just that, working "just as hard" as any team in previous seasons. Though the team is running more during practice to accommodate the uptempo offense, Randle said one thing hasn't changed. "We're going to hang our hat on defense,'' she said. Thursday, December 03, 2009, By Mike Easterling, Times Sports Writer mike.easterling@htimes.com

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 No. 1 sinks No. 2

Huntsville Times ArticleBob Jones High girls can't match up with Hoover in 41-35 loss
MADISON - It was anything but easy, but one season after being turned back by Bob Jones High time and again the Hoover Lady Buccaneers finally tasted success against the Lady Patriots in a clash of unbeaten girls basketball teams. Hoover had to overcome a 12-0 Bob Jones run in the first half, as well as early foul trouble to Auburn-bound Tyrese Tanner, but did both in claiming a grinding 41-35 victory Monday night. The Lady Bucs came in ranked No. 1 in Class 6A with the two-time defending state champion Lady Patriots at No. 2. Bob Jones defeated Hoover
three times in three meetings last season, including 56-43 in the state title game, but had to replace five starters. "I wouldn't say we underestimated them,'' said Tanner, a 6-foot-1 guard/forward. "We had to stick with our defense and stay out of foul trouble. Hoover (6-0) was whistled for 17 fouls, while Bob Jones (6-1) had 15. "It was a tough game,'' Lady Bucs coach Donnie Quinn said. "Defensively, they're aggressive and it's hard to get a lot of good looks. I credit both defenses. That's why it was a low-scoring game.'' While Hoover sometimes has three 6-1 players in the lineup, Bob Jones has no player over 5-9. The Lady Patriots sank only 1-of-12 3-pointers and 4-of-16 free throws. The Lady Bucs were 5-of-8 at the free-throw line, all in the final 1:15. "I want to be in these situations at this time of the season,'' Lady Patriots coach Tim Miller said. "You can't simulate a game like this in practice. When you've got the uniforms on and people are in the stands is when you have to execute. "And I also can't simulate their height.'' Hoover (6-0) scored the game's first five points but Bob Jones (6-1), behind its fast-paced attack, scored the next 12 to end the quarter. Tanner was on the bench with two fouls during much of the run. Bob Jones clung to a 17-13 lead at halftime, but when Tanner entered to start the second half she immediately had an impact. She scored eight of her 12 points in the third quarter and teammate Shannon Steinart sank a 3-pointer to put Hoover ahead for good at 20-19 with 3:23 left in the period. The Lady Bucks led by as much as five and settled for a 29-25 advantage heading into the fourth. Bob Jones got to within two points at 29-27, but Hoover scored six straight points with five coming on a 3-pointer and basket by guard Megan Dunn. The lead never slipped below four points in the final 5:47. Dunn scored a game-high 13 points with eight coming in the fourth quarter. "Tanner and Dunn, they're going to them in crunch time and we knew that,'' Miller said. "We've got to have somebody step up. We played hard, we just struggled scoring.'' Randall, who along with fellow senior forward Alisia Matthews are the team's tallest players at 5-9, was the lone Lady Patriots player in double figures with 10 points. Despite the disappointment of the season's first loss, Randall said the setback would help the team. "It already did,'' she said. "We now know what we've got to work on.'' Tuesday, December 01, 2009 By Mike Easterling, Times Sports Writer mike.easterling@htimes.com

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     Contact/Sites
Coach Tim Miller
Bob Jones High School
650 Hughes Road
Madison, AL 35758
(256) 772-2547
Email Coach Miller


     Varsity Roster
Lambert, Shelby - Sr
Matthews, Alisia - Sr
Pritchett, Tiarra - Sr
Randle, Mekena - Sr
McKinnon, Rikeyah - Jr
Alindogan, JoJo - So
Campbell, DeAsha - So
Colson, Katie - So
Jennings, Joidon - So
Jones, Tierra - So
Parkes, Alexis - So

     Junior Varsity
Cole, Katie-Jr
Flores, Karley-Fr
Foust, Kayla-So
Herring, Lauren-Jr
Heuer, Devyn-Fr
Jennings, Lindsey-Fr
Keidel, Anna-Fr
Leary, China-Fr
Matthews, Andrea-So
Ratliff, Katlin-So
Sledge, Samantha-Jr
Stewart, Tariel-Jr
Travers, Rachel-So

     All-Sports Race

Here are the Top 10 point totals for the 2009-10 6A All-Sports Trophy standings, using the criteria established by The Birmingham News.

Top 10 Schools
 1. Bob Jones 48
 2. Mountain Brook 47
 3. Auburn 46
 4. Hoover 45
 5. McGill-Toolin 31
 6. Huntsville 26
 7. Grissom 22
 8. Oak Mountain 21
 9. Daphne 18
10. Hewitt-Trussville 17

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Listen to all the BJHS home basketball games at WUMP 730AM, The Ump!


     Old Articles
Friday, November 13
· Lady Patriots beat Grissom to go 5-0
Sunday, November 08
· Lady Patriots win 2009 Tip-Off Tournament
Monday, October 05
· Senior Guard Shelby Lambert represents her class at Homecoming
Saturday, September 19
· BJHS 2008-2009 Class 6A State Champions
Monday, July 27
· Two BJHS Coaches Earn State Honors
Monday, June 22
· 2009 Florida State Seminole Extreme Team Camp Updates
Friday, May 29
· Lady Patriots Receive $3000 Check from AL State Representative Mac McCutcheon
Thursday, May 07
· Minnesota Gophers sign ex-BJHS PG to National Letter of Intent
Thursday, April 09
· Huntsville players win Mr. and Miss Basketball awards
Sunday, March 22
· Jala Harris Leads All-State Team as "Player of the Year"
Friday, March 13
· Alabama-Mississippi Girls All-Star Basketball Game
Monday, March 02
· Bob Jones guard leads team to 2nd straight 6A girls basketball title
· Best of Final 48
Sunday, March 01
· Bob Jones seniors like championship sendoff
Thursday, February 26
· Bob Jones 47, Davidson 30
Wednesday, February 25
· Patriots rarely harried with Harris at point
Sunday, February 22
· Bob Jones girls top Sparkman again in regional final
· Calm? Yeah, right
Saturday, February 21
· Another Dozen for the Lady Patriots!
· Sparkman, Bob Jones won't require any pep talks
Thursday, February 19
· Harris cozy as Bob Jones coasts in 6A
Wednesday, February 18
· Bob Jones 71, Minor 39
Thursday, February 12
· Bob Jones runs away in Class 6A
Sunday, February 08
· Alabama Girls 6A Area 15 Tournament Wrap-Up
· 40 enough this time
Friday, February 06
· No problems for Bob Jones, Sparkman
Wednesday, January 28
· DOUBLE DRIBBLE
· Patriots' challenge
Sunday, January 25
· Bob Jones 43, Clay-Chalkville 31
Monday, January 12
· 2008 T-Mobile Invitational National High School Basketball
Sunday, January 11
· Repeating Themselves
Thursday, January 01
· Hoosier Hospitality
· Washington wins without Diggins down the stretch
Sunday, December 21
· Bob Jones coasts to Classic repeat
Saturday, December 20
· Bob Jones 83, Hazel Green 37
Wednesday, December 17
· Lady Patriots stifle Buckhorn
Wednesday, December 03
· Bob Jones defense shines
Monday, December 01
· BJHS Junior Varsity Win Thanksgiving Tourney
Sunday, November 16
· Five sign basketball papers at Bob Jones
Friday, November 14
· BJHS Lady Patriots Sign 5 to College Scholarships
Tuesday, November 11
· 2008 T-Mobile Invitational National High School Basketball Tournament
· Bob Jones girls beat Bucs
Sunday, November 09
· Bob Jones girls win own tourney
Sunday, November 02
· Bob Jones Lady Patriots Win Tip-Off Tournament
· Bob Jones Seeking Repeat in Class 6A
Friday, October 17
· Lady Patriots Volunteer at Special Olympics
Thursday, October 16
· Two Lady Patriots Selected to the Homecoming Court
Tuesday, September 09
· Bob Jones Girls attend benefit with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Thursday, August 14
· Bob Jones defeats Clay for state title
Wednesday, August 13
· Bob Jones High athletic program called state's best

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