Minden High and Lakeside meet in both tournament finals with each school taking one championship

SIBLEY—Minden High and Lakeside met in two different games on Championship Saturday at the 16th Annual Don Stahl Memorial Tournament.

The Crimson Tide and the Warriors met in the boys championship final, while the Lady Tiders and Lady Warriors met up in the girls’ finals.

In two hard-fought games, each school claimed a championship as the Tide and the Lady Warriors came out on top.
The Crimson Tide, led by A.J. Shine and Jay Beavers. beat Lakeside, 64-59 for the boys title, and LaJoya Garner led the Lady

Warriors past the Lady Tiders, 52-46 for the girls’ crown.

Minden Crimson Tide 64, Lakeside Warriors 59

 Both teams came out ready to play and were tied at 15-15 after the first quarter, but Minden out-scored Lakeside in the second, led by  Shine's eight points in the quarter, to take a seven-point lead into the half.

Minden came out hot in the third and built up their lead, but the Warriors narrowed the gap to eight points going into the fourth and final quarter.

The Warriors out-scored the Tide by three (19-16) in the final period, but it wasn't enough and Minden took home the trophy.

"We played hard and I was proud of the way my guys played," Lakeside head coach Jason Gould said. "They worked hard and tried their best to win the tournament, but we fell just a little bit short. Minden did a real good job of being steady and you could tell they are a much more experienced team than we are. They handled the heat and we made way too many mistakes."

Shine led Minden with 22 points and Beavers added 19.  D.J. Wallace scored nine points and Simon Theus, Jarome Walton and DeMonde  Harvey each scored four. T.J. Stanley scored two.

 T.J. Carpenter led lakeside with 24 points and Armon Wallace added 18. Akeem Johnson dropped in seven points. Tre’lon McDaniel and Adam Branch each scored four points and Wesley Hicks added two.

Minden defeated Haughton, 65-29 in the semi-final game.

Shine led the team with 18 points and Stanley added 11. Beavers scored 13 and Shine had six.

Lakeside Lady Warriors 52, Minden Lady Tiders 46

In a back-and-forth battle, the Lakeside Lady Warriors fought back from an early deficit to take a 52-46 win the girls’ championship finals over the Lady Tiders.

“The game was close from start to finish, a typical Lakeside, Minden battle,” Lady Warriors head coach Jimmie Davis said. “The game could have gone either way.”

Lady Tiders head coach jacob Brown agreed.

“It was a very well-played game on both sides,” he said. “Both teams played hard and got after each other defensively. I think the whole game, there never was a lead larger than six points either way.”

Minden led 15-10 after the first quarter, but Lakeside came back to lead 26-24 at the half. The Lady Warriors out-scored the Lady Tiders (10-8 and 16-14) in the final two quarters to get the win.

“I thought it came down to us fighting hard and wanting it more at the end,” Davis said. “We put together some clutch free throws down the stretch and Minden gave us everything we could handle, it just came down to the end.”

LaJoya Garner led Lakeside with 22 points and Daranesha Germany and Arnedia Wallace each scored 10.

“I was pleased with our efforts,” Brown said. “And I did see some progress even in defeat. We just have to work on the things we need to do to be successful.”

Jeronia Allen led Minden with 16 points and Nesha Wright scored 12. Kecia Hawk scored six and Carely Cavalier added nine.

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