Friday, March 9, 2007

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Shalamar D. Tresevant He the one On the right.

He is 17 and a junior at St= one Mountain high school..

Atlan= ta, GA

Great great great-gran= d Mother Ann Betties-Merritt.

Great great-Uncle Robert J Hunt Sr

Great grand mother Roxi Smith-Furgeson. =

Grand mother linda cle= mmons.
His mother is Gwen Mays.

Six county teams invade the Final Four

By Calleb Obumba

D= eKalb Neighbor Sports Editor

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I= t's no secret that DeKalb County is home = to some of the best basketball players and teams the state has to offer. O= ver the weekend, the county lived up to its billing after six teams punched tic= kets to play in the Final Four.

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S= tephenson, St. Pius and Marist girls, along with ML King, Tucker and Columbia boys will be making an appearance in the state semifinals starting today at = the Gwinnett Arena.

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An early 18-0 run carried Stephenson, (31-0), t= o its 55-41 victory over No. 9 Beach in the quarterfinals game played at Fort Valley Universi= ty. Jylissa Williams led the way with 20 points= in the victory. The Jaguars will face top-ranked Collins Hill Friday at 7 = p.m. All-American Drey Mingo's free throw and la= y-up with 3.9 seconds remaining in the game propelled Marist to its second consecutive trip to the Class AAAA Final Four, following a 55-52 victory over a resurgent SW DeKalb team, which beat Marist at the beginning of = the year. Marist will face Westside-Macon today at 4 p.m. for a chance to p= lay in the school's second state title game.

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It didn't take long for coach Stephanie Dunn to figure out a strategy to defeat an upbeat Mays team in the quarterfinals. All of 6-foot-6 All-American center Kelley Cain's 22 points and presence on defense pro= ved to be the determining factor in the defending state champions' 53-36 victory.

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A balanced team effort was all streaky ML King boys needed to reach the F= inal Four for the second time in three years, and first ever in Class AAAAA competition. Demetrius Bates' 20 points and Langston Williams' 14 points anchored the Lions' 59-51 upset over No. 3 Beach, the returning state runner-ups from last season. In the trilogy, Tucker ousted Stone Mounta= in, 84-69, to land the team in the Class AAAA Final Four for the third consecutive year. After two cold games, Marshon Brooks found his touch for 29 points to lead the way for Tucker. The Ti= gers will face North Clayton tonight at 7. Defending state champion Columbia, (30= -1), had too much fire power for Pebblebrook in the = team's 77-61 win. Travis Leslie provided the capacity crowd with some emphatic dunks en route to scoring a game high 21 points for the Eagles who will face No. 7 Riverdale tonight at 8:30.

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T= he quest for a record setting season ended for Dunwoody boys team in a heartbreaking 70-67 overtime loss to East Hall. The loss nega= ted, the two-time defending champions bid to become the county's first team = to win three consecutive state titles.

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C= lass AAA defending state champion Avondale's season came to an end over the weekend in a 57-45 loss to GAC. The Blue Devils couldn't hold a lead ea= rly in the second half before losing it to Class AA's top-ranked team, which Avondale lost to for the third time this season.

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A three-point basket as time expired ended Druid Hill's dream of becoming= the first team from the school to reach the state semifinals since 1968, in= a 68-65 loss to Hart County.

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S= tephenson, Lithonia and Stone Mountain boys along with SW D= eKalb and Towers girls were also eliminated from the postseason over the week= end. To date, the county has posted a 21-9 record during the postseason, whi= ch is best among any counties in the state.

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