OAKDALE- For the first time in over a decade, the Oakdale Warriors are Allen Parish basketball champions after they took down Fairview 85-66 Saturday in the finals of the RoyO.Martin Parish Tournament.
“In 2007, they went 10-0, were district champions, and were kings of the parish,” said head Oakdale coach Dustin Howard. “I actually had several guys from that team text me to tell me good luck and that it was time for the parish championship to come back to Oakdale. I’m proud to say that it has.”
Howard added, “Our guys wanted this and wanted it bad. I think people could see that by the way we played on the court.”
Fairview Panther head coach Ron Stark said about the game, “Oakdale is good. It’s hard to beat them here. They shoot the ball well. They shot better than I thought they could shoot.”
He went on to say his team is young this year, but his team got some much needed power points by beating the Elizabeth Bulldogs Friday in the semi-final game of the parish tournament.
On the girls’ side of the tournament, the Fairview Lady Panthers bested the Oakdale Lady Warriors by a score of 79-46 in the finals.
“I’m just excited that we won it again,” said head Fairview coach Kyle Jinks. “We played a real good team in the finals. I don’t think Oakdale is a 6-seed. I don’t know how we ranked them that low. I’ve seen them grow and get better in the last four games, and they’ve got a real good player in Kemaesha St. Andre. If she keeps working hard, she’ll probably get to go to the next level.”
On the other side of the court, head Oakdale coach Mike Doucet commented, “I think it helped our team grow a whole lot to play a (Fairview) team that is one of the best in the state, and we really got to see what it takes to really be good. We had to play a much physical game than we ever had to before, so that helped us grow. I’m looking forward now to whatever is ahead of us.”
Here is a rundown of the games played on Saturday during the 2018 RoyO.Martin Allen Parish Tournament.
Girls’ Consolation Game
Elizabeth vs. Oberlin
Oberlin jumped out to a 24-21 lead at the end of the first quarter, and Elizabeth made it a one-point game at 35-34 going into halftime.
With the game knotted at 42, Oberlin led off the fourth quarter with the Lady Tigers’ sixth three-point basket of the morning.
Elizabeth’s Maggie Marler, at the 7:03 mark, was good on the front end of two free throws to make it a two-point at 45-43.
Victoria Carrier then scored for Oberlin and was fouled, and she was good on the three-point play.
After Elizabeth called a timeout trailing 48-44 with 6:23 in the game, the Lady Bulldogs tied the game from the free throw line on back-to-back appearances by Jacelynn Chamberlain and Cassie Smith.
Oberlin went on to retake the lead at 50-48, but the lead switched hands over the next couple of minutes.
Sydnie Dyer tied the game at 52 from the free throw line, and Emery Weldon sank Elizabeth’s sixth three-point basket of the game. Then, on the next possession, Chamberlain scored from the field to go up 57-52. The Lady Bulldogs maintained the lead for the rest of the game and won 63-53.
Boys’ Consolation Game
Reeves vs. Kinder
Kinder trailed 13-10 after the first quarter but took a 27-22 lead going into halftime.
The third quarter then ended with Reeves’ Kaden Ford making it a one-point game in favor of Kinder at 37-36.
Kinder’s K.J. Brandon led off the fourth quarter by leaping up to put the ball through the hoop for a three-point lead.
The Yellowjackets continued to pull away from the Raiders as they built up a 43-36 advantage until Luke Estay got second chance points to cut into Kinder’s run.
Chase LeBlanc for Reeves scored a layup to make the score 46-40 under the final 3:30, but Kinder got the points back.
After Reeves called a timeout at the 2:51 mark trailing 48-41, Nate Reeves was at the free throw line for a 1-and-1 situation and was true on both free throws.
Both teams number 10s in Tyler LeBeuef and Brandon traded field goals before Reeves called a timeout at the 1:17 mark trailing 52-45.
Coming out of the timeout, Reeves’ Ford was true on both foul shots. Both teams went on to trade points on the scoreboard from the free throw line over the remainder of the game until Ford drilled a three-pointer from the top of the key, but it was not enough to overcome the deficit as Kinder prevailed 61-52.
Girls’ Third Place Game
Reeves vs. Kinder
TyjaNae May for Kinder scored the game’s first points, but Reeves tied the game on the other end of the court.
With her feet on the three-point line, Tanyjah Plumber broke the 2-2 tie, and May extended the Lady Yellowjackets’ lead to 6-2 as Reeves called a timeout at the 5:13 mark of the first quarter.
Reeves scored back-to-back layups with a Kinder free throw in the middle to make the score 7-6 in favor of Kinder.
May then scored five layups in a row to make the score 21-8 until Reeves’ Maddie Ford scored a field goal in the waning moments of the first quarter to make it 21-10, and the quarter ended by the same score.
Over the course of the next 4:00, Kinder extended the lead to 31-13. Kinder went on to enjoy a 41-20 halftime advantage and won the game 67-44.
Boys’ Third Place Game
Elizabeth vs. Oberlin
The Oberlin Tigers were shorthanded as star player Marcel Frilot had to sit out the game after picking up multiple technical fouls on Friday.
Aiden Soileau for Elizabeth drained a three-pointer out the gate and then added another basket from the beyond the arc on the next possession.
John Slayton, at the 6:47 mark of the first quarter, made it an 8-0 game from the free throw line before James Robinson scored Oberlin’s first points of the game.
Dominique Corville then scored an Oberlin three-pointer, but Elizabeth answered with a field goal on the other end to pull ahead by seven points at 12-5.
Robinson scored a layup coming out of a timeout to make the score 13-7, but Elizabeth extended the score to 16-7 with one bucket.
Soileau and Korby Friday added Bulldog three-pointers in the first quarter as the quarter ended with Elizabeth leading 27-12.
Elizabeth went on to enjoy a 40-point advantage at the end of the third quarter and won the game 79-49.
Girls’ Championship Game
Oakdale vs. Fairview
Kemaesha St. Andre led off the game with four quick points for Oakdale.
Sassy Reeves cut the score in half before Rylee Cloud scored a three-pointer to take a 5-4 lead for the Lady Panthers.
The lead switched hands as Fairview went ahead 11-6. Lauren Holmes then got her own rebound and scored second chance points, but Rylee Jinks answered the score on the other end of the court to prompt an Oakdale timeout at the 3:29 mark trailing 13-8.
St. Andre later in first quarter got a rebound on a missed Fairview three-pointer and drove down the court before getting the ball to Holmes for a field goal to make the score 13-10.
Holmes scored again on the next possession and tied the game at 13 on an old-fashioned three-point play.
The game was not tied for long as Fairview ended the first quarter with a 21-13 lead.
Coco Williams led off the second quarter with a three pointer from the corner of the key, and Fairview got another basket from beyond the arc later in the quarter to build up a 30-18 lead.
St. Andre made it a 10-point game from the free throw line with 3:45 before the half, but Coco Williams added five points on two buckets to extend the lead before Rylee Cloud made it a 17-point game at 37-20 with 2:00 minutes remaining in the first half.
After Holmes scored an Oakdale layup, Laynee Jinks added another Fairview three-pointer from the top of the key. St. Andre then went down hard with an apparent left ankle injury, and the first half ended with her Lady Warriors trailing 42-24.
Rylee Jinks made it a 20-point game coming out of the gate in the second half, and Coco Williams went on to make the score 52-24 as timeout was called on the court at the 6:12 mark.
St. Andre then hobbled back into the game and promptly got a field goal, but Fairview went on to make the score 55-26.
With a gimpy ankle, St. Andre rattled off point after point over the course of the final minutes of the third quarter, and her Lady Warriors trailed 69-35 going into the final 8:00.
The scoring tandem of St. Andre and Holmes carried into the fourth quarter, but the top seeded Fairview Lady Panthers got the parish tournament win.
Fairview vs.Oakdale
Fairview tied the game at 2 after Oakdale’s Jonathan Davis scored the game’s first field goal.
Jonathan Davis then stole the basketball and scored to go up 6-2, but Noah Strother returned the favor.
Both teams traded buckets before Gavin Martin scored from beyond the arc to take a 9-8 lead for Fairview at the 2:40 mark of the first quarter.
Jacob Black put the lead back into the Oakdale column before Dottre Stevens was good on both foul shots to make the score 12-9.
Fairview then got the first of its 13 three-point baskets of the night. Dillon Cloud had six alone with three in a row in the second quarter. Ethan Williams had three, Cameron Doyle had two, and Martin and Landon Strother each added one.
After Fairview scored its first three-pointer, Ethan Williams tied the game at 14 with 1:13 remaining in the first quarter.
Black broke the tie for Oakdale, and Nic Holmes got a rebound on a missed three-point attempt by Stevens and added a layup. The first quarter ended with Oakdale leading 22-14.
Fairview scored back-to-back three-pointers and Martin put his Panthers within three points at 24-21.
Oakdale’s pair of Davis players in Nick and Jonathan along with Black widened the gap for the Warriors before Nic Holmes scored to make the score 41-33 going into the half.
Black scored a three-pointer for Oakdale inside the first minute of the second half. Later in the quarter, Leon Posey IV stole the ball away from near the midcourt line and capitalized with a field goal to put Oakdale up 52-36 as a timeout was called at the 4:48 mark.
Williams’ second three-pointer of the third quarter put his Panthers within 10 points as a timeout was called with 2:05 remaining in the quarter.
Coming out of the timeout, Nick and Jonathan Davis added baskets. Fairview ended the quarter on 5-0 run but trailed 61-52 going into the final 8:00.
Black began the final quarter with a layup and Oakdale then got points from Jonathan and Nick Davis and Nic Holmes. Posey IV added a Warrior three-pointer to make the score 74-53 with just over 5:00 on the clock. He added a pair of free throws with 1:49 on the clock and Landon Strother ended the game with another Fairview basket from beyond the arc.
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