Photo by Dave Freneaux

    The Central High School football and volleyball teams were both honored at the CCSS December School Board meeting for their outstanding seasons.  Both teams made it to the playoffs and impressed the community with their hard work and victories to show for it.

    The CHS Lady Wildcat volleyball team is pictured above with Coach Heather Blackard (standing in the center).  Along with their great season, several of the girls were given other honors this year.  Rachel Barber, Brisha Coffee, and Taylor Padgett all made 1st Team All-District.  Honorable Mentions for All-District include Chelsea David, Tremelia Kelly, Zhane’ Williams, and Dylan Wilson.  Taylor Padgett made 1st Team All-Metro, and Brisha Coffee got an All-Metro Honorable Mention.  The following players were named to the 2010 Academic All-State Team, an honor given to LHSAA athletes who have kept a high GPA while remaining committed to their sport: Meagan Alexander (3.8333 GPA), Dylan Wilson (3.8095 GPA), and Brittany Starkey (3.7381 GPA) were all honored for their academic and athletic achievement.  Congratulations to these ladies for their awards and honors, and we are proud as a community of the entire Lady Wildcat volleyball team!

Submitted by Coach Palubinskas

Central Private School boys varsity basketball-110
Trinity Episcopal- 74 points
Scores-
Central Private by quarters: 23-19-34-34
Trinity Episcopal by quarters: 8-22-21-23
CPS free throws made: 15/25
Trinity free throws made: 14/24
Scorers:
CPS: Dave Jackson-24;  Taylor Fletcher -30;  Jake Flaggert-8;  Lance Wicker-15;  Simpson Anderson-28;  Luke Fryoux-2;  Austin Pierce-2
Trinity: Mckenzie-29;  Bent-27;  Cage-7;  Winston-2;  Vinson-2;  Trimble-4;  Hedrick-2;  King-1;  Logan-2;  Smith-2

Submitted by Coach Palubinskas

The boys varsity basketball machine continued their winning ways by beating Cenla in Alexandria by a score of 93-49, in spite of a running clock.  Leading scorers were Dave Jackson with 26 points, Simpson Anderson with 15 points on five 3-point bombs from downtown Alec, Taylor Fletcher with 15, and Jake Flaggert with 12 points, while Lance Wicker and Austin Pierce added 8 a piece.

There were also about 10 dunks during the game which added some highlights in addition to the great 3 point shooting exhibition.  Players were split into 2 groups, and platoon substitution was exhibited by Coach Palubinskas to give all players equal time.

The girls varsity also had a convincing win, as did the junior varsity girls.  The JV boys came up short but put on a freethrow shooting exhibition making 100% of their free.throws.  It was impressive to watch.

The next home game is against Chef on Friday, and Saturday the Rebels travel to Trinity in Natchez.

    The Covenant Christian Lions, hailing from Houma, La., were beaten by the Rebs in the first away game of the season, 91-67.  This may not be a true indicator of the contest, since CCA had just finished football and had the whole football roster on the team it seems when CPS showed up.

    On the return visit, however, CCA decided to play more deliberately and slowed the game considerably, leading to a 16-14 ho-hum first quarter.  After some adjustments, the CPS Rebel-ution changed gears and went on a 22-5 rampage in the 2nd quarter to lead 38-19 at the half.

    The final score was 78-49 after the bench was cleared in the whole 4th quarter with almost the whole team scoring.  Most of the scoring came from Dave Jackson with 20, Lance Wicker with 16, and Taylor Fletcher, adding 15.  The Rebel subs did a great job coming off the bench with key 3 pointers from Trevor Munn and Austin Pierce to keep up the scoring pace.

    Junior varsity had their first convincing win with a score of 45-30, in spite of Jason Stubbs riding the pine after nasal surgery and Josh Anderson doing most of the scoring.

    The girls varsity team, in spite of losing, did a great job of containing the opponents who were much bigger, more athletic, and much younger as well.  In just a week or 2 since they last met, the Lady Rebs have really shown improvement in defense, tempo and rebounding.

Submitted by Christopher Mire

Dates:  December 20-22                           Time:  9:00 – 12:00                           Ages: 6 – 14

All proceeds will benefit the Central High Baseball Team.  Thanks for your support!

Submitted by Suzonne Cowart

The Central High Boy’s Soccer team is hosting “Kick for the Cure” this Saturday, December 4th beginning at 1pm and will be held at Wildcat Stadium.  This event will benefit breast cancer in honor of Coach Melton’s mother-in-law, Willene Guilbeau, who recently passed away due to this disease.  There will be three soccer games held:  CHS Boys vs Walker Boys – 1pm; CHS Girls vs Redemptorist Girls – 3pm; St Micheal’s JV Boys vs East Ascension JV Boys – 5pm.  There will be concessions and T-Shirts for sale during all three games.  Come out and support our soccer teams and the cure for breast cancer.  Proceeds will be sent to the Susan G Komen organization.

Submitted by Wyndi Bonvillain

Reminder for sponsors of The 32nd Annual Charlies T. Kinsley Basketball Tournament:
For those who received letters and anyone who may be interested in helping sponsor this years tournament and Banquet the deadline
is Nov. 30.  The Banquet will be December 5, 2010-6:00pm at Kristenwood.
For more information email Ron Lewis at rlewis@centrallcss.org.

Submitted by Ed Palubinskas

Last weekend, the Central Private basketball team won the Silliman Tournament in stunning fashion.  The final scores of each of CP's games were as follows: Cps 92, Oak Forest 29; CPS 83, Bowling Green 56; and CPS 79, WCCA 19.  The MVP of the tournament was Taylor Fletcher, and Dave Jackson made the All-Tournament team.  Bowling Green and Oak Forest were ranked 7th and 5th in state, respectively.  CPS, with their high octane offense and low key defense, was just too much for all the teams they faced.  The bench was cleared in every game with great support from the second 5, or the "Kamikaze Crew."  There is a new movement in Central called the "Rebel-ution," where all the teams get caught in the crossfire of Rebel long range shooting and short range dunks.  CPS registered 12 dunks against WCCA, proving some exciting up tempo basketball.  Their next opponent is Presbyterian Christian out of Hattiesburg, who were runners up in state last year.

 From the LHSAA website

    The following CHS Lady Wildcat volleyball players have been named to the 2010 Academic All-State Team, an honor given to LHSAA athletes who have kept a high GPA while remaining committed to their sport.  Meagan Alexander (3.8333 GPA), Dylan Wilson (3.8095 GPA), and Brittany Starkey (3.7381 GPA) were all honored for their academic and athletic achievement.  Congratulations!

    Last Thursday, Central High's Lady Wildcat volleyball team traveled to Kenner to play in the quarterfinals of the state tournament against St. Thomas More (out of Lafayette).  After a strong regular season, the Wildcats could not hold off St. Thomas More.  The Wildcats took three losses, two of which came by a margin of 4 points or less.  St. Thomas More went on to take the state title.  Though their season has ended, Central has a lot to celebrate.  Congratulations to the Lady Wildcats, who have definitely given themselves and their school something to be proud of for yet another year.