Shelby County Today

January 11, 2015 Baytown, Texas – The Panola men’s basketball team went on the road to defeat Lee College, 78-63 on Saturday night. With the victory, Panola’s record is raised to 14-4 and 5-2 in Region XIV play. “We knew that coming down here to Lee was going to be an extremely hard place to play.” Head Coach Grant McMillan stated. “Our guys never went away from our game plan and executed on both ends the entire 40 minute ball game.” He added.

After a Lee basket tied the ball game at 2-2 with just under 19:00 minutes to play in the first half, Panola never trailed the rest of the way. A low scoring first half saw the Ponies take a 34-28 lead into the locker room. Panola went on a 8-0 run midway through the second half to take their largest lead 58-40 with 10:33 to play. Lee cut the lead to nine points with 1:53 left but never got any closer.

Panola was led by four separate double-digit scorers. Tyonte Robertson (Cincinnati, Ohio) led the way scoring 20 points, 16 of those coming in the first half. Charles Tucker (Lansing, Michigan) made nine free throws in route to 14 points. Devin Wilson (Brooklyn, New York) and Terry Holt (Nashville, Tennessee) netted 12 and 11 points, respectively. Jonathan Wiley (Houston, Texas) was one point way from recording a double-double as he finished the game with nine points and 10 rebounds. Panola went 10-18 from the three point line. As a team Panola assisted on 22 shots and chased down 31 rebounds.

Panola will next be in action this upcoming Wednesday, January 13th as the head to Athens, Texas to take on Trinity Valley Community College. Tip-off is set for 7:00 PM on the campus of Trinity Valley.

January 7, 2015 - On December 10 Panola College announced that 251 candidates qualified for graduation this semester. Students receiving multiple degrees or certificates include five for Associate of Arts in Teaching, 57 for Associate of Science, 80 for Associate of Applied Science, and 168 Certificates.

Arkansas

Hampton: Ivy Gannon

Louisiana

Florien: Chrystell Thompson

Haughton: Cindy Loyd

Logansport: Jamie Baldwin

Many: Derek Mong, Nicholas Pearson

Shreveport: Ashley Craig, Susan Hardy, Alexander Willett

New Mexico

Mesilla Park: Leiyona Young

Texas

Beckville: Preston Ellis, Cameron Ellison, Dalton Etheredge, Devin Faulk, Cassie Griffin, Maribel Grimaldo, Adam Jones, Tammy Lee, Matthew Letourneau, Taylor Lindsay, Tyler Moon, James Nixon, Tricia Sexton, Samuel Smith, Daryn Speed, Jason Travis, Christine Atkin, Braulio Barron, Madison Brown, Mary Chance

Carthage: Cassie Christian, Emily Dodge, Christy Eddins, Kelwin Edwards, Christa Gomez, Kaycie Gros, Elzie Hicks, Ashley Johnson, Rueben Martin, James McDaniel, Brittany Mojica, Kiara Moore, Krystal Morris, Sheldon Murff, Corey Oliver, Kelcie Oney, Brandi Ray, Jesse Rodriguez, Jorge Rodriguez, Shirley Rougely, Tina Sandidge, Azalai Wallace, Brittany Whitsett, Ashton Williams, Jesika Anthony, January Arnold, Carla Barnes, Bethany Birdwell, Luke Burns, Liliana Castaneda, Shelley Frame, Luz Gomez

Center: Ruth Gonzalez, Kelsi Griffin, Lucas Jardon, James Liker, Reagan Link, Sharisse Mcadams, Payton Mcswain, Felipe Montanez, Meagan Owens, Ricardo Sanchez, Isaac Shofner, James Sigler, Jamison Swindle, Juan Vallejo, Jacob Wheeler, Leah Williams, Brandon Wood, Stephen Dicks, Samantha Purvis, Cayman Hawk, Shamonica Bell, Chimira Brannon, Blake Butler, Jaclyn Callaghan, Ryan Dickinson

Chireno: Audra Harris

Conroe: Chelsey Smith

Corsicana: Lorie Watson

Deberry: Destiny Hart, Julie Riggs, Deanie Ware, Chrystell Thompson, Amy Garcia, Tyreese Johnson, Rialie Taylor, Colby Cranford

Diana: Karen Martin, Danielle Suchy

Elysian Fields: Ashley White

Garrison: Gannon Ivy, Loralee Alsobrook, Megan Garrison

Gary: Cindy Loyd, Pedro Aguilar, Chelsey Arterberry, Gerardo Deleon, Mary Edmiston

Harleton: Sara Saulsbery, Aesha Strong

Henderson: William Gibbs, Gena French, Chris Friday, Michaela Quinn, Miriam Castillo, Angel Ebey, Dalton George, Ricky Gibson, William Vaughn

Huntington: Mary Sanders

Ivanhoe: Carrie Veitch, Jamie Baldwin

Jefferson: Kelsea Chapman, Victoria Yule, Yesemia Avila

Joaquin: Bridget Booty, Stephanie Brown, Tequita Burns, Shaunnia Oliver, Shelbie Townsend, Paula Webb

Lindale: Derek Mong

Longbranch: Hannah Anders, Savanna Ashley

Longview:Robin Bates, Stacey Beloney, Lola Boren, Jamison Burchfield, Joan Campbell, Triston Castle, Cindy Dunnigan

Lufkin: Ivonne Flores

Marshall: Hernan Hernandez, Jacklynn Laureano, Demarcus Lewis, Susan Maddox, Shawnessy Mccoy, Deatra Robertson, Logan Spear, Cassandra Tullock, Steven Yates, Leiyona Young, Josue Castro, Laura Fryman, Jai'qwan Thompson, Kristopher Valdez, Hailey Walker, Stacy Coats, Monaca Eberlan, Steven Emmerling, Gayla Hayes, Mary Hurst, Tranedra Kegler, Latasha Parker, Lesvia Reyes, Dillon Secrest

Mount Enterprise: Alanda Williams, Blake Hensley, Christopher Henslee, Jason Henslee, Jessica Davis, Kaneitra Garrett

Nacogdoches: Desiree Holmes, Jason Holy, Anthony Jackson, Veronica Porter, Alejandra Reyes-Farias, Makenzie Buckner, David Bragg, Joel Dales, Michael Elliott, Larhonda Garrett, Seth Hendricks, Amairani Herrera

Palestine: Albert Johnston

Rio Vista:Tameria Lathan, Jakiala McClelland

San Augustine: Tiffanee Vaughn, Ashley Craig, Susan Hardy, Alexander Willett, Mallory Rawson, Ashley Sells, Efrain Hernandez, William Lauxman, Austin Patterson, Brady Tovar

Scottsville: Donnie Wills

Shelbyville: Nathan Allred, Sherri Kilpatrick, Logan Smith

January 7, 2015 - Panola College beat Jacksonville College 63-59 on Wednesday night with the help of Charlynn Perry, who was the Fillies leading scorer with 16 points. Fillies locked in the win in the fourth quarter on a three-pointer from Perry.

Even though Jacksonville College outplayed the Fillies in the first half of the game, Panola College came back with excellent second half play. The Fillies had a late run scoring a game-high 23 points in the final quarter on the strength of a 18-3 run.

Perry having a stand out second half, was 63% (5-for-8) of shots attempted as well as 50% (3-for-6) of threes attempted and going (3-for-4) from the free throw line.

Also two other Fillies scored in double double digit points for Panola College. Kia Fisker scored 14 points with 9 rebounds and Amanda Cruz had 11 points. Other Fillies who chipped in were Teanna Frances Henderson and Raemeisha Claxton (6 points apiece) ,R'Trevia Randolph (5 points), J'Lene Martinez (3 points) and Laura Chavez (2 points).

The Fillies look to play again Saturday, January 9 at 2:00 pm against Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, TX.

January 4, 2015 Pasadena, TX – The Panola College men’s basketball team lost to San Jac in Pasadena, Texas Monday evening, 86-71. With the loss, Panola drops their record to 12-4 overall and 3-2 in Region XIV play. “We looked like a team that hadn’t played a game in 20 days.” Said Head Coach Grant McMillan. “The effort was there, we played hard. We just didn’t pay enough attention to some small details throughout the game.” He added.

The Ponies fell behind as much as 17 points in the first half before cutting San Jac’s lead to 12 before halftime, 44-32. Panola cut the 12 point deficit to single digits multiple times in the second half but could never scratch any closer than seven points.

Leading Panola was Jonathan Wiley (Houston) who recorded a double-double in the loss. Wiley netted 16 points and chased down 10 rebounds. Others in double figures were Charles Tucker (Lansing, Michigan) with 13 and both Chan Williams-Bey (Hartford, Connecticut) and Terry Holt (Nashville, Tennessee) adding 11. Panola shot a season low 16 percent from the three point line in the loss and only made 23 field goals for the game.

Panola will continue Region XIV play this upcoming Wednesday January 6th when the host Jacksonville College. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 PM following the women’s game.