Peabody wins Darrel Mitchell Holiday Classic

Cecilia High boys reach consolation finals

– Peabdy blasted New Iberia 58-36 Monday in the championship game of the Darrel Mitchell Sr. Holiday Classic basketball tournament at St. Martinville Senior High.

NISH advanced to the title game with wins over Comeaux (47-37) on Saturday and Rayne (52-39) on Sunday.

Peabody beat Northside 78-39 on Saturday and Lafayette High 5845 on Sunday.

Lafayette beat Rayne 65-36 in the third-place game.

Cecilia advanced to the boys’ consolation finals with wins over Loreauville (58-20) and Breaux Bridge (48-43) after falling to Northside 50-47 in the Bulldogs’ tournament opener.

Breaux Bridge fell to Comeaux 53-45 in its opening game of the tournament.

Breaux Bridge trailed only 16-14 after one quarter but the Spartans opened the lead to 29-20 by halftime and outscored the Tigers 16-9 in the fourth quarter to pull away.

Cottrell Gordon led Breaux Bridge with 13 points and Nelson Borel added 8.

Terrance Roy had 15 points to lead Comeaux. Charles Lee and Khalil Johnson added 13 apiece. The Spartans won despite going only 3-for-22 at the free throw line.

BBHS hit 11 of 19 foul shots in the game.

St. Martinville Senior High dropped its two games in the tournament, falling to Lafayette 74-36 on Friday and to Breaux Bridge 57-43 on Saturday.

Lafayette blew the game open in the middle two quarters, stretching a 17-14 lead after one quarter to 44-20 at halftime and to 60-27 at the end of the third period.

Liam Rountree led the Mighty Lions with 19 points and Sprague Hebert added 18. Kam’ron Brown had 14 points and Jaleel Sinegal had 13 as four players finished in double figures for LHS. The Lions were 4-for-6 at the foul line as the two teams combined to shoot only eight free throws between them.

Kristian Batiste led SMSH with 9 points. Lyle Potier and Andre Jones had 7 each.

Breaux Bridge jumped out to a 24-3 first-quarter lead over St. Martinville in a second- day matchup between the two St. Martin Parish squads.

SMSH trimmed that lead to 31-21 by halftime and to 39-31 after three quarters but BBHS outscored St. Martinville 18-7 in the fourth period to pull away.

Nelson Borel led Breaux Bridge with 21 points, hitting two 3-pointers and converting nine of 12 free throws. Cottrell Gordon added 13 points and Rylen Noel had 8.

Kervin Fontenette led St. Martinville with 13 points, hitting three 3-pointers on the night. Kristian Batiste had 11 and Marc Floyd added 9.

DARREL MITCHELL SR. HOLIDAY CLASSIC FRIDAY, DEC. 26 Lafayette 74, St. Martinville 36 Lafayette................. 17 27 16 14 – 74 St. Martinville.......... 14 6 7 9 – 36

LAF: Liam Rountree 19, Jaleel Sinegal 13,Sprague Hebert 18, Luther Dillon 2, Grant Sliman 3, Austin Drew 3, Chase Holiday 2, Kam’ron Brown 14. TOTALS: 26(6)-4/6-74.

SM: Kristian Batiste 9, Solan Lastrappe 2, Kervin Fontenette 2, Landon Potier 3, Lyle Potier 7, Mario Mitchell 2, Marc Floyd 2, JaKorey Blanchard 2, Andre Jones 7. TOTALS: 12(4)-0/2-36.

Rayne 69, Loreauville 39 Comeaux 53, Breaux Bridge 45

Comeaux................. 16 13 8 16 – 53 Breaux Bridge......... 14 6 7 9 – 45

COM: Charles Lee 13, Khalil Johnson 13, Jakari Frank 3, Amontee Abraham 9, Terrance Roy 15. TOTALS: 20(3)-3/22-53.

BB: Jeremy Alexander 5, Nelson Borel 8, Darius Alexander 4, Cottrell Gordon 13, Isaiah LeBlanc 4, Dakowan Celestine 4, Noah Solomon 3, Rylen Noel 4. TOTALS: 11(4)-11/19-45.

Northside 50, Cecilia 47 SATURDAY, DEC. 27 New Iberia 47, Comeaux 37 Rayne 58, Franklin 46 Peabody 78, Northside 39 Cecilia 58, Loreauville 20 Breaux Bridge 57, St. Martinville 43 Breaux Bridge......... 24 7 8 18 – 57 St. Martinville............ 3 18 13 7 – 43 BB: Jeremy Alexander 3, Nelson Borel 21, Trevonta Adams 3, Rylen Noel 8, Darius Alexander 2, Cottrell Gordon 13, Harley Broussard 1, Noah Solomon 2, Dakowan Celestine 4. TOTALS: 11(7)-14/24-57.

SM: Kristian Batiste 11, Barrett Vidrine 2, Kervin Fontenette 13, Marc Floyd 9, JaKorey Blanchard 6, Jorey Blanchard 2. TOTALS: 13(4)-5/15-43.

SUNDAY, DEC. 28 Northside 47, Comeaux 44 Cecilia 58, Breaux Bridge 43 New Iberia 52, Rayne 29 Peabody 58, Lafayette High 45 MONDAY, DEC. 29 Northside 79, Franklin 64 Cecilia vs. Northside (consolation finals) Lafayette 65, Rayne 36 (third place) Peabody 58, New Iberia 36 (championship)

Upcoming games:

• Saturday, Jan. 3 – Ville Platte High New Year’s Classic: Breaux Bridge vs. Westminster, St. Martinville vs. Eunice, Cecilia vs. Mamou.

• Tuesday, Jan. 6 – Cecilia at Rayne; Breaux Bridge at Northwest.

Girls

St. Martinville – New Iberia and Westgate faced off Monday in the girls’ championship game of the Darrel Mitchell Sr. Holiday Classic at St. Martinville Senior High.

New Iberia beat St. Martinville 36-21 and Westgate beat Beau Chene 42-18 on Friday to open the tournament.

On Saturday, Westgate beat Cecilia 55-35 and New Iberia beat Breaux Bridge 39-22.

In Sunday games, Cecilia beat St. Martinville 27-19 and Beau Chene beat Breaux Bridge 4439 in the consolation bracket.

Cecilia faced Beau Chene in the third-place game Monday.

DARREL MITCHELL SR. HOLIDAY CLASSIC FRIDAY, DEC. 26 Westgate 42, Beau Chene 18 New Iberia 36, St. Martinville 21 SATURDAY, DEC. 27 Westgate 55, Cecilia 35 New Iberia 39, Breaux Bridge 22 SUNDAY, DEC. 28 Cecilia 27, St. Martinville 19 Beau Chene 44, Breaux Bridge 39 MONDAY, DEC. 29 Cecilia 26, Beau Chene 23 (third place) New Iberia vs. Westgate (championship)

Upcoming games: • Monday, Jan. 5 – Cecilia at Westgate.

• Tuesday, Jan. 6 – Cecilia at Rayne; Breaux Bridge at Northwest.

• Wednesday, Jan. 7 – Comeaux at Cecilia.