Lady ‘Dores lead Lady Rangers past Delta
Former Lafayette High standouts Shaq Isom and Nikki McChristian played pivotal roles in Northwest Mississippi Community College’s MACJC North Division win over Delta Tuesday night. (more…) (January 23, 2013, Page 3B)
Former Lady ‘Dores help NWCC earn win
Former Lafayette High standouts, Shaq Isom and Nikki McChristian, helped lead the Northwest Mississippi Community College Lady Rangers to a 72-50 win over East Central Saturday in Senatobia. Isom scored nine points and had two assists and three rebounds in 18 minutes of action while McChristian led the team with 10 rebounds and finished with seven points in 21 minutes. NWCC is now 8-2 on the year. (December 10, 2012, Page 3B)
Area players help lead NWCC past Southwest
Former Lafayette High standouts, Nikki McChristian and Shaq Isom, helped lead the Northwest Mississippi Community College Lady Rangers to a 67-62 win over Southwest in the Coca-Cola Classic held in Summit Monday night. McChristian scored 10 points and grabbed six rebounds, while Isom had nine and eight in the victory. NWCC is now 4-0 on the year. The Rangers also grabbed a road win, defeating Co-Lin 76-66 (November 13, 2012, Page 7)
Lafayette’s Cinderella run comes to emotional end
COLUMN: JACKSON — There were some tears shed by the Lafayette Lady Commodores and their coach, Amy Sutton, following Monday night’s 86-72 loss to Forrest County AHS in the MHSAA’s Class 4A state semifinal. A long season that brings so many close together has a tendency of producing raw emotion when it all comes to an end. (more…) (February 28, 2012, Page 8)
Sutton pleased with her new lineup so far
Lafayette head coach Amy Sutton got a glimpse of what life will be like without the super senior trio of Nikki McChristian, Brianna Fisher and Shaq Isom this past weekend when the Lady Commodores participated in Hickory Flat’s jamboree.
In defeating Alcorn Central 30-29 and Holly Springs 28-16 in two two-quarter contests, Sutton saw a lot of promise. (November 3, 2011, Page 8)
New Albany ends LHS Lady ‘Dores playoff run
A strong start to the second half for the Lafayette Lady Commodores basketball team wasn’t enough to overcome a sluggish first half Friday night, as the Lady ‘Dores were defeated by New Albany, 49-35, in semifinal action at the Class 4A North Half playoff tournament. (more…) (February 21, 2011, Page 7)
Lady ‘Dores keep rolling in 4A playoffs
A team-first approach made a huge difference for the Lafayette Lady Commodores in their first week of postseason play in the region tournament and again this past Monday in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs.
Lafayette defeated Itawamba AHS Monday to advance to the North Half tournament so it wasn’t shocking to see LHS continue that approach Thursday in a matchup with Kosciusko at Pontotoc High. Five Lady Commodores scored in double figures for coach Amy Sutton’s team and the end result was a 84-53 thrashing and a rematch of last year’s 4A North Half title game against New Albany tonight. (February 18, 2011, Page 6A)
Lady Indians no match for LHS’ team approach
The Itawamaba Agricultural Lady Indians definitely got the memo on Lafayette guard Shaq Isom: Pay attention and guard her close.
The memo on the rest of the team must have slipped through the cracks, though, as the Lady Commodores, behind a solid team effort, soundly defeated the Lady Indians 63-38 Tuesday night at the LHS gymnasium in the first round of the MHSAA Class 4A playoffs. (February 16, 2011, Page 7)
Isom leads LHS to 2-4A tourney title
Led by a strong defensive effort and an outstanding all-around performance by Shaq Isom, the Lafayette Lady Commodores captured the Region 2-4A Tournament title Monday night at Center Hill.
LHS defeated Byhalia 70-43 to finish as the No. 1 seed out of the region. The Lady Commodores (23-5) will host Itawamba AHS tonight in the first round of the MHSAA’s Class 4A playoffs and a win gets them closer to a return trip to Jackson to play for the state title. (February 15, 2011, Page 6)
Isom leads Lady ‘Dores to win over Center Hill
It isn’t often that your starting point guard enters the fourth quarter of play without haven broken a sweat, but sometimes it pays off. (more…) (February 14, 2011, Page 6A)
