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Region XIV Men's Postseason Tournament Schedule
March 4-8, 2010
Herrington Patriot Center — UT-Tyler

Thursday, March 4
First Round Games
Game 1: No. 9 Jacksonville 70, No. 8 Kilgore 53
Game 2: No. 5 Trinity Valley 82, No. 12 Panola 73
Game 3: No. 7 Tyler 62, No. 10 Lon Morris 60
Game 4: No. 11 Lee 84, No. 6 Angelina 58
Saturday, March 6
Quarterfinals
Game 9: N. 1 Paris 70, No. 8 Jacksonville 52
Game 10: No. 5 Trinity Valley 73, No. 4 Lamar State-PA 67
Game 11: No. 2 Navarro 69, No. 7 Tyler 59
Game 12. No. 11 Lee 64, No. 3 San Jacinto 61
Sunday, March 7
Semifinals
Game 15: No. 1 Paris 56, No. 5 Trinity Valley 46
Game 16: No. 2 Navarro 64, No. 11 Lee 56
Monday, March 8
Championiship: No. 2 Navarro 55, No. 1 Paris 46
Navarro advances to the NJCAA Men's Tournament

Region XIV Women's Postseason Tournament Schedule
Friday, March 5
Quarterfinals
Game 5: No. 1 Trinity Valley 80, No. 8 Lon Morris 64
Game 6: No. 4 Paris 55, No. 5 Kilgore 51
Game 7: No. 2 Angelina 78, No. 7 Lon Morris 48
Game 8: No. 3 Tyler 80, No. 6 Blinn 64
Sunday, March 7
Semifinals
Game 13: No. 1 Trinity Valley 83, No. 4 Paris 66
Game 14: No. 3 Tyler 76, No. 2 Angelina 75
Monday, March 8
Championiship: No. 1 Trinity Valley 88, No. 3 Tyler 71
Trinity Valley advances to NJCAA Women's Tournament

Carter comes up with 5 3-pointers to send NC to Hutch again

Tyler — The coach in Whitecastle, La. who told then Navarro assistant Johnny Estelle about Jantzen Carter said the 5-11 guard had a knack for hitting big shots.

Carter hit five big ones for Estelle the head coach on Monday night.

Carter, shifted to point guard this season, came out of a shooting slump to make 5 of 8 3-pointers, all of them coming with the rest of his teammates struggling to score the ball. Carter's team-high 20 points were the foundation of a 55-46 victory over Paris Junior College in the Region XIV championship game, propelling the Runnin' Bulldogs to back-to-back trips to the NJCAA national tournament in Hutchinson, Kan.

Navarro (28-5) will opent the national tournament in Hutch with a first-round game against Middle Georgia (28-3) at 4:30 p.m. next Tuesday.

Corsicana Daily Sun

2010 Men's All-Tournament Team

Trinity Valley women roll past Tyler and into NJCAA Tournament

TYLER — One of the most difficult seasons in the history of the Trinity Valley Community College Lady Cardinals women's basketball program now has the chance to be one of the most rewarding.

The Lady Cardinals (28-5) punched their ticket to NJCAA Women's National Basketball Tournament in Salina with an overwhelming 88-71 win over the rival Tyler Junior College Apache Ladies Monday night at the Herrington Patriot Center on the campus of The University of Texas at Tyler.

The national tournament -- where the Lady Cardinals have won five national championships -- begins next Tuesday, March 16. Tournament seedings will be released this Wednesday.

"I feel blessed right now, to be honest with you," TVCC Interim Head Coach Elena Lovato said. "I just thank God for the strength he's given all of us every day to wake up and play like champions."

Athens Daily Review

Blinn shakes off losses to Navarro to drill Suburban Ill. College

BRENHAM — The Blinn College baseball team racked up nine runs in the first inning of a 13-2 victory over South Suburban (Ill.) College Monday night at Leroy Dreyer Field.

The victory, which could have ended via mercy rule had both coaches not agreed to play the full nine innings, helped the Buccaneers to wash away the taste of being swept by San Jacinto in a Saturday double-header.

Blinn was 4-0 in Region 14 play before taking two losses on Saturday.

Brenham Banner-Press

Lee College's magical run comes to end in semifinals

TYLER -- The Lee College basketball team started off slow in the first half and ended up having to play catch up for the remainder of Sunday night’s against Navarro College in the Region XIV conference tournament semifinals.

Matt Pressey of Navarro led the game with 16 points, and led his Bulldogs to a 64-56 win over the Rebels.

Kevin Johnson led the Rebels with 12 points and Cedric Martin scored 11.

The first half saw the Rebels go 7-of-33 from the field, including only 1-of-9 from beyond the arc.

The Rebels seemed to be peeking at the right time but the loss gives them a final record of 16-17 on the year.

Baytown Sun

SWJCFC Football Signings (through Feb. 5)

Region Quick Hits

• JC GRID-WIRE ALL-AMERICAN LIST: Navarro, Blinn place 2 apiece on JC Grid-Wire All-American Team (PDF)
• NJCAA ALL-AMERICAN FOOTBALL TEAMS: Title holders Navarro, Blinn top list
• NJCAA ALL-AMERICAN VOLLEYBALL TEAMS: National champ Blinn has 2 on No. 1 team
• NJCAA WOMEN'S ALL-AMERICAN SOCCER: Navarro's Venecia Reid earns first-team status
• NJCAA MEN'S ALL-AMERICAN SOCCER: SJC has 2, Tyler 1 on first team
• 2008-09 ALL-REGION XIV MEN'S BASKETBALL: All-Region teams from Region XIV
• 2008-09 REGION XIV ALL-CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL: First, second and honorable mention
• 2008-09 ALL-REGION XIV ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM: Regional team, All-Conference
• 2009 ALL-REGION XIV ALL-CONFERENCE EAST ZONE: All-Conference team from East Zone only
• 2009 SWJCFC FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE: All-SWJCFC team, including HM
• 2009 REGION XIV WOMEN'S ALL-CONFERENCE: TJC, Navarro dominates team