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e all- con County choice. a 'member of Lake's 2001 tate championship team. another "-foot-i guard, aver– point-., -.ix rebounds, four d four .... eal-. a-.. Lake we?t winter under coach Bill wa named to the 2003 1A rnarm~nt team and the su•e Tournament team. She e alkii\ision and a three- tt Countv "election. She •nn; MVP in 2(()1

and played for the 2001 C champs . Backstrom averaged 17 points, and 2.6 s teals for Hamilton at "ieshoba C Lady Rockets finished I& 8 start. Backs trom. a 5-,foot-11 an all-Divis ion 2-4A sel~: named to the ECCC all team.

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last three years. Boyd was a part of state quar– terfina list teams in 2000 and 2003. Her squad won the 2002 state title and was runner-up in 2001. She is a former high school teammate of current Lady Warrior Rita Birden. Obviously, having player-. from winning programs is halt the battle in attaining succes:. at the jucolevel. "All these come from good programs and good coaching, ECCC women's head coach Brad Hodge said. "The~ ve been in the .;;tat£• quarterfinal-. or beyond. A lot of them hcne stale championship ring "'Ibey're .(!ood kid and g students. They're n t ca.swtl!M:s of the academic d Th going to fill a I t • what we're mj, ·ng ••They're fortu

Kotreece Bender, a 5-foot-10 guard/forward. helped the Newton Lady Tigers to a 25-11 season that saw coach Crandal Porter's squad reach the Class 2A state semifinals . Bender avt•raged 20.8 points. 7.3 rebounds, and 5.4 assists. As a senior, she was chosen all– state in Class 2A. was the Divi– sion 5-2A MVP. was named to the ECCC all-tournament team. -and has been selected for the .\1ississippi North/South All– Star Game in J uly. Chaney, is a 5-foot-7 guard who played for coach Na talie Vance a t Newton County. As a senior, Chancy averaged 13.5 points. 5. 7 rebounds, 4.5 steals, and 3.2 assists as the Lady Cougar:, went 18·11. As a senior. Chaney was nanH:d all-stale, all-Division 5- ·3A, and was selec ted to tht> 'ECCC all-tournament team. Chane}' will also sig11 a soft– ball scholarship at Ecce. l.aCaze i a 5-foot-10 guard at Natchitoche Cc'fltml. the "ame school that produoed former ECCC st:mdout Nikki LaCour. NCHS coach Enuna Bozeman says taCtt'-t'm:t\""bt!"t'VM'J bcttt't' than LaCour: · A a -.enior: LaCaze avera 2 5 poin be was a ~:un

that tl1ey've got a 'ophomores to ~ on. "'\\ t>'re ex them" Ecce muh on operung • of the two he g good players • ·H "W

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