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Trinity Presbyterian High School Boy's Basketball
AAAA Wildcats' 2006-07 season
Montgomery, Alabama
Head Coach- Jack Schweers
Next Game:
Central Regional Final Friday 6:20 pm vs Central-Tuscaloosa at ASU |
2007-08 Season
Trinity Wins Two—Prepares For Rival
The Trinity Wildcats claimed wins Friday and Saturday night to push their regular season record to 17-3. The 79-58 win over Alabama Christian on Friday night gave the cats a 6-0 record to close area play. With the 62-41 win over Catholic the next night Trinity now turns its’ attention to rival Montgomery Academy in a Senior Night contest at home this Saturday.
Marquel Darrington exploded for 24 points against Alabama Christian including a thunderous dunk that ignited a cats run. He also had 5 assists and 7 steals in an excellent performance. Kyle Shaw chipped in 11 while Griffin Littlefield and Wilson Van Hooser had 10 each.
Exceptional defense and strong interior passing by the wildcats’ big men produced a win over the Catholic Knights on Saturday. Again it was Darrington’s acrobatics that ignited a third quarter explosion as he nailed a 3-pointer, sandwiched between two dunks. He tallied 13 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds and 0 turnovers while big men Andrew Martin and Kyle Shaw had 11 and 10 respectively.
So the 17-3 wildcats will conclude regular season play Saturday night in what is always a hotly contested game against MA and then will host the 4A Area 5 tournament beginning February 8th.
2006-07 Season
Trinity's season ends with loss in Regional Final
The Trinity Wildcats were denied a trip to the Class 4A Final Four with a 59-49 loss to Central-Tuscaloosa in the Central Regional Finals at Alabama State. The Wildcats season ends with a 20-10 record. Congratulations and thanks to all the Wildcats. Montgomery Story Tuscaloosa Story
Trinity's magical run continues with Central Regional win
The Trinity Wildcats beat Childersburg 64-58 to move into the Elite 8 of the Class 4A State Tournament in Alabama. Seniors Zack Shaw and D'Awvalo Turnipseed scored 25 of the Wildcats' 35 second half points. Shaw had 23 points and 12 rebounds and Turnipseed had 17 and 10. Marquel Darrington finished with 16 points and seven rebounds. Trinity will face Central-Tuscaloosa on Friday at 6:20 (CST) at Alabama State. Central beat Southside of Selma 55-45.
Check out this audio story on the game with player interviews Audio
Trinity survives controversy and wins in OT
The Trinity Wildcats beat Bulloch County 68-65 in a sub region game in Union Springs. Here is an audio report with player interviews and comments from assistant coach Christian Schweers. Audio
More Amazing Shots From Trinity Presbyterian
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Check out the video of this amazing shot. Trinity Presbyterian High School's Marquel Darrington connected on a shot from three-quarters court at the end of the opening half of a January 26th home game versus Alabama Christian in Montgomery, Alabama. Video Quicktime format
Marquel is a 5-foot-10 junior guard and he talked to Roundball Coach about his unlikely shot. Audio
Those amazing Wildcats keep making highlights. On February 2nd and 3rd Trinity beat big school Erwin and rival Montgomery Academy and in the win over MA their were three video treats. D'Awvalo Turnipseed followed up Darrington's dazzler with a half court banker Video Darrington added to his highlight real with a big dunk. Video Zack Shaw tried an unusual shot while sitting on the court Video All Windows Media Player |
Trinity ends up second in the area
Southside-Selma defeated Trinity 66-41 to take the Area 5 title. Selma Journal Story
Trinity comes back and wins slow down game
After losing to the Trinity Wildcats three times during the regular season, coach Taylor Hart and the Alabama Christian Eagles had a surprise waiting for the Wildcats in an area semifinal game played in Selma. The surprise was ACA slowed the game down after taking a 3-0 lead. How low scoring was this game? It was 12-7 Eagles with just two minutes remaining in the first half and 20-13 ACA at half. However, in the second half the Wildcats were able to accelerate the scoring pace and they pulled out a 44-37 win.
The backcourt combo of Marquel Darrington and D'Awvalo Turnipseed scored 13 of the Wildcats’ 18 in the fourth quarter. Darrington finished with 13 points and Turnipseed scored all 12 of his points in the second half. Zack Shaw had eight points and William Van Hooser came off the bench and contributed six points.
Trinity will face Southside-Selma on its home court for the area championship on Monday at 6 p.m.
Assistant coach Christian Schweers talks about the area tourney win. Audio
Trinity finally wins on Montgomery Academy's home court
It had been five years since the Trinity Wildcats had beaten rival Montgomery Academy on its home court. But that streak is over. The Wildcats opened up 10 point leads in both the first and second half and then held on to a 57-55 victory.
Six of the Wildcats' points came on buzzer beater shots. At the end of the first half D'Awvalo Turnipseed banked a shot from past half court, an estimated 42-feet, to give Trinity a seven-point lead at the break. Marquel Darrington, who hit a a 3/4's court shot before the halftime buzzer eight days prior, nailed a 25-footer at the end of the third quarter.
Turnipseed led Trinity with 20 points, Darrington had 13 and Zack Shaw contributed 13 points and 11 rebounds. The Wildcats wrap up the regular season with a 17-8 record. Montgomery Academy, ranked fifth in 3A, is 20-5.
Head coach Jack Schweers joins Roundball Coach to talk about the big victory. Audio
Trinity rallies to beat real tall Erwin
The Trinity Wildcats conjured up some fourth quarter magic and outscored 5A Erwin 24-13 in a 52-44 win at Faulkner University. Although Erwin was missing 6-foot-9 sophomore Demarcus Cousins, who has left the team, the Eagles still had plenty of height on their backline, which was in the 6-foot-5 to 6-foot-7 range. Trinity's tallest starter is 6-foot-3 Zack Shaw.
The Wildcats trailed by three points at halftime and at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter the Eagles went to a man-to-man press which opened up the court for Marquel Darrington. Darrington scored eight of his 16 points in the final period and he had two magnificent drives to the hoop that resulted in and-ones. Shaw finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds and D'Awvalo Turnipseed added 10 points as the Wildcats improved to 16-8.
Assistant coach Christian Schweers discusses the win over Erwin Audio
Trinity loses on a 3-pointer
Just moments after Trinity's Whit Mitchell hit a 3-pointer that put the Wildcats up 61-60 with 30 seconds to play, Brewbaker Tech's Brandon Canady answered with a 3-ball to win the game 63-61. Trinity was fouled at the buzzer, but the Wildcats missed the front end of the one-and-one.
Mitchell led the 15-8 Wildcats with 16 points. Zack Shaw had 14 points and nine rebounds and Marquel Darrington scored 11.
Trinity wraps up home schedule with win over ACA
Trinity won every quarter in a 77-56 home win over Alabama Christian. D'Awvalo Turnipseed scored 20 points to lead the 15-7 Wildcats to an area win. The Wildcats clinched second in the area with a 4-2 record.
Marquel Darrington had 16 points, nine rebounds, six assists and two steals. One of Darrington's shots was a memorable one. Marquel hit a 3/4's of the court length shot that swished right before the buzzer. Griffin Littlefield had 14 points, Zack Shaw 10 points and nine rebounds and Whit Mitchell 10 points and five rebounds.
Coach Jack Schweers discusses the game Audio
Wildcats lose Southside-Selma 67-50
Game story form the Selma Times-Journal
Coach Jack Schweers discusses the game Audio
Trinity runs off and leaves St. James in the 3rd quarter
The Trinity Wildcats waited until their favorite quarter, the third, to break away from St. James in a 62-40 road victory. The Wildcats (14-6) led 23-20 at half, but then as has been their pattern, they outscored St. James 26-to-8 in the third quarter.
Marquel Darrington had 20 points, six rebounds and six assists to lead Trinity and he was the Wildcats only double-digit scorer. Whit Mitchell scored nine points, Kyle Shaw eight and Zack Shaw seven. The Wildcats made only two 3-pointers, had 17 steals and 13 assists in their third win, in four games this season, against St. James.
Trinity edges ACA
Zack Shaw and Marquel Darrington each had a double-double in Trinity’s 53-50 win at Alabama Christian. Shaw had 20 points and 13 rebounds and Darrington 14 points and 10 rebounds. The Wildcats are 13-6 and 3-1 in the area.
Trinity wins on the road
Marquel Darrington scored 22 points and 11 assists to lead Trinity to a 66-41 road win at Holtville. Zack Shaw had 11 points and 10 rebounds and younger brother, Kyle, added 16 points .
Southside-Selma 59, Trinity 53 Game Story
Assistant Coach Christian Schweers talks to Roundball Coach about the game. Audio
Wildcats continue their 3rd quarter supremacy in win over Holtville
If the Trinity Wildcats have a favorite or most productive quarter it has to be the third. Four of the Wildcats' most lopsided quarters, in their favor, have come in the third period. Here is a sampling. The Wildcats outscored Spanish Fort 20-3, St. James 26-5 and 18-5 and Holtville 24-9 in their latest game. That productive third stanza allowed Trinity to bolt away in a 89-64 home win.
In the 13 games in which the quarter-by-quarter scoring was available, the Wildcats outscored their opponents nine times, they were outscored three times and one third period ended in an 11-11 tie. In those 13 games Trinity outscored the opposition by a combined 212 to 129 or an average of 16 points to 9.9.
Against Holtville the Wildcats had four double-digit scorers. Zack Shaw led the way with 19 points and nine rebounds. D'Awvalo Turnipseed had 18, Marquel Darrington 17 and 6-foot-7 junior Andrew Martin continued his improvement by scoring 16. The Wildcats are 11-5 heading into a big home game against Southside of Selma on Friday.
Trinity loses to Montgomery Academy again
Seven days after the Wildcats were manhandled by Montgomery Academy by 20-points, they played a much closer contest with the 6th ranked Triple A team, in a 62-57 loss. The Eagles opened up a 10-point advantage in the second half, but the Wildcats rallied and chopped the lead to one with 11 seconds to play on a 3-pointer by Marquel Darrington. Darrington and Zack Shaw combined to score 21 of the Wildcats' 23 fourth quarter points. Montgomery Academy clinched its 13th victory of the season by hitting four free throw in the final 10 seconds. Shaw led the Wildcats with a game-high 23 points and 14 rebounds. Darrington had 19.
Wildcats win in their lowest scoring game of their season
The Trinity Wildcats didn't score much, but then they didn't allow many either in a 51-37 win over St. James. The Cats outscored St. James 6-1 in the second quarter and 18-5 in the third to go 10-4 on the season.
Austin Morriss was the only Wildcat to hit double-figures with 16 points. Zack Shaw added eight points and Marquel Darrington and D'Awvalo Turnipseed each contributed seven. Four Wildcats collected seven rebounds- Andrew Martin, Morriss, Darrington and Shaw. Shaw led the team with six assists. Trinity's 23 buckets came off 18 assists.
Wildcats manhandled by Montgomery Academy
The Trinity Wildcats were handed their worst defeat of the season by Mongomery Academy in the championship game of the Capital City Classic. Read more about the Wildcats 63-43 loss in this Montgomery Advertiser Story.
Red hot Wildcats take care of ACA
The Trinity Wildcats shot a sizzling 68% from the field in an 82-59 semifinal win over Alabama Christian in the Capital City Classic. The Wildcats were moving the ball around and they scored 31 buckets on 23 assists. Marquel Darrington led Trinity with 23 points. He also had nine assists, five rebounds, a dunk and for the second straight game only one turnover. Zack Shaw and D'Awvalo Turnipseed each added 16 points. Shaw had eight rebounds and Turnipseed five assists. Griffin Littlefield nailed two 3-pointers and scored 10.
Assistant coach Christian Schweers discusses the Wildcats' win. Audio
Trinity breaks free from St. James in the third quarter
The third quarter has been the Trinity Wildcats quarter in many games this season. Leading St. James 30-28 in the third, the Wildcats bolted off on a 26-5 run and beat St. James 66-44 in an opening round game of the Capital City Conference Christmas Tournament at Trinity.
D'Awvalo Turnipseed, Marquel Darrington and Zack Shaw combined for 24 of the 26 points in the decisive third quarter. Darrington led the Wildcats with 25 points. He hit three 3-pointers, collected six rebounds, had five steals, seven assists and just one turnover in one of his most complete performances of the season. Shaw added 16 points and had six rebounds, while Turnipseed scored 10. The big three offensive players in this game scored 77% of Trinity’s points.
The 8-3 Wildcats will play Alabama Christian at 6:30 p.m. on Friday in the second round of the tourney.
Trinity beats big school Prattville 57-37
For the first time this season, four Trinity Wildcats scored in double figures in a 57-37 home victory over 6A Prattville.
D’Awvalo Turnipseed nailed three 3-pointers and scored 19 points. Marquel Darrington, Andrew Martin and Zack Shaw each added 10. Shaw collected 11 rebounds giving him a double-double for the third time this season and the senior has also scored in double figures in all eight games in which he has played. Shaw is averaging 16.6 points and eight rebounds per game.
The 7-3 Wildcats bolted away in the first quarter and led 15 to 4. Trinity added 15 more points in the second quarter and led 30-13 at half.
Trinity limits "Junior" in win over Tallassee
The first time Trinity played Tallassee, Jerome "Junior" Jones scored 35 points, but the Wildcats won the home game by a dozen points. In the rematch at Tallassee, Trinity limited Junior to 21 in a 69-53 victory. The Wildcats, now 6-3) broke away with a 16-2 third quarter run. Zack Shaw led the Wildcats with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Marquel Darrington had 16 points and seven assists and Andrew Martin added 12 points.
Assistant coach Christian Schweers discusses the Wildcats' road win. Audio
Trinity loses to St. Paul’s in championship game
The Trinity Wildcats had beaten 5A St. Paul’s four straight times entering the championship game of St. Paul’s Holiday Tournament in Mobile. But in the title game the Saints, now 9-1, outscored the Wildcats 16-6 in the second quarter to break away and win the 63-50.
Trinity led most of the opening quarter until the Saints rallied and tied the game at 13 after one period. In the second quarter S. Paul’s switched to a trapping defense and forced Trinity into mistakes. The Saints were up 29-19 at half.
The game had a better offensive flow in the second half, but the Wildcats were never able to put together a long run and take the lead. Trinity was hampered by poor free throw shooting. The Wildcats were 8-of-19 from the line, that is 42%. St. Paul’s shot 85% in making 17-of-20.
Zack Shaw led 5-3 Trinity with 11 points. Griffin Littlefield, a 5-foot-9 junior, came off the bench and scored 10.
Listen to Trinity assistant coach break down the Wildcats loss in Mobile. Audio
Trinity advances to the championship game of the St. Paul's Tourney
After the long ride from Montgomery to Mobile, it took the Trinity Wildcats a half and some encouraging locker room words from Zack Shaw to get it going and beat Spanish Fort 58-40 in the opening round of the St. Paul's Holiday Tournament. The game was tied at 23 at half, but in the third quarter Trinity turned up the defensive pressure with a full court press and outscored Spanish Fort 20-3.
Shaw had his fifth straight double-double, 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead the 5-2 Wildcats. D'Awvalo Turnipseed followed with 11 points and Marquel Darrington had 10.
Trinity assistant coach Christian Schweers and Wildcat center Austin Morriss talk about the win and today's championship game. Audio
Trinity loses heart breaker to Catholic on a last second shot
It had been 10 years since Catholic had beaten Trinity. But the Wildcats win streak over the Knights ended when Bob Weber hit a game winning 12-foot jumper with 6.4 seconds in a 56-53 Catholic win.
Zack Shaw had his fourth straight double-double, 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead 4-2 Trinity.
Darrington's 33 and Shaw's double-double lead Wildcats to third straight win
In an up and down game, played in a packed Trinity gym, the home team Wildcats beat rival Brewbaker Tech 89-77. Guard Marquel Darrington was 13 of 16 from the field and scored a game high 33 with 11 steals, while Zack Shaw controlled the paint and scored 19 points and collected 14 rebounds. D'Awvalo Turnipseed chipped in 14 points for Trinity, now 4-1. Box Score
Trinity assistant coach Christian Schweers joins Roundball Coach and talks about the win. Audio
Trinity wins 66-61 at Catholic
Zack Shaw, playing just his second game, after joining the basketball team following the end of football season, scored 23 points and snatched 13 rebounds in the Trinity Wildcats 66-61 win at Catholic. Shaw was the Wildcats go-to guy in the fourth quarter and he did all of his damage in the paint.
Guard D'Awvalo Turnipseed scored 15 points and played a fine defensive game according to head coach Jack Schweers. Marquel Darrington added 14 points and had six steals. Trinity, 3-1, led at half 32-30. Box Score
Wildcats survive "Junior" and beat Tallassee
With eight football players dressed in basketball uniforms for the first time this season, the Trinity Wildcats survived a 35-point night by Tallassee's Junior Jones in 80-68 home victory. The football players, however, were playing without the benefit of a full practice, so coach Jack Schweers had just an informal seventh period walk through to get them ready for this regular season game.
Trinity trailed 19-11 after the first quarter. But at the end of the second quarter D'Awvalo Turnipseed hit back-to-back three-pointers, including one at the buzzer, to give the Wildcats a 33-31 advantage at the break. Turnipseed scored 16.
In the second half Marquel Darrington, the Wildcats other guard, took over and scored 19 of his 26 as Trinity was able to add to its lead. Through three games Darrington is averaging 24 points. Zack Shaw, who was playing his first basketball game following the end of the Wildcats' football season on Friday in Thomasville scored 15 points with 11 rebounds. Box Score
Trinity, now 2-1, will play at Catholic on Tuesday night, November 28.
Listen as coach Schweers talks about the Wildcats' win over Tallassee. Audio
Young Wildcats drop a close one at St. James
With a starting lineup that consisted of two juniors, a senior and two eighth graders, the Trinity Wildcats rallied from 10 points down at halftime and took a four-point lead before eventually letting the game get away in the end and losing to St. James 62-56 in the championship game of the Trojans Thanksgiving Tournament.
For the second straight game coach Jack Schweers put the offense in the hands of his only two varsity players. Guards Marquel Darrington and D'Awvalo Turnipseed, who each scored 23 points in the first round win over Beulah, combined for 47 points against St.James. In the two tourney games the duo scored 93, or 69%, of Trinity's 135 points. Turnipseed had 24 against the Trojans and Darrington contributed 23.
Trinity made only 9-of-17 free throws in the first half and trailed 33-23 at halftime. The Wildcats cut the lead down to five at the end of the third quarter at 43-38. Midway through the fourth quarter eighth grader Josh Watkins hit a 3-pointer to put Trinity up for the first time since the opening quarter. The Wildcats built up a 53-49 lead, but then tourney MVP Chase Christian scored two buckets to put the Trojans up by four. Turnipseed nailed a 3-pointer to cut the lead to one. However, the Wildcats were called for a technical for taking a timeout when they didn't have one and the Trojans were able to pull way at the end.
Listen as coach Schweers discusses the near miss at St. James. Audio
Short-handed Trinity opens season with a win
Despite dressing out only two varsity players, The Trinity Wildcats opened their season with a 73-51 win over the Beulah Bobcats in the St. James Tournament. Most of the basketball team is still playing football.
Guards Marquel Darrington and D'Awvalo Turnipseed scored 23 points each to lead Trinity. Josh Watkins added 10 points and Thomas House had 13 rebounds for the Wildcats. Alex Grant hit five 3-pointers and led 1-1 Beulah with 26 points.
Listen as coach Jack Schweers talks about the Wildcats' season opening victory. Audio
Meet Coach Jack Schweers
Jack Schweers is a roundball freak. He loves to read about, talk about and coach the game. Schweers has been very successful as both an assistant and head coach. In a long career he has very rarely experienced a losing season. Jack currently is the head coach of Trinity Presbyterian High School in Montgomery, Alabama. His Wildcats won a state championship in the late 90's and back in the late 80's, while an assistant coach at Auburn-University at Montgomery, Jack came within a shot in overtime of being part of a national championship season.
Audio Clip (20:53) Jack Schweers interview
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