National Highlight Reel: Starks pours in 58 points

Phillip Starks continues to carry a young, inexperienced basketball team at Prince RVT (Hartford, Conn.).

After scoring a school-record 59 points earlier this season, the 5-foot-9, 148-pound senior guard poured in 58 last week during an 83-56 victory over O'Brien RVT (Ansonia, Conn.). He is averaging 40.4 points – No. 2 in the nation - 7.2 rebounds and 6.5 assists while shooting 92 percent from the free throw line and 53 percent from the field.

The Falcons start two sophomores, plus a junior and senior off last year's JV team.

Coach Kendall May told MaxPreps, "He's so advanced and the other kids are so young that they can't catch his passes. In the third quarter he made seven passes and they blew the layups. Four times he got the rebound.



"Every week he is double-teamed full-court. One game he had his jersey ripped off in the third quarter. (He has great) knowledge of the game, an adept shooting eye and unlimited range. He wants to shoot 3-point shots from four steps behind the 3-point line, but I won't allow it.

May also pointed out, "Our offense is designed to get him the ball and one millisecond of space. He's got a step-back (shot) that also creates a split second. He is very, very quick. He's (NBA star Brandon) Jennings quick."

Starks has Division I ability, May believes, but so far he is getting offers only from Division II and III colleges plus prep schools.

* Fredrick Turner, a 5-7, 150-pound senior guard, exploded for a state-record 17 3-point baskets as Wilcox Central (Camden, Ala.) routed Francis Marion (Ala.), 96-54. He drilled 17 of 22 from beyond the arc to tie for fifth all-time. The national record is 24. His 56-point total tied the school record, which was set by his coach, Mark Dukes, in 1985.

* Wolfe County (Campton, Ky.) junior guard Sawyer Denniston (6-3) scored 52 points during a 73-69 victory over Menifee County (Frenchburg, Ky.). He connected on 20 of 26 shots from the field to go with 13 rebounds and five steals.

* The nation's leading scorer (42.7 points per game), 6-1 junior Zach Richie, had 46 points as Oregon-Davis (Hamlet, Ind.) lost to Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, Ind.), 89-59.



* Providence (Burbank, Calif.) star Patrick Gonzalez had a recent week he won't soon forget with games of 47, 43 and 52 points.

* Ryan Taylor, a 6-6 senior, had 41 points, 12 rebounds and six assists as Western (Louisville, Ky.) nipped Pleasure Ridge Park (Louisville, Ky.), 91-90, in overtime.

* Holmes County (Bonifay, Fla.) sophomore Chris Walker (6-8) collected 41 points, 21 rebounds, seven blocks and five assists in a 75-67 double-overtime victory against Blountstown (Fla.).

* University of Louisville signee Chane Behanan had his first career triple-double (21 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds) as Bowling Green (Ky.) defeated Barren County (Glasgow, Ky.), 83-49.

* Senior guard Jordan Johnson outscored winless Fowlerville (Mich.) by himself with 40 points as DeWitt (Mich.) posted a 58-29 victory.

* Junior guard Davonte Brunson scored 45 points to lead East (Akron, Ohio) past Massillon (Ohio), 85-75, in overtime.

* Lincoln Park Performing Arts (Midland, Pa.) rolled past Western Beaver (Industry, Pa.), 85-51, behind a triple-double from 6-9 junior Devontae Watson, who finished with 35 points, 26 rebounds and 13 blocks.



* Ripley (W.Va.) senior guard Chase Fischer (6-4) scored 40 points during a 77-76 win against South Charleston (W.Va.). The Wake Forest recruit is No. 3 in the nation with a 39.5 scoring average.

* Bosse (Evansville, Ind.) freshman Jaquan Lyle already has received scholarship offers from Indiana, Illinois and Xavier, according to the Evansville Courier & Press. The 6-foot-4, 14-year-old is being billed as the most hyped freshman in Evansville history – ahead of such stars as Calbert Cheaney and Walter McCarty.

*MVP Matthew Christiansen, a 6-8 junior, had 23 points, 18 rebounds and 11 blocks while sparking Bishop McGuinness (Oklahoma City) to a 77-61 victory over Northwest Classen (Oklahoma City) to win its own tournament.

* Bishop Hartley (Columbus, Ohio) defeated DeSales (Columbus, Ohio), 51-40, to break a 50-game home winning streak.

* Ed Kershner became Florida's all-time winner with 761 victories when Oviedo (Fla.) defeated Trinity Prep (Winter Park, Fla.), 56-36.

* Trinity (Washington, Pa.) coach Joe Dunn notched his 300th victory, 72-49, against McGuffey (Claysville, Pa.).



GIRLS BASKETBALL:{PAGEBREAK}GIRLS BASKETBALL: TYIKA ROBINSON SCORES 44 POINTS
Tyika Robinson, a 5-3 senior guard, scored a career-high 44 points – including eight 3-pointers – as J.F. Shields (Beatrice, Ala.) defeated Georgiana (Ala.), 76-58. She also had six assists, four rebounds and three steals.

Robinson averaged 26 points last year while sparking the Panthers to a 29-0 record, the Class A state championship and earning state Class A Player of the Year honors. The Panthers are 13-0 this year, riding a 42-game winning streak and they have won 72 of their last 73 games.

Former NBA player John Drew also attended the small school where he averaged 41 points during his career with high games of 77 and 74 points – No. 2 and 3, respectively, in state history.

* Earlier this season, Franklin (Portland, Ore.) point guard Jude Schimmel scored a school-record 51 points during a 73-68 loss to Century (Hillsboro, Ore.). Her sister, Shoni, held the record of 48.

* Eastern Hills (Fort Worth, Texas) defeated North Side (Fort Worth, Texas), 50-20, behind 42 points by Artavia Guyton.

* Jasmine Martin totaled 36 points, 10 rebounds and 10 steals as Timber Creek Regional (Erial, N.J.) defeated West (Cherry Hill, N.J.), 66-40.



* Coaching milestone victories were posted recently by Jeff Sink of Brea Olinda (Brea, Calif.), No. 700; Mike Floyd of Jay (San Antonio), No. 600; and Jay Trousdale of Poway (Calif.), No. 500.

WRESTLING:{PAGEBREAK}WRESTLING: BALDWIN SETS NATIONAL WINS RECORD
Osceola (Kissimmee, Fla.) senior Pete Baldwin, who usually wrestles at 145 pounds, set a national record last week when he won his 305th career match. The record of 304 was shared by Kentuckians Travis Sullivan of Monticello Wayne County and Josh Johnson of Elizabethtown John Hardin, according to Cal Johnson of Wrestling USA Magazine.

It should be pointed out that the above trio was able to wrestle high school varsity matches as junior high students. Baldwin, for example, totaled 105 victories in sixth, seventh and eighth grade. The National High School Federation counts only grades 9-12 and its record belongs to Colton Palmer of Riverside (Durham, N.C.), who had 284 victories.

The talented Old Dominion signee, however, is looking over his shoulder, because his eighth grade brother, Fox Baldwin, already has 151 wins.

* Apple Valley (Minn.) again upheld its No. 1 national ranking by beating No. 4 Brandon (Fla.), 34-16, to win The Clash before a capacity crowd of 5,000 in Rochester, Minn. The powerful Eagles notched six wins - including a 42-20 triumph over No. 5 Simley (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) - during the ninth annual 32-team tournament.

* Wyoming Seminary College Prep (Kingston, Pa.) defeated Christiansburg (Va.), 33-27, by taking the last two weight classes to capture the National Division title during the 31st annual Virginia Duals in Hampton, Va. Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach, Va.) defeated Great Bridge (Chesapeake, Va.), 42-19, to win the Black & Blue Division.



TRACK AND FIELD:{PAGEBREAK}TRACK AND FIELD: VENA SETS ANOTHER RECORD
Morristown (N.J.) senior Nick Vena, who holds numerous shot put records, set another one with an effort of 70 feet, 10.75 inches during the 17th Hispanic Games in New York City. He also threw the shot 71 feet, 9.5 inches for an indoor personal record while winning his specialty at the Morris County Relays in Madison, N.J.

* Though just a sophomore, Kendell Williams of Kell (Marietta, Ga.) was named Most Outstanding Female during the LSU Indoor Classic in Baton Rouge, La. She won the 55-meter hurdles in a meet-record 8.06 seconds, won the high jump at 5 feet, 8 inches and was third in the long jump. Catholic (New Iberia, La.) senior Morgan LeLeux won the pole vault at 13 feet.

ICE HOCKEY:{PAGEBREAK}ICE HOCKEY: U.S. UNDER-17 TEAM TAKES SECOND
The U.S. Under-17 team lost to Team Ontario, 5-3, in the finals of the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Americans had won six consecutive games by a margin of 36-11 prior to the finale.

* Mayo (Rochester, Minn.) boys hockey coach Lorne Grosso tied the Minnesota state record with his 616th career victory, an 11-1 rout of East (Mankato, Minn.).

POTPOURRI
* The National Federation of State High School Associations has voted against a proposal to sanction national tournaments in golf and cross country. The vote was 22-21 in favor, but a two-thirds majority was necessary to amend the bylaws.