Multiple Teams · Lady Poets Spring Training
The Lady Poets Basketball Team will have Spring Training March 27 – April 7 from 4pm – 6pm Monday-Thursday. For more information please contact Head Coach Courtney Ward @ 334.294.3598
The Lady Poets Basketball Team will have Spring Training March 27 – April 7 from 4pm – 6pm Monday-Thursday. For more information please contact Head Coach Courtney Ward @ 334.294.3598
DOTHAN — Alexis Hall based her decision more on who her coach would be rather than her new school’s girls basketball reputation. The sordid recent history of the Sidney Lanier Poets — and much-worse adjectives would be accurate, too — didn’t sway Hall when faced with the enthusiasm and determination of new coach Courtney Ward. Two years
Shanya Brown, at some point, just has to hope for silence. She’s a Sidney Lanier senior and a starter on the girls basketball team, who juggles a part-time job with a hectic family life. Outside of school, she’s probably at practice or playing in a game — like Tuesday’s Class 6A South Regional final against
Sidney Lanier had to fight off nervousness and excitement as it played Dothan in Monday’s Class 6A subregional at Walker-Joiner Gymnasium. The Poets ran the Tigers out of the playoffs. Jamiya Smith scored 10 of her 18 points in the second half as Lanier pulled away for a 71-37 win to advance to the Class
Behind Lex Hall’s 12 points, the Lady poets won the Class 6A, Area 4 Championship Thursday, its first area title since 2010, with a 53-42 home victory over Carver High School. Tierra Davis and Bernicia Ballard added 11 points each for the Poets (15-9), who will host a subregion game, likey on Monday.
Sidney Lanier girls basketball coach Courtney Ward serves her community as a head coach, but is also a deputy with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department. Ward graduated from the Montgomery Police Academy in 2014 and is currently a school resource officer at Pike Road School during the day. Ward said she gets plenty of support
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 5:30 PM Sidney Lanier High School AWAY 46 Brewbaker Tech Magnet High School HOME 52 Game Recap Poets falls to Brew Tech
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 6:00 PM Sidney Lanier High School AWAY 47 Central High School HOME 57 Game Recap Poets fall to Central PC
Monday, December 12, 2016 6:00 PM Sidney Lanier High School AWAY 34 Central High School HOME 61 Game Recap Poets fall to Central Hayneville
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 6:00 PM Park Crossing High School AWAY 32 Sidney Lanier High School HOME 60 Game Recap Poets defeat PC