Northwest Florida Daily News
11/19/08 Page B3

PREP ROUNDUP


Niceville 60 Escambia 35: Cassandra Brown poured in 21 points and collected 11 rebounds for Niceville, which handily won its season opener. Holly Osborne and Natalya Owen bolstered the effort with 10 points each.
Niceville (1-0) plays at home Saturday against Crestview.
Totals: 24 2 6-11 60.


Niceville                           16 13 17 14—60
Escambia                              8 6 9 12 – 35
Niceville (60)

Emily Dutlon 4, Natalya Owen 10, Shardae Hernandez 2, Sharome Strutchen 10, Cassandra Brown 21, Holly Osborne 6, Arianna Roper 7. Escambia (35)
Stewart 12, Waters 4, Stove 5, Lavinson 3, Ward 7, Brown 2, Lucas 2. Totals: 15 0 5-10 35.

AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM CAPSULES
CHOCTAWHATCHEE
Coach: Don Brown District: 1-5A District opponents: Crestview, Escambia, Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Pace, Pine Forest, Tate. Athletes returning: Francheska Bowman, D.J. Taylor, Valerie Dixon, Rachiknic McCorvey. Others to watch:Christine Reading, Kiersten Denny. Athletes lost: Christin Cardrenon.
NICEVILLE
Coach: Babita Artabasy District: 1-5A District opponents: Choctawhatchee, Crestview, Escambia, Fort Walton Beach, Pace, Pine Forest, Tate. Athletes returning: Arianna Roper, Emily Dutton, Sharome Strutchen, Katie Haemmerle, Michelle Smith. Others to watch: Cassandra Brown, Natalya Owens. Athletes lost: Donielle Campbell.
FORT WALTON BEACH
Coach: Holly McDaniel District: 1-5A District opponents: Choctawhatchee, Crestview, Escambia, Niceville, Pace, Pine Forest, Tate. Athletes returning: Kristin Rogers, Kiani Parker. Others to watch: Eboni Payton, Kiara Turner, Lamonica Lewis, Lakeryl Ingram, Shaakira Mitchell. Athletes lost: Tandria Milton, LeEra Lewis, Kiara Parker, Brittani Stephenson.
BAKER
Coach: Kathy Combest District: 1-2A District opponents:Freeport, Jay, Ponce De Leon. Athletes returning: Courtney Foutnain, Alyssa Horn. Others to watch: Dani Mayhair, Hannah McGraw, Ariel Adkinson, Bethany Meisch, Carly Barton. Athletes lost: Chelsea Combest, Heather Chestnut.
FREEPORT
Coach: Mike Myrick District: 1-2A District opponents: Baker, Jay, Ponce De Leon, Vernon. Athletes returning: Curstin Buford, Joslyn King, Nikki Blalock, Jessie Moulton, Dannica Mosher, Catherine Trotman, Niki Bishop, Amanda Bates, Chelsea Lindaas. Others to watch: None given. Athletes lost: Nicole Dykes, Lora King, Kaycee Jones.
NAVARRE
Coach: David Noles District: 1-4A District opponents: Gulf Breeze, Milton, Pensacola, Washington, West Florida. Athletes returning: Lori Fletcher, Kylie Casey. Others to watch: None given. Athletes lost: None given.
SOUTH WALTON Coach: Kevin Craig District: 1-3A District opponents: Northview, Pensacola Catholic, Walton
Athletes returning: Kendall Moore, Aracely Garcia, Sarah Zombori, Vivian Rodriguez, Sadie Hussien, Julie Williamson, Jamie Delaney, Tiffany Snider. Others to watch: Alex Lovell, Sam Snider, Brooke Sneed. Athletes lost: Taylor Griffith, Rachel Miller, Lauren Snider, Shereka Bramlett.
WALTON
Coach: Terry McClure District: 1-3A District opponents: Pensacola Catholic, Northview, South Walton Athletes returning: Betsy Stevenson, Lee Paulk, Casey Perkins, Shannon Currie, Sami Barnes, Alex Infinger, Jasmine Dorsey, Jasmine Moore, Tori Lincoln. Others to watch: Caiti Stewart. Athletes lost: Chelsea Robinson, Candice Smith.
LAUREL HILL
Coach: Scott Varnum District: 1A District opponents: Central, Paxton, Rocky Bayou. Athletes returning: Nyiece Underwood, Alex Castlebarry, Tuyen Morris, Caitlyn Morgan, Jessica Gartman, Brooke Hansen, Laqueatta Williams, Kasey Harrison. Others to watch: Jenny Brown. Athletes lost: None.
Note: Cr estvie w, Pa x ton and Rocky Bayou did not return preseason questionnaires sent to each school.