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Despite leading by 3 with a quarter remaining, the Lady Raiders (21-4) could not hold on to defeat Woodside and win their first PD tournament title in 27 years. LaQuanda Younger scored 24 and Doneisha Eley added 10 points on the night. Next up is a Monday night game at Phoebus at 6pm against Grassfield, the number 3 seed from the Southeastern District.
The Lady Raiders played their way into Friday night's Peninsula District tournament final by defeating Hampton 66-60 behind 40 points from LaQuanda Younger. Warwick trailed by 1 at half and by 2 with one quarter remaining, but fought back to pull out the win and move to 21-3 on the year.
Q scored 105 points in her 3 games against the Crabbers this year. She now has 1400 points in her 70 high school games and 485 points on the year.
The Lady Raiders will play Woodside in Friday night's final at Woodside at 5:30pm. No matter the result, Warwick will be the 2nd seed from the PD in the Eastern Region tournament.
LaQuanda Younger scored 20 and Doneisha Eley added 15 as the Lady Raiders defeated 7th-seeded Denbigh 62-53 on Monday night at Warwick. The Lady Raiders (20-3) clinched an Eastern Region berth and play Hampton on Wednesday night at 5:30 at Woodside for a spot in the finals. Wednesday's game should be a great one. Warwick split the regular season games with the Crabbers, losing by 1 and then winning by 4 in overtime. Younger had her 2nd- and 3rd-highest scoring games of the season against Hampton, scoring 37 and 28 points.
-With a 57-47 win over Kecoughtan on Thursday night, Warwick's boys basketball team locked up the 7th seed in the Peninsula District tournament. Warwick (8-14, 6-12 PD) was led by Devon Asbury, who scored 19 points in the win. The Raiders will now play Bethel on Tuesday (02/15) at 7:15pm at Bethel High School; Bethel won the previous two matchups by 13 and 2 points.
-The Lady Raiders, led by 16 points from LaQuanda Younger, beat Kecoughtan 56-29 on Thursday night and earned the 2nd seed in the Peninsula District tournament. Warwick (19-3, 15-3) hosts 7th-place Denbigh on Monday (02/14) at 7:15pm; Warwick won the previous two matchups by 24 and 22 points.
The entire PD tournament schedule can be viewed here.
-Although it comes as no surprise, BIG congratulations to the Lady Raiders' LaQuanda Younger (19.5ppg) for being named the Peninsula District Player of the Year tonight. This is Younger's second POY honor and 3rd straight year being on the All-District first team. Thanks to Coach Starks for the correction.
BIG congratulations also go to senior Breven Lyons for being named to the boys' first team. Lyons is averaging 13.9ppg and has scored in double figures in all but 5 of the Raiders' 21 games so far.
Dave Johnson's story about the picks can be found here. A Johnson article about the playoff picture with one game remaining is here.
Please come out to support the Raiders and Lady Raiders in their final home games of the year tomorrow night against Kecoughtan.
-The boys basketball team lost a close one to Bethel on Tuesday night, but remains in 7th place in the PD standings. The Raiders (7-14, 5-12 PD) lost 46-44 and were led by 16 points from Breven Lyons and 14 from Devon Asbury.
-The girls basketball team beat Bethel 68-33 behind 16 points from Ashley Cunningham. The Lady Raiders (18-3, 14-3 PD) are still in a 3-way tie for 2nd place with one game remaining.
Dave Johnson wrote another article on LaQuanda Younger that can be found here.
The Lady Raiders took to the court in pink uniforms in support of breast cancer research on Friday night and defeated Denbigh by 24. LaQuanda Younger led Warwick (17-3, 13-3 PD) with 17 points. The Lady Raiders are in a 3-way tie for 2nd place in the Peninsula District, one game behind District-leading Woodside.
The Daily Press' Dave Johnson did a much more eloquent job than I did at summing up the craziness that is the PD girls' basketball race right now. His story can be found here.
With 3 regular season games left before the District tournaments, I thought it would be good to take a look at the playoff pictures for the boys and girls teams.
-Coach Moore's boys are currently tied with Gloucester for the 8th and final spot and are a half-game behind Denbigh for 7th. Warwick has games against Denbigh, Bethel (away), and Kecoughtan left. Denbigh has Warwick, Woodside (makeup game), Phoebus, and Gloucester. Gloucester has Heritage, Woodside, and Denbigh. My predictions? Denbigh goes 0-4, Gloucester goes 3-0, and Warwick takes the final tournament spot. The home game against Denbigh on Friday night is a must-win for the Raiders.
-Coach Starks' Lady Raiders are in a tight race near the top of the PD standings. The girls are currently in a 3-way tie for 2nd (with Hampton and Heritage) and a half-game out of 1st place (Woodside). My predictions for how the season plays out are listed below.
Warwick has Denbigh, Bethel, and Kecoughtan left, so they should go 3-0 and end the regular season 19-3, 15-3 PD. Hampton should also win out (Phoebus, Kecoughtan, and Menchville left) and finish 15-3 in the District. Woodside and Heritage are the two teams that are going to make matters even more complicated. Woodside has 4 games left; 3 of them (Kecoughtan, Denbigh, and Gloucester) should be easy wins. Heritage has 3 games left; 2 of them (Gloucester and Menchville) should be easy wins.
That brings us to Thursday, February 10th. At 5:30pm at Woodside High School, what looks to be the deciding game of the PD regular season will begin. In the first meeting between these two teams, Heritage won 35-34.
If Woodside wins the second matchup, the Wolverines will presumably be 16-2 and the top seed in the tournament; Heritage would fall to 14-4 and be the 4th seed, Warwick would be the 2nd seed, and Hampton would be 3rd (by virtue of the preseason tiebreak draw). If Woodside loses to Heritage, there will be 4 teams at 15-3 and the situation gets nasty. Consider: Warwick beat Heritage twice, Woodside beat Warwick twice, and Heritage (in this situation) beat Woodside twice. There's also Hampton, which split the series against Heritage, Woodside, and Warwick.
All 4 teams would have a 3-3 record against the other teams in that scenario, at which case the seedings for the tournament would come down to the preseason tiebreak draw according to Dave Johnson at the Daily Press.
In that situation, Warwick would get the 1 seed, Heritage 2, Hampton 3, and Woodside 4.
Dave Johnson's headline reads: "Warwick girls smoke Heritage 62-41." I can't say it any better than that, so click here to go to Johnson's article. The Lady Raiders (16-3, 12-3 PD) are in a 3-way tie for 2nd place in the PD, a half-game behind District-leading Woodside.
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