The Daily Review from Morgan City, Louisiana • 7

The Daily Review, Morgan City, Wednesday, January 22, 2014, Page 7 Staff Report The Morgan City High School Tigers opened District 7- 4Aaction Tuesday with a 61-45 loss to Ellender at home. While the Tigers trailed just 13-8 after the first quarter, Ellender continued to build its lead during the next two quarters, taking a 28-16 lead into halftime and a 50-33 lead after three quarters. Morgan City clipped Ellender in the scoring column in the final quarter, 12-11. Buddy Humphrey led the Tigers with 15 points, while Jaylen Jones scored 11. Other top contributors included Brady Fryou, eight; Marquise Green, five; and Malcolm Watkins, four.

Morgan City (1-15 overall, 0-1 in district) will return to action Friday when it travels to Bourg to face South Terrebonne in a 7:30 p.m. contest. Berwick games rescheduled Berwick ketball games, originally scheduled to be played Tuesday, were postponed due to a miscommunication and now will be played today in Berwick, Berwick ketball coach Heather Blanchard said. Girls will tip off at 4 p.m. with boys to follow at 5:30 p.m.

The Lady they had scheduled at home on Feb. 7 now will be played at Franklin. MCHSTigersfall to Ellender in hoops Staff Report MORGAN CITY The Morgan City Lady Tigers fell to Ellender in District 7-4Aplay Tuesday, 69-42. Ellender jumped out to a 16-6 lead after the first period and had extended it to 40-15 at the half. Morgan City kept things closer in the second half as they were outscored 29-27.

Casey Chenevert led Morgan City with 20 points, while Kaylyn Washington and Meya Morse each scored eight and Steveiyon Walker had four. Morgan City (12-6 overall, 1-2 in district) will return to action Friday when it travels to Bourg to face South Terrebonne in another district contest set to begin around 6 p.m. Patterson beats Centerville The Patterson Lumberjills won their third straight with a 54-29 nondistrict victory against Centerville at home Tuesday. The Lumberjills either outscored or matched Centerville in every quarter, jumping out to an 18-2 lead after the first quarter and going into halftime with a 27-11 lead. Patterson extended its lead after three quarters to 43-19.

Nakia Brooks and Makayla Ruiz each scored 10 points for Patterson, while Jazmin Evans and Galen Grogan each scored nine with Grogan collecting five rebounds as well. Other top contributors included Erykah Singleton and Jamila Tate, three points and five rebounds each; Nia Broussard, five points; and Jamiri Brown, three points. Patterson (8-12, 2-0) will return to action Friday when it travels to face Donaldsonville in a 6 p.m. matchup. Lady Tigers fall 69-42 Staff Report RUSTON Louisiana Tech head football coach Skip Holtz confirmed national reports Tuesday that former Texas and Mississippi State defensive coordinator Manny Diaz has been hired in the same capacity with the Bulldogs.

Diaz brings an impressive resume that includes 14 years of experience and appearances in 12 bowl games. He most recently was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Texas (2011-13), a team that showed vast improvement in run defense during his tenure. am very excited Manny Diaz is joining our Holtz said in a university release. brings great experiences with a lot of success at a lot of different stops. He brings excitement, a passion for the game, plenty of experience and a reputation for success that precedes him.

I look forward to working with him and welcome him to the LATech Diaz, whose hire is pending approval from the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors, inherits a defense that was the fourth most-improved in the country. Overall, LATech ranked 63rd nationally in total defense in 2013, allowing 408.2 yards per game. In 2012, Diaz guided a defense that allowed just 212 passing yards per game despite playing in a Big 12 that featured five of the top 10 passing offenses. Texas also led the conference in sacks and tackles for loss. During his first season at Texas, Diaz led the top defense in the Big 12 as the Longhorns ranked first in the conference in total defense, rushing defense and pass defense.

Overall the unit ranked 11th nationally in total defense and was sixth against the run despite facing six offenses that ranked in the top 15 nationally. In 2010 with Mississippi State, Diaz guided a defense that ranked 22nd in the nation in scoring defense (19.9 ppg), 17th in rushing defense (214.9 ypg) and 17th in tackles for loss (7 pg). That was a dramatic turnaround for Mississippi State from the season prior to his arrival. In 2009, the defense finished 71st in scoring defense, 62nd in rushing defense and 89th in tackles for loss. Prior to Mississippi State, Diaz spent four seasons as defensive coordinator at Middle Tennessee State University.

Diaz also coached linebackers for two years after mentoring the safeties during his first two years. In four years with Diaz, the Middle Tennessee defense led its conference in sacks and tackles for loss twice and finished no lower than third in the league in either category during his tenure. In 2009, the Blue Raiders finished second nationally in tackles for loss, stopping more than eight and a half plays per game behind the line of scrimmage. defense also ranked sixth nationally in sacks that season, posting nearly three per game. Overall, unit produced 17 all-conference players during his time there and put up three of the top four fewest yards allowed averages at Middle Tennessee in its FBS era.

Before joining Middle Tennessee, Diaz played a major role for one of the top- ranked defenses by coaching safeties in 2004-05 and handling the linebackers in 200203 for NC State. In 2005, the Wolfpack finished eighth nationally in total defense, sixth in third-down percentage, and 12th in scoring defense en route to a 7-5 record and a shutout win against South Florida in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. He also served as special and his kickoff return unit finished fifth nationally, while his punt return team blocked four kicks. In his first year as safeties coach and special nator in 2004, N.C. defense finished the year as the top-ranked unit in the country in total defense by allowing just more than 220 yards per game.

Diaz handled the linebackers for N.C. State in 2002 and 2003. In 2003, the Wolfpack won the Tangerine Bowl and finished 7-5 with Diaz sharing play-calling duties for all 11 games. He also made all the defensive calls during the bowl win over Kansas. In his first year as a full-time coach, Diaz helped the Wolf- pack to one of their best seasons ever, finishing 11-3 and defeating Notre Dame in the Gator Bowl.

He shared in the play-calling duties, and N.C. State ended the year ranked 14th nationally in total defense and 10th in scoring defense. Diaz spent the 2000 and 2001 seasons at NC State as a graduate assistant working primarily with the linebackers. During that time, the Wolfpack went to two bowl games and became the first ACC team to beat Florida State in Tallahassee. Diaz began his coaching career at Florida State in 1998, working alongside defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews for two seasons.

During his stint, the Seminoles won a National Championship in 1999 and were runners-up in 1998. LA Tech hires ex-Texas defensive coordinator bara J. Chisholm of the San Francisco firm Altshuler Berzon to defend it, according to a court filing Tuesday. Rodriguez was suspended for 211 games by baseball Commissioner Bud Selig on Aug. 5, and the union filed a grievance con- tending the discipline was without The penalty was reduced to 162 games plus the 2014 postseason by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz, who concluded Rodriguez violated drug agreement each year from 201012 and twice obstructed investigation in violation of the labor contract.

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Holden, ccd. scores The Daily Stoute Morgan Meya Morse passes to teammate Casey Chenevert during the Lady contest against Ellender in Morgan City Tuesday. Morgan City fell 69-42. Submitted of Louisiana Tech University Athletics Manny Diaz The Daily Stoute Morgan Brady Fryou prepares to connect on one of his two 3-pointers during the contest with Ellender on Tuesday. Fryou scored eight points for the Tigers, who fell 61-45.

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