Lady Rams fall to North Johnston 62-45

The Lady Rams could not get over the hill Monday night at North Johnston falling to the Panthers 62-45. The rams fell into an early hole just too far to dig out of trailing by 9 after the first quarter but just 12 at the half (32-20)

The Rams opened up on a 8-4 run through the first 4 minutes of the 3rd quarter cutting the North lead to just 8 points. After a Panther timeout, North Johnston extended their lead and never looked back.

Cleveland was led by Courtney Ireland with her first career double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds. Monique Torres lead the team in scoring pouring in 16 points, dishing out 3 assists and grabbing 4 rebounds. Courtney Morris added 8 points and three steals. While Deanna Roberson scored three baskets inside and Jasmine Richardson chipped in with a bucket while she pulled down 5 boards and had 2 takeaways.

"Overall, I thought we really competed tonight. We had good effort and continued to be aggressive throughout the game. We have to continue to get better and work on some basics defensively and finish under the basket", said coach Chris Danehower.

The Lady Rams will host Princeton tonight beginning at 6pm.

**Go Lay Rams**

Lady Rams sink Princeton for first win

The Cleveland Lady Rams made 9 of 11 free throws in the final minutes to complete their first win in program history 50-46.
Cleveland trailed at the half 16-11, but come out more aggressive in the 3rd quarter due primarily  to a full court pressure applied to the Princeton Bulldogs. After only shooting 2 free throws in the first half. Cleveland visited the charity stripe nine times in the 3rd quarter and 18 in the 4th stanza.

Cleveland was led by Courtney Morris who scored a team high 17 points to go along with 10 steals. Monique Torres contributed 14 points and 3 assists. Courtney Ireland hit on 8 free throw attempts and pulled down 7 rebounds along with teammate Deanna Roberson who also had 7 boards to go with 2 baskets. Jasmine Richardson contributed 3 baskets and a free throw to net 7 points and 4 assists.

"I am proud of these girls", said first year coach Chris Danehower. They have come in and worked and trusted what we asked them to do. The free throw shooting down the stretch was crucial to us having a chance to win this game at the end."

Cleveland will travel to North Johnston on Monday November 29th to play a non conference game.
"I know North (Johnston) is one of the most consistent programs in Johnston County and I know they will present some challenges to our team. Hopefully we will be ready to accept their challenge on Monday.

**Go Lady Rams**

Lady Rams put up a good fight but fall in opener 34-24

The Cleveland Lady Rams found themselves ahead of West Johnson in their first game. Midway through the second quarter Cleveland led 13-8. West finished the half on a 9-0 run to lead at the half  by a 17-13 count.
"I thought we started the game very well, said coach Chris Danehower. We had a lot of energy early and I think West was a little surprised."

The final tally was decided in the third quarter as West changed defenses and were able to make Cleveland do something different. West outscored Cleveland 11-4 in the third quarter to take control of the game.

The teams both scored six in the final stanza and West pulled out a 34-24 win.

"Overall I feel like we competed the entire game, had good shots that did not go down, but overall I really liked out effort and tenacity. We had some stretches that we could have played more consistently and taken better shots."

Deanna Robertson collected a game high 12 rebounds to go with her two baskets and Courtney Ireland finished with 8 points and 5 rebounds for the Lady Rams.

The Rams will travel to Princeton tomorrow night for a 5:00 tipoff.

Practice plans for Thanksgiving weekend

Realizing we will all need a break from basketball next week. We are going to have practice on Saturday at 5pm. We are going to have a later practice on Saturday to give families a chance to get back from their Thanksgiving travels.

Don't forget we have a game on Monday November 29th.

Coach D

A learning scrimmage with Garner

We had a pre-season scrimmage with Garner last night. While we don't keep official score of the game, we did keep up with some statistics.

These are just estimates but this gives us a foundation to build upon.
27 turnovers
11 baskets including 4 while being fouled while shooting
18 rebounds
7 steals
5 assists

Overall a good experience for the girls. This was a good team to play because of their athletic ability. For the most part we were aggressive and played hard. We are going to focus on cutting down on the turnovers and finishing those shots.

We had a successful scrimmage vs. our boys practice squad

Deanna Roberson score the game winner as the Lady Rams come from behind to defeat their boys practice squad in an intra-squad scrimmage Wednesday night at Cleveland Gym.

Blue/White Intra squad Scrimmage tonight at Cleveland

Tonight is our very first Intra squad scrimmage. The JV girls will get started at 5pm with the Varsity Girls starting around 5:30.

We are asking for a donation of 2 cans of food to the Food Bank as your admission to tonights event.

Go Lady Rams

Thanks for a good turnout at the parent meeting last night

Thanks to all of the parents that attended the parent night at Cleveland High.
Today's practice will be from 4:30-6:30. We need everyone to attend the entire practice.

Let's get this thing going right tomorrow with our Blue/White Scrimmage. Admission is two cans of food to donate to the Food Bank.

Week 2 of Practice begins today

Today we begin our second week of practice. We are coming along well with our conditioning. This week will be a little different with an early release day and Veterans Day in the middle of the week. Parent night is tonight at 7pm. Student-Athletes and Parents are expected to attend tonight and sign a Athletic Contract.

Click on this Schedule Link to see the Practice schedule
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