Took sole possession of 1st place in conference today.
I had my water bottle ready to throw it on the girls but I think one of our redshirts snitched on me & told the girls to be ready 😂
I’m charging them all for my dry cleaning this week
✅20-10 overall record
✅3rd consecutive 20+ win season
✅Ranked
#10
in National Polls
✅3rd consecutive season finish ranked Top 15 in National Polls
✅3rd consecutive season securing a home playoff game
Very proud of these young ladies! Time to refocus for Conf. Playoffs!
Congrats to sophomore Jordan Chiles (5’11 G/F - Ft. Worth, TX) on her commitment to big time D2 program, Tusculum University in Greenville, Tennessee! Can’t wait to follow Jordan’s success in the classroom & on the court the next 2 seasons at Tusculum!
Missed 20 games this season for the cowardice & jealousy of grown men & women.
Very sad situation, but thankfully the NJCAA did a great job in ruling on the matter!
#FreeUpe
BREAKING
Labette (
@LabetteCards
) women's basketball star Upe Atosu has been cleared by the
@NJCAA
of any concerns surrounding her eligibility.
Kansas City Kansas & Fort Scott filed complaints alleging Atosu was a paid, professional player in Nigeria.
⛔️ 6 KJCCC All-Conf. selections
⛔️ 4 NJCAA All-Region 6 selections
⛔️ Conf. Player of the Year
⛔️ Conf. Def. Player of the Year
⛔️ KJCCC Conf. Champs
⛔️ NJCAA Region 6 Champs
⛔️
#2
in final national polls
Special thanks to
@BarcusRob
and Parsons HS for honoring our team tonight at halftime of the substate championship. Just another example of why this community is so special. Thank you for showing our girls so much love
Easily my favorite pics of all time right here!
Very proud of everything this group has done so far but we still got goals to reach!
Big s/o to the best sports journalist in the game
@SeanEFrye
for making these milestones so special for our kids. Memories they’ll never forget
The
@chiefs
win the Super Bowl and the
@KCStar
dishes out championship editions on the field to the players.
We figured we'd do the same at the
@ParsonsSun
for the Labette Cardinals (
@LabetteCards
) winning their first KJCCC (
@KJCCCmedia
) title since 2010.
LABETTE COACH OF THE YEAR
Mitch Rolls | Women's Basketball
We have a three-peat! Rolls won 20-plus games with the Cardinals for the third-straight year, finished second in the KJCCC standings and finished the year ranked No. 9 in the NJCAA polls.
Congratulations to sophomore Kyla McIntosh (Tulsa, OK) for signing her letter of intent to Southwest Baptist (Bolivar, MO) to further her academic and athletic career! We are extremely proud of Kyla & wish her the best of luck at SBU!!
#LadyCards
#FamilyBusiness
Pure cowardice for grown adults to target such a great kid. Upe is 1 of MANY Nigerians to come play juco b-ball in America, yet she’s the ONLY one to have questions raised about her eligibility.
We have players in our conference RIGHT NOW who played in the same leagues as Upe...
A pair of KJCCC schools, Kansas City Kansas and Fort Scott, have officially filed complaints with the
@NJCAA
claiming Labette women's basketball star Upe Atosu should be ineligible.
Labette maintains any and all allegations are false.
FULL REPORT:
Very proud of our Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year & our 6 All-Conference selections!
All of them are very deserving of their awards & they’re all great kids off the court.
Very happy for every one of them but we have unfinished business to handle this week...
Congrats to soph. Angel Williams (Unsigned 6’0 Center) for being selected KJCCC Conf. Player of the Week!
After 9 games:
9.5 ppg & 8.5 reb (3.1 off.)
-15 pts & 12 reb vs Neosho CC
-16 pts & 7 reb vs Indy CC
4-year coaches needing a true post presence feel free to reach out!
WELCOME COACH MITCH ROLLS TO CHIPOLA!
Mitch Rolls has been named Chipola Lady Indians Basketball Head Coach. Rolls becomes the ninth coach in Chipola College history. Read more about Coach Rolls in the article linked below.
Had a great team dinner @ the Houk’s tonight!
Mrs. Houk made a whole bunch of good food & here’s a video of Coach Houk playing piano while the girls show off their amazing vocals 😂
We’re very lucky to have great families like the Houk’s looking out for our girls!
@Anthony_Houk
Today was supposed to be our big day.
Graduation ceremony or not, nothing can take away all the hard work these 10 young ladies put in the last 2 years.
Proud to be their coach & even more excited to follow their success in the future! Love you guys
#OneDegreeDown
#OneMoreToGo
Looking for c/o 2019 high GPA female basketball players (3.0 cum GPA or better) that are still looking for a home for next season!
Scholarship money available
Moved to
#5
this week in the national polls.
Great honor but the target on our backs just got bigger & we have 2 huge games this week vs Top 10 opponents.
No time to celebrate in the Jayhawk! Too many good teams to ever relax
Excited to announce that Skyelar Brown (5’9” G - Ft. Scott, Kansas) will be joining our Lady Cardinal family next year!
This season Skyelar was selected:
- Unanimous 1st Team All-SEK
- 1st Team Craw-Kan
- 2nd Team All-State
- Willard All-Tournament Team
#LadyCards
Quick sec to brag on a recent LCC grad, Upe Atosu! Upe is back in her home country Nigeria giving back to younger players with her Undisputed bball camp & giving away shoes in her shoe drive! Proud of you & keep being a positive leader in our world! Safe travels back to the US!
🚨Jessica Martino signs with D1 program Texas Rio Grande!
Jess is a 5-10 G/F from New York, NY & had a dominate fresh. season
✅NJCAA All-Star
✅1st Team All-Conf
✅1st Team All-Region VI
Texas Rio Grande is getting a big time player & adding a great person to their program!
🚨Iowa Western Women’s Basketball is looking for transfers and unsigned 2023 seniors!
- limited scholarships available
- full game film needed
- DM or email mrolls
@iwcc
.edu
Come play for a nationally ranked Juco program with top of the line facilities!
#SailsUp
#GoReivers
3 for 3 ✅
All of our soph. are signed to full rides & on their way to bigger & better things!
- Kyla McIntosh (D2 Southwest Baptist in Missouri)
- Upe Atosu (D1 Butler University in Indiana)
- Diamonique Kennedy (D2 Shaw University in North Carolina)
Proud of you all!
DOWN GOES NO. 2! DOWN GO THE DEFENDING
@NJCAABasketball
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!
No. 16 Labette upsets No. 2 Kansas City Kansas 79-63 to open up KJCCC (
@KJCCCmedia
) play.
📸 highlights:
Congratulations to sophomore Shameka Tubbs (Tuscaloosa, AL) for signing with Arkansas State University
@AStateWB
to further her academic and athletic career!
Congrats to our 8 sophomores!
Shameka Tubbs -D1 Arkansas St.
Azeezat Fatunmbi -D2 Rogers St.
Winnie Tyobee -D2 Southern Ark.
Marshell Hollins -D2 Adams State
DeAshia Young -D2 Lincoln U.
Brittany Hill -D2 Ohio Valley
Ta’Shay Jackson -Talladega
Brashawnda Burrus -SUNY Canton
✅ Buzzer beater to force OT
✅ Win in said OT
There's always something going on in the Jayhawk, tonight it's
#NJCAAwbb
DII No. 10 Labette pulling off a big road win.
#NJCAABasketball
Congrats to our 5’2 soph. PG, Denijsha Wilson for committing to NCAA D1 South Carolina Upstate!
Denijsha will be joining current Labette teammate/roommate Gift Sampson at
@UpstateWB
next year. Can’t wait to watch both these Lady Cards share the court for a D1 program next year!
Gotta love having a bunch of your graduated sophomores staying in town to workout to get ready for their next schools & also to help mentor the freshman on campus taking summer classes!
Lucky to have special kids like this in our program 💪🏽🏀
#LuckyCoach
#FamilyBusiness
Great team effort to open up the season.
Angel Williams - 15 pts & 12 reb
Denijsha Wilson - 14 pts, 9 assists, 5 reb
Jayla Smith - 12 pts, 7 reb, 4 assists, 4 steals, 2 blk
Diamond Jones - 14 pts, 6 reb, 2 assists, 1 steal
KJCCC D2 women’s basketball would have a great story line:
- 4 out of 6 teams in Conf. nationally ranked
- only 1 national tournament bid
- big rivalries
- follow young women chasing their hoop dreams
- small town Kansas but players from all over the country & international
The Last Chance U Team has introduced you to:
- EMCC Football
- Independence Football
- Navarro Cheer
- Laney College Football (Summer 2020)
- ELAC Basketball (TBA)
What School or Sport should be next?
Excited to announce the signing of Kymora Westerfield (5’5 PG) from Wylie East HS in Wylie, Texas!
We are very excited to be adding such a good player & dedicated student to our program!
Welcome to the Lady Cardinal family Kymora
@basketball_kw
!!
#LadyCardinals
#FamilyBusiness
Big congrats to the Parsons Vikings on making noise at the State tournament this week!
Youngest team in the tournament, so you know we will be back!
@Anthony_Houk
great job coach!
🚨Kymora Westerfield signs with powerhouse D2 program Rollins College!
Kymora is a 5-5 PG from Wylie, TX & has been a starter the last 2 seasons for us.
Phi Theta Kappa member + 3.8 overall GPA 💪🏽
Rollins is lucky to be getting such a big time student-athlete & great person!
We have one scholarship left for the class of 2019. Ideally looking for a post or big time shooter.
Please DM me if you know of any unsigned seniors/transfers still looking!
Congratulations to our 4 ladies who earned KJCCC 2019 Spring All-Academic Team! Student-athletes must meet a 3.5 GPA or higher.
Very proud of the hard work these young women put into the classroom!
Top left to right:
Kyla McIntosh
Kymora Westerfield
Upe Atosu
Alexis Boston
Our assistant coach, Coach Tiff is down in Louisville, Kentucky working hard coaching AAU this weekend! Wishing her safe travels back home and good luck in the Run for the Roses & Apache Memorial tournaments this weekend.
Welcome our newest Lady Cardinal, Gift Sampson! Gift is a 6’0 G/F from Potter’s House HS in FL but Gift’s hometown is Lagos, Nigeria! Last season she was at a Florida JC where she avg 8 ppg & 5 rebs. We are very excited to have Gift transferring here in the fall!
#FamilyBusiness
Congratulations to freshman Dedriona Pope aka “Cocoa” for signing her commitment letter to Piedmont International University in North Carolina!!
PIU just got a great kid with a very bright future! Proud of you Cocoa!
#LadyCardinals
#FamilyBusiness
8 sophomores with 8 degrees!
Very proud of this successful group of young women and all the hard work they put in during their time at Labette.
We will be sad to see them leave but we look forward to following their progress over the years to come!
#LadyCards
#FamilyBusiness
Welcome our newest Lady Card, Jamiela Moore! Jamiela is a 5’7 G from Baldwin HS (NY).
2x New York State Champ
4x County Champ
2x Long Island Champ
1x NY Fed. Champ
All-County selection
All-Tourney team
Nassau County All-Star
Can’t wait to have Jamiela joining us next season!
Big congrats to former Lady Cardinal Tyra Jones for signing her first pro contract in Spain next season!
Tyra was a 1st Team NJCAA All-American at Labette before becoming an NCAA D2 All-American this past season at Emporia State.
Can’t wait to follow her pro career overseas!
Congrats to Denijsha Wilson for being selected 1st Team All-American today!
Well deserved & a true testament to “put your head down and work!” Kid worked her tail off the summer between fresh/soph year & it paid off big
#5foot3Killer
#HeartOverHeight
#LadyCard
#FamilyBusiness
We had a celebrity spotting in Parsons tonight! My favorite player that hasn’t played for me before & also a future WNBA lottery pick. Coach Staley beat me to her but I’m still exited to see her dominate next year at South Carolina!
@aa_boston
good luck at USA tryouts!
6’2 unsigned sophomore PF/Center Alexis Boston with the left!
Glad her father & grandmother could make the trip to sophomore night all the way from the Virgin Islands!
For 3rd yr in a row one of our Lady Cards has been selected to play in the NJCAA All-Star Game!
Jessica Martino (5’10 G/F - NYC) has been invited to participate on July 19-22 in Atlanta!
Great way to top off fresh yr after being selected 1st Team All-Conf & 1st Team All-Region
Wow thanks
@WorldExposureWB
. Glad to even be in this conversation, especially with some of my favorite coaches in the country.
Big fan of everyone nominated, can’t go wrong with this group.
Four finalists for 2020 NJCAA Division II World Exposure Women's Head Coach of the Year announced
Story 🔗:
#MakeEmNotice
#NJCAA
#WorldExposure
NCAA Certified Scouting Service
Help us welcome our newest member of the Lady Cardinal family, Brianna Randolph!
Brianna is a 5’8 Guard from William Cullen Bryant HS in Long Island, NY.
Bri was 1 of the top players out of NYC in high school & we are very excited to have her joining our Lady Cardinal family!
For 2nd yr in a row our starting PG is an NJCAA All-Academic 2nd Team selection!
This year fresh. Kymora Westerfield followed up LCC alum Marshell Hollins as our NJCAA All-Academic selection! Criteria for All-Academic 2nd Team is a 3.80-3.99 GPA
We are very proud of you Kymora!
Congratulations to Soph. Brittany Hill (5’10 SG - Detroit, MI) for committing to Ohio Valley University
@OVU_WBB
to further her academic and athletic career!!
Welcome our newest Lady Cardinal to the family, Jayla Smith! Jayla is a 6’0 wing from East English Village HS (Detroit, MI). This season she was voted Mrs. Detroit PSL (MVP) & was also 1st Team All-Conference! We can’t wait to have Jayla join us next fall!
#FamilyBusiness
Sophomore Jessica Martino is on her official visit to D1
@UMaine
this weekend! Hope she’s having fun & wish her safe travels back to Kansas!
Jess had a huge freshman season
- NJCAA All-Star
- 1st Team All-Conference
- 1st Team All-Region VI
- 11 ppg & 7 reb (51% FG)
No. 15 Labette (
@LabetteCards
) won by 93 POINTS against Missouri Southern JV on Monday night. Six Cardinals reached double figures.
Angel Williams was also named the KJCCC (
@KJCCCmedia
) Player of the Week.
FULL RECAP:
S/o to Labette alum Shameka Tubbs on her commitment to D1 Sam Houston State for her final year of eligibility!
Shameka will receive her bachelors degree from D1 Arkansas State this May before heading to Texas for her grad year!
#LadyCards
#FamilyBusiness
Snuck out a close one tonight @ home vs Independence 58-57.
Which makes us 4-1 vs D1 Jayhawk Conf. opponents this season.
(Wins vs Neosho, Allen, Barton & Indy. Loss vs NR
#7
Hutch)
Proud of our kids focus through a very tough first 7 games!
#LadyCards
#FamilyBusiness
A little KJCCC love at the NJCAA Top 40 All-Star banquet tonight!
Our Jessica Martino
@NycJess_
and Destiny Alston from Seward are also roommates this weekend in Atlanta
@KJCCCmedia
Gift Sampson
6’0 SF/PF (Lagos, Nigeria)
Transfer from FSCJ
Unsigned Class of 2020
8.3 ppg, 4.8 reb, 1.3 assists, 1 steal - fresh year (72% FT)
Great size & strength. Consistent shooter from 3-pt & midrange. High IQ. Good defender & rebounder. Great athlete. High GPA. Leader.
Labette WBB head coach Mitch Rolls won 2 games his first year (2015-16). He got the job in late July and had no time to recruit.
A year later, the Cardinals won 25 games.
Four years later, No. 5 Labette is on the verge of winning a KJCCC title after beating No. 7 Highland.
Congrats to our Soph. PG, Marshell Hollins (Houston, TX) for signing with
@AdamsStateU_WBB
to further her academic and athletic career!
Marshell will play for Head Coach Jaime Green, who actually coached the best WBB team in Labette history in 2010.
#LadyCards
#FamilyBusiness
Special thanks to PHS and
@Anthony_Houk
for letting the girls use the gym for a couple weeks while our court is getting redone!
Our program is lucky to be apart of a very supportive community like Parsons 🏀
Devin Cosper (Coffeyville Field Kindley '14) averaging 18 points per game for Arkansas this season. Cosper was a 100m state champ in track at Field Kindley as well as an all 4A-I pick in basketball. Freshman year she was an All-American at Coffeyville CC before U of A.
#athlete
This group of only 8 keeps finding ways to win, no excuses! Very proud of them & all their hard work.
Time to humble ourselves & lock in on our next opponent
Congratulations to our 3 All-Conference selections!
Jessica Martino (fresh.)- 1st Team
Upe Atosu (soph.)- Def. Player of the Year & 2nd Team
Kyla McIntosh (soph.) - 3rd Team
Labette Lady Cardinals were picked the
#13
team in the nation in today’s NJCAA Preseason National Polls!
A lot of work to do this season but
#13
is a good start