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2019-2020-Columbus City League Runner Up • 2021-2022: Div II District Champions • 2023-2024: City North Champs
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We have to give a big shout out to
@ZachFleer270
‼️
He purchased 200 tickets for our students that otherwise may not have had been able to afford to go so that we could have a student section from our school and community ‼️
Respect ✊🏾
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If it’s fiscal reasons:
Here at Linden McKinley we are willing to coach with no pay this year ‼️
What do we have to do for these kids to have a chance because we will sacrifice for them ‼️
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When Coach pulls up for 5:30am workouts but the Towns family is already running a mile or so on the track!!
They do this every morning rain, sleet, snow, warm, cold, ice, or whatever else.
It’s a reason why they excel in many areas it’s called “DISCIPLINE”
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Varsity Guard Maliki Armistead ended the second grading period earning a 4.0 GPA ‼️
We are proud of his accomplishments in the classroom 📚
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Our player was nominated for a scholarship at this event!
BUT
When this Young Man from South High School stood up and spoke he had the whole rooms ear with his profound words of wisdom to the Youth !!
We DARE you to repost this as much as possible!
✊🏾🫡
@ColsCitySchools
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Varsity Guard LB Towns ended the second grading period earning a 3.8 GPA ‼️
We are proud of his accomplishments in the classroom 📚
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Hocking College gave this kid Vic a shot after a year out of High School and not graduating !
He stayed in shape and finished school and didn’t get lost like so many in our community does!!
We are in tears!! This is life changing and such a blessing !
@HockingBball
🙏
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LB Towns Jr 1st Team All City!
He has broken records in track/CC led our football team in best season in school history!
1st Team All City, District, honorable mention All State in football. Standout soccer player with a overall 3.7 gpa
Colleges they don’t make them like him!
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LB leaves August 9th to Washington DC for college
Mali leaves August 17th to Cincinnati for college
LA leaves August 19th to Colorado for college
Coach was able to have one last workout with them all together this evening.
Part 1……
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Marquis Lucas won the 215lb City Championship‼️
He is actively playing basketball but with today off he wanted to compete:
He beat a Northland Senior that was 30-0 and had not lost in 3 years!
2nd in Linden History to win a City Championship!
Voted entire MVP!
@Deuce2litt
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We are excited to announce,
Chance Groce has committed to a full scholarship to:
Division 1
New Mexico Junior College‼️
He will be playing for Head Coach Luke Adams, the son of Head Coach for Texas Tech Mark Adams!!
We can’t be more proud of him ‼️
✍️ signing day coming
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Varsity Guard Philip Towns ended the second grading period earning a 4.0 GPA ‼️
We are proud of his accomplishments in the classroom 📚
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A great message from our wonderful CCS Transportation driver for yesterday’s game !!
We will do things the right way both on and off the court !!
#restoreorder
#freeLB
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Shoutout to
@Mal2shiftyy
a scholar athlete who has started a barber business!
He free Easter haircuts at Hamilton Elementary with the Coach who works there!
Don’t worry this won’t be mentioned only how “bad” things are in this area
We see different
As always, Restore Order
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Sherrie Griffin,
A standout at Mifflin High School
At Central State University she was a scholar athlete, an MVP graduated and is a social worker
She has coaching experience with All-Ohio Red, Miller Factory, Gahanna Middle School West and Gahanna Lincoln Freshman Team
🏀
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Marquis Lucas placed 8th in the State of Ohio in Wrestling !
What this young man has done in his freshmen year of his athletic career at Linden McKinley is nothing short of amazing !
We salute him !
@Deuce2litt
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Isaiah 41:10
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
♥️🙏
#prayersforAJ
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Guess what YOU DON’T HAVE TO LEAVE THE CITY TO BE
CHAMPIONS ‼️
LETS GO
@caecbasketball
Nubians BACK ON TOP 🏆
Africentric takes down Ready to win a district title ‼️
@danwagner110
@dai1yn
@caecbasketball
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The brand New
Linden “opportunity” Center !!
This will help to provide countless programs, services and exciting opportunities to the Linden Community !!
We are excited as a program !
#restoreorder
#pantherpride
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Varsity Guard Christopher Towns ended the second grading period earning a 3.8 GPA ‼️
We are proud of his accomplishments in the classroom 📚
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City League North Record: 13-1
Undefeated at Home
BUILT OVER TIME AND NOT OVER NIGHT
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Little brother Caleb Towns works out his big brother Philip Towns before games.
The difference is this is one big
FAMILY ❤️
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7 seniors graduated and are heading to college !!
6 of which are receiving scholarship money that totals over 400,000 dollars over the span of the next four years in college !!
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Linden McKinley opened
September 4, 1928.
These young men, three of which are all brothers,made history that has never been accomplished at Linden. LB Towns placed 2nd and the team placed 3rd in the City Championship!!
Congratulations to these boys for making history !
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All glory goes to the man above!
Thank you to those who expressed concern and helped out.
Thank you to Mr. Clarno who jumped right on top of things to make sure this amazing young man was not let down by formalities.
This is what it’s all about. ❤️❤️
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📚 Team Honor Roll Statiatics📚
Total players in the program = 18 players
Total players on Honor Roll- 14 players
Total players on Super Honor Roll (3.5 gpa or higher) = 8 players
Total players with a 4.0 or higher = 2 players (both 4.1)
Average GPA for entire team = 3.32
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Linden McKinley Football Team is 4-1 and 3-0 in City League Play!!
Linden beat Northland and hasn’t beaten them since early 2000’s when no current player was even born!!
Touchdown Tracker:
LA=3
LB=7
Mali=2
Phil=4
Chris Towns has thrown for 20 touchdowns at halfway mark!
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Thanks to
@ZachFleer270
and everyone that helped and donated to get tickets paid for our students !!
That has ensured us to have a student section in Dayton and they are excited !!
We will be outnumbered still but there is strength in UNITY
As always: RESTORE ORDER‼️
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We would to give a huge thank you and shout out to
@Aries_Sherrie
for reaching out and helping to find donors for players in need on our team!!
We also would like to thank
@219setty
for coming to practice and dropping off not one but two pairs of shoes for players in need!
❤️
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We would like to personally thank the teams that came out to support. The amazing referees that gave their valuable time to help this event!
AJ will always be honored!
We can’t wait until next weekend to do It all over with four more different teams !
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We will always represent the have nots,
That makes us,
KINGS OF THE BACK BLOCKS 😤😤
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Sr. Chance Groce
Is being recruited by the Jr. College Power House:
Vincennes University
A school where many NBA greats such as “The Matrix” Shawn Marion attended !
Keep up the great work we are proud of you !!
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COLLEGE COACHES ‼️
LA Walker has been on a tear to start the season ‼️
He is averaging 26 points thus far with a game high 35 points agains Hilliard Davidson.
If your not recruiting this Kid your Missing out ‼️
One of the top scorers in the area ‼️
@layszn4
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The Linden Boys Basketball Team would like to send our condolences to the family of Don Sellers.
Don was an avid Linden supporter being a proud alumni of the school.
There was a moment of silence at this mornings 5:30am workouts.
He will always be a panther forever ❤️
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Player of the Game: Malakhi Armistead
In the district final game he played his best game of the year! He hit big shots from all over the floor. This is a testament to all his hard work
He has a 3.3 gpa
District Champs on to Dayton‼️
Record: 18-7
As always: RESTORE ORDER
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Tournament Player of the Game‼️
LB Towns Jr played total game in clinching Linden a win in the sectional final game. He scored 22 points and had 6 steals, most steals coming in the 4th quarter. Linden plays District semifinal game on March 1st !
#restoreorder
#pantherpride
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The good news:
Thanks to under armor and
@BrandRPM
The team has been provided all new gear for the 2nd half of the year free of charge!
Home / Away Jerseys
Shoes for entire team
Coaches polos for staff
Travel gear for entire team
We thank everyone that helped in the process!
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Varsity Forward Kevin Darthard III ended the second grading period earning a 3.8 GPA ‼️
We are proud of his accomplishments in the classroom 📚
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Hey College Coaches ‼️
While your relaxing today shoot
@lbtownsjr
a DM he is still available !!
3.8 GPA
19 points per game
4.7 steals per game
5.1 assist per game
1st Team All City
2nd Team All District
Honorable mention All Metro
Special Team All State
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We congratulate LA Walker being named to 1st Team All City !!
This is his second 1st Team All City in his amazing career at Linden.
Sophomore- 1st team All City
Junior- 2nd Team All City
Senior- 1st Team All City
Colleges should stop, look and listen about this Man!
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Player of the Game: LA Walker
LA scored 37 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in a win against East High School. He scored from all three levels and showed why hard work in the off season will help you. Linden is now 13-1 in the last 14 games, still the marathon continues !
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Player of the Game: LB Towns Jr
The senior guard scored 23 points helping to lead Linden to a victory over Whetstone High School. Since he has returned to the team Linden has went 8-1. He is a leader on both sides of the floor.
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🏀 Philip Towns: District 10 Division 2 Player of the Year 🏀
Philip was voted in by all the Districts Coaches and we believe this hasn’t been done by a player at Linden since the 70s or 80s !!
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Holy Moly Guacamole 😳
Number 1 scorer in Columbus City Schools
Number 3 scorer in the Area
His name is LA Walker !!
@potatoclipsmedia
@ibt_report
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Player of the Game: LB Towns Jr
He scored a game high 26 points in a win against Centennial tonight, which is also his season high in his 4 games he has returned back to action. Since returning to action he has lead the team to a 4-0 winning streak.
This is only the start!
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Player of the Game: Mal Armistead,
LB Towns Jr, LA Walker
Mal Armistead scored a season high 22 points, LB Towns added 25 points and LA Walker scored 20, Linden is now 9-1 in the last 10 games. We are Lucky to have this three headed monster in the thick of the season!!
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He is 1st at practice
He is 1st to dive on the floor
He is 1st in overall team GPA
He is 1st Team-All City
He is SHAMARION ROGERS !
We are thankful and appreciate everything you have done for the program
Congratulations
❤️❤️
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Marquis went 1-1 this morning and afternoon and has a match at 8pm!!
He will be State Placer no matter what !!
Has a chance to get high as 3rd!!
In between his night match he decided to play in an AAU game !!
The kid is a MACHINE 😤
@Deuce2litt
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Player of the game: The Program
Blood Sweat and Tears to get here
But
The Job is Not Done ‼️😤
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1000 point ball for LA Walker at the team banquet !!
What a year !!
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We congratulate Kevin Darthard III for committing to Muskingham University for his future in Higher Education and to play college basketball
With over 30k a year in academic scholarships and grants, his hard work academically and athletically paid off !
@kdarthard4
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🏀OHSAA DISTRICT FINALS🏀
🆚 BLOOM CARROL HIGH SCHOOL
🗓 THURSDAY, MARCH 3rd
⏰ 8:15pm VARSITY
@ OHIO DOMINICAN
Ticket Purchase: / Div 2
“Be phenomenal or be forgotten”
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Shamarion Rogers continues to add on to his stealer senior season ‼️
He was named to the:
District 10 Super Team ‼️
In addition Shamarion has an overall GPA of 3.3 ‼️
Congratulations you have showed that the narrative can and will continue to be changed at Linden-McKinley ‼️
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QB 1 Christopher Towns got ranked in the top 10 quarterbacks in all of Columbus by the Columbus Dispatch!
He is a 4.0 student, multi sport athlete and also our leading Point Guard !!
Congrats!!
@DispatchAlerts
@christowns_12
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Thanks to everyone that was able to make this happen for the program today!!
Great day to be a Panther and great experience!!
Great words from Coach Holtmann ❤️
@OhioStateHoops
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Philip Towns went OFF this weekend winning the CBUS Classic AAU Tournament!
In five games his three highest scoring games were 35pts, 37pts and 40pts.
He led all players in scoring and took home the MVP of the tournament!
Colleges DM for any further information.
@ihoopphil
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It’s been a long time coming ❤️🏀👑
As Always: Restore Order
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🎉Congratulations🎉: LA WALKER
He was named to the ALL METRO
1st Team ‼️
He has done nothing but have one of the best careers ever at Linden High School while leading the program back to its powerful tradition of years ago.
He “Restored Order”
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COLLEGE COACHES ‼️
6’5 Guard/Forward - LA Walker
He has had one of the most successful careers and years in Linden McKinley history. Averaging 23 ppg and 11 rebs. He simply can and will score from all levels with the best of them‼️
DM us for full senior profile ‼️
@layszn4
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Players of the Game: The Whole Family
Linden had to go into a hostile Northland on their senior night to get a 58-50 win. Linden dressed 8 players and all touched the floor and contributed ! Our defense and togetherness were the main reasons for the season sweep on Northland !
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Congratulations‼️
To junior guard:
LB Towns Jr
He was named to the All-City Honorable Mention Team‼️
He is a model student with an overall gpa of 3.6 while attending our prestige Alternative High School (CAHS)‼️
We are proud while also ready to work harder this off-season‼️
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“Nationwide, research shows the graduation rate for black males is 59 percent — the lowest of any population in the country.”
Graduating Tomorrow ✅
Signing letter of intent to play college basketball ✅
Often times with hard work and persistence you can throw statistics out!
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Varsity Forward Tristain Henson ended the second grading period earning a 3.7 GPA ‼️
We are proud of his accomplishments in the classroom 📚
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“Be phenomenal or Be Forgotten”
This group won’t ever be forgot ❤️
Thank you
@PotatosClips
for this wonderful tribute ✊🏾
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Simply a blessing, we are thankful and grateful for this opportunity to work with the Special Olympics Team The Columbus Comets !
Can’t wait till next Sunday to do It all over again !!
@ColsCitySchools
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Josh and Caleb Towns love coming to practice to watch their older brothers.
Meanwhile we love just putting them to work 😂
Future Panthers ⭐️🤩🏀
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LA Walker was able to go on a visit to the great Vincennes University
An established program in Indiana that has sent many players from Juco to D1 and the NBA including the great
Shawn Marion.
Thanks for the opportunity to visit
@VinUniAthletics
@CoachBD3
@layszn4
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We would like to shout out former Linden McKinley player and Ohio Dominican Graduate:
Hasan Varence !!
He is finishing his third year playing professionally in Europe and is doing very well !!
This is another example of the greatness that comes from Linden!!
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Player of the Game: Malakhi Armistead
He played great defense. He hit multiple big shots when was needed, scoring 14 points for Linden in a victory against Northland High School. He is beginning to get in a good rhythm and we know his best play is yet to come.
@Mal2shiftyy
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They shut down the gyms again.
@lb2wavy
said can we still work he knew a court on 11th ave just so called happened to be in front of a liquor store. No problem let’s get after It !! This is a man on a mission !!
#byanymeansnecessary
#wewillearnourrespect
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❤️❤️❤️❤️
Did It The hard way
Against All Odds
We did It Our Way !!
The Linden Way 💪🏾❤️🏀
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Part 2….
Three linden boys now men;
Raised in Linden
Went to Linden
Stayed at Linden
Successful at Linden
Now, Linden is losing them but not to the streets or a casket..
Instead to a higher education, dreams and aspirations and a bright future !!
Family Always ❤️
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As the new school year begins we would like to acknowledge one last time of our seniors that are starting their freshmen year in college!
It’s very simple, here at Linden McKinley, YOU CAN BEAT THE ODDS!
We wont let anyone say otherwise anymore!
As always, Restore Order ‼️
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Player Of The Game: Marquis “Deuce” Lucas
The freshmen continues to put up big numbers. Today he lead all scorers with 18 points while also grabbing 10 rebounds for the win against rival East High School. He currently averages a double-double on the season!
@Deuce2litt
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Linden McKinley Football Team is
5-1 and undefeated in city league play
Hasn’t been done since 2001 ‼️
Oh and Chris Towns has 24 touchdowns he is in pace to reach 50‼️
We recognize the amazing season they are having ‼️
RESTORE ORDER ‼️
@linden_football
@christowns_12
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Linden Finished 6-2 on the day and placed 2nd overall in the overtime tournament at Denison University !
Thanks to the donors that made It possible for the team to go, the program appreciates the gratitude !
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🚨 COLLEGE COACHES/PROGRAMS🚨
Senior PG- Philip Towns (3.8 gpa)
Stats (via Hudl):
18.6-points per game
4.0 -rebounds per game
3.0 -assists per game
3.5 -steals per game
He is leading a top team in the city with a 4-1 record currently !
DM for player profile/more info!
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College Coaches ‼️
5’9 PG - LB Towns Jr
At 18 ppg, 5.1 stls, and 4.5 asts, he is a top guard in the State. Plays elite defense, knocks down the three, has a phenomenal handle and is a true leader.
GPA is 3.7 and plays and excels in 5 sports ‼️
DM us for full senior profile
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Congrats Coach Kevin Darthard Coach of the Year 😤😤😤😤 2019-2020🏀
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LA Walker in his first collegiate action at the Wichita Jamboree
Trust the process ‼️
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Yesterday was a blessing to see ❤️
AJ Davis your story is inspiring to us all and we are just Happy to call you Linden McKinley Alumni !!
Thanks to all the family and friends that came out to support this wonderful young man and his legacy !!
#ajstrong
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🚨’22 L.B. TOWNS JR is Available 🚨
1st Team All City ✅
2nd Team All District ✅
3.7 GPA ✅
Stats: ✅
18 ppg
4.7 assists
5.1 steals
Accepted Into: ✅
OU
JSU
Akron
NKU
North Carolina A&T State University
Eastern Illinois University
University of Cincinnati
And counting..
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We are thankful that a Linden Legend John Davis came by practice today to drop jewels to our young men!
He spoke nothing but honesty about his Journey in basketball and life!
We appreciate him volunteering his time because as the saying goes “It Takes A Villiage”
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Flashback Friday: James “Buster” Douglas lived on Maynard Ave and attended Linden McKinley. He played basketball and was on the 1977 undefeated State Championship Team!
He later went on to win the the heavyweight title in the largest upset ever in the history of any sport!
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LA Walker
Congratulations on being named to
2nd Team All-State
2021-2022:
1st Team All-City
1st Team All District
1st Team All-Metro
2nd Team All-State
Division 2 District Championship!
What a year ❤️🏀
@layszn4
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Our Official Team Captains 🏀
Both work hard on the court, they are both above 3.8 scholars in the classroom!!
Phil has never missed a deans list since entering high school!!
Kevin currently has over 15 college credits passed from Columbus State Community College!!
🫡
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Linden Alumni and current
@HockingBball
Player
@Db3trill
Takes flight in last nights game !!!
Keep It going young fella 🏀
#PantherPride
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🚨 All-Central District 3rd Team🚨
Congratulations to Marquis Lucas on being named to the All Central District 3rd Team! He is one of only two freshmen that was named to either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd teams! We are proud of his and know this is only the start.
@Deuce2litt
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Marquis Won today and will be facing off on the mat at 10am tomorrow at the Schottenstein Center !!
We will be there to support this monumental moment !!
@Deuce2litt
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These seniors has managed to change the culture at Linden. Whatever the narrative that was painted of them yesterday, is not the same as today!!
They are young, gifted and black men and should be treated as such!!
Oh and basketball season starts November 1st!
RESTORE ORDER‼️
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5:30am with….
Caleb Towns
Joshua Towns
Christiana Towns
Philip Towns
Emmanuel Towns
Christopher Towns
Oh and…
Kevin Darthard III-Towns 😂
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Player of the Game: LA Walker
The senior scored 25 points and pulled down 11 rebounds in route to our 13th win on the season. He continues to have a monster senior year posting double digits every game he has played in.
@layszn4
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