Spartan Times

Basketball goes to Idaho

By Garcia Sague, Reporter

   Colorado Northwestern Community College men and women’s basketball teams traveled to Idaho on February 7^th and were on the road for five days. On their way to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, they stopped at Dillon, Montana, where they practiced in the gym of the University of Montana Western and spent the night in a hotel. › Continue reading

Tags: Basketball, idaho, mens

NBA lockout over

By Carvel Clagget, Reporter

   NBA players and owners have finally come to a deal regarding the 2011-2012 NBA season. A deal was agreed upon early last week and it includes a 66 game season ending on April 26^th. › Continue reading

Tags: Basketball, NBA Lockout

Syracuse in trouble

By Chris Abeyta, Reporter
    For the past decade Syracuse has been known for being one of the most dominant schools in NCAA basketball. In 2003 Syracuse won the National Championship and has produced many players that went on to play in the NBA. › Continue reading

Tags: Basketball

Spartan basketball honorable mentions

Courtesy of Tamekia Hunt

Jaynelle Johnson women’s freshman guard and Jon Henderson men’s sophomore guard after winning the All-Conference Honorable Mention at the College of Southern Idaho on March 3.

Tags: Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sports, Women's Basketball

CNCC basketball teams give their all in last home games

By Tamekia Hunt, Reporter/Photographer

   The CNCC Spartan’s men’s and women’s basketball teams have had a long competitive season, with both good and bad outcomes.

   Although the teams lost their last two home games on Feb. 18 and 19 against two tough teams, Snow College (women’s final score 60-67, men’s 64-69) and Salt Lake (women’s final score 48-58, men’s 48-81), they still played their hearts out and never hung their heads. › Continue reading

Tags: Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sports, Women's Basketball

CNCC heads into Regionals as underdogs ready to compete

By Shameka Smith, Reporter/Photographer

Basketball is slowly coming to an end. As the Regional Tournament approaches in Twin Falls, Idaho on March 3-4, these are the women’s basketball standings:

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Tags: Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sports, Women's Basketball

This is Sparta! Basketball teams push through long stretch of road games

By Peter Targos, Reporter

Freshmen post player Brent Aga gets a dunk against CSI on Jan. 13, 2011. Photo by Ayzha Haili.

While we were in our warm houses sipping hot chocolate, and opening up gifts, the only thing that the CNCC Spartans were opening was a winter break tournament. Only carrying 10 players during the current road trip, the Spartans took on a few teams. Both the men’s and women’s teams played Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) Jan. 7, Snow Community College Jan. 8, Northern Idaho Jan.13, and the Number 1 ranked team in the country, Southern Idaho, on Jan.15. While both teams lost their games and the road trip was tough, both players and coaches saw positives. › Continue reading

Tags: Basketball, Men's Basketball, road trips, Sports, Women's Basketball

Basketball: A family sport

By Ayzha Haili, Art Editor

Back Row (L-R) Ayzha Haili, Celeste Maes, Abrielle Davis, Jamie Bair, Jahnette Epperson, Jessica Madsen, Da’Naiveia McDade,Aujanee Armstrong, Yateria Wilson. Front Row (L-R) Tamekia Hunt, Maray Filfred, Ariel Sanchez, Jaynelle Johnson, Tiana Wilder, Celenna Spurs, Shameka Smith. Photo courtesy of Antowin Edwards

So far, the basketball season for both the men’s and ladies’ Spartan teams is looking good. The men, with a record of 6-7, and the ladies, with a record of 5-8, have already increased their wins from last year, which saw a men’s record of 1-30 a ladies’ record of 3-28. › Continue reading

Tags: Basketball, Sports

Spartans lose against Idaho teams

With point guard problems coming from the Golden Eagles' basketball team Lady Spartans fought hard on the courth but suffered a loss against Southern Idaho. Photo by Ayzha Haili

This past weekend CNCC hosted home games to both North Idaho College and College of Southern Idaho. The games were hard fought but the both Spartans programs lost.

The Lady Spartans came out ready to play on Friday Feb. 5 at Hefley Gym. The Lady Spartans were ready to come out and show the Cardinals that they were not a 40-point losing team.

“We lost pretty badly against them in Idaho,” says sophomore Kelsey Samuelson. “We wanted to show them that we are not that team that showed up back in Idaho.” › Continue reading

Tags: Basketball, CNCC Athletics, CSI vs CNCC