LeFlore Basketball Team Honored by Councilman, Mayor

Jan 9th, 2007

Councilman Fred Richardson and Mayor Sam Jones honored the coaches and members of the LeFlore High School varsity basketball squad with proclamations after their early success at several national tournaments. The Rattlers have a 17 – 1 record, and have won the Iolani NIKE Invitational in Hawaii, and the Timberwolves Target Center Classic in Minneapolis, and finished second in the T-Mobile Invitational in Seattle.

LeFlore is ranked No. 11 in the most recent USA Today national high school poll, and they are ranked No. 1 in the 6A Alabama state rankings. Head Coach Otis Hughley says he is most proud of the players’ off-court accomplishments, including their collective scores on the ACT standardized college-prep test.

Below are pictures of the players with the Mayor Sam Jones, Councilman Fred Richardson, LeFlore Principal D.H. Robinson, Head Coach Otis Hughley, Assistant Coaches Dion Lawson and Eric Lovett: (in no particular order) Christopher Blake, Nick Williams, Zach Winston, Derrick Young, Jelani Figures, Joshua Wesley, Jeremy Bush, Zack Lucas, Jamarion Leashore, Montrez McCants, James Buford, Melvin Payne, Marcus McCants, Akeem Seltzer, Demario James, Henry Jackson.