14 Mar 2020
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Video by Marisol Ramirez and Skye Seipp By SAZOUN GRAYER @sazoungrayerETC ROCHESTER, Minn. — As the final seconds ticked off the clock and hope began slipping away, an eerie silence washed over the Eastfield bench. Sophomores D’Angelo Smith and TaMarcus Butler sat with their jerseys covering...
Read more → 13 Mar 2020
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By SAZOUN GRAYER @sazoungrayerETC ROCHESTER, MINN — The Harvesters advanced to the 2020 NJCAA Division III national tournament final four after dominating the No. 11 seeded St. Cloud Technical and Community College 96-63 in the quarterfinal matchup. Though the two teams looked similar on paper,...
Read more → 12 Mar 2020
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Video by Marisol Ramirez and Skye Seipp By SAZOUN GRAYER AND SKYE SEIPP @sazoungrayerETC and @seippetc ROCHESTER, MINN — The NJCAA has announced that they will continue Division III tournament play but will be canceling the consolation bracket and moving Saturday’s championship game...
Read more → 12 Mar 2020
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Eastfield will play St. Cloud Technical and Community College in the quarterfinal game of the NJCAA Division III tournament Thursday night. The No. 3 Harvesters had a bye on Wednesday, but watched No. 11 St. Cloud beat No. 6 Hostos. Coach Anthony Fletcher, forward D'Angelo Smith and guard Calvin Williams...
Read more → 11 Mar 2020
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By SAZOUN GRAYER @sazoungrayerETC ROCHESTER, MINN — As the Harvesters get ready to play for a national championship, veteran head coach Anthony Fletcher still remembers the run in 2013 where he came within inches of his first title. The Harvesters had a great run in that tournament but wound...
Read more → 11 Mar 2020
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Eastfield had its first practice in Minnesota on Tuesday ahead of the NJCAA Division III national tournament. Guard TaMarcus Butler and coach Anthony Fletcher talked with The Et Cetera about what the team is working on before their first game on Thursday. The Harvesters secured a first-round bye in the tournament...
Read more → 10 Mar 2020
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Video by Marisol Ramirez and Skye Seipp Sazoun Grayer @sazoungrayerETC ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Harvesters landed in Minneapolis on Monday ahead of the NJCAA Division III national basketball tournament that begins on Wednesday. The players and team staff met on Eastfield’s campus around...
Read more → 03 Mar 2020
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By SAZOUN GRAYER @sazoungrayerETC Eastfield became the first team to claim a spot in the NJCAA Division III Men’s Basketball National Tournament in Rochester, Minnesota, after holding off rival Richland 63-61 in the Region V tournament finals on Feb. 22. “This is life-changing,” sophomore...
Read more → 22 Feb 2020
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Video by Marisol Ramirez By SAZOUN GRAYER @sazoungrayerETC The Harvesters held off Richland 63-61 in the Region V championship match Saturday and became the first team to advance to next month’s NJCAA Division III national tournament. Eastfield came out of the gate strong, moving the ball...
Read more → 21 Feb 2020
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Video by Anthony Lazon By SAZOUN GRAYER @sazoungrayerETC The Harvesters will advance to the finals of the Dallas Athletic Conference Region V tournament after beating the Cedar Valley Suns 84-80 Thursday night. Forward D’Angelo Smith and Guard TaMarcus Butler led the way for Eastfield. Smith...
Read more → 18 Feb 2020
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By SAZOUN GRAYER @sazoungrayerETC With their final regular season win over North Lake last week, and some help from a loss by Richland, the Harvesters are the 2020 Region V co-champions. They have secured the No. 1 seed, a first-round bye and the right to host the first round of the district...
Read more → 18 Feb 2020
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By SAZOUN GRAYER @sazoungrayerETC It is 2017 and three young high school basketball players at Klein Forest High School in Houston finally have their opportunity to shine. These boys are childhood friends. Their parents know each other. The game of basketball has kept them close from an early...
Read more → 05 Feb 2020
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By SAZOUN GRAYER @sazoungrayerETC With less than five games left, the Harvesters are gearing up for the postseason. These last few weeks were a swing of emotions for the team. Following a huge win over the then No. 1 Richland Thunderducks on Jan. 15, the Harvesters leaped to the top of the national...
Read more → 15 Jan 2020
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By Sazoun Grayer @TheEtCetera The Eastfield Harvesters flew past the Richland Thunderducks in an 84-75 win on Wednesday night. It was the first time in history two schools from the Dallas Athletic Conference faced each other as the nation's top two ranked teams. Eastfield went into the game...
Read more → 03 Dec 2019
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By Sazoun Grayer @TheEtCetera The Eastfield basketball team is looking like a national powerhouse again. The Harvesters are unbeaten through 13 games, including wins over Brookhaven and Cedar Valley, and have grabbed the No. 2 spot in the latest NJCAA Division III poll. The fast start happened...
Read more → 03 Dec 2019
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By HARRIET RAMOS @TheEtCetera It was the first game of 1994, and the Eastfield men’s basketball team was taking on the top-ranked NJCAA Division 1 Hutchinson Blue Dragons on their home turf in Hutchinson, Kansas. Eastfield’s eight-man team was outnumbered and outsized. Freshman Blake Flickner,...
Read more → 12 Nov 2019
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By SAZOUN GRAYER and CHRIS COZBY @TheEtCetera The Harvesters are ready to put last season’s heartbreaking 82-80 loss to Richland in the Region V championship game behind them and return to the national basketball tournament for the first time since 2016. Entering his 15th season, coach Anthony...
Read more → 04 Apr 2019
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Eastfield coaches Michael Martin, Anthony Fletcher and Brandon Crisp hit a cumulative 1,000 wins in the 2018-2019 season. The wins come following volleyball’s second-place finish in the national tournament and basketball reaching runner-up in the Dallas Athletic Conference tournament. Here’s...
Read more → 05 Mar 2019
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By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc Eastfield’s goal of reaching the national tournament came down to the very last shot in the Region V basketball championship game, but it ended with a heart-crushing 82-80 loss to Richland. The grueling defeat on Feb. 23 ended the Harvesters’ 25-8 season and sent the Thunderducks...
Read more → 25 Feb 2019
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By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc The Harvesters came up short of victory with an 82-80 loss in a harrowing day of basketball against the Richland Thunderducks in the DAC Region V championship game. The Saturday loss brought the Harvesters' 25 wins and eight-loss season to an end, but they didn’t go out without...
Read more → 22 Feb 2019
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By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc The Harvesters' playoff success continued Thursday night as they beat the Mountain View Lions 107-82 in the semi-finals of the DAC Region V Tournament. Coach Anthony Fletcher says that coming out strong was an important factor in the Harvesters victory. “We just jumped...
Read more → 19 Feb 2019
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By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc Head basketball coach Anthony Fletcher and his team were all smiles as the Harvesters dominated the Cedar Valley Suns 94-76 on Tuesday night. The Harvesters came out with intensity for the opening round of the DAC Region V tournament, keeping at least a 20-point...
Read more → 19 Feb 2019
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Francisco Longoria @TheEtCetera Every February, the NBA has a deadline for teams to trade players and draft picks with other teams. The reasons for making trades varies from team to team. For some, it’s to be a championship contender. For others, it’s to rebuild into a playoff hopeful. When...
Read more → 18 Feb 2019
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By ARIA JONES @AriaJonesETC It was too painful to move. Scott Garriga laid flat on his back at his parents’ home in Murphy. He no longer saw the point of earning his degree. Basketball was his only motivation, and it was lost to him. Muscle relaxers and painkillers were the only way he could...
Read more → 05 Feb 2019
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By ARIA JONES @AriaJonesETC In the summer of 1998, 21-year-old Anthony Fletcher knew he was going to get cut from his college basketball team. Angelo State University had hired a new head coach, Joe Esposito, to rebuild a program that hadn’t won many games. Esposito met with each of the players....
Read more → 27 Jan 2019
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Head basketball coach Anthony Fletcher earned his 300th career coaching win with a 112-76 rout over Cedar Valley College. The Saturday home game saw employees, former players and more come out to support Fletcher. Click any image to begin slideshow
Read more → 22 Oct 2018
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By COLIN TAYLOR @ColinTaylorETC The Golden State Warriors aren’t the only basketball team ready to play fast and drop 3-pointers, Eastfield Head Coach Anthony Fletcher said. “We play a similar style to the Golden State Warriors,” Fletcher said. “Or rather, they play a similar style to us since...
Read more → 27 Feb 2018
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— Video by David Silva and Julio Vega By JULIO VEGA @JulioVegaETC The Eastfield men’s basketball team fell to the North Lake Blazers 88-76 in the Region V Championship match Feb. 26. The loss ended the Harvester’s season and sent the Blazers, the defending national champions, to the National...
Read more → 24 Feb 2018
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By JULIO VEGA @JulioVegaETC North Lake defeated Eastfield 92-83 in the championship match of the Metro Athletic Conference tournament. Now, both teams will face off in a one-game playoff, the Blazers as the tournament champions and the Harvesters as the regular conference play champions, which...
Read more → 22 Feb 2018
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By JULIO VEGA @JulioVegaETC A shaky first half didn't deter the Harvesters as they rallied to defeat Mountain View 91-86 in the Metro Athletic Conference semifinal. They'll face North Lake, the defending national champions, in the championship match, to be played at Eastfield's gym Saturday at 2 p.m. The...
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