14 Feb 2015
Posted by etcetera From Staff Reports IRVING — The Eastfield Harvesters basketball team won’t be returning to New York to play in its third consecutive national tournament. Eastfield led by as many as nine points in the first half, but Brookhaven moved ahead early in the second half and went on to take a 96-83...
Read more → 03 Dec 2014
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By Tony Neese, Brad Watkins and Carolina Catalan After winning 11 games, the Eastfield Harvesters lost their first game of the season Nov. 25 against Paris Junior College and are now 12-1. The following is a roundup of the Harvesters’ games played during the past two weeks. Eastfield 101, Southeastern...
Read more → 03 Dec 2014
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By Brad Watkins Growing up in the commonly mispronounced small East Texas town of Mexia, Walter Bell led a simple childhood. Then he received some difficult news: His parents were getting a divorce. Bell took the news hard. “It was tough on me because I’m a daddy’s boy,” he said....
Read more → 19 Nov 2014
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By Tony Neese The fourth-ranked Eastfield Harvesters basketball team is off to a 7-0 start after a 112-91 home victory over El Centro on Nov. 14. The explosive Harvesters have already surpassed the 100-point mark in scoring four times in seven games and are now averaging 106 points per game. The...
Read more → 06 Nov 2014
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By Brad Watkins and Tony Neese First-team All-District. District Most Valuable Player. High school state champion. These are just a few of the accolades won by the players on the 2014 Eastfield Harvesters basketball team. Yet when their high school careers were over, no scholarship schools gave any of them...
Read more → 23 Apr 2014
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By Kevin Cushingberry Jr. I could hardly sleep the night before. I tweeted out my excitement, writing “Big day tomorrow,” but little did I know just how big the day would be. I woke up bright and early. Well, really, it was just 6 a.m. April 4 but that’s about six hours earlier than my ideal...
Read more → 23 Apr 2014
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Editor in Chief Kevin Cushingberry Jr. takes a look at the first-round NBA playoff matchups and LeBron James’ quest to fulfill his promise to win multiple titles for the Miami Heat. As the playoffs continue, look for updates/reactions on each series as well as our postseason awards on eastfieldnews.com. Western...
Read more → 19 Mar 2014
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By KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR. LOCH SHELDRAKE, N.Y. — Freshman forward Ricardo Artis slumped in a chair with a towel over his head, hiding his sweat-drenched face and watery eyes. The Eastfield Harvesters had just lost 72-68 to Caldwell (N.C.) in the Final Four, and Artis wasn’t ready to accept...
Read more → 26 Feb 2014
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Game 1: Eastfield vs. Brookhaven Freshman guard Tevin Corprew scored 27 points to lead the Harvesters to a 92-75 victory over No. 3 seed Brookhaven on Thursday. The win avenged a 3-point loss Eastfield suffered at the hands of the Bears just three weeks before. The win, against the only team other...
Read more → 26 Feb 2014
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By Kevin Cushingberry Jr., Editor in Chief Ricardo Artis had never played on a winning team. In fact, he hadn’t played a single playoff game in his life. The freshman forward signed with Eastfield six months ago in hopes of finally being a winner. Now, he can say he made the right decision. Artis...
Read more → 12 Feb 2014
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By Kevin Cushingberry Jr., Editor in Chief A win was on the line every night in the Shockey family’s front yard in Haltom City. The one-on-one basketball battles became so competitive, twin brothers Josh and Aaron hung a poster on their bedroom wall keeping tally of each victory. More than...
Read more → 13 Nov 2013
Posted by etcetera By Kevin Cushingberry Jr., Editor in Chief Sitting on the bench during a timeout, sophomore guard D.J. Jordan told his Eastfield teammates if they got him the ball on a fast break, he would finish at the rim. Moments later, Jordan was hanging off the basket with a defender under him, two points on the scoreboard...
Read more → 13 Nov 2013
Posted by etcetera By Kevin Cushingberry Jr., Editor in Chief You know how when someone gets a new hairstyle and they just don’t look like themselves? You try to act like it’s a good look, or just not mention it, but it’s obvious that the change just isn’t working. That was the Dallas Mavericks last season. They...
Read more → 30 Oct 2013
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By Kevin Cushingberry Jr., Editor in Chief When it came time to decide who was the toughest guy on the basketball court during the preseason, it was an easy choice for Sheldon Yearwood’s new teammates. The transfer from Paris Junior College was a unanimous pick as Eastfield’s junkyard dog:...
Read more → 02 Oct 2013
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BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF After finishing last season as the national runner-up, the Eastfield Harvesters are a brand new basketball team. Six players from last year’s squad earned scholarships to four-year universities. One player earned first-team all-American honors, and the other...
Read more → 10 Apr 2013
Posted by etcetera By Andrew Maxie Day 1: New York bound At 5 a.m., my teammate David (Bonner) woke me up with pure excitement. About 20 minutes later, Brock (Hunter) knocked on the door singing. It was time to head to the school, so we had to wake up Semar (Farris), who sleeps every chance he gets. Everybody was hyped...
Read more → 10 Apr 2013
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BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF Hours later, the Eastfield Harvesters took on the Brookdale Jersey Blues in the NJCAA Division III championship game. Eastfield’s best wasn’t enough as the Harvesters fell to the Jersey Blues by six points, 61-55. Following the second-place finish...
Read more → 10 Apr 2013
Posted by etcetera BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF It a great journey for the Eastfield Harvesters this season. They started off with a dream, worked hard and gave everything they had to make that dream come true. Last off-season, the Harvesters spent endless days in the gym shooting and lifting weights...
Read more → 17 Mar 2013
Posted by etcetera BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF Eastfield (26-4, 10-2 in Region V) was ranked # 5 in the final national poll. Brookdale (30-1, 18-0 in the Region XIX) was ranked #1. Prior to the game, Eastfield coach Anthony Fletcher said it would be a heavyweight fight. Fletcher’s team stayed competitive...
Read more → 15 Mar 2013
Posted by etcetera BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF The Eastfield Harvesters have spent the last day and a half preparing for their NJCAA Division III semifinal game against MassBay (Mass.) Community College. After learning they would play the Buccaneers, the Harvesters began scheming for MassBay’s zone defense. “They...
Read more → 14 Mar 2013
Posted by etcetera BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF Eastfield, planned on practicing at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sullivan County Community College and had set up the team’s day around that time. However, on the ride to practice, the team was informed that the practice time had been moved up to 10, so they would...
Read more → 14 Mar 2013
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BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF It’s on to the national semifinals for the Eastfield Harvesters, who rallied from a 12-point first half deficit to win their opening game at the NJCAA Division III national tournament Thursday in Loch Sheldrake, N.Y. Sophomore forward Mike Love hit a three-point...
Read more → 13 Mar 2013
Posted by etcetera BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF Even before the season began, back in October when they were only scrimmaging each other, the basketball team focused on one thing: a trip to New York. Now, after finishing their season with a 26-4 record (10-2 in conference play) and claiming the Region...
Read more → 13 Mar 2013
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BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF When he came to Eastfield in the fall of 2010, Brock Hunter wasn’t sure if he would ever play the game he loved again. After playing the past two years for the Harvesters, the sophomore guard hopes to end his career with an NJCAA Division III basketball...
Read more → 13 Mar 2013
Posted by etcetera BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF Today was a long day of traveling, but we finally made it to New York. As sports editor of The Et Cetera, I feel fortunate to have this opportunity to cover the Eastfield Harvesters as they play for the national championship, and I’ll be giving daily updates...
Read more → 13 Mar 2013
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BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF Captain Brock Hunter (pictured above) scored 27 points and added 12 rebounds to lead the Harvesters in the win. Hunter said Eastfield won’t be satisfied until they win the national title. “I’m not losing,” he said. “We’ve come too far to lose...
Read more → 13 Feb 2013
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BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF It’s rare when a team can distribute points equally throughout its starting lineup. Such a team has to be composed of selfless individuals who have one common goal: winning. Thanks to their team-first mentality, the Harvesters have accomplished that...
Read more → 05 Dec 2012
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BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF The way the Harvesters’ basketball season started can be summed up in one word: winning. The team is off to a 9-2 start, blowing out its first four opponents by an average of 44 points and scoring 143 in its best offensive game against Paul Quinn on Nov....
Read more → 14 Nov 2012
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BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF Mike Love was a long way from his West Mesquite roots when he packed up his sneakers two years ago and headed to Salina, Kan., to play basketball for Kansas Wesleyan University. “It was kind of crazy,” Love said. “My freshman coach, Coach [Jeremy]...
Read more → 02 Oct 2012
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By David Valderas Semar Farris is getting another shot at his dreams. After his record-breaking MVP season with the Harvesters in 2006-07, Farris left the team following a series of family tragedies. Now, five years later, he is back and looking to return to his old form. “It feels like I got a second...
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