Monday, April 23, 2012
TRY OUT FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S VARSITY MEN'S TEAM
Varsity Boys Basketball Tryouts will begin Monday April 30. Boys (grades 8-11) interested in being part of the Elkmont High School varsity team next year need to sign up outside Coach Garris' room. Students will also need updated physical and insurance forms.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
BASKETBALL BANQUET TICKETS
The Elkmont Basketball Banquet is scheduled for Tuesday, April 17 at 7:00 PM at Athens-Limestone Senior Center, 912 W. Pryor Street, Athens.
All Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Middle School Players/Cheerleaders are invited to attend.
The cost is $10.00 per ticket which includes barbecue, sides and drink. Players/Cheerleaders do not require a ticket, just their family members or guests.
It is requested for each player/cheerleader to bring a dessert.
Tickets can be from Coach Garris, Coach Bates, Cindy Wales or Allison Garris. (Allison Garris will have them at the middle school baseball game Tuesday.
Last day to purchase tickets is THIS Thursday, April 12 in order to provide an accurate head count for the caterer.
All Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Middle School Players/Cheerleaders are invited to attend.
The cost is $10.00 per ticket which includes barbecue, sides and drink. Players/Cheerleaders do not require a ticket, just their family members or guests.
It is requested for each player/cheerleader to bring a dessert.
Tickets can be from Coach Garris, Coach Bates, Cindy Wales or Allison Garris. (Allison Garris will have them at the middle school baseball game Tuesday.
Last day to purchase tickets is THIS Thursday, April 12 in order to provide an accurate head count for the caterer.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Decatur Daily Class 1A-3A Boys all-area team
Besides Coach Garris making Coach of the Year, Elkmont also had 4 representatives on the Decatur Daily All Area teams. The Decatur Daily released it's selections today. Pick up up a copy of today's paper to read the complete articles.
The big man with the yellow mohawk was a force for the Red Devils in the lane. He averaged 12.7 points and seven rebounds a game, while shooting 38 percent from beyond the 3-point arc. Played a key role in Elkmont’s run to the 3A Northwest Regional final.
Second team: Cole Glass, Sr., 6-4, F, Elkmont:
First Team:
Dan Logan, Sr., 6-0, C, Elkmont:
The big man with the yellow mohawk was a force for the Red Devils in the lane. He averaged 12.7 points and seven rebounds a game, while shooting 38 percent from beyond the 3-point arc. Played a key role in Elkmont’s run to the 3A Northwest Regional final.Second team: Cole Glass, Sr., 6-4, F, Elkmont:
Averaged 11.6 points and eight rebounds a game, while shooting 55 percent from the field.
Third team:
Skyler Gant, Sr., 6-0, G, Elkmont:
Played a key role in the Red Devils’ success, averaging 10.4 points, six rebounds and four assists a game.
Honorable mention:
Elkmont: Hayden Huseth
1A-3A BOYS BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR - DECATUR DAILY
The Decatur Daily has a nice article about Coach Garris today, pick up a copy.
Elkmont’s Garris taught team not to quit
ELKMONT — Garth Garris was bursting with optimism heading into the season. What the Elkmont High boys basketball coach saw was a diamond in the rough. Sure, the Red Devils’ roster was filled with players who looked better suited for football than basketball, but …
The rest is history.
Elkmont didn’t disappoint. Garris’ gritty team consistently found ways to win close games, putting together one of the best seasons in the program’s history, with the Red Devils advancing to the Class 3A Northwest Regional final for the first time.
Garris, who just completed his second season at Elkmont, is The Decatur Daily’s Class 1A-3A boys basketball coach of the year.
Garris’ high hopes may have seemed far-fetched to an outside observer in November. The Red Devils end their 2010-11 campaign below .500. That didn’t change the way Garris felt about his team. Garris saw something that many outside the Red Devils’ locker room had overlooked: a group of guys with a deep desire to take Elkmont basketball to new heights.
Garris’ premonitions were right. Elkmont proved itself on the floor, earning a reputation as a hard-nosed bunch with a will to succeed. Elkmont opened the season strong, and then closed even stronger, beating Lauderdale County in the sub-regional round of the playoffs before rallying from an 18-point deficit for an overtime victory against Holly Pond in the Northwest Regional semifinals.
Coaching was a major factor. Elkmont had no above-the-rim players. And in most meaningful games, the Red Devils were outmatched in sheer athletic talent. No problem, though.
Basketball fundamentals and sheer determination allowed Elkmont to overcome any shortcomings it had in raw athleticism.
Garris is a veteran coach, even though he has been an Elkmont for only two seasons. He enjoyed a successful tenure at East Limestone in the 1990s before leaving to take an administrative position at Madison County. That experience showed in how Garris managed his team. He adjusted to the Red Devils’ skill sets, which meant playing more zone defense and feeding the ball inside on offense to big center Dan Logan. Logan, a 6-foot-0, 216-pound center with a yellow mohawk, thrived in Garris’ system, averaging 12 points and seven rebounds a game.
The rest of the Elkmont’s starters weren’t far off, either. The Red Devils had four starters, including Cole Glass, Hayden Huseth and Skyler Gant, with scoring lines that were basically identical.
“No matter the situation, our guys played hard,” Garris said. “They had to play hard to win. We had five seniors who bought in and played hard every night. We never lacked in effort. Now, make no mistake, we wanted to go farther. We wanted to be in Birmingham (for the state Final Four). But those guys did great things for Elkmont basketball. They accomplished a lot.”
The rest is history.
Elkmont didn’t disappoint. Garris’ gritty team consistently found ways to win close games, putting together one of the best seasons in the program’s history, with the Red Devils advancing to the Class 3A Northwest Regional final for the first time.
Garris, who just completed his second season at Elkmont, is The Decatur Daily’s Class 1A-3A boys basketball coach of the year.
“It was a great year,” Garris said. “We had a group of guys who played hard.They were a tough group who never quit. They did everything we asked out of them, and believe me, I’m not an easy person to play for.”
Garris’ high hopes may have seemed far-fetched to an outside observer in November. The Red Devils end their 2010-11 campaign below .500. That didn’t change the way Garris felt about his team. Garris saw something that many outside the Red Devils’ locker room had overlooked: a group of guys with a deep desire to take Elkmont basketball to new heights.
“We were close last year,” Garris said. “I knew that after we went to Lauderdale County and played them tough (in the 2011 Class 3A sub-regional). After that, with what we had coming back, I knew we could have a pretty good team this season.”
Garris’ premonitions were right. Elkmont proved itself on the floor, earning a reputation as a hard-nosed bunch with a will to succeed. Elkmont opened the season strong, and then closed even stronger, beating Lauderdale County in the sub-regional round of the playoffs before rallying from an 18-point deficit for an overtime victory against Holly Pond in the Northwest Regional semifinals.
Coaching was a major factor. Elkmont had no above-the-rim players. And in most meaningful games, the Red Devils were outmatched in sheer athletic talent. No problem, though.
Basketball fundamentals and sheer determination allowed Elkmont to overcome any shortcomings it had in raw athleticism.
“They were one of the toughest teams we played,” Tanner coach Chris Whitt said. “That was a scrappy bunch. They would fight you tooth and nail. Those guys didn’t back down, and a lot of that had to do with Garth.”
Garris is a veteran coach, even though he has been an Elkmont for only two seasons. He enjoyed a successful tenure at East Limestone in the 1990s before leaving to take an administrative position at Madison County. That experience showed in how Garris managed his team. He adjusted to the Red Devils’ skill sets, which meant playing more zone defense and feeding the ball inside on offense to big center Dan Logan. Logan, a 6-foot-0, 216-pound center with a yellow mohawk, thrived in Garris’ system, averaging 12 points and seven rebounds a game.
The rest of the Elkmont’s starters weren’t far off, either. The Red Devils had four starters, including Cole Glass, Hayden Huseth and Skyler Gant, with scoring lines that were basically identical.
“No matter the situation, our guys played hard,” Garris said. “They had to play hard to win. We had five seniors who bought in and played hard every night. We never lacked in effort. Now, make no mistake, we wanted to go farther. We wanted to be in Birmingham (for the state Final Four). But those guys did great things for Elkmont basketball. They accomplished a lot.”
Sunday, April 1, 2012
ELKMONT BASKETBALL BANQUET UPDATE
The Elkmont Basketball Banquet is scheduled for Tuesday, April 17 at 7:00 PM at Athens-Limestone Senior Center, 912 W. Pryor Street, Athens.
All Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Middle School Players/Cheerleaders are invited to attend.
The cost is $10.00 per ticket which includes barbecue, sides and drink. Players/Cheerleaders do not require a ticket just their family/guest.
It is requested for each player/cheerleader to bring a dessert.
Tickets can be purchased starting Monday, April 2 from Garth Garris, Beth Bates, Cindy Wales or Allison Garris.
Last day to purchase tickets is Thursday, April 12 in order to provide an accurate head count for the caterer.
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