Southside bombards Alexandria in area opener

File photo by Chris McCarthy By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor It was bombs away for the Southside High boys basketball team last Tuesday (Dec. 10), and Chris Lengyel was the Panthers’ primary long-range gunner. The senior shooting guard shot 57 percent (4-for-7) from the three-point line as Southside opened its Class 5A, Area 12 schedule with a […]
Lady Panthers fade down the stretch, fall in OT

Messenger file photo by Gary Wells By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor The Southside High girls were reminded last Tuesday (Dec. 10) that 24 minutes does not a basketball game make. In their Class 5A, Area 12 opener against Alexandria, the Lady Panthers enjoyed a nine-point lead at the start of the fourth quarter. Over the next 12 […]