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Timberland adds new defensive coordinator to football staff

By David Shelton

Staff Writer

St. Stephen – Timberland High School has produced one of the top class AA teams in the state over the last several years, posting a 25-2 record over the last two seasons.

One of the strengths of the program has been defense where the Wolves are always stingy. That defense looks to continue their dominating ways under a new boss in 2010.

Timberland head coach and athletic director Art Craig recently announced the hiring of Bill Boroff as the school’s new defensive coordinator. Boroff is a coaching veteran of several programs, with head coaching experience as well. He comes to Timberland after spending a year at Hilton Head High School.

“We’re happy to have coach Boroff on the staff,” said Craig. “His experience and knowledge will help our program continue to grow. He will definitely be a strong addition to our staff.”

Craig says Boroff will also likely assume duties as head girl’s soccer coach in the spring.

The rest of Craig’s football staff will remain the same. Chris Pond is returning to coach receivers and defensive backs and Rick Taylor is returning as the offensive line coach.

Lamont Lyons will coach the defensive line and will serve as the head coach of the junior varsity. Former Timberland player Justin Scott, who played collegiately at Tusculum, will coach the linebackers and tight ends. Terry Keller will coach the running backs and Joel Perry will assist with running backs and defensive backs.

Jerome Stewart returns as the head coach of the b-team.

The head coaches in the other varsity sports will be the same as well this fall. Returning as the volleyball coach is Joy Elizondo, who also coaches the girl’s track team in the spring.

Pond returns as the baseball coach and remains the school’s only baseball coach in their history. Veteran Cleve Touchberry, with more than 500 career victories to his credit, is returning as the girl’s basketball coach and Stewart returns to coach boy’s basketball. The boy’s basketball team advanced to the lower state finals in AA this past season.

Taylor will coach boy’s track in the spring and Perry coaches softball. Earl Woodberry is the boy’s golf coach.

 

 

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St. Stephen (12/21/09) The Timberland High girls' basketball team continued its winning tradition last season but fell short when it mattered most.  The Lady Wolves finished the year 21-4 but came in second in the region and lost to Bishop England in the second round of the Class AA playoffs.
This season Timberland returns four starters, including junior point guard Rateska Brown and senior forward Michelle Beauford.  Brown averaged a team-high 18 points, five steals and three assists per game in 2008-09.  Beauford wasn't far behind at 17 points and 15 rebounds.
"We've got to learn not to just dribble the ball up the court and look to score.  We need to pass the ball around and find an open shot.  The other girls can score too.  We've got other people that can score we've just been a little tired," head coach Cleve Touchberry said.
Also back in the starting lineup is junior guard Lisa Prioleau and junior forward Coretta Johnson.  Both players averaged close to six points a game last year and will have to be more productive this season.  Junior guard Kristina Houseworth is the only newcomer to the top five.
Coming off the bench to log some minutes for the Wolves will be junior forward Angel Reid, senior forward Sade Williams and junior center Keisha Whitaker.  Other players on the roster this year include Diamoney Green, Kyiesha Gibbs, Shameeka Hamilton, Jasmine Timmons, Tonesha Ham, Ife Stafford and Alexandria Clark.
"Depth is a big issue.  We really have eight players that can go in there but with the level of experience that some of them have, we're kind of scared to put them in situations they've never been in before.  We don't want them to crack under the pressure," Touchberry said.
The Lady Wolves got off to a good start this season by winning its first four games.  They still have contests with Goose Creek, Cross and Lake Marion before the Christmas holidays.  The showdown with the Lady Gators should serve as a barometer of where Touchberry's team is early on.
"They're big, they're tall and they're talented.  We've got some things we've got to work on.  If it works, then we'll maybe have a chance against them.  If not, it could go the other way.  But it's the same for them too, they've got to stop us," Touchberry said.
Still, if there's something the head coach would like to see his team improve in, it would be mental toughness and conditioning.
"We've got to learn how to play tired.  All the teams I've had in the past, I thought our advantage was that when everybody got tired we picked it up a notch.  That's what we're working on now.  We have what we call 'Tough Love' practice where every mistake that they make they have to run suicides.  We're trying to get them in that mental state to where they play tough all the time," Touchberry said