Mae Jemison, Lee dominate opponents to make state finals
The teams outscored opponents 143 to 62 Saturday morning.
Posted: Feb 27, 2021 6:35 PM
Updated: Feb 28, 2021 2:15 AM
Posted By: Max Cohan
Saturday was a great day to be a Huntsville-based team in Birmingham. In total, Mae Jemison and Lee’s teams outscored opponents 143 to 62 at Bill Harris Arena, each earning a trip to the state finals.
During the first game of the day, Jemison took down the defending 5A state champion Charles Henderson Trojans by 39 points, putting on a show on both ends of the court.
With an emphasis on defense, the Jaguars started the game with 17 unanswered points, allowing just three points in the first quarter and only nine in the first half.
site as Slough councillors approve plans to purchase part of the land. Last November, Slough Borough Council (SBC) announced they were in discussions with international real estate company Panattoni about purchasing the residential part on the southside of the site. The developers will still maintain the north of the former Akzo Nobel factory site for commercial uses. The residential part of the site will have up to 1,000 homes – but it was heard at Monday’s (January 18) cabinet meeting that SBC may “skew” that number in favour of 850 homes with a mixed development and more affordable, social, and family housing. The council will be looking at adding 50 per cent or more affordable housing at the site than Panattoni’s original 25 per cent offer when their outline planning application was approved last August.
for ‘a long time’. At Wednesday’s (January 13) planning meeting, the chairman, councillor Haqeeq Dar (Labour: Wexham Lea) said councillor Roger Davis (Labour: Cippenham Green) has been suffering from Covid-19 and is still in hospital. As Cllr Davis has missed three planning meetings in a row, members agreed to waive a letter informing the group leader of his absence given his circumstances. The lead member for planning and regulations, councillor Pavitar K. Mann (Labour: Britwell and Northborough), said: “I would second that as well considering we’ve known that Cllr Davis has been suffering with this for a long time.”
25 three-bed houses Planning officers managed to agree with the developers on having 20 per cent affordable housing at the site, equal to 42 homes – which goes against the affordable housing guidance of 35 per cent. The developers, Slough Urban Renewal – a property partnership between the council and Morgan Sindall Investments - say this due to viability issues and high costs of decontaminating the land as well as build costs. Objectors feared approving this scheme would cause mass congestion and an overspill of parking to neighbouring streets.
The layout of houses on the former Montem lesiure centre site This was the concern of Chalvey councillor Mohammed Sharif (Independent) who said this might be breaking parking policies the council has set for itself.