SportsWeek B ? Also Religion, Obituaries , Classifieds o jUL Collins takes over at St. Aug Former assistant becomes Lady Falcon head coach CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT Saint Augustine's College has announced the addition of LaTanya Collins to its athletic staff. Collins will serve as the new women's head basketball coach. A Richmond, Va.. native, Collins was the former women's assistant basketball coach at Saint Augustine's College during the 2004-05 season. Her duties included recruiting, planning team trav el, aca demic advise m e n t and working with the team's guards. During that sea son, the Lady Collins Falcons finished third in the CIAA's Western Division, led the CIAA in three-point shoot ing percentage, scoring defense and rebounding defense and won the CIAA highest grade point average award in women's basketball. Collins returns to the Lady Falcons as head coach after working at Southern Vermont College during the 2006-07 season. At Southern Vermont, she was the head women's bas ketball coach, the assistant ath letic director and senior women's administrator. Prior to coaching at Southern Vermont, Collins was the women's assistant basket ball cojich at Marist College in Poughkeepsie. NY, during the 2005-06 season. She was a key recruiter at Marist and also assisted with game and practice preparation, development of guards and team travel. Collins started her college coaching career as an assistant coach at Virginia State during the 2002-03 season after play ing basketball there. While at Virginia State, she coached three all-conference selections and two All-Americans. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in biology from Virginia State in 2000. Collins coached basketball on the high school level from 2000-2004. She was the head girls' varsity basketball coach and head boys' junior varsity coach at Charles City (Va.) High School from 2000-2003, and an assistant girls' basket ball coach at Highland Springs (Va.) High School during the 2003-04 season. I" \ r 1 1 ? I II Celeste Burgess (from left), coach Pam Benton and Tayana Perez pose for a photo earlier this week. Flashback Duo Young girls reminding fans of Little and Jones BY ANTHONY HILL THE CHRONICLE Celeste Burgess and Tayana Perez, both 10 years old, are reminding quite a few people of two other basketball players from this city. The duo are reminding a number of fans of Camille Little and Porsche Jones. "I can see that." said Porsche Jones, a former star guard at Carver and Wake. "I've seen them play, and they kind of remind me of me and Camille. Tayana is light skinned and pretty, like I was. They're also really good. They are like Camille and me. They both seem to understand the game very well. They listen too. They could be the next two great girls to leave this city." Reynolds Park director Bryant McCorkle added: "They remind me of Porsche and Camille too. But 1 think they will be better. That's my opinion. They really are two exception See Duo on B4 Parkland 's Brown headed to Surry College BY ANTHONY HILL THE CHRONICLE Marcus Brown, who recently graduated from Parkland, has committed to play for Surry Community College. The exciting point guard seems excited and ready to help rebuild the bas ketball program that's been inactive for the last three things a few years ago. We're trying to build it again." Wilmoth said having a signee like Brown will make the process a little smoother for the next two years. "He's definitely going to bring something to the table," Wilmoth said. "We feel lucky to have him. I've watched him play for the last years. Brown capped an impres six montns. i-ie s a strong ball handler that passes very sive prep career with 14.5 points per game, 4.5 rebounds, two steals and 4.5 assists. He's not known for his eye popping statistics, though. Brown usu ally excites the crowd with his quick dribble pene tration and precise passing. Brown