This morning, Andre Levingston, who was installed as the President of the Premier Basketball League just this summer, has resigned the post effective immediately.
Levingston, on a press release issued by oursportscentral.com, stated professional differences as the reason for resigning.
"It has become clear to me that my vision for the league and that of the League owner were very different. I felt I was not given the proper tools in which to conduct business in the way I felt was best," said Levingston in the release.
You have to wonder the depth of that statement, and what the proper tools are. Levingston was the key cog in trying to get the Puerto Rico teams into the fold for this season, but as that fell through the league went in another direction and added Tony Chase to the mix as the CEO of the league.
This is all speculation, but perhaps Chase and Levingston had different views on the direction of the league.
Levingston said he had no hard feelings, and would continue to focus his efforts on building the fan base for his Halifax team.
Mike Brown, owner of the Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry, reacted to the news saying, "Andre is a stand-up guy and he did everything he said he was going to do."
A league conference call is scheduled for Wednesday.
More on this as the story develops.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Rankings: Cache top five in softball, volleyball
Rankings for softball and volleyball on OKRankings.com were released today without much change for at the top for Southwest Oklahoma teams.
MacArthur is still on top of the Class 5A softball poll and Fort Cobb-Broxton is still leading Class A. One team to watch is Cache, which is the lone Southwest Oklahoma team ranked in Class 4A at No. 4 with a 16-3 record.
Cache is also the top Southwest Oklahoma team in volleyball at No. 5 in Class 4A. Big Pasture is also No. 10 and Elgin is No. 13.
Elsewhere in softball, Duncan is No. 13 and Altus is No. 16 in Class 5A.
In Class 2A, Apache still sits at No. 4, while Frederick is No. 11 and Walters is No. 19.
Sterling is No. 4 in Class A. Central High and Fletcher are also No. 11 and No. 12 in the poll.
Finally, in Class B Cyril is No. 8, Indiahoma is No. 11 and Temple is No. 19.
Fall baseball rankings were released last week with Sterling ranked No. 4 in Class A and Ft. Cobb-Broxton ranked No. 14. In Class B, Granite is ranked No. 2 with a 13-4 record.
MacArthur is still on top of the Class 5A softball poll and Fort Cobb-Broxton is still leading Class A. One team to watch is Cache, which is the lone Southwest Oklahoma team ranked in Class 4A at No. 4 with a 16-3 record.
Cache is also the top Southwest Oklahoma team in volleyball at No. 5 in Class 4A. Big Pasture is also No. 10 and Elgin is No. 13.
Elsewhere in softball, Duncan is No. 13 and Altus is No. 16 in Class 5A.
In Class 2A, Apache still sits at No. 4, while Frederick is No. 11 and Walters is No. 19.
Sterling is No. 4 in Class A. Central High and Fletcher are also No. 11 and No. 12 in the poll.
Finally, in Class B Cyril is No. 8, Indiahoma is No. 11 and Temple is No. 19.
Fall baseball rankings were released last week with Sterling ranked No. 4 in Class A and Ft. Cobb-Broxton ranked No. 14. In Class B, Granite is ranked No. 2 with a 13-4 record.
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