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As Cross Creek boys basketball guard Derrick Shine Jr. was leaving Legacy Arena after his team punched its ticket to the GHSA 3A State Championship Game, he felt his phone start to buzz. It was his cousin, Harlem guard Ty Shine Jr., calling. A few hours before that call, Ty and his squad defeated their semifinal opponent to make it to the championship match as well.
“I’ll see you at the state championship,” Ty said once Derrick answered. While the two didn’t go into much detail on the specifics after that, Derrick did say afterwards “now [Harlem] gonna get this belt,” so it’s fair to say that there was a healthy level of trash talking going on during that call.
That competitive rivalry between the two Shine kids has been brewing since they were kids playing basketball together. With their teams set to face off for a state title on Wednesday, Mar. 11, the familial rivalry will be put onto its biggest stage yet.
“We’re really close,” Derrick said. “Everyday we’re talking after practice, before practice sometimes. We text each other before the game to have a good game. It’s crazy, it’s really a blessing because we’ve put so much work in.”
Derrick and Ty are both juniors, but Ty is a year older. When the two were kids, they’d spent much of their time playing basketball at the Shine Hoop Grind gym. The training facility is operated and owned by Darrin Shine, Derrick’s uncle and Ty’s cousin. It served as the first major battlegrounds for the two’s duels on the court.
“Just being competitive in the gym all day working out,” Darrin remembered of Derrick and Ty growing up. “I’ve seen arguments in the gym when they were nine years old just being competitive. So everything they had coming up, we’ll see it [at the game]. It’s just a great family affair.”
Those workouts helped develop the two as lead guards for their respective teams who can score and facilitate when needed. Derrick’s season-high in points this year was 25 in a mid-season game against Westside. Meanwhile, Ty, who carries more of his team’s offensive load, had a season-high of 41 in February against Aquinas.
The two had played with each other on the local AAU squad Team Power in second and third grade. But because of their similar playstyles (along with living in different zip codes), Derrick and Ty ended up at different schools.
“It wouldn’t make sense to play together because they play the same position,” Darrin said. “Them being in the same region, that wasn’t planned. I think that just makes it good for the community [and] makes it more competitive instead of being on one team.”
When asked about who’d win when they played one-on-one over the years, Derrick said it would usually be split pretty evenly. One day he’d get one, the other Ty would get one. But if you ask Ty, he’d tell you that he won all of them. While the 1-on-1 record is clearly up for debate, what isn’t is the record between the two teams this season.
That record is 3-0 in favor of Derrick and Cross Creek. Two out of the three losses were by double figures, and nearly all three games the Razorbacks were without Derrick due to an injury (save for a handful of minutes in Game 2). But even with Derrick on the sidelines, he made sure to find Ty after the game to collect on their friendly bets they made on whose team would win.
Ty is now out $30, $10 for each game, because of it. Derrick is so confident that his team is going to win, he said he’d double the wager to $20 for the championship game.
“We can do whatever man,” Ty said referring to the monetary amount on the new bet. “We’re gonna win this game.”
Whenever Derrick and Ty matched up, members of the Shine family would come out to support. Basketball runs deep in the family. In addition to the two current players, Darrin played at Richmond Academy in the early 2000s before heading to Delaware State University. Derrick and Ty’s dads, Derrick Sr. and Ty Sr. also played at Richmond. Ty Sr. also went Division I as he played at Seton Hall.
Whether it was Ty Sr.’s trips to the Big East tournament with Seton Hall or Darrin’s David vs. Goliath matchup as the 16th seed in the 2004 NCAA Tournament against top-seeded Duke, the Shine family always traveled for the big games.
That will hold true for the state championship matchup. Darrin said he expects at minimum 50 family members to make the drive down to Macon, and that isn’t even including extended family. They plan to get custom made shirts with both Derrick and Ty on it to support them both.
Like all of the Cross Creek and Harlem matchups, no matter who wins, it’ll be a win for the Shine family. But of course, the boys don’t think so. They are looking to win it all for their teams, and the ultimate bragging rights going forward.
“I hate [it] because one person has to lose,” Derrick said. “But I didn’t play in the last three games, so it was [Ty’s] time to shine out there. So I’m gonna show I’m here too. He ain’t the only Shine out there, I’m there too.”
This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Cross Creek and Harlem basketball guards share family, history together
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“I’ll see you at the state championship,” Ty said once Derrick answered. While the two didn’t go into much detail on the specifics after that, Derrick did say afterwards “now [Harlem] gonna get this belt,” so it’s fair to say that there was a healthy level of trash talking going on during that call.
That competitive rivalry between the two Shine kids has been brewing since they were kids playing basketball together. With their teams set to face off for a state title on Wednesday, Mar. 11, the familial rivalry will be put onto its biggest stage yet.
“We’re really close,” Derrick said. “Everyday we’re talking after practice, before practice sometimes. We text each other before the game to have a good game. It’s crazy, it’s really a blessing because we’ve put so much work in.”
Derrick and Ty are both juniors, but Ty is a year older. When the two were kids, they’d spent much of their time playing basketball at the Shine Hoop Grind gym. The training facility is operated and owned by Darrin Shine, Derrick’s uncle and Ty’s cousin. It served as the first major battlegrounds for the two’s duels on the court.
“Just being competitive in the gym all day working out,” Darrin remembered of Derrick and Ty growing up. “I’ve seen arguments in the gym when they were nine years old just being competitive. So everything they had coming up, we’ll see it [at the game]. It’s just a great family affair.”
Those workouts helped develop the two as lead guards for their respective teams who can score and facilitate when needed. Derrick’s season-high in points this year was 25 in a mid-season game against Westside. Meanwhile, Ty, who carries more of his team’s offensive load, had a season-high of 41 in February against Aquinas.
The two had played with each other on the local AAU squad Team Power in second and third grade. But because of their similar playstyles (along with living in different zip codes), Derrick and Ty ended up at different schools.
“It wouldn’t make sense to play together because they play the same position,” Darrin said. “Them being in the same region, that wasn’t planned. I think that just makes it good for the community [and] makes it more competitive instead of being on one team.”
When asked about who’d win when they played one-on-one over the years, Derrick said it would usually be split pretty evenly. One day he’d get one, the other Ty would get one. But if you ask Ty, he’d tell you that he won all of them. While the 1-on-1 record is clearly up for debate, what isn’t is the record between the two teams this season.
That record is 3-0 in favor of Derrick and Cross Creek. Two out of the three losses were by double figures, and nearly all three games the Razorbacks were without Derrick due to an injury (save for a handful of minutes in Game 2). But even with Derrick on the sidelines, he made sure to find Ty after the game to collect on their friendly bets they made on whose team would win.
Ty is now out $30, $10 for each game, because of it. Derrick is so confident that his team is going to win, he said he’d double the wager to $20 for the championship game.
“We can do whatever man,” Ty said referring to the monetary amount on the new bet. “We’re gonna win this game.”
Whenever Derrick and Ty matched up, members of the Shine family would come out to support. Basketball runs deep in the family. In addition to the two current players, Darrin played at Richmond Academy in the early 2000s before heading to Delaware State University. Derrick and Ty’s dads, Derrick Sr. and Ty Sr. also played at Richmond. Ty Sr. also went Division I as he played at Seton Hall.
Whether it was Ty Sr.’s trips to the Big East tournament with Seton Hall or Darrin’s David vs. Goliath matchup as the 16th seed in the 2004 NCAA Tournament against top-seeded Duke, the Shine family always traveled for the big games.
That will hold true for the state championship matchup. Darrin said he expects at minimum 50 family members to make the drive down to Macon, and that isn’t even including extended family. They plan to get custom made shirts with both Derrick and Ty on it to support them both.
Like all of the Cross Creek and Harlem matchups, no matter who wins, it’ll be a win for the Shine family. But of course, the boys don’t think so. They are looking to win it all for their teams, and the ultimate bragging rights going forward.
“I hate [it] because one person has to lose,” Derrick said. “But I didn’t play in the last three games, so it was [Ty’s] time to shine out there. So I’m gonna show I’m here too. He ain’t the only Shine out there, I’m there too.”
This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Cross Creek and Harlem basketball guards share family, history together
Continue reading...
