DDCC has returned to winning ways

The quiet talk heading into the 19th season of the current Davidson-Davie Community College basketball program was impending win No. 500. The louder noise came in the form of an unprecedented shaky start during the first few weeks. There were four losses, including a mind-blowing two at home, where Brinkley Gym previously had been a house of horrors for opponents. For head coach Matt Ridge, who has been around since the program's re-birth in 2008, it was a time to fight through adversity. "We were 3-4 at one point, and that was magnified in our community and among our fans, I guess," Ridge said. "I schedule as hard as possible because we want to get better and try and win a national...