From C-Team to Player of the Year: Koulie Tou’s rise leads Centennial

Centennial boys basketball celebrates District 3-5A tournament triumph It's a clean sweep for the Centennial Hawks, who have now won District 3-5A regular-season and tournament championships in both boys and girls hoops. Kouliebchen "Koulie" Tou remembers where he was only a few years ago. An eighth-grader on a C team, barely receiving playing time. Now he's done a complete 180. Tou, a senior power forward on Centennial's boys basketball team, has become one of the most dominant players in New Mexico. He's averaging a double-double with over 20 points and 11 rebounds per game, has scored fewer than 10 points in only one game this season and was named the District 3-5A Player of the Year. Tou...