The Lady Gladiators overcome adversity and pull together to win 2-out of-3 games during the Hubbard hosted basketball tournament and take 3rd place. Tara Wallis was selected to the all-tournament team.

Italy uses Hubbard’s varsity basketball tournament to hone their skills and improve their level of play.

Head Coach Coach Brandon Ganske has announced a super sharp design for this season’s Gladiator Basketball tshirts. Pre-orders are being accepted through Friday, January 27th, 2013. Order yours today!

Rio Vista wins both the JV game and varsity games over Italy but both Gladiator teams found an offensive rhythm late in the match ups.

Italy Junior High’s girls’ teams played three games against Blooming Grove on Monday at home, winning two. The outside weather may have been cold but the nets inside the dome were still smoldering Tuesday morning.

The Gladiator and Lady Gladiator varsity basketball squads will travel to Hubbard High School on December 12th, 13th and 14th to participate in the Hubbard Invitational Basketball Tournament. Game one for the Lady G’s will be Thursday at 3:00pm against Waco Rappaport Academy. Game one for the Gladiators will be Thursday at 4:30pm, also against Rappaport.

Senior Trevon Robertson leads the Italy Gladiators to a first-round win over the Grandview Zebras during tournament action in West.

Italy’s Varsity and JV boys’ teams adjust to playing rim to rim after late start to their basketball season.

Italy head basketball coach, Brandon Ganske, would like to notify his players regarding a shoot-around session inside Italy Coliseum which will be open from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for the high school boys playing basketball.

The Lady Gladiators win 1-out of-3 during tournament play, finishing with a dominant win over Hillsboro.

The 1A Italy Lady Gladiators use own tournament to improve their court skills and realize their potential after a strong showing in first-round matchup against 2A Peaster.

Malakoff passes test from the Lady Gladiators but Italy gets an ‘A’ for effort in a high-scoring contest.

The Italy Junior High basketball teams open their season against the Mildred Eagles inside Italy Coliseum with three close and entertaining games.

The coaching staff at Italy ISD has released the tournament brackets for this week’s Italy Basketball Tournament. This annual tournament will pair varsity girls and boys teams from across the state in a three day event. Our own Lady Gladiators will take the court at 12noon on Thursday, November 21st for their first game of the tournament.

Italy’s Lady Gladiators show signs of greatness during first home game inside Italy Coliseum against the Hubbard Lady Jaguars.

The IYAA (Italy Youth Athletic Association) will be conducting basketball registration this Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. inside George Scott Coliseum (old Italy gym).

The Lady Gladiators looked good over in Blooming Grove with Italy’s JV winning big and the varsity ladies being stopped only by a stubborn rim.

The Lady Gladiator coaching staff is now offering Lady Gladiator Basketball tshirts for sale. These shirts will be black crew-neck tees, in your choice of long sleeve ($15) or short sleeve ($12). Both adult and youth sizes are available. Use the convenient order form attached and order yours today!

The Italy High School basketball coaches have released the schedules for the upcoming 2013-2014 season. Both the JV and varsity girls schedules and JV and varsity boys schedules are attached.

Italy Junior High Gladiator and Lady Gladiator basketball schedules for the 2013-2014 season have been released. Both schedules are attached.

Stadium Chairs with Italy in gold and white printed on the back are available now thru the Gladiator Athletic Booster Club. Contact Kelly Lewis at: 214/878-4623, Robbie Jones at 972/921-4067 or by Email: [email protected] and get yours before the big game on Friday night!

Italy High School senior student-athlete, Cole Hopkins, enjoys a signing party inside Italy Coliseum as he commits to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor to play basketball for the Crusaders.

Several Italy Gladiator basketball players receive all-district recognition after finishing as the District 14 1A-1 runner-up in 2013.

Over half of the Italy Lady Gladiator basketball roster receives all-district accolades with Kortnei Johnson grabbing a superlative honor.

Gladiators enjoy tournament hoops on Saturday in Glen Rose as Italy prepares for bi-district battle against Collinsville on Tuesday.

The Italy Gladiator boys’ basketball team, head coached by Brian Coffman and assisted by coaches Larry Mayberry and Josh Ward, finished 2nd in their district with an 8-2 record, 13-6 overall, and are excited to be playing in the post season!

The final home/district games for Italy’s boys will be against Dallas Gateway today and will be played here in Italy. The games will start with the JV at 5:00 p.m. followed by the varsity contest at 6:15 p.m.

The Italy Lady Gladiators will have a warmup game tonight against Kerens in Cayuga in preparation for their playoff game against Era on Tuesday, February 12, starting at 6:30 p.m. at Burleson Centennial HS in Burleson, TX.

Italy — Calling all Gladiator and Lady Gladiator basketball fans! Italy celebrates Senior Night inside the Italy Coliseum dome against their long-time rivals the Itasca Wampus Cats Tuesday, February 5, starting at 5:00 p.m. with the JV boys squad tipping off at center court.

Both Italy’s JH boys’ teams perform well during an Italy hosted tournament winning 3-of-4 against Mildred and Blooming Grove.

With both teams entering with 3-1 district records, Itasca benefits from four Lady Gladiators fouling out to win at home.

Italy’s JH Girls are unable to avenge earlier season losses to Blooming Grove despite trying to defend their dome with all their might.

The Gladiators varsity and JV boys teams take care of business against Itasca in a pair of high energy contests.

The Italy Gladiators win their district opener 64-23 over the Grand Prairie Advantage Academy Eagles while the Lady Gladiators stand 3-0 in district play after a 74-10 outing.

Italy’s JH Lady Gladiator squads play hard and until the final buzzers to split wins with the Marlin Lady Bulldogs.

Italy duels with Dallas Gateway dropping both boy’s games to the Gators while the Lady Gladiators start 2-0 in district with another big win.

The 2013 Italy Lady Gladiators win their district opener over the Arlington Summitt Lady Skyhawks 76-17 at home in the dome.

Italy’s JV boys start slow but finish strong against a stout West Trojan JV squad.

The Gladiators are still learning the ropes while hooping it up against the West Trojans.

Gladiators’ head basketball coach, Brian Coffman, has submitted the brackets for the Martins’ Mill Mewbourn Tournament that Italy begins competing in tonight.

The Lady Gladiators defeat Faith Family 63-14 and advance to the second round of the annual Italy Invitational Basketball Tournament.

The basketballs are aired up and the nets are hung, it’s time for the 2012 Italy Invitational Basketball Tournament as teams dribble in from around the area to meet the challenge.

IYAA Basketball Signups will be Saturday, November 24, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. inside the George E. Scott Coliseum (old Italy gym).

Fans get a home game look at the 2012-13 Lady Gladiator Basketball team and were impressed with the high level of play and winning attitudes.

Melissa Fullmer loves kids and loves sports. These two thing are her life. So what better position for her than being a Physical Ed teacher for Stafford Elementary and head girls basketball coach for Italy High School?

In a called meeting last night, the Italy ISD Board of Trustees hired several new employees for the district.

Italy Gladiator Basketball head coach Aidan Callahan accepts a head coaching position in Llano to help rebuild the Yellowjacket boy’s basketball program.

The Italy Gladiators wrap up their 2011-2012 basketball campaign finishing as District 15 Conference 2A Co-District Champions and bi-district finalists while grabbing a few individual player and coach honors along the way.