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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL REVIEW/PREVIEW Strake Jesuit boys look good at interstate tourney Navasota, Cypress Springs make strides among girls; Bone makes magazine cover Strake Jesuit wins Classic Strake Jesuit (11-3) bounced back nicely from its district-opening loss to Cypress Springs last week by winning the Lee College Classic championship with wins over Barbers Hill, Brazoswood, Westgate (La.) and St. Thomas More (La.). Junior guard Joey Brooks was named the tournament MVP, and guard Tim Frazier was selected to the all-tournament team. Friendswood sweeps Friendswood had a successful weekend in Corpus Christi at the Pride of Texas tournament. The Mustangs (8-3), ranked 14th in the state in Class 4A, won all five games they played, which included wins over Second Baptist (No. 10 ranked private school) and Corpus Christi West Oso (No. 5 in 3A). Dulles carries banner for 5A Several other area teams had strong showings in tournament play. Dulles (12-0), the only remaining undefeated Class 5A team in the area, took the Outback Tournament title with a 65-50 win over Bush. HCYA (12-2) surprised by taking the Cy-Fair ISD Invitational, and Aldine improved to 10-2 on the season after winning a tournament at Lamar University. By the numbers • 1 — Loss for Cypress Woods in the Cy-Fair ISD tournament. The Wildcats went 4-1 in the tournament with their only setback coming to tournament champion HCYA. • 2 — Wins for Kingwood Park at the Bagg Invitational in Fort Worth. The Panthers went 2-2 and claimed fourth place. • 4 — Losses by two points or less for Wallis Brazos (3-6) this season. • 5 — Members of Fort Bend Baptist who were named to the all-tournament team in the Red River Shootout — Shashank Ranganthan (MVP), Adam Adams, Bryan Davis, Dusty Dishman, Hunter Gilbert. • 35.4 — Average points allowed by Lamar in its last five games. • • • Jackson shines Cypress Springs is off to quite a start and one big reason is senior guard NiCoya Jackson. Jackson was named Most Valuable Player of the Spring Branch ISD tournament over the weekend, which the Panthers (16-3) won. For the season, Jackson is averaging 11.5 points, five assists and four steals per game. Navasota extends streak Navasota won its second consecutive tournament title in the Sealy Classic over the weekend. The Rattlers (16-1) defeated Lamar Consolidated (No. 11 in the state) 54-39 in the championship game and have won 15 consecutive games. Elite honor for Bone Dulles girls post Kelsey Bone will be featured on the December cover of Rise Magazine. Bone is the magazine's top-ranked junior. Bone has been no stranger to success in her basketball career. Aside from being a standout at Dulles, she also was on the gold-medal team at the USA Youth Festival over the summer in Colorado Springs and was recently one of two juniors selected to the Sporting News All-America first team. Bone is averaging a double-double this season with 18 points and 11 rebounds per game for the Vikings, who are 13-3 on the season. FB Baptist leaves mark The Fort Bend Baptist girls had a solid showing in the Red River Shootout in Muenster in North Texas over the weekend. The Eagles took second place, and Brianne Hodenfield and Mary Hannah Donaldson were named to the all-tournament team. By the numbers • 0 — Losses by Dulles to unranked teams. The Vikings' only losses are twice to Cy-Fair (No. 5 in the state) and Bellaire (No. 3). The Vikings (17-3) have finished in the top three of all three tournaments they've participated in. • 2 — Double-doubles recorded by Cypress Falls' Katrina Lozano last week. She had 21 points and 20 rebounds in a 68-45 win over Oak Ridge and 15 points and 19 rebounds in a 66-50 victory over Morton Ranch. • 3 — Double-doubles by Chavez sophomore Trezlyn Babbs last week. Babbs averaged 24 points and 18 rebounds. • 21.8 — Scoring average for Cy-Fair post Nneka Ogwumike in her last five games. • 32 — Points scored by Deer Park's Katie Whitaker in a 71-60 victory over La Porte in the Peggy Whitley Classic.

GC board names Boyd Memorial coach By Dave Rogers Published December 11, 2007 The Goose Creek school board named Bret Boyd to be the first head football coach-campus athletic coordinator for Goose Creek Memorial High late Monday night at its monthly meeting. Boyd has been head coach at Killeen Ellison the past seven years, leading the Class 5A Eagles to the playoffs each of the past three seasons. Memorial, the district’s third high school campus, will open its doors in August and is expected to compete in Class 4A its first two years. “Having been in the playoffs for the past three years, he has the knowledge about what it takes to build a program that is playoff-caliber,†said Al Richard, principal of Goose Creek Memorial. Richard and GCCISD athletic director Tom Ed Gooden were two of the five district administrators on the selection committee for the new coach. “We are extremely excited to welcome Bret Boyd to the Goose Creek CISD athletic family,†Gooden said. “Coach Boyd’s athletic experience, including his background as a head football coach and athletic coordinator, make him a perfect fit as the person to build the athletic department at Goose Creek Memorial High School. “We believe that the athletes and coaches at Goose Creek Memorial will benefit greatly from his knowledge, leadership, commitment and work ethic.†Prior to coaching at Ellison, Boyd was head coach at Harlingen (1996-2001) and Brookshire Royal (1991-1993). His teams have won three district championships and qualified for three regional championship games. The graduate of Kerrville Tivy High School and Texas A&I University in Kingsville has a career record of 69-84 as a head coach. A total of 81 men applied for the job won by Boyd, more than two dozen of them current high school head coaches.

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Bears use defense to stifle Orangefield Van Wade The Orange Leader ORANGEFIELD — The baskets definitely seemed to have lids on it Monday night at Bobcat Gym, but it was the defensive effort by the Little Cypress-Mauriceville that aided the Bears in a 48-36 non-district victory against Orangefield. The Bears (10-3) limited the Bobcats (8-4) to just four field goals in the first half as they cruised to a 21-10 halftime lead. Bear senior forward Dallas Bean, who poured in a game-high 20 points and snared a game-high 10 rebounds, equaled the Bobcats’ first-half total with 10 points of his own. LC-M did a superb job in holding down Orangefield’s top scorers on the season in sophomore Zach Hayes and senior Jeremy Granger. Hayes, averaging over 16 points a game, tallied just eight points while Granger was held to just one bucket. Orangefield found some scoring punch in the second half but were still outscored by the Bears 27-26. In the first quarter, both teams were sluggish. LC-M’s Matt Mott got loose by converting a couple steals into layups to get the Bears going. The Bears led just 9-3 after one period of play. Orangefield sophomore Derrick Evans, who led the way for his squad with 10 points, hit a running shot along the right baseline to give the Bobcats their first field goal with a little more than a minute left in the quarter. Bean controlled the action inside in the second period, scoring seven points and grabbing five of his rebounds as the Bears won the quarter 12-7 to go up by 11 at the half. LC-M’s biggest lead came at 46-30 late in the fourth quarter. The Bobcats received three-pointers by Tyler Angelle and Jared Helton to trim things late. Kevin Cooper tallied seven points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Bears as LC-M finished with a 30-22 rebounding edge while Ben Pousson added five points. Granger paced the Bobcats with seven rebounds. Orangefield committed 13 turnovers while the Bears had 10. LC-M finished 11-of-20 from the free-throw line while the Bobcats shot 4-of-11. The Bears will open District 22-4A action at home in the Bear Cave Friday night when Beaumont Ozen, state runnerups last season and ranked No. 4 this season, comes to visit. The Bears also host Dayton next Tuesday. The Bobcats will visit Sabine Pass in a non-0district tilt Friday before opening District 21-3A action at home next Tuesday against the Kirbyville Wildcats.

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Pretty Impressive!

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LC-M wins 48-36.

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34-20 LC-M after 3.

28-15 LC-M in the 3rd.

21-10 LC-M Half. Bean 10 Points. Granger 2 points.

11-5 LC-M 1st

6-0 LCM early.

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LU by 2. There's the faith. 8)

HJ #1 this week!

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