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Page 2 - Rob’s Rhetoric Page 3 - K-Park Renews Rivalry with Humble ... Page 4 - Other HS Sports Page 5 - Basketball Pic- tures Page 6 - Basketball Pictures Page 7 - Basketball Standings Page 8 - More Basketball Who’s Number One? (Left) It’s the King- wood Middle School Mustangs eight graders. The Cou- gars show off their hardware, second from the right and is beaming Head Coach Matt Smith- son. Board Banging - The inside game of King- wood Middle School (below in white) leads to a title. The positioning under the basket was a key. Vol. 01 Num. 07 January 13, 2011 Thursday HighPoints Magazine The High School Sports Magazine for North Houston Metro Area M a Smithson knows he doesn’t have to worry about his Kingwood Middle School boys roundballers’ dedicaon to their sport and his responsibility. “They knew that they would have to play some Basketball on their own during the Christmas Holidays, and they stayed sharp by doing that,” the first year coach said. The graduate of Lamar University saw that focused determinaon pay off with the eighth grade Humble ISD tourney tle won by his red clad KWMS Cougars, 38-37 in a heartstopper at Atascocita High on Saturday. A barrage of three point long distance “bombs” almost brought Humble Middle School back, but a costly turnover at the end put an end to the Wildcats longshot, but very effecve, comeback. Well, almost completely effecve, aſter all, the purple Cubs didn’t quite catch the Coogs. Sll, it was a longshot, because KWMS had built a double digit lead and the clock was running out. However, bombs away and back came Humble, only to come up short. The former Nimitz High Phys-ed. Coach, See Middle School Page 2 ROB’S ROLL - Weekly Sports Updates www.highpointsmagazine.com Kingwood MS Wins Boys Hoops Title Humble ISD Middle Schoolers Put on Good Show

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Page 2 - Rob’s Rhetoric

Page 3 - K-Park Renews Rivalry with Humble ...

Page 4 - Other HS Sports

Page 5 - Basketball Pic-tures

Page 6 - Basketball Pictures

Page 7 - Basketball Standings

Page 8 - More Basketball

Who’s Number One? (Left) It’s the King-wood Middle School Mustangs eight graders. The Cou-gars show off their hardware, second from the right and is beaming Head Coach Matt Smith-son.

Board Banging - The inside game of King-wood Middle School (below in white) leads to a title. The positioning under the basket was a key.

Vol. 01 Num. 07January 13, 2011 ThursdayHighPoints Magazine

The High School Sports Magazine for North Houston Metro Area

Matt Smithson knows he doesn’t have to worry about his Kingwood

Middle School boys roundballers’ dedication to their sport and his responsibility. “They knew that they would have to play some Basketball on their own during the Christmas Holidays, and they stayed sharp by doing that,” the first year coach said.

The graduate of Lamar University saw that focused determination pay off with the eighth grade Humble ISD tourney title won by his red clad KWMS Cougars, 38-37 in a heartstopper at Atascocita High on Saturday. A barrage of three point long distance “bombs” almost brought Humble Middle School back, but a costly turnover at the end put an end to the Wildcats longshot, but very effective, comeback. Well, almost completely effective, after all, the purple Cubs didn’t quite catch the Coogs. Still, it was a longshot, because KWMS had built a double digit lead and the clock was running out. However, bombs away and back came Humble, only to come up short. The former Nimitz High Phys-ed. Coach,

See Middle School Page 2

ROB’S ROLL - Weekly Sports Updates www.highpointsmagazine.com

Kingwood MS Wins Boys Hoops Title

Humble ISD Middle Schoolers Put on Good Show

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says his team has come a long way.

“ When we played them earlier this season in the first game of the year, we lost by 12 points, and it was my first game as a head coach here,” Smithson said. He added, “The thing is they had to adapt to me and me to them, but running Coach Amorosa and Coach Huisman’s up-tempo motion offense and man to man defense, they are coming around. Also, the fundamentals that we teach them each day are making them better basketball players,” Smithson said.

They definitely are getting to the point where not only Matt Smithson will not have to fret, but K-Park Head Coach Dominic Amorosa their future leader will be finding that “no worries” feeling coming down the road, right at him.(rest of the results in Basketball notes )

Middle School Continued from Page 1

Secondly, I was watching Ohio State this bowl season and I was also checking out the exploits of Cam Newton for Auburn, and one thing came to me like a bolt of lightning. There needs to be an ethics tattoo. Simply, when a young man comes out of high school, the college or university of their choice is required by the NCAA, Jr. College, NAIA or whatever other governing body is out there, to get two tattoos. One of those illustrated markings is whatever the wearer chooses within reason, but the other freebie skin art will say: “I am a man of ethics, and under no circumstances will I cheat, or break recruiting rules.“

If it sounds a little heavy handed or draconian, don’t let it trouble you. Remember, that playing sports is not a right, it’s a privilege, and that the athlete has a choice. If he refuses to get a tattoo, then the college can look elsewhere. If he does, just think about it! The minute an opportunity to cheat comes up, he more than likely could think twice, lest he betray the

Rob’s Rhetoric ... On the Run by Rob L Sprouse

Short but Sweet Musings

I guess you’ll be the judge about the “sweet” part. However, with our HighPoints magazine getting close

to publishing, my time is short this week. Let’s get right to it, shall we?

First, I am absolutely amazed at the way that the athletic ability of roundball playing middle school youngsters has progressed since my last gaze back in the eighties, no not the 1880s. The basketballers I saw last weekend were far more adept at the game than the ones I saw playing hoops thirty years ago, and I think I know why. To begin with, Club, particularly AAU ball for middle schoolers has given players super-charged competition during all parts of the year, not just the scholastic season. Secondly, advances in training, particularly the ability for kids that age to have weight resistance training, has created a much more agile athlete. Sometimes, the mind can’t keep up with the body at the middle school age, and the game had a tendency to lose its discipline, but overall, I was impressed with what I saw at the middle school tourney at AHS.

self expression on his body. One look in the mirror just might talk him out of it. The taxpayer would certainly welcome free services-like an education- to be provided by them, in a better light if they knew those tax paid for services weren’t just going to be window dressing for someone who was taking his motivation under the table. If they knew that said athlete wasn’t going to waste a free education and without diploma in hand, head out to the pros they would like that better than the current situation. Truth is, those who leave early or after four years of playing, without a sheepskin in hand, rarely go back to get it. The stats don’t lie, and neither do some tattoos.

Finally, to continue from last week, here are a few New Year’s resolutions for local high schools. Number one, Kingwood should resolve to have an annual matchup with Kingwood Park in both girls and boys basketball, period. Name me a better area rivalry! Last but not least, Summer

Creek’s girls should never question the determination of their leader, Coach Angie McDonald. Resolve never to do it, if you have before. What that woman does trying to live with an obnoxious health condition is above and beyond the call of duty. If there was ever a Croix de guerre for non-combat, she should get the medal. Her husband had to quit his job as the fledgling school’s head baseball coach, in order to work as a principal at Woodcreek Middle School. That’s in order to have more time to take care of their home life and kids. The health issue has brought that about. So, players don’t ever have doubts. She will “run through a wall for you,” no doubt about it!

That’s it, gotta run, and complete HighPoints year one. Thanks a lot-see ya next week, P.S: Our thoughts are with the folks in Arizona.

Second Helping - A tough 38-37 loss relegated Humble Middle School to second place. A great comeback came up short in the eight grade basketball tourney at Atascocita High last Saturday.

Tight “D” - (Left) That was the hallmark of both teams. But KMS came away with the title over HMS.

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Humble,TX.- A crowded gym, and a neighborhood rival, in a district game - What do they have in common? Answer: EVERYTHING The two aforementioned factors will generally always lead to a hyper-charged atmosphere and that is what happened at Humble High on Friday night, January 7, 2011, as Kingwood Park’s Boys’ basketballers tipped off a historical first district match with their school-and athletic-district compadre. The two teams had squared off before in a non-district, 4Avs.5A matchup in 2009, but this time much more was on the line. When it was over, Humble’s hosts had grabbed an early 18-4A district advantage with a 62-54 win over KP’s Panthers.

The visitors came back from a 37-32 halftime deficit to take a short lived lead in the middle of the third quarter, but the Purple Wildcats began to crank up the defense, K-Park went cold from the floor, and Humble had pushed the lead back up to five points by the end of the third. That was the same margin that they led by at the half. Although, K-Park stayed close for most of the final quarter, Humble pulled away in the end stymieing their Forest Green

guests, and moving into a tie with K-Park, albeit a knotting that brought with it a head to head tie-breaker advantage for the early going of 18-4A. Both teams ended the evening at 2-1 in district.

Both teams came out of the game facing a tough week ahead. Humble travelled to Willis on Tuesday while KP headed off to Huntsville to play the undefeated (intra-district) leader. Humble then also knew it would have to follow up the trip north, with a home game against a hungry and suddenly competitive Summer Creek squad, the game is on Friday. Meanwhile, Park has to go on the road over to New Caney Friday night, and a district roadie is always a tougher proposition, no matter the distance needed to travel, nor the standing of the opposition. Stay tuned, it’s not historical, but it is a crucial time for both teams as they attempt to strongly stay in the playoff race.

Postgame notes-Humble Head Coach David Martinez was happy with his interior defense, saying that the team was able to get a larger share of loose balls and grab more rebounds during the latter stages of the game. “I was especially pleased with the play of Kyndahl Hill, who came back after a slow start, and did a good job in the paint for us,” Martinez said.

“I was also pleased with the focus we had going into this K-Park game because we knew that we had let one get away when we lost to Huntsville the other day. The kids knew they should have won that game, and they came out ready to not let that happen again against K-Park. D.J. Southworth, Chevis Wilcox, Tilton Johnson, and after that slow start Hill, along with the others really played well for us. They gave me a great effort tonight, that’s all I can ask. Kingwood Park is going to get better and they will continue to be tough for anyone in district. Coach Amorosa is an excellent coach, so the rivalry will continue to grow,” Martinez said.

A fan in the stands, Wanda Bartells, was one of the many who were excited by the rivalry. The elderly fan at one time had five children graduate from Humble ISD schools, including two from Humble High-three from Kingwood-and now was rooting for K-Park because her two grandsons are now attending the school. “I think it’s great that they are starting this up and I don’t feel torn at all because my Humble High sons have graduated and are all grown up,” Bartells said. She loves the school district and is not afraid to say it. After all, she’s only spent 30 years dealing with it.

On the flip side of the team coin, the father of one of Humble’s players Junior Perry, said he was also happy to see the rivalry blossom. The man who would only call himself Mr. Perry said it is the differences that make it exciting. “I like the fact that we are playing a new variety of teams (in 4A)because it will let us know where we are at and give us a good test,” Perry said.

“I wanted my son to be prepared for this game, so I gave him a good balanced meal and sent him off on his way,” Perry added. He, along with two well stocked sides of fans and bleachers, knows that this rivalry can only grow, as K-Park becomes the new Kingwood challenger for Humble, after 5A KW High leaves the ‘cats schedule for the time being.

Did You Know(DYK) that Humble leads the all-time series, 2-0 after their win.

K-Park Renews Rivalry with Humble for First District Meeting

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Other High School Sports News

In the meantime, after we released each football honors list, we figured you would now

like to see the whole Volleyball elite honor roll, including all first team performers from 5A, and 4A. So we will oblige you this week.

Greater Houston Volleyball

First Team

K.Messing- The Woodlands, outside hitter/middle blocker, TX. Girls Coaches Assn. 5A All-State, All Star, TGCA 5A All Academic, All 14-5A MVP

S. Difrancesco-TWHS, outside/middle blocker, TGCA All Star, All 14-5A First Team

K. Mitchell – TW College Park, outside/mid. blk., TGCA All State 5A, 14-5A All District First Team

Volleyball All State 4A

Kingwood Park-N. Merchant, All 18-4A first team.

Swim Corner

Highlights of the Kingwood Park Panther Invitational results for Summer Creek (full results for SCHS and K-Park, next week):Justus Pennington won the 500 yard freestyle, was third in the 200 free; Tommy Morris was third in the 50 and 100 freestyle races, a school record was broken by a relay team of 200 yard freestylers, and a school mark was broken by Courtenay Siegrist in the 500 free.

Next Week- Cross Country Honor Teams Interview with HighPoints Rob’s Roll (as nominated and voted on by our readers) 5A Female Cross-Country Runner of the Season, Sara Mengistu, Atascocita High

Also, our All-14-5A Girls Team for Cross-Country

Soccer Results for all schoolsNext week- See you then- RLS, MDS

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School Tourney

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14-5A Boys local (excluding report on record for Lufkin) – note district standings’ listing is not until 5th dist. game for every local 14-5A team

The Woodlands – (2-0)overall record 20-3, in district (3-0), next to last on 1-7-11 vs. Lufkin, Won 66-42(W), at home vs. Kingwood on 1-14-11, Last (W) 65-53 at Oak Ridge 1-11-11

TW College Park – (1-0) 20-7, (2-1)next to last 1-4-11 at Kingwood , Lost 44-43,(L), next at Atascocita 1-14-11 Last(W) 75-39 at Conroe 1-11-11, off on 1-7-11

Kingwood – (2-0) 17-8, (3-0) next to last 1-7-11 at Conroe, 58-38,(W), next at TW

College Pk. 1-14-11, Last(W)49-48 vs. Atascocita 1-11-11

Oak Ridge – (1-1) 16-9, (2-2) next to last 1-7-11 at Atascocita, 48-44, (W), 1-7-11, next at Lufkin 1-14-11, Last (L) 65-53 vs. The Woodlands 1-11-11

Atascocita – (0-2) 11-13, (1-3) next to last 1-7-11 vs. ORHS, 48-44,(L), next vs. TWCP 1-14-11, Last (L) 49-48 at KW 1-11-11

Conroe- (0-2) 6-18, (0-4) next to last 1-7-11 vs. KW 58-38,(L), next vs. Atasc. 1-18-11, Last (L) 75-39 at TWCP 1-11-11

14-5A Girls local (excl. report –Lufkin)

Atascocita- (2-0) 23-5, (4-1) next to last 1-7-11 vs. ORHS, 62-24,(W), next at TWCP 1-14-11, Last (W) 54-35 vs. KW 1-11-11

The Woodlands – (2-0) 18-4, (5-0) next to last 1-7-11 at Lufkin 64-46,(W), next at KW 1-14-11, Last(W) 67-37 vs. ORHS 1-11-11

TW College Park – (1-0) 14-10, (4-1) next to last 1-4-11 vs. Kingwd, 65-25,(W), next vs. Atasc. 1-14-11,Last(W) 80-35 vs. Conroe 1-11-11

Conroe – (0-2) 8-17, (1-4) next to last 1-7-11 at KW, 43-32, (L), next at Santa Fe(TX.)non-district 1-14-11, Last (L) 80-35 vs. TWCP 1-11-11

Kingwood – (1-1) 5-14, (1-4) next to last 1-7-11 vs. Conroe, 43-32,(W), next vs. TWHS 1-14-11, Last (L) 54-35 at Atasc. 1-11-11

Oak Ridge – (0-2) 9-12, (1-4) next to last 1-7-11 vs. Atasco ,62-24,(L) , next vs.Lufkin 1-14-11,Last (L) 67-37 at TWHS 1-11-11

18-4A Boys( excl. reports on Huntsville and Willis)

Humble – (2-0) 15-8, (3-1) next to last 1-7-11 vs. K-Park, 62-54,(W), next 1-14-11 vs. Summer Creek, Last (W)56-29 at Willis, 1-11-11

Kingwood Park – (1-1) 13-11, (3-1) next to last 1-7-11 at Humble ,62-54,(L) ,next at New Caney 1-14-11, Last (W), 52-47 vs. Huntsville, 1-11-11

New Caney – (0-1) 12-13, (0-4) next to last 1-7-11 at Huntsvl.(L ), next vs. KP 1-14-11, other this wk. at Caney Crk. 1-11-11

Porter – (0-2) 4-13, (0-4) next to last 1-7-11 vs. Willis, 46-30,(L) , next at NC 1-18-11, Last (L)50-37 at Sum. Ck. 1-11-11

Caney Creek – (1-0) 3-9, (1-1), next to last vs. Summer Crk. 1-7-11,(W), next at Humble 1-18-11, other this wk. vs. NC 1-11-11

Summer Creek (1-1) 2-19, (2-1), next to last 1-7-11 at Caney Ck. (L ), next at Humble 1-14-11,Last(W)50-37 vs. NC Porter 1-11-11

18-4A Girls Dist. Standings

Huntsville -6-0Willis -5-1Kingwood Park -4-2 Humble -4-2 Summer Creek -3-3 New Caney -2-4Caney Creek -0-6 Porter -0-6

22-3A BoysOnly local, excludes all teams in dist. except Huffman Hargrave

Huff. Harg. (2-0) 14-8 (4-0), next to last 1-7-11 vs. Shepherd, 69-53 , (W), next vs. Cleveland(TX.) 1-14-11, Last (W) 60-55 at Splendora 1-11-11

22-3A Girls

H. Hargrave (0-2) 4-14, (2-2) next to last 1-7-11 vs. Shepherd, 34-33,(L), next vs. Cleve. 1-14-11,Last (L) 60-34 at Splendora 1-11-11

Private SchoolsTAPPS 7-2ABoys

Northeast Christian Acad. is 22-2,(2-0 in dist. 7-2A) and number one in the small private schools’ Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Poll released this week.In TAPPS 3A, Woodlands Christian is #24 in the small schools side of polling, and back in 2A Conroe Covenant is #19-and for the year is 14-6- (1-0 in dist 7-2A) in the same small school poll. In addition Covenant’s Tyler Holm is fourth in rebounding in the state among private schoolers, and tenth overall among all Texas players.Meanwhile, Christian Life Center Acad.( of Humble) is number 30 in the Max Preps all schools-statewide poll with a record of 14-3.

Other citations go out to public schoolers like Atascocita’s Girls remaining at number 15 in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll, and up to number 15, in the all schools-statewide Max Preps voting. The Woodlands’ Girls dropped to # 12 (from #8) in Max Preps and came in at 19 in the TABC poll. The Woodlands Lady Highlanders are at #73 and the Lady Eagles of AHS are at #98 in the Max Preps US poll. The Woodlands Boys are in at 24 and number 104 nationally in Max Preps rankings.

Humble ISD Boys 8th grade Middle School Tourney Scores and finishing places(featuring Humble ISD schools and Huffman middle school only)

First Round 1-7-11( at Humble ISD middle school sites)-Atascocita M.S.- 42/Creekwood M.S.-24; Huffman MS- 39/Crosby MS-32; Kingwood MS-42/Riverwood MS-40; Humble MS-48/ Timberwood MS-42; Woodcreek MS-56/R.Sterling MS-40///

Second Round(Winners bracket at various HISD sites)-Huffman-36/Atasc.-28; KW -37/ Queens Intermed.(Pasadena ISD)-29; Humble- 58/ Knox Jr.High(ConroeISD)-55(Overtime);Woodcreek-56/Lomax(Pasadena ISD)- 22;//

Consolation bracket second round (on campus sites)- Crosby-32/ Creekwd.-30; R. Sterling-54/Claughton MS(Spring ISD)-40; Riverwd. 34/ No.Shore MS(Galena Park ISD)-20; Timberwd.- 50/ Twin Creek-12;

Winners Bracket(at Atascocita High)1-8-11- Semifinals// KW-38/Huffman-23; Humb.MS-48/ Woodck.-43//

Third Place game - Woodcreek 42/ Huffman MS-31

Consolation Bracket (at AHS)1-8- Semis.// Riverwd. 36/ Crosby- 24; Timberwd. -44/R.Sterl.-25// Consolation Champ. Timberwood- 52/ Riverwood- 19

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME –(at AHS) Kingwood MS 38/ Humble MS-37// KW Champ, Humble MS Second, Woodcreek Third, Huffman Fourth// Consolation champ. – Timberwood, consol. runnerup- Riverwood

Seventh Grade Champion Atascocita MS( finals at Timberwood MS)

The Week in Basketball 1-5-11—1-11-11---(in random order)

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