Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Not too many times you watch a 5A game where the Head Coach platoons in his 2nd & even his 3rd unit at any point in the game let alone midway through the 1st period. For all intents and purposes this one was over inside of the first few minutes of the tip as Churchill dominated from the jump. It seems like such a long time ago that San Antonio Jay was a 5A powerhouse, winning a State Championship on a miracle half court buzzer beater by Chris Ross to beat Dallas Kimball 54-53.
Growth on the Northside of San Antonio has shifted many of the quality athletes who would have attended Jay out to newer schools like Stevens & Brandeis. Hence, tonight's score 74-48 in favor of the home team. Churchill was led in the stat column by 2012 G Scott Mammel with 15 points. 2012 P 6'9" Connor Lammert had 9 points & 8 rebounds. Lammert, coming off a cracked vertebrae still looks a little bit tentative and has yet to recover the full bounce in his step. The more I see him play though, the more I like his ability to make the extra pass, see the floor and finish efficiently around the basket. 2011 Clark Lammert (this week's San Antonio Express News Player of the Week) scored 7 & added 5 rebounds in about 12 minutes of play as Coach Woods emptied his bench early and often.
2011 Clark Lammert of San Antonio Churchill (l) was named the San Antonio Express News Player of the Week. Shown below with Ansley Benjamin (r) of San Antonio Clark this past summer with the Texas D1 Ambassadors.
Monday, November 29, 2010
San Antonio MacArthur 68 New Braunfels 55
At the end of the 1st quarter, Mac pulled ahead by as many as 15 points and excepting a late run in the 4th quarter by New Braunfels (where they cut it to 5) the Brahmas cruised to the win. 2012 W 6'5" Jordan Pratt played a solid all around game in the victory. He had 13 points, 5 rebounds & 2 assists. 2012 G Matt Gramling's shot wasn't falling in the first half, so he got involved defensively and notched 8 steals. This allowed him to get his offensive game going and his steals & subsequent layups put the game away down the stretch as New Braunfels turned the ball over several times. Gramling scored 22 points to lead his squad to the W.
2012 G Matt Gramling (l) & 2012 W Jordan Pratt (r) led San Antonio Mac Arthur over New Braunfels.
2012 W Kyle Hittle (l) had 11 points & 2013 G Dylan Larson (r) was the other bright spot for the New Braunfels Unicorns with 7 points.
San Antonio Clark 60 San Antonio Johnson 46
2012 SG Adam Perez led the Cougars past Johnson. Andre Walker (Texas-Arlington) led Johnson with 14 points.
Austin LBJ 54 Houston St. Thomas 51
In a see saw affair, Austin LBJ held off St. Thomas in a game where foul trouble kept St. Thomas' King & LBJ's Lee on the bench for a big chunk of the game. D.D. Byrd stepped up for the Jags, leading them with 18 points many of them from the mid range. 2012 G Christian Sanders led St. Thomas for the second straight game with 28 points. Backcourt mate, 2012 G Chase Brogna was cold for most of the game but came alive in the 4th when he knocked down three buckets from beyond the arc and almost pulled out the win. Robert Lee, who was the most explosive player in the entire tournament had 14 points for LBJ.
Houston St. Thomas' 2012 F 6'9" Jeremy King (l) alters anything in his path & 2012 SG Chase Brogna (r) is one of the better spot up shooters in the Houston area.
Jack Frost Tournament
San Antonio Churchill 86 HCYA 76
This was a big win for Churchill as the Houston Homeschool group is young, talented & tough. 2012 G Scott Mammel led the Chargers with 25 points & 2011 Clark Lammert dropped 20 in the win.
Georgetown 51 New Caney 31
2012 PG Michael Hardge led Georgetown with 16 points.
2011 Clark Lammert (l) of Churchill sports his Jack Frost All Tourny Hardware. 2012 G Michael Hardge of Georgetown (shown below at Max Ivany's All American Prodigy Camp) was also All Tourny.
Austin Akins 69 Bastrop 60
2011 PG Yolonzo Moore (Hartford) had 29 points for Akins, while Jordan Roach (South Alabama) had 24 in the loss for the Bears.
Georgetown 59 DeRidder(LA) 53
Once again, the Eagles were led by Hardge with 17 points.
Fort Bend Travis 86 San Antonio Churchill 69
2011 G Anthony Adunsi (Iowa State) was too much to handle as he controlled the smaller Churchill guards on his way to 26 points. 2011 F Clark Lammert led Churchill with 21 points. Lammert also made the All Tournament team.
Jack Frost Championship: Fort Bend Travis 72 Georgetown 62
Michael Hardge's 25 points were not even close to enough for Georgetown as Fort Bend Travis won the Jack Frost Invitational going away. Sporting Iowa State signee Anthony Odunsi and the Harrsion Twins (Andrew & Aaron) two of the country's elite 2013 guards, they were the class of the tournament.
Copperas Cove 78 Austin St. Stephen's 76
Cove was led by 2012 6'4" Ricardo Artis, with 28 points. Seniors Jeff Livsey & Sterling Green each had 19 points in the Spartans loss.
Austin Hyde Park trounced Henrietta 81-26, and Iowa Park 76-38. 2011 W Brooks Pawsat 27 & 24 in those two contests. Wichita Falls Hirschi beat Hyde Park 56-45. 2011 W Austin Jenkins had 17 in the loss for Hyde Park.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
San Antonio Churchill 79 Austin Akins 64
Fresh off a big win yesterday over San Antonio Stevens, Churchill took the 2 hour drive up I-35 on Thanksgiving Day to take on a salty (although not deep) Austin Akins squad. Senior Clark Lammert led Churchill for the 2nd straight game as he dropped 26 points. He's a 6'6" kid with outstanding grades and an increased confidence on the hardwood whose stock is rising in his senior year. Who's hot at Jack Frost?
2012 G Michael "Too Live" Hardge of Georgetown & 2011 G Yolonzo Moore (r) of Austin Akins.
Akins was led by Yolonzo Moore with 29 points. Churchill broke Akins' pressure early and often building a 13 point half time lead. Akins stormed back in the 3rd quarter, getting it down to a 2 point game. However, with the recent loss of Senior shooter Jeremy Mendez with a torn ACL Akins has little wriggle room for foul trouble. They tired in the 4th and Churchill salted it away.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
San Antonio Roosevelt 70 San Antonio Brandeis 57
2013 G Justin Graham had 15 in the loss.
Austin Westlake 61 San Antonio Madison 54
Austin Westlake had a 10 point lead at halftime before San Antonio Madison roared back to take the lead with less than 2 minutes in the game. 2011 P Drew Wikelius hit a clutch turnaround shot in the low post to make it a one point game and then 2013 PG Will Morse hit 8 straight free throws to win the game 61-54. Morse lead the Westlake in scoring with 23 points (five 3-point baskets) & rebounds with 7. Senior Tom Fisher scored 9 points and had 4 assists. San Antonio Madison received 20 points from G Andre Scott.
2013 PG Will Morse (l) is quickly becoming one to watch for Austin Westlake, while 2011 WG Max Yon (r) looks great as he leads San Antonio Reagan to an early 7-0 record.
San Antonio Reagan 52 San Antonio Clark 50
This one went down to the wire, including Clark firing up a three that rimmed in and out at the end of the game. Max Yon led Reagan with 16 points, and as I remarked to my friend , Blue Zertuche of Texas Hoops: "Can you believe the steal that Air Force has gotten with an athlete of this caliber?" Zertuche concurred. Reagan had what looked like an insurmountable lead late in the game until 2011 WG Jacob Palacios hit two long threes to make it a barnburner. It should be interesting at Clark when footballer Ansley Benjamin is back in the mix with his tough inside play and physical presence.
San Antonio Taft 73 Pflugerville 70
The Raiders went on the road and took care of business as Texas D1 Ambassadors summer club mates Pflugerville's Deon Mitchell (Northern Iowa-17 points) was bested by Taft's Dylan Elias (Northern Colorado)
Austin Anderson 57 Austin Lake Travis 47
Yesterday's doormat, Anderson has infused it's lineup with young talent and they're making a little bit of noise out of the gate. 2012 G John Gramlich led the way with 18 points in the win.
My spotlight game of the day was the Churchill v Stevens battle. Stevens features two D1 candidates in 2012 WG 6'5" Uche Ofoegbu & 2012 WG 6'5" Marcus Roper. Churchill is led by the Lammert Boys; 2011 F 6'6" Clark their leading scorer & 2012 P 6'9" Connor Lammert in his first significant action since cracking his vertebrae last June.
This was a see saw battle until late in the 4th quarter. Stevens got to the goal with regularity as Roper & Ofoegbu imposed their will on the smaller Churchill guards. Churchill was playing without 2013 shooter deluxe Taylor Sutlive who's out for a few weeks nursing an injury putting most of the permieter burden on 2012 G Scott Mammel. Today, Churchill missed a lot of perimeter shots before they started to go inside and ply their trade in the paint. It was then that the firm of Lammert & Lammert went to work. They were particularly effective when the elder Lammert entered the ball from the wing, down low to his "little" borther, Connor. Although lagging at times, and not in game shape he gutted it out and scored 19 points, double digit boards and altered numerous shots defensively.
Clark Lammert led the Chargers with 25 points, including one NBA range three pointer. Uche Ofoegbu had 22 for the Falcons in the loss & Roper added 18.
True freshman 6'7" J.J. Avila of McAllen, TX & Texas D1 Ambassadors alum tore up Towson today in the Midshipmen's 89-84 victory. Add 6 rebounds, 5 steals & 2 assists to his totals for the day. They're partying down in the Rio Grande Valley, you can be sure!.
Prior to his big outburst against Towson tonight, J.J. was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week. Click the link below to read the story.
http://www.navysports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112310aab.html
I just got off the phoen with proud Papa, Big JJ as he was leaving the gym in Maryland. Man, was he pumped! JJ, thanks for wearing the D1 Ambassadors colors and representing your family and country. What a great performance!-Coach Max
DV notched it's first win of the season as 2011 G Pudgy Doyle had 19 & 2011 W Karim York (Santa Clara) continued his torrid scoring pace.
2011 W Karim York (l) led Del Valle while 2011 F Ta'Shawn Thomas (r) was on the boards for a stout 17 for Killeen High in their loss.
Harker Heights 66 Killeen 59
Harker Heights gets a leg up on bragging rights for K Town despite Ta'Shawn Tomas' (Houston) 12 points and 17 boards for the Roos. 2011 WG Allantae Faust had 11 points for Harker Heights .
Bastrop 59 Round Rock 56
Even without star QB and backcourt mate Josiah Monroe, Jordan Roach (South Alabama) tore up The Rock with 29 points. 2014 6'10" Leaonard Allen had 15 in the loss.
Austin Westlake 63 Cibolo Steele 42
In a matchup between two young teams, Westlake won going away behind 2012 G R.J. Rowan's 21 points & 2013 WG Vince Deblasio's 10.
Round Rock McNeil 70 Cedar Park 50
2011 G Blair Williams led the way for McNeil with 17 points.
2011 G 5'2 Haley Jackson was in rhythm last night. Haley gave you 17 points and attack the Cardinals defense throughout the night. Haley works very hard defensively and has lots of hustle.
(L) Kathyrn Tolbert
(R) Kara Babola
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Connally 37
Akins 23
Connally JV jumped all over Akins right from the tip. This is a very talented group with loads of potential. I have the privilege of watching them play early on and they look great.
2013 G 5'4 Cherise Patterson has great range on her shot. Patterson has nice ball handling with the ability to attack the basket. Patterson continues to show a nice skill set with a high basketball IQ.
2014 W 5'9 Shanequia Coleman
