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Higgins is nominee for All-Star game

Chapin girls basketball player Kristina Higgins has been selected as a nominee for the McDonald’s All American game, which will be held March 28 in Chicago. The 6-foot-4 senior forward signed with Baylor in November. The final roster for the game will announced on Feb. 9.  

Franklin soccer player Jenny Chiu

Franklin soccer player Jenny Chiu was named MVP of the Gulf Coast Classic this past weekend. She helped lead the Cougars to the championship and a 5-0 mark at the tourney. 

 

District 2-4A boys basketball and Riverside

The Riverside Rangers have quietly gone about their business  during the current 2011-12 basketball season with 16 wins and a perfect 6-0 mark in District 2-4A. Just like last year, the team started slowly, but has picked up steam of late. Led by Brian Hinojo, Alex Rodriguez, Enrique Borreol and Alex Donacio, the Rangers appear primed to make a postseason run. Last year,  the Rangers got to the area round of the playoffs and they can use that experience to help them this year. 

The Rangers were competitive in the area round game last year and with a few breaks could break through to the third round this year. The key will be experience and guard play. If Riverside can stay consistent, I like their chances of maybe getting to the third round this year. 

District 3-3A girls standings, district games only

Mountain View        5-1

Clint                        4-2

Pecos                      4-2

Presidio                   3-3

Fabens                    2-4

Anthony                   0-6

 

Pair of key District 1-5A boys basketball games on Tuesday, Jan. 24

A pair of key District 1-5A boys basketball games take place on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Franklin is at Montwood and Coronado is at Bel Air. Both games are at 7:15 p.m. 

Seven teams are in serious contention for a playoff spot out of the district and only four get to go to the postseason. Coronado leads the district with an 8-2 mark, while Hanks, Montwood and Americas are all 7-3. Franklin is 6-4, followed by Bel Air at 5-5 and El Dorado is back at 4-6. Franklin and Bel Air are in near must wins on Tuesday night. especially Bel Air, which has struggled of late.  

Franklin and Montwood will be a close game. Those two have been consistent winners in district play over the years and both have had nice years. Both teams had to replace key contributors from last year, but have regrouped. The Cougars have battled injury issues all year, but Carl Bailey has done a nice job of keeping his team in the playoff hunt. Tony Harper has done his usual nice job with the Rams, who are getting good play from Joey Martinez, Warren Redix and Anthony Davis. 

Coronado has had a nice season for new coach Peter Morales. Guard Daniel Hernandez has been a key contributor for the T-Birds this season. Bel Air has done well this season for coach Rob Dibler, who has gotten solid contributions from a variety of players. Bel Air must find a way to slow Hernandez down and get a flow going on offense if its going to upset the district leader. 

Socorro baseball player to play at EPCC

Socorro infielder Eudor Garcia has signed to play baseball at El Paso Community College. Garcia was a District 1-5A first team selection last year. He hit .596 in district play last year. As a sophomore he hit. 449 in district competition. 

Texas High School Basketball Rankings

SUGAR LAND, Texas  — High school basketball rankings as compiled by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and Tex Preps Basketball magazine for the week of Jan. 23:

BOYS

Class 5A

 1. Lewisville Marcus, 25-2; 2. Fort Bend Travis, 23-3; 3. South Grand Prairie, 24-2; 4. N. Richland Hills, 21-3; 5. Plano West, 20-6; 6. DeSoto, 22-4; 7. SA Churchill, 25-2; 8. North Crowley, 21-4; 9. Fort Bend Bush, 20-4; 10. Round Rock McNeil, 26-1; 11. Houston Strake Jesuit, 18-3; 12. Richardson Berkner, 19-6; 13. Houston Clear Lake, 23-4;` 14. Galena Park North Shore, 23-3; 15. Northside Warren, 24-4; 16. Clear Brook, 22-3; 17. The Woodlands, 24-3; 18. Cypress Falls, 24-3; 19. Cedar Hill, 18-7; 20. Fort Bend Elkins, 21-6; 21. Converse Judson, 21-6; 22. A&M Consolidated, 22-4; 23. Northside Brandeis, 20-5; 24. Northside Clark, 20-6; 25. The Woodlands College Park, 22-7.

Class 4A

 1. Houston Yates, 20-5; 2. Manvel, 23-4; 3. SA Alamo Heights, 23-2; 4. FW Trimble Tech, 19-4; 5. Wolfforth Frenship, 21-3; 6. Dallas South Oak Cliff, 19-6; 7. Dallas Kimball, 20-4; 8. Dallas Wilson, 17-3; 9. Dallas Hillcrest, 18-3; 10. Arlington Seguin, 20-5; 11. The Colony, 24-4; 12. Dallas Highland Park, 20-2; 13. Houston Jones, 15-4; 14. Pearland Dawson, 21-4; 15. Houston Wheatley, 21-8; 16. Rosenberg Terry, 23-3; 17. FW Arlington Heights, 15-7; 18. Rosenberg Lamar, 16-8; 19. Austin LBJ, 20-6; 20. Humble, 19-5; 21. Little Elm, 20-6; 22. Waco University, 21-6; 23. Lake Travis, 22-5; 24. New Braunfels Canyon, 18-8; 25. SA Lanier, 21-5.

Class 3A

 1. Waco La Vega, 24-0; 2. Lubbock Estacado, 17-7; 3. SA Houston, 17-3; 4. Silsbee, 17-6; 5. Sour Lake Hardin-Jefferson, 29-1; 6. Dallas Madison, 13-7; 7. Carrollton Ranchview, 14-8; 8. Burkburnett, 20-4; 9. Lucas Lovejoy, 21-5; 10. Wilmer-Hutchins, 17-6; 11. Liberty Hill, 23-3; 12. CC West Oso, 19-5; 13. CC Miller, 19-7; 14. Argyle, 19-7; 15. Mexia, 20-5; 16. Brookshire Royal, 23-4; 17. Coldspring-Oakhurst, 11-1; 18. Princeton, 22-4; 19. Paris, 19-4; 20. Texarkana Pleasant Grove, 20-1; 21. Sealy, 17-4; 22. WF Hirschi, 16-5; 23. Abilene Wylie, 17-7; 24. Longview Spring Hill, 19-4; 25. Boerne, 22-6.

Class 2A

 1. Idalou, 19-4; 2. White Oak, 23-1; 3. Jarrell, 24-0; 4. Red Oak Life, 23-3; 5. SA Cole, 21-4; 6. Whitewright, 13-7; 7. Brock, 18-6; 8. Nacogdoches Central Heights, 22-7; 9. Childress, 22-3; 10. Hooks, 19-6; 11. Wall, 13-6; 12. Peaster, 18-4; 13. Trinity, 19-7; 14. Van Vleck, 20-5; 15. Tuscola Jim Ned, 22-5; 16. New Waverly, 14-6; 17. Krum, 22-6; 18. Hearne, 21-4; 19. Franklin, 15-6; 20. Nixon-Smiley, 19-3; 21. Marion, 24-3; 22. Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill, 19-6; 23. Gunter, 13-5; 24. Brazos, 15-6; 25. Crockett, 8-6.

Class 1A Division I

1. Clarksville, 18-5; 2. Mumford, 24-0; 3. Cayuga, 24-4; 4. Tenaha, 10-3; 5. Olney, 26-1; 6. Milano, 21-1; 7. Hale Center, 17-3; 8. Grapeland, 21-7; 9. Olton, 16-7; 10. Medina, 22-4; 11. Vega, 18-3; 12. La Rue La Poynor, 19-7; 13. Poolville, 21-3; 14. Dallardsville Big Sandy, 14-7; 15. Lovelady, 11-5; 16. Albany, 16-3; 17. Collinsville, 16-6; 18. Stamford, 6-3; 19. Port Aransas, 13-11; 20. Panhandle, 15-7; 21. Seymour, 14-4; 22. Slocum, 12-10; 23. Evadale, 13-9; 24. Kerens, 13-7; 25. Hubbard, 14-4.

Class 1A Division II

1. Laneville, 17-5; 2. Roxton, 18-6; 3. Water Valley, 21-1; 4. Throckmorton, 11-1; 5. Dodd City, 20-3; 6. Sands, 19-5; 7. Grady, 20-3; 8. Douglass, 22-2; 9. Texline, 16-5; 10. Rankin, 18-4; 11. Calvert, 9-6; 12. Graford, 17-6; 13. Lingleville, 13-7; 14. Wells, 16-8; 15. Martinsville, 18-6; 16. Huckabay, 14-7; 17. Turkey Valley, 13-4; 18. Saltillo, 17-8; 19. Fayetteville, 16-6; 20. Nazareth, 15-10; 21. Lipan, 15-10; 22. O’Donnell, 17-7; 23. Moulton, 15-8; 24. Meadow, 13-5; 25. San Perlita, 16-4.

Large Private Schools

1. Arlington Grace Prep, 18-2; 2. Plano Prestonwood Christian, 17-4; 3. Houston Westbury Christian, 18-2; 4. Lubbock Trinity Christian, 29-1; 5. Bellaire Episcopal, 22-3; 6. Dallas St. Mark’s, 19-0; 7. Houston St. John’s, 19-10; 8. Houston St. Thomas, 22-9; 9. Dallas Episcopal, 12-7; 10. Houston Kinkaid, 18-6.

Small Private Schools

1. Conroe The Woodlands Christian, 19-8; 2. EP Faith Christian, 24-2; 3. FW Calvary Christian, 14-2; 4. Tomball Rosehill Christian, 19-5; 5. Austin Waldorf School, 18-10; 6. Arlington Burton Adventist, 18-6; 7. Keene Chisholm Trail, 16-3; 8. Dallas Shelton School, 14-11; 9. Colleyville Covenant Christian, 15-13; 10. New Braunfels Christian, 21-7.

GIRLS

 Class 5A

1. Irving MacArthur, 26-2; 2. Pflugerville, 32-0; 3. Duncanville, 28-1; 4. Spring Dekaney, 29-1; 5. Cypress Falls, 27-2; 6. Plano West, 27-2; 7. Killeen Harker Heights, 29-0; 8. Southlake Carroll, 24-3; 9. Georgetown, 22-3; 10. DeSoto, 22-5; 11. League City Clear Springs, 24-4; 12. Laredo Alexander, 28-1; 13. Houston Bellaire, 24-4; 14. The Woodlands, 25-2; 15. Dallas Skyline, 23-3; 16. Mansfield Timberview, 20-7; 17. SA Reagan, 26-3; 18. Arlington Bowie, 21-4; 19. Harlingen, 25-4; 20. Cedar Hill, 22-6; 21. Fort Bend Hightower, 24-7; 22. Cibolo Steele, 19-7; 23. Cypress Woods, 23-6; 24. Northside Stevens, 25-5; 25. Los Fresnos, 24-4.

Class 4A

 1. Beaumont Ozen, 25-0; 2. Dallas Lincoln, 22-0; 3. Northside Brennan, 27-0; 4. Mansfield Summit, 25-3; 5. Canyon, 21-3; 6. EP Chapin, 25-0; 7. Manvel, 27-2; 8. Barbers Hill, 28-3; 9. Cedar Park Vista Ridge, 25-2; 10. Aledo, 23-4; 11. WF Rider, 23-3; 12. Victoria East, 30-2; 13. Floresville, 23-4; 14. Rockwall, 24-6; 15. Wolfforth Frenship, 21-7; 16. Bryan Rudder, 25-5; 17. Richmond Foster, 20-5; 18. Hidalgo, 27-2; 19. West Mesquite, 17-6; 20. Plainview, 21-6; 21. Granbury, 21-7; 22. Arlington Seguin, 20-8; 23. Montgomery, 19-7; 24. Frisco Wakeland, 18-8; 25. Dayton, 25-4.

Class 3A

 1. Abilene Wylie, 24-5; 2. Kennedale, 21-6; 3. Yoakum, 26-2; 4. Texarkana Liberty-Eylau, 18-4; 5. Celina, 24-3; 6. Brownwood, 23-5; 7. Lubbock Cooper, 22-5; 8. Shallowater, 21-4; 9. Liberty Hill, 25-4; 10. Giddings, 26-5; 11. Sealy, 27-2; 12. Geronimo Navarro, 22-5; 13. Sour Lake Hardin-Jefferson, 19-5; 14. Hamshire-Fannett, 18-5; 15. Goliad, 20-8; 16. Devine, 21-3; 17. Navasota, 23-6; 18. Lindale, 18-8; 19. Madisonville, 14-5; 20. North Forney, 15-6; 21. Bullard, 19-9; 22. Decatur, 18-5; 23. Mexia, 20-6; 24. Lorena, 20-7; 25. CC West Oso, 19-5.

Class 2A

1. Merkel, 24-0; 2. Krum, 25-2; 3. Brock, 23-5; 4. Alvord, 24-3; 5. Tuscola Jim Ned, 20-8; 6. Winnsboro, 21-7; 7. Thorndale, 24-2; 8. Poth, 19-8; 9. Melissa, 23-1; 10. Grandview, 23-4; 11. Centerville, 23-4; 12. Godley, 19-4; 13. Edgewood, 21-6; 14. Schulenburg, 25-4; 15. Wall, 16-7; 16. Marion, 25-3; 17. Tatum, 16-2; 18. Hardin, 20-2; 19. Gunter, 22-7; 20. Tulia, 20-7; 21. Comanche, 24-2; 22. Early, 18-10; 23. Elysian Fields, 20-6; 24. Skidmore-Tynan, 17-7; 25. Vanderbilt Industrial, 20-4.

Class 1A Division I

1. Smyer, 26-2; 2. Martin’s Mill, 27-3; 3. Muenster, 24-4; 4. Mason, 23-3; 5. Ivanhoe Sam Rayburn, 26-2; 6. Gruver, 25-2; 7. Lovelady, 23-4; 8. Olton, 24-4; 9. Sudan, 22-3; 10. Plains, 23-3; 11. Hamlin, 22-0; 12. Zavalla, 23-6; 13. Wellington, 20-3; 14. Canadian, 19-5; 15. Evadale, 18-7; 16. Cross Plains, 22-3; 17. Santo, 19-5; 18. Slocum, 21-6; 19. Kerens, 19-8; 20. Falls City, 23-2; 21. Snook, 18-8; 22. Panhandle, 21-7; 23. Avery, 21-3; 24. Big Sandy, 21-4; 25. Sabinal, 16-5.

Class 1A Division II

1. Saltillo, 25-0; 2. Neches, 22-4; 3. Lipan, 24-2; 4. Rochelle, 23-0; 5. Turkey Valley, 24-0; 6. Whitharral, 19-5; 7. New Home, 19-1; 8. Lorenzo, 23-1; 9. Garden City, 22-4; 10. Miami, 19-9; 11. Walnut Springs, 20-2; 12. Kennard, 18-7; 13. Aquilla, 16-7; 14. Borden County, 21-4; 15. Strawn, 20-4; 16. Martinsville, 21-5; 17. Ropesville Ropes, 18-5; 18. Goodrich, 15-8; 19. McMullen County, 20-4; 20. Evant, 12-5; 21. Roby, 17-10; 22. Knippa, 17-6; 23. Barksdale Nueces Canyon, 15-7; 24. Crowell, 15-5; 25. Nazareth, 17-8.

Large Private Schools

1. Houston Westbury Christian, 15-7; 2. Dallas Bishop Lynch, 20-10; 3. Plano John Paul II, 19-8; 4. Houston Kinkaid, 23-3; 5. SA Incarnate Word, 17-6; 6. Argyle Liberty Christian, 18-13; 7. Lubbock Trinity Christian, 19-12; 8. Addison Trinity Christian, 21-7; 9. FW Christian, 20-7; 10. Dallas Ursuline, 15-13.

Small Private Schools

1. Marble Falls Faith; 2. FW Lake Country; 3. San Antonio Cornerstone; 4. Tomball Rosehill; 5. Austin Brentwood; 6. SA Lutheran; 7. Desoto Canterbury; 8. Austin St. Dominic Savio; 9. Muenster Sacred Heart; 10. Dallas Lutheran.

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