Kayla Nevitt is one of the top 2014 players in the city, wait state, well actually country and it seems like only yesterday I was teasing her about laying on her mother. Time has flown, she has grown and established herself as a "PLAYER" which is good news for Dekaney as they won their first big tournament, the FBISD. In the semifinal game on Saturday, Kayla scored 18 points, to go along with Alexis Durley's (22) and big sister Shunta (14) in a (64-61) win over GPR Preseason #2 Hightower. The Hurricanes lost Taylor Gilbert to a knee injury earlier this season but twin sisterTyler (23) and Jasmine Prophett (20) gave Dekaney all they could handle. Manvel's Jordan Hosey, pictured to the right of Kayla Nevitt, is one of the top 2015 players in the country.
Their route to the championship game on Saturday was even tougher than Dekaney's as their #7 ranking was put to a test against #9 Elsik, the defending R-3 champion. These teams battled through not one but two overtimes but Manvel prevailed (47-43). Hosey was coming off a breakout performance Friday night in which she scored 21 points. Brianna Turner,above, is the #1 player in the Class of 2014. Some have her ranked 2 or 3 but if you're ranking on the now, I want to see the other players because she's a triple double waiting to happen. Not only did she compliment Hosey's performance with 17 points herself on Friday night, she had a triple double against Dekaney in the championship. This game was a lot closer than the final score indicated and Saturday evening ended on a good note, well for me at least because I saw some good things from a lot of teams. More on Dekaney