Friday, November 16, 2012

Close calls on opening day at Texas Invitational


There is nothing I dreaded more than blowouts, it did absolutely nothing for me especially since I have horrible sleep habits however I learned that even in blowouts, you can always find a gem, sort of like like hearing about great finds at garage sales, well maybe not. There were some blowouts, but there were also some entertaining games which almost turned out to be of major proportion.

Cinco Ranch came off of a defensive battle with Cy Fair on Tuesday and had to go against Bellaire and almost came away with thee win




Clear Springs, who may be the top team in the city after their high noon match up with Manvel had themselves in a game that went down to the wire against Cy Falls as Bree Fabritis imitated Shernise Robinson from last seasons Eagles team as she was draining threes from everywhere, five in the game against Springs

The Woodlands are missing three starters for the tournament as they handled Victoria East with ease, East fresh off a state trip lost a lot from that 2012 class, but even with that being said, The Woodlands were too tough. Well with even that being said, again, even at full force I don't think they would have been able to defeat Duncanville because they are playoff ready right now


Like Victoria East, Mansfield Summit not only made it to state but they won it however they lost two starters who transferred. Nevertheless, this team can bring a lot of heat and pressure as they almost upended Cinco in OT


Ashlyn Arnold has been out however she's close to 100% and they'll need her at full strength for the big run. Manvel has talent galore however SA Jay showed you only have to be the best team that game, well sort of as they lost in OT, don't believe the Chronicle as they have the score backwards which shows once again where the best information comes from


Klein Collins lost a thriller to Desoto, then beat North Shore who lost to Temple earlier, but the bottom line is everyone is getting tuned up. I've seen some strange things happen over the years which are sometimes worthy of  being on the  X Files but I'll give you tidbits on teams and players when it's done.


Had a chance to holler at Brooke McCarty as she and Dominique Dillingham have been playing together what feels like forever and II asked her how old she was when I first saw them play, she told me eight and I've been telling you all ten. "The Chosen One" at eight, wow maybe that crystal ball really does work