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| Deauzya Richards |
The Cy Ranch freshmen duo of Deuzya Richards and Arianna Whitfield have done what few other freshmen have and that's be an integral part of their respective teams reaching the area semi-finals. Let me give you a little background off the top of my head on some of the names
- Takia Starks, (Westfield) All Big 12, all time leading scorer for Texas A&M
- Ebony Mangum (Dulles) All Conference at TCU
- Chiney Ogwumike (Cy Fair) MDAA All everything at Stanford, WNBA lottery lock
- AJ Alix (Bellaire) Top 100, "The Real Deal" will explode at TCU
- Brooke McCarty (Clear Springs) MDAA "The Chosen One"
Starks and Mangum both made it to the area finals twice, same as Alix who dropped 40 in the area finals as a freshman and closed her career out with 44 in the area semi's. McCarty made it to the area semi's three straight years and took it a step further by helping lead her team to state last season. How about Ogwumike going not only to the area semi's all four years, but the state tournament every year, winning it all twice. Starks helped lead Westfield to the state title as junior, you can't get this info anywhere else now can you
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| Arianna Whitfield |
Richards and Whitfield are in a unique position and no matter how tonight's game against Manvel turns out, they have a chance to duplicate what Ogwumike did and go all four years. Cy Ranch talented duo, along with Rachel Tapps and a variety of players from not only JV but in their pipeline will keep the Mustangs among the elite teams in the area. By the way, here's another for you, Erin Grant is the only player to win four consecutive 5A state titles with Mansfield. She played college ball at Texas Tech