Shades of yesteryear almost as a couple teams from FBISD, Hightower and Ridgepoint, made it not only to the finals of their school districts annual tournament and both squads will be highlighted among the top squads I've seen so far this season but first things first. Hightower is showing early signs of having enough to make a deep run in R-3 5A race, 6'4 Winnie Kuimi is showing signs of her old self controlling the paint on both ends, while fellow seniors Sydni Johnson (MVP) and Aresa Gipson definitely played huge roles in their win. Johnson with the pull-up from almost every angle imaginable, Gipson hust "fire and desire" battling for everything and never taking a play off played dividends in their victory. Destini Lombard, long and athletic, created issues with her defense and scored multiple ways but she and fellow junior Taelor Purvis also played the passing lane to a tee. Purvis also explode for multiple scores, including several stop and pops or just attacking the rim at will but this squad has several others
Ridgepoint's unsigned senior Taylor Thomas is one of the top remaining UNSIGNED players in Texas, she's an explosive scorer that put up numbers and was a huge catalyst in the teams several runs. Fellow senior Mallory Gibson has been somewhat of a silent assassin throughout her career, she does plenty of things that don't show up in the box score but this team isn't the same team it will be come district, trust me, because senior Jaida Herndon isn't one hundred percent, she'll give a boost on both ends and sophomore Marchelle Willis adds more firepower from bta, she didn't suit up but she'll be back. The improvement from sophomore post Dala Allen tells me a lot, still has plenty of upside but is quite serviceable in their scheme but Aleighyah Fontentot, saw her drop 8 long balls as a freshman last season, can fill it up quickly and then you add one of the states top point guards, sophomore Raven Adams, who is threading the needle like a master seamstress, continues to ad even more to her arsenal which includes, you guessed it, the long ball
