AER Silver #AllEyesOnShe 7/8th Grade Division

 The only team that turned in a roster from this division name might be Silver but they're on the verge of striking GOLD and not just because I'm writing about a couple of their standouts. For the novices who are new to this, be prepared to be misled by people on what you need to do and who you need to listen to. I am the FIRST person to cover girls in Texas, on a NATIONAL level, you can go back in the archives from 2009 and see, yet I started even before that with Fullcourt and Scout.com in 2008

I was also a club coach, INDEPENDENT, who coached his daughters, the younger wound up having over 100 D1 offers, that's her with Obama on the picture after winning a National Championship at Texas A&M and with over 10 years in the WNBA, back to back championships with Las Vegas, I'm perplexed at the nonsense yet "the hare be real, the love be fake" so I have NO AGENDA whatsoever other than identifying potential next level players so with that being said

Scotti Beseda is a long and athletic guard who does a good job creating her own shot under pressure and showed she could knock it down from outside while being defended. She also scored off the dribble, had nice body control on her finishes, and rebounded strongly

London Broussard is also a long and athletic guard and watching her go coast to coast to score or dish several times had me smiling. Her energy on both ends trickled down to her teammates, she showed she could attack the basket from multiple angles and finish after contact. She also did a good job defending "on the ball". 

I'm looking forward to watching these young ladies "on the court " progression as quite a few are on the verge of breaking out

5/6th Grade Division Top Peformers #AllEyesOnShe

 

At the end of the day, the top two teams battled it out in the Platinum Championship with MBA holding off LH Swoosh 32-30. Even more importantly, both teams turned in their rosters as well as DS Lady BBall so here are the standouts

Brielle Montalvo (MBA) has an amazing upside because she's a 4th grader and she's playing up and handling the pressure with ease. She handles the ball and sees the floor in traffic, she also reads the floor on the defensive end and plays the passing lane. She created her shot to attack the rim or drop the jumper

Abrielle Garcia (MBA) already gets at it as she not only creates her shot, but she understands how to create separation but her deceptive first step was huge because it had the defender leaning so she could attack and score, well or dish. She also showed she could drop the mid to long-range jumper while being defended but her "catch and shoot" had me smiling, and so did her playing the passing lane

Emma Vaughan  (LH Swoosh) showed she understands the game starts at the 1 and she's already showing she can control the tempo, meaning when to push it and when to slow it down yet she also does a good job of getting her teammates involved early and setting up for good looks. She scored off the dribble, and she also did a good job dropping from outside yet her "catch and shoot" 3 is going to create problems 

Kennedy Keel (LH Swoosh) created her shot nicely under pressure yet she played within herself meaning "nothing out of the ordinary" She's also heady and made good decisions on who to give the ball to and when to give it so the court vision is there. She also does a good job of getting hers "in the flow" however don't get it twisted, her pull-up jumper from mid to long-range was effective 

Jianna Billings (DS Lady BB Club) hit the boards hard on both ends and even showed she could handle it after rebounding. She scored around the basket, putbacks included yet her court vision in the set as well as in transition had me smiling. She's a "long and athletic" guard with some impressive upside and watching her set the defender up in the set and blow by them to score spoke volumes

NOTABLES

Gia Moreno (MBA)

April Valle (MBA)

Sophia Cantu (MBA)

Abigail Filler (LH Swoosh)

Dylan Hanson (LH Swoosh)

Rowan Parra (LH Swoosh)