MT Rice December 28th for Temple and Taliah Johnson

Although I couldn't get a roster, Taliyah Johnson stood out over the club season as well as the HBU Camp, where I got a roster and I love saying this to show how much nonsense I have to deal with ignorance and arrogance but it's girls basketball and it is what is but I am who I am and if you can really play, I'll find out who you are. Johnson can play, she's explosive averaging just under 10 and 5 assists for her temple school team and I'll close out the Holiday Tournaments catching her

The schedule might be blurry, so was my mind because I thought I'd catch another talented squad from Whitney with a whole lot of Under The Radar players but this will be a blast regardless because "talent is everywhere"

McKinney North Lady Bulldog Classic featuring young stars

I'll pull a Metroplex trifecta with Sandra Meadows, Mansfield Spring Creek BBQ and McKinney North Lady Bulldog Holiday Classic and without knowing all of the players, I know of some and talented sophomore Allie Buchanan will be one of those players I can't wait to catch after dropping her on a Tip Sheet over the club season. She's Under The Radar, for now, but at 6'0 which is the magic number, she won't be for long

I'll also catch Little Elm freshmen sensation Amarachi Kimpson one of the states best in the Class of 2023, story on her and many of the other top freshmen coming up on Prep Girls Texas and I can't wait as I'll figure out a way to catch both

Holland MS Tournament shows future stars of tomorrow

After becoming involved in this, girl's basketball, I've seen a huge shift on a variety of things I speak on constantly which goes over the heads of many. In 2009,  said social media was going to hurt the game, it's documented and it has, high school basketball is not what it used to be and neither is middle school and anyone that tells you different is clueless, naive, or basically lying to you about how they can "make your daughter" ironically with a little help from my ex-wife, I can actually say that about my own daughter, she's in the WNBA

By no means does this mean that there isn't talent spread around, many have already been labeled by me as players who will play at the next level as early as elementary school, I ain't been wrong yet, so I actually know what I'm talking about and could care less about the politics because of two things, I have no agenda and talent is everywhere which is why I was super excited to go and see Deyjah Ray who showed a big jump when I caught her at PassThaBall's The South back in  September read more

Ray scored 5 in the first minute of the first quarter and finished with 25 points, well she closed the tournament out with 25 as well and was named MVP and one thing I knew she needed was to become more aggressive on the court, she has. This young lady caught my eye in the 3rd grade, had I had a roster would have known that she was playing on a 6th-grade squad with some notable now juniors including one of the top juniors in Texas, Ashlyn Jones but  is showing some big-time signs

Holland also has a couple of players, twin towers in fact for their age that put in some work. One of those towers, Aniya Lazard, played with Deyjah on her club team and she was relentless in the paint
but her upside is what's definitely scary because she has size, strength, and athleticism right now, and trust me, everything else will fall into place. Speaking of scary upside, Joemoriah Ben was a bright spot for Hamilton. she does things instinctively, she attacks strongly and can finish with contact plus she has range

Two more MS tournaments are coming up, parents BEWARE at the nonsense you're about to hear but what do I know other than I'm dropping some photos from this event on Facebook

UNSIGNED Cheyanne Bonilla closes out Katy Classic with 38

In this day and age of Social Media nonsense countless Tweets with biased evaluations, sped-up videos on The Gram and YouTube and the numerous people going live, there is no wonder why and how some college coaches are misled on talent but there is saying that I've been using for over a decade"it's not what you do, it's who you do it against" and let me simplify that. Scoring 30 or more against players that aren't going to play at the next level doesn't equate to the ones dropping 10 or 15 against those that are but there are always exceptions to the rule

The first time I caught Cheyanne Bonilla was with a team from New Mexico and she was simply on fire against a star-studded team so right then I knew she could play college ball. I've seen her numerous times in different settings and one thing that's  consistent is she plays the same way, no matter if the squad is up or down 20 which shows her consistency and she's always ready to "take the shot" during pressure and if you had a chance to catch her at the Katy Classic you'd see that if you didn't, I dropped some clips on the Gram

She opened up the tournament with 27 against Cedar Ridge, their starting 5 will play at the next level, so I'm setting the stage. She put up numbers throughout the event including 21 in game 2 and 38 in the Consolation Championship game which included 6 three-pointers. There's no question she can shoot from distance or find ways to score and her effort was something to see

2019 Katy Classic mini preview

To say I'm excited about this weeks Katy Classic would be somewhat of an understatement as I'll spend opening day at Seven Lakes because of numerous reasons but a couple of the main ones are El Paso Eastlake is coming to town and they feature sharpshooter Cheyenne Bonilla, an UNSIGNED senior you're going to be hearing a lot more about

To make my day even brighter is that their first-round game is against Cedar Ridge, a team in which I've caught several of their players over the club season with Rock Nation and the Raiders super soph Alex Neimeth is one of the many standouts on this squad

Stay tuned for more coming at you on Prep Girls Hoops, here as well as my GPR website so grab some popcorn or whatever and check out the BRACKETS