All about high school boys & girls basketball in the BIG City of H-Town Texas! 2013-2014 SEASON IS HERE...
If you are looking for playmakers and chaos creators at the guard position, Aaliyah Brown from South of Houston, Texas. A player who seem to be everywhere on the court as described by Hoopgurlz. From the off-guard position, the 5’7” Brown does a great job of penetrating the heart of the defense and drawing attention, so she can deliver a pass or score herself. On defense, she is always active creating her share of turnovers and is an excellent on-ball defender. Originally a member of Houston Angels now playing for DFW Elite-Washington 2012. Sophomore at Clear Springs high school and top scorer for Coach Pam Crawford and the Chargers averaging 15 points per game.
2009 Houston Hoops Holiday Classic showcased girls of Year 2014. Houston will be loaded with great players starting with a possible number “1” recruit Brianna Turner (Houston Heat-DFW Elite), daughter and only child of both great basketball athletes Howard & Kellye Turner. Brianna now 8th grader at Nolan Ryan Junior High is making a lot of noise nationally. She’s long and athletic which are definite attributes from her parents. Worked and trained with Ganon Baker this past summer in Atlanta and was rated by ESPN Hoopgurlz and ASGR as one of the 2014 Top 10 players.
The Village School Lady Vikings junior high get a scare from HCYA, but pull it through by 2 points and taking three tournament awards home. Claiming its 2009 1st place trophy for the Houston Christian School Junior High Shoot Out. Lexie Onigbanjo got the MVP award while Hannah Cambel took the All-Tournament Player award. Coach Margo Graham was very pleased with the effort of her team. Everyone contributed and played well including her two very young 7th graders Maia Chargois and Sophie Milich. It’s early in the season for the Lady Vikings with a current record of 9-0 overall and 2-0 in conference.
Westside High School the home of where elite guards like Sydney Colson of Texas A&M had risen, now another skilled point guard name Tiffany Davis is making noise around the city. Daughter of former Houston Rockets point guard Emmanuel Davis is making a name for herself in the high school girl’s basketball arena. First time I saw Tiffany was back in 2006 playing for the Sure Shots AAU team competing in a tournament at the Ripley House near Houston ship channel. I remember her dribbling and driving down the middle lane confidently and was one of the girls in her team that gave Team NCI Elite a run for their money. Being coached and taught by her dad who played professionally is a great advantage for Tiffany.
Sophomores Trey Williams and Gary Smith are two of the rising guards in the city. They are The Village High School deadly backcourt combination. Smith and Williams can shoot the long threes, can penetrate, and dishes the ball and shoot mid range jump shots. Adding a post like Shaquille in the middle makes it a lot more difficult to defend the Vikings offense. Having only sophomores and freshmen makes them one of the youngest team in the city. The Village High School already showing maturity this season will be turning some heads in the next few years and with some of the freshmen addition, the Vikings will truly go farther next season. So if you are looking for some good basketball to watch, just come and see The Village High School Vikings basketball games.
Clarissa Moore is a household name in high school basketball at Eisenhower last year is now making some great noise in volleyball at the college level. A classy young lady whom I met in a basketball gym a couple of years ago playing AAU basketball. Recently came across her at IAH baggage claim just getting in for school break and thanksgiving holidays with still the same great smile as last two years ago. More on Clarissa... 
St. John’s senior point guard Will Young came up short when the officiating made some crucial calls towards the end of St. John’s and Second Baptist match Monday night. Second Baptist nationally rank point guard Lynden Rose played as he usually played poised but determined, But Young showed what a true point guard on any given night can create havoc on the floor and just played with all his heart. The match up with in the two point guards showed that maturity has the advantage. St. John’s lack in height caught up with them at the end. Josh Winslow worked as hard as Young fighting for every loose ball and rebounds he can get to help St. John’s avoid there second loss of the season. It was a great game overall, but the results would have been in favor of St. John’s if not for the inadvertent whistles of the officiating. The game was so close and could have gone either way or “WILL’S” way.
As The Village High School is continuously improving on the boy’s side, it will not be complete without the girls program. Early this year Margo Graham a former WNBA player was hired to build and coach the girls basketball program for the 2009-2010 season, With only sophomores and freshman to work on, It will be a very young Lady Vikings team that will be hitting the floor this year, though the future looks bright with the incoming freshmen next year. Alexis Onigbanjo who stands 6ft and Hannah Cambel a point guard on her 2nd year at the village school will team up to compete for the Houston Junior Private Conference Title this year at the junior high level. Both players showed some promising future for the program when they were moved up to play with the high school team for a tournament and a home game early this season. They will be fun to watch next year. 
(The Village School vs. St John's) 
Kaylin Dugie - Clear Creek- Incarnate Word
Blayke Hemmit (2012), Kaylan Sanders (2012), Jazmyn Howard (2012), Bianca Winslow (2012), Hannah Cambel (2014) and Briana Williams (2013) not shown in the picture.
Four years ago a boy named Hakeem Kareem was playing for Fort Bend Bush high school and an AAU team from Westside Houston the Westside Wizards, now he is a senior at University of Texas-Tyler where he fulfilled his basketball dreams. I saw his struggles and hardships in recruiting. He’s one of the overlooked players in class of 2006. But he earned the recognition at UT Tyler in east Texas. In March of 2009 he received an award for ALL-ASC Honors .
Last year was the match up of the BIGS in Houston’s girls basketball between Britney Griner and Kelsey Bone. First time the whole nation was focus to this sole game to find out who’s coming out of Houston to go for a state title in Austin. Nations number 1 recruit Griner (Baylor) the dunking sensation known to be the one to change the way women basketball is played and Bone (South Carolina) number 2 played with all heart in front of arena filled with college coaches and spectators from all over the nation. A great day for Houston’s girls basketball. Now both in college, we are awaiting from both Houston Proud players to represent not only the city of Houston, but the lone star state of Texas. WHO’S NEXT? 
The Vikings dominated the post with Shaq in the middle. They blew fast by Cypress Christian. The young village team is still in the development stage. Next year will mark it's first official game entering TAPPS 2010-2011 season. The Village School first graduating class 1s 2012. The basketball program will be one of the Houston's best in the city. The Village School is located in the westside of Houston, hidden behind one of the largest HISD 5A Westside high school. The Vikings is coached by Donald Harvey and on the girls side the Lady Vikings is coached by Margo Graham which is in her first season.
