The AIR up there @ Brook Sports Girls Sweet 16

Just entering the second week of Spring and the elite teams are already rolling and dealing. Teams from Dallas DFW Elite and Westside Elite teams came down to compete for the weekend against Houstonians, IFD Belles, Triple D's, Houston Wildcats, Houston Heat, DFW Elite Washington, Franchize All Stars 3T and Cy Fair Shock. In the picture Briana Turner of DFW Elite Washington going for a layup. More on DFW Elite Washington @

http://dfwelitewashington.shutterfly.com/

Talents Shows Up @ The Houstonians Spring Classic March 12-13, 2011

AAU summer basketball is here. Houstonians held it's first tournament this year at The Forge Houston a brand new facility located at Old Spanish Trail and Highway 288 east of Houston Medical Center. It's a great weekend full of basketball talents. The following teams that competed in the WNBA Division are DFW Elite Washington Blue, DFW Elite Washington Black, Houstonians, Coast 2 Coast, Houston Heat 2012 & IFD Belles. NCAA Division team are DFW Elite Washington 2014, San Antonio Rohawks, Fort Bend Stars and Houstonians.

Westbury Christian State TAPPS 4A Title 3Peat

Amber Orrange leading the pack of Lady Wildcats to another State championship. Amber a McDonald’s All-American and Stanford signee inked 26 points for her final game as a Wildcat last Saturday to complete her high school career. She led Westbury Christian School to its 3^rd TAPPS 4A state championship defeating Concordia Lutheran 68-48 and its third time this season. Amber lead in points for the wildcats followed by Briana Turner with 16 and Fallon Ellis with 13. Crusaders were led by Taylor Schippers with 24 and Paola Puente with 11.

Concordia Lutheran Crusaders Host The Westbury Christian Wildcats

The Wildcats visited Tomball's Concordia Lutheran on January 25th and dominated the Crusaders in their home turf. The Westbury Christian Wildcats boys varsity won in double figures 63-48, but was having trouble getting into their rhythm early in the game. Delvin Dickerson led the Wildcats with 24 points followed by Anthony Collins with 11. High scorer for the Crusaders are Sheldon Williams and Tyler Holloway with 18 and 12 buckets respectively. See game highlights below:

Second Baptist Eagles vs. Westbury Christian Wildcats

January 14th - Eagles led by LJ Rose visited Westbury Christian School and lost to the Wildcats by 14 points. Westbury Christian's top scorers are Tyler Guidry with 17 points, Delvin Dickerson with 15 and Anthony Collins added 12 buckets to seal the win against the visiting Second Baptist Eagles. Despite LJ Rose 20 points game, the Eagles came up short 60-46. Charles Allen added 10 points for the Eagles. See highlights below:

Westbury Christian Wildcats Dominated all Concordia Lutheran Teams 3-0 January 25, 2011

Three Wildcats team visited the Tomball Concordia Lutheran last night and dominated the Crusaders at their home turf. The Westbury Christian Wildcats Boys Varsity, Lady Wildcats Varsity & Junior Varsity all won in double figures. Highlights of all the games will be posted soon @ TheHoustonBasketball YouTube Channel.

Boys Varsity

Girls Varsity

January 22, 2011 St John's Over Village High School

Led by freshman Justice Winslow, the St. John Mavericks defeated the Village high school at home this past Saturday. Mavericks losing to the Vikings 65-56 in their first meeting at the Saint Thomas tournament early in the season even it out and defended their home turf in front of their home crowd beating the Vikings 65-58. St. John's capitalize in the absence of the Village big man Shaquille Cleare who got in to early foul trouble before the half. High scorer for St John's were Daren Napier with 28, Justice Winslow 16 and Max Lee added 10 points. Trevion Williams led the Vikings with 15 buckets.

Westbury Christian Wildcats Easy Win Over Lutheran South 80-33

The Westbury Christian Wildcats led by Delvin Dickerson with 23 points followed by Cody Glenn with 11 buckets. Lutheran South high scorer was William Staudt with 10 points.

January 2011 - The Village High School Vikings Topples John Cooper 76-51 and CHSA 67-54

The Village High School win easy at home after a long holiday break from the wooden floor. See some mid-range shots by Gary Smith who led the vikings in scoring by 22 points followed by Trevion Williams with 21 and a couple monster dunks from Shaquile Cleare who scored 20 points. A week after Vikings continued to win over CHSA led by the BIG MAN Shaquile Cleare with 17 buckets followed by Trevion Williams and Gary Smith with 16 and 14 points respectively. You can watch the game highlights @ TheHoustonBasketball YouTube Channel.

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vomhkIwtWE

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94lyCsOQctc

Houston's Westbury Christian @ 2010 Sandra Meadows

Westbury Christian now 22-0 is going for the 2010 Sandra Meadows Title. Coming strong beating THESA in the opening game 74-63 Tuesday December 28th. On a mission to continue the streak topples Mesquite Horn 71-36 to then finish Wednesday by crashing Duncanville pantherettes hope in their own home court 72-61. The wildcats beat Fayetteville from Arkansas today for the semi-final games. Fayetteville beat Houston Westside in a very low scoring game 36.21 Wednesday. While another team from Houston Fort Bend Hightower beating Plano West early today in the final four teams left competing for the title with two coming out of Houston. It's an all Houston finals in Dallas. Westbury Christian lady wildcats will go against Fort Bend Hightower lady canes tonight at 7:30pm. See Westbury Christian vs. Fayetteville game highlights by clicking the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZoO240eiI0

4 Houston Teams Still on the run for the 2010 Sandra Meadows Title

Fort Bend Hightower over Tyler Lee 60-49. Lady Canes high scorers are Raven Lane with 17 points and Jasmine Prophet with 11. Hightower together with College Park, Houston Westside and Westbury Christian are all still in the "ELITE 8" mix which can possibly be an all Houston FINAL FOUR Thursday, but Houston Westside lost to Fayetteville 36-21 today. More @

http://www.sandrameadowsclassic.com/brackets_2010.htm

Great Tidings To All...

FreshmanTurner and the Lady Wildcats Featured on KPRC Houston 2

Freshman Brianna Turner Shines At Westbury Christian…

December 19, 2010: Winston Dutchin profiles Westbury Christian freshman basketball player Brianna Turner. It’s really great that women’s basketball is now getting the recognition that was long overdue. The city of Houston finally in the mix in Texas pool as the state in the nation hotbed for basketball talents for both girls and boys. The lady wildcats just recently back from the Louisiana’s tournament “Rumble in the Bluff” winning all three games against Pflugerville-Georgetown TX, St James-New Orleans and Louisiana Winfield High School. Two lady wildcats made All-Tournament Team namely Sylvana Okde and Amber Orrange who was also the tournament MVP. They have yet to be challenged this season. Next game will be January 3^rd at home against Beaumont Kelly Catholic School. You can view the video by clicking the link below:

http://www.click2houston.com/video/26190978/index.html

Westbury Christian's Amber Orrange - Memorial Hermann Athlete of the Week

Meet the Gridiron Star of the Week featured on December 1, 2010. Amber Orrange is a student at Westbury Christian. Stanford signee guard Amber Orrange was awarded the Memorial Hermann Athlete of the Week. The two time state champion Westbury Christian lady wildcats now with 15-0 season record is looking forward for their third trip to depend the 4A state title this year. Orrange, whose name is certain to spark the imagination of headline writers, is rated the nation's No. 35 overall junior prospect by ESPN HoopGurlz, and is the second player to commit to Stanford in 2011. Orrange is a creative combo guard with athleticism, the ingredients the Cardinal has lacked since the departure of Candice Wiggins. Someone who can break down defenses off the dribble would be a big help to the Cardinal. See video link below:

http://www.click2houston.com/video/26004212/index.html

Kinkaid Falcons over Lady Vikings...

Kinkaid lady falcons hosted the lady Vikings returning the favor defeating the village school lady Vikings to avenge the boy’s varsity lost to the Vikings at home late November. The Village school is having a tough season without the freshman post Alexis Onigbanjo who’s been out on injuries since their 3^rd game of the season. Village was out rebounded on both sides of the floors and struggled running their in and out offense not having the presence of a big body inside. The Falcons beat the Village school lady Vikings. They used full court pressure defense to set the tone in the first quarter and never looked back. The Falcons were led by junior Katherine Sullivan with 13 points, freshman Brecca Thomas and junior Carly Gray each had 12 points.

The young players on both teams showed a lot of promises. Freshmen Hannah Cambel and Haley Thompson lead the lady Vikings both with 9 points each.

Lady Wildcats Edged The Panthers 74-47

St. Pius X hosted the Westbury Christian's star studded team loaded with Stanford signee Amber Orrange, Fallon Ellis to Iowa State and the newcomer freshman Briana Turner. The Lady Panthers Danielle Parks lead St. Pius X in scoring with 15 and Alexis Chandler followed with 11 points. High scorer for the Wildcats are Briana Turner 14, Amber Orrange 13 and Caitlin Diaz added 11 points. See game highlights below:

November 23rd Village High School Vs. Kinkaid School

Village Vikings was on top early in the game till Shaq Cleare got into foul trouble which ease the Falcons in the paint and lead after the half. Shaq came back at the start of the 3rd quarter only to come out after committing another foul. Kinkaid lead the Vikings 10 points to end the 3rd. The Vikings "BIG MAN" Shaq is back in the 4th to dominate and get the Village the "W".... See highlights of monster DUNKS from both teams and more from Houston Chronicle sports correspondent below:

By JEFF JENKINS and JEREMY RAKES CHRONICLE CORRESPONDENTS

Nov. 30, 2010, 5:20PM

The Village School owns SPC

The Village School boys basketball team has no intention of competing in the Southwest Preparatory Conference. However, the Vikings, currently competing as an independent, may want to reconsider.

To date, The Village School has won three of four games against SPC schools. After splitting a pair of games against Episcopal and beating St. John's, the Vikings recently edged Kinkaid 72-70 to run their season record to 7-5.

"We've beaten some good teams," said The Village School head coach Don Harvey, noting that the Vikings also have a win over St. Pius. "At the same time, we've lost a few games we could have won. We've been all over the place. We need to be more consistent."

Against Kinkaid, junior wing Trey Williams poured in a season-high 34 points. Junior wing Gary Smith added 13 points, while junior post Shaquille Cleare had a double double (17 points, 14 rebounds).

The Vikings' next test is a road game at Kipp Academy at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10.