OVERVIEW Generally, re-alignment was kind to our area teams this time around. The most notable exception was East Central. But for Kennedy, Memorial and Southside (especially the Edgewood ISD schools) Monday, Feb. 1 must have felt a little like Christmas. Kennedy and Memorial had been dumped into a situation where many intangibles had been… Read More ALL SPORTS: UIL district re-alignment analysis
UIL RE-ALIGNMENT 2016-18 Note: teams we cover are in boldface Class 6A DISTRICT 27–6A Clemens East Central Judson New Braunfels New Braunfels Canyon Smithson Valley Steele Wagner DISTRICT 29–6A Del Rio Eagle Pass Laredo Alexander Laredo LBJ Laredo United Laredo United South South San Southwest Class 5A DISTRICT 28-5A Brackenridge Burbank Edison Highlands Jefferson… Read More ALL SPORTS: UIL district re-alignment (2016-18)
Boys basketball playoff picture These are the area teams that have a chance to qualify for the playoffs (in alphabetical order): Through February 3 ALREADY QUALIFIED: Holy Cross (27-7, 10-1), Jefferson (20-7, 11-2), Lanier (17-12, 10-3), Sam Houston (14-9, 10-3). LIKELY QUALIFIERS: Brackenridge (19-11, 7-6), Central Catholic (25–8, 2–2), East Central (21–6, 5–1), St. Gerard (6-10 ???, 3-4), South… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL: Area playoff picture (thru Feb. 4)
Through January 27 TOP 15: Rank-Team-Last Week 1. East Central – 2 2. Central Catholic – 1 3. South San – 4 4. Jefferson – 3 5. Holy Cross – 5 6. Sam Houston – 7 7. Lanier – 6 8. Brackenridge – 8 9. Memorial – 10 10. Southwest – 12 11.… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL: Area rankings (thru Jan. 27)
Through January 27 TOP 15: Rank-Team-Last Week 1. Southwest – 1 2. Highlands – 2 3. East Central – 4 4. Lanier – 3 5. Southside – 5 6. Burbank – 8 7. Harlandale – 6 8. Brackenridge – 10 9. South San – 7 10. Kennedy – 11 11. Holy Cross –… Read More GIRLS BASKETBALL: Area rankings (thru Jan. 27)
Girls basketball playoff picture These are the area teams that have a chance to qualify for the playoffs (in alphabetical order): Through February 2 ALREADY QUALIFIED: East Central (17-13, 5-3), Highlands (19-11, 13-1), Holy Cross (20-9, 10-3), Lanier (20-7, 12-3), Southside (19-10, 9-3), Southwest (22-8, 7-1). LIKELY QUALIFIERS: Harlandale (17-12, 10-4). POSSIBLE QUALIFIERS: Burbank (17-14, 9-5), Brackenridge… Read More GIRLS BASKETBALL: Area playoff picture (thru Feb. 2)
NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of Jan. 24–30 Monday’s games TAPPS 5–3A Boerne Geneva (24-9, 6-1) 74, Schertz John Paul II (8-15, 1-4) 38 Kerrville Our Lady of the Hills (18-4, 6-0) 57, Keystone (1-8 ???, 1-4) 36 Tuesday’s games District 28–6A Corpus Christi Carroll (16-5, 4-0) 68, South San (14-6, 3-1) 62 East… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL: This week’s results (thru Jan. 30)
NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of Jan. 24–30 Monday’s games TAPPS 5-3A Kerrville Our Lady of the Hills (10-10, 2-2) 41, Keystone (3-6 ???, 2-2) 37 Boerne Geneva (13-13, 4-0) 42, Schertz John Paul II (8-9 ???, 2-2) 35 Tuesday’s games District 28-6A Corpus Christi Carroll (19-7, 5-1) 82, South San (13-15, 1-5) 31… Read More GIRLS BASKETBALL: This week’s results (thru Jan. 30)
Through January 20 TOP 15: Rank-Team-Last Week 1. Southwest – 1 2. Highlands – 2 3. East Central – 3 4. Lanier – 4 5. Southside – 5 6. Harlandale – 6 7. South San – 7 8. Burbank – 8 9. Holy Cross – 9 10. Brackenridge – 10 11. Kennedy –… Read More GIRLS BASKETBALL: Area rankings (thru Jan. 20)
Through January 20 TOP 15: Rank-Team-Last Week 1. Central Catholic – 1 2. East Central – 2 3. Jefferson – 3 4. South San – 4 5. Holy Cross – 5 6. Lanier – 6 7. Sam Houston – 7 8. Brackenridge – 8 9. Harlandale – 10 10. Memorial – 12 11.… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL: Area rankings (thru Jan. 20)
NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of Jan. 17–23 Monday’s games No games scheduled Tuesday’s games District 28-6A Corpus Christi Ray (17-10, 3-1) 51, Corpus Christi Carroll (17-7, 3-1) 48 South San (13-13, 1-3) 65, Corpus Christi King (2-15, 0-4) 53 Southwest (18-8, 3-1) 65, East Central (14-12, 2-2) 46 District 27-5A Boerne Champion… Read More GIRLS BASKETBALL: This week’s results (thru Jan. 23)
NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of Jan. 17–23 Monday’s games TAPPS 5–3A Kerrville Our Lady of the Hills (15-4, 3-0) 62, Giddings State School (1-3 ???, 1-3) 43 Tuesday’s games District 28–6A Corpus Christi Carroll (14-5, 2-0) 67, Corpus Christi Ray (5-18, 0-2) 61 East Central (17-6, 1-1) 86, Southwest (13-11, 1-1) 57 South… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL: This week’s results (thru Jan. 23)
Through January 16 TOP 15: Rank-Team-Last Week 1. Central Catholic – 1 2. East Central – 2 3. Jefferson – 3 4. South San – 5 5. Holy Cross – 7 6. Lanier – 8 7. Sam Houston – 4 8. Brackenridge – 6 9. Southwest – 11 10. Harlandale – 13 11.… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL: Area rankings (thru Jan. 16)
Through January 16 TOP 15: Rank-Team-Last Week 1. Southwest – 1 2. Highlands – 2 3. East Central – 3 4. Lanier – 5 5. Southside – 6 6. Harlandale – 10 7. South San – 4 8. Burbank – 7 9. Holy Cross – 8 10. Brackenridge – 9 11. Sam Houston… Read More GIRLS BASKETBALL: Area rankings (thru Jan. 16)
NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of Jan. 10–16 Monday’s games No games scheduled Tuesday’s games District 28-6A Corpus Christi Carroll (16-6, 2-0) 46, Southwest (16-8, 1-1) 42 East Central (14-10, 2-0) 84, South San (12-12, 0-2) 31 Corpus Christi Ray (15-10, 1-1) 58, Corpus Christi King (2-13 ???, 0-2) 51 District 27-5A Boerne Champion (15-9, 5-4) 59,… Read More GIRLS BASKETBALL: This week’s results (thru Jan. 16)
NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of Jan. 10–16 Monday’s games TAPPS 5-3A Kerrville Our Lady of the Hills (13-4, 1-0) 61, Giddings State School (0-2 ???, 0-2) 37 Tuesday’s games District 27-5A Alamo Heights (11-7, 7-0) 57, Kennedy (4-17 ???, 0-7) 36 Kerrville Tivy (14-6 ???, 5-2) 62, Floresville (5-15, 1-6) 34 Boerne Champion (18-5, 4-3) 53,… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL: This week’s results (thru Jan. 16)
AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Brackenridge, Brooks Academy, Burbank, Highlands, Holy Cross, Lanier, Sam Houston, South San, Young Women’s Leadership Academy. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: Link unavailable Brackenridge coach Tamiko Matthews challenged her team at halftime Jan. 2 to do something special. “It’s not often you get a chance to… Read More GIRLS BASKETBALL WEEKLY ROUNDUP: Brack’s confidence swells with 2 key 28-5A victories
AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Central Catholic, East Central, Edison, Highlands, Holy Cross, Lanier, Memorial, Sam Houston. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: Link unavailable The Boerne ISD Tournament is recognized as one of the best around San Antonio, but that didn’t deter three area teams. In a matchup of two of the… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL WEEKLY REPORT: Three area teams make strong showings in Boerne
AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Southside. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: Link unavailable Having taken three teams to the state tournament in a 17-year coaching career, first-year Southside coach Shawn Dalbert has high high aspirations for the Cardinals. Despite losing its first District 29-5A game by a wide-margin, Dalbert thinks Southside (6-11,… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL: Southside has high hopes under Dalbert’s direction
AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Jefferson, McCollum. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: Link unavailable When their game began Jan. 2, McCollum demonstrated its desire to pick up the thing that both itself and Jefferson lacked. The Cowboys (2-16, 1-5) doubled the score on the Mustangs (4-17, 0-7) in the first quarter, snaring… Read More GIRLS BASKETBALL: McCollum holds off Jefferson to notch first 28-5A win
Through January 6 TOP 15: Rank-Team-Last Week 1. Central Catholic – 1 2. East Central – 2 3. Jefferson – 3 4. Sam Houston – 4 5. South San – 6 6. Brackenridge – 5 7. Holy Cross – 7 8. Lanier – 8 9. McCollum – 9 10. Memorial – 10 11.… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL: Area rankings (thru Jan. 6)
Through January 6 TOP 15: Rank-Team-Last Week 1. Southwest – 1 2. Highlands – 3 3. East Central – 4 4. South San – 2 5. Lanier – 7 6. Southside – 6 7. Burbank – 5 8. Holy Cross – 9 9. Brackenridge – 10 10. Harlandale – 8 11. Sam Houston… Read More GIRLS BASKETBALL: Area rankings (thru Jan. 6)
AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Fox Tech. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: Link unavailable The benefit of playing better teams is that they’ll let you know what your team needs to improve on. Navarro (12-2) was willing to show Fox Tech (9-12) what it needed to concentrate on in practice when they… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL: Fox Tech building confidence for another run at postseason
AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: East Central. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: Link unavailable East Central (12-4) notched the biggest victory of Christmas week and arguably the area’s biggest win this season, felling defending Region IV champion Cedar Park 84-75 Dec. 22 at East Central. The Hornets dominated the opening quarter,… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL: East Central upsets Region IV champion Timberwolves
AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: East Central. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: Link unavailable Two coaches known for turning Brackenridge into a Class 4A basketball power made a triumphant return to the area Dec. 22. Former Eagles girls basketball coach Patrick Harvey and ex-Brack boys coach Ed Hooi – now Harvey’s… Read More GIRLS BASKETBALL: Brackenridge connection guides Antonian to win over Hornets
AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Brackenridge, Burbank, Edison, Harlandale, Highlands, Jefferson, Lanier, McCollum, Sam Houston, South San. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/southside/article/Sam-Houston-makes-statement-with-two-decisive-wins-6713679.php The first ingredient in the accepted playoff recipe is to beat the teams below you in the standings. Sam Houston (6-11, 2-2) showed that it has the wherewithal to reach… Read More GIRLS BASKETBALL: Sam Houston makes statement with pair of decisive wins
AREA TEAMS INCLUDED: Brackenridge, Harlandale. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE SOUTHSIDE REPORTER WEBSITE: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/communities/southside/article/Brackenridge-retains-share-of-28-5A-lead-despite-6713667.php For three quarters of Brackenridge’s Dec. 15 District 28-5A game at Harlandale, Eagles coach Joey Isaac could understand how Ebeneezer Scrooge felt on Christmas eve. The scenes just kept getting worse, until the fourth quarter. Then the Eagles (13-5, 3-0)… Read More BOYS BASKETBALL: Brackenridge retains share of 28-5A lead despite close calls
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