Fort Bend ISD Cheerleaders are tasked with getting the fans fired up every single Friday night! Then, throughout the year at other sporting and school events the cheerleaders bring the spirit! Meet some FBISD's most spirited students
Bradley C. Collier (VYPE)
Bridge City is home to someone who could easily be described as a future CEO.
Throughout her tenure at the school, senior Addison Woolley has already made her presence known on the football field, via her role as a Drum Major for the Cardinal Band.
Perhaps even more intriguingly, Woolley is a leader among the select few students chosen to run Bridge City’s inventive STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Bus Project.
“Back in 2021, our administrators decided to turn a retiring STEM bus into a mobile STEM lab,” said Woolley. “They got all of our engineering students to pitch design ideas. There were 70 of us, so we all pitched in our ideas and a ‘super-team’ was selected. Eventually, 15 of us were chosen to be a part of the final STEM bus.
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“We collected all our ideas and started presenting them to various companies and organizations, and we raised over $50,000 in funds to create the lab.”
Both Band and the STEM Bus Project are undoubtedly huge commitments to make as a student. Just how does Woolley manage to do both simultaneously?
“It’s a lot of effort to balance the two,” she said. “I’ve had to talk with some of my teachers about it, but they’ve been really helpful with my schedule. All the classes I have are linked though, so it’s become a little easier as I’ve gone through it.”
Given her ability to multi-task and make quick decisions, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Woolley is currently tied for the distinction of being her class’ valedictorian.
Woolley alongside her fellow Drum MajorsBradley C. Collier (VYPE)
“The competition of being tied for first in my class can be stressful at times,” she said. “But, it kind of works out. The person I’m tied with is a drum major as well, so we’re friends and we just talk each other through it. We both take some hard classes but we’re trying our best.”
With all the achievements she has accrued at BCHS, paired with the experiences gained in the process, Woolley has a clear picture of what’s in store for her future.
“My future is definitely going to involve leadership,” Woolley said. “I realized, as I was taking my time through the projects, that I like managing and the organization-aspect, which is why I want to go into the business field. That kind of combines the two leadership capabilities that I’ve acquired here.”
Something tells us that the STEM Bus is just the beginning for Woolley.
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Fort Bend Austin is ranked No. 16 in the VYPE Top 20 Volleyball Poll for good reason.
The Bulldogs are currently 10-2 in district play and led by coach Kristin Goodman. Austin had a signature win over super-power Ridge Point and will be playoff-ready come late October.
VYPE caught up with the Bulldogs and Goodman as they were named the Fat Boys Pizza Coach and Team of the Month.
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Lake Creek High School is synonymous with softball, right?
Having won back-to-back State Titles and being named the nation’s top softball team in the country, softball has been the toast of the town.
For now.
The Lion football team would have something to say about that. Lake Creek is off to a banner year (sixth year playing varsity), going 6-0 under the direction of coach Pat Kennedy, who has built the den into a Class 5A power.
Kennedy was the defensive coordinator for The Woodlands for years before taking over Montgomery ISD’s newest school.
“Coming from a big 6A, it was eye-opening when I first got here,” Kennedy said. “Coming from a place where the expectations were challenging for State, to a new school that was just starting with a handful of kids was an adjustment. The expectations were on both sides of the spectrum. It changes the way you practice, the way your coach, the way you manage expectations… every day was a new experience. Now, the expectations are back to being aligned.”
The Lions sit atop the VYPE Class 5A rankings with four remaining games where they will be favored to win and complete a perfect regular season. Their success hasn’t been without its challenges, however.
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“We are learning to be more resilient as a program,” he said. “We have been bitten by the injury bug more this season, so we have more of a next-man-up mentality this year.
“In the last couple of years, we have become more of the hunted than the hunters. We were climbing the mountain as we built this program. We still are, but we aren’t sneaking up on anyone now. Everyone is trying to prove a point to us, and we get everyone’s best game. That’s where we want to be of course, but that is something our kids have to be prepared for.”
Case in point. The Lions were taken to the wire against Montgomery in the “Mo-County Showdown” as the 0-6 Bears were a last-second field goal away from upsetting the mighty Lake Creek, 35-34. Of note, leading RB Tyvonn Byars sat out the game due to injury.
Lake Creek's Tyvonn ByarsJamey Wright (VYPE)
“It was a packed house and a great atmosphere if you were a fan,” he said. “Not if you were the head coach of Lake Creek. What is setting us a part is that the kids kept making plays and we made one more play than they did. Even though we won, there were lots of lessons for us to learn from. So many teaching opportunities to make us better.”
Byars will return as the motor of the offense. The junior has rushed for over 700 yards and 17 scores, giving the Lions that go-to back that moves the chains.
Junior QB Eli Morcos has made huge strides in his first year as a starter with 1,400 yards combined and 18 TDs. His top target is Sam Lee (1,000 all-purpose yards) is a dude on the outside and returning kicks. He is complemented by Kade Yeary. The offensive is “piece-mealed” with a senior Jaxon Sayers and sophomore Hunter McKinney leading the way.
Lake Creek's Eli MorcosJamey Wright (VYPE)
“The defense has been really steady with some solid secondary play led by Leighton Scott and Wyatt Davis,” he said. “The whole unit has been a pleasant surprise.”
The Lions are still licking their wounds from last year’s third-round playoff loss to FB Marshall, 55-18. It was a learning process.
“It was our first time that deep in the playoffs and we just got off-schedule,” he said. “They were fast, and we couldn’t emulate that in practice. We just got off our process and tried to make the ‘big play’ instead of just grinding it out four yards at a time. We learned a lot.”
As the learning process continues at Lake Creek, the Lions steadily climb the state rankings as they build their brand.
Could this year that Lake Creek steps into the limelight and out of the shadows of softball? Stay tuned.
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