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HOT TAKE: Bridgeland's Weigman is Houston's next big thing

Matt Malatesta
Sep 30, 2020

We are off and running…

The "Big-Boy Texas High School Football" season kicked off last week much to the delight of players, coaches and some fans.

So many rules, so many masks, so many empty seats, but we are not complaining.

After attending one game, I have seen the future.


While calling the Bridgeland vs Klein Cain 49-42 shoot-out for KUBE-TV, Bear QB Conner Weigman took me back over a decade.

Weigman is a solid 6-foot-2, 205-pounds and can make all the throws. He expends plays with his feet and when plays break down he can run… like really run. He can out-run angles from defenders and leave defensive backs out of the television screen.

Now this is bold, but Weigman's mechanics, leadership, elusiveness, football IQ and arm talent reminded me of another Houston quarterbacking legend – Stratford's Andrew Luck.

Luck was a dual-sport athlete (basketball) who I first saw as a freshman at the State 7-on-7 Tournament. The ball exploded out of his hand. His decision-making was sharp and his team followed him.

That's a lot to put on a junior in high school and comparisons are tough, but my odd mental library of high school football talent tells me I'm right.

"I faced Andrew Luck twice while I was at Cy Falls and there's a lot of similarities for sure," Bridgeland head coach David Raffield said. "Conner is the best I've ever had. He has all the tools and in a a few weeks, every college football in the country will have offered him."

Coming off his sophomore season in which he threw for over 2,500 yards, 27 TDs and three interceptions, Weigman was named the District Newcomer of the Year. He led his team to the postseason for the first time in school history as well.

After he hangs up the shoulder pads, however, he puts on the cleats and hits the diamond. He stars for Bridgeland and the Twelve Baseball showcase team.

Over the summer, he led the Twelve to the Perfect Game South National title for the 16U division. Weigman was the Tournament MVP.

"The guys moved him up to for the 17U tournament and we won it and he was the Tournament MVP for that event also," Daryn Ebrecht, owner of the Cotton Ranch – the home of Twelve Baseball in Katy. The Ranch and the Twelve is home to over 400 of Houston's top baseball prospects on the west side of Houston.

"He's a potential first-rounder," Ebrecht said. "People would call him a five-tool player, but in the baseball business he's a six-tool guy. His athletic makeup and instincts are rare, and he just plays half the year. Imagine how good he could be if he just did baseball?"

Weigman has been offered to play both sports at the SEC level and more are coming. He has football offers from several Power 5 programs.

"It's tough as a parent of a kid like that," Ebrecht laughs. "Does he go directly out of high school to play baseball or go to college and play both sports and be a Kyler Murray for three years? Then he'd have two options."

For Raffield, he's just getting him ready for Shadow Creek this weekend. The Sharks won the Class 5A State Title last season with a pretty good QB in Kryon Drones (Baylor).

"Here's the kicker," Raffield said, "because of playing shortstop, he knows the arm angles like other great QBs who play in the NFL (Patrick Mahomes). He's a great hitter as well. What does that mean for football? I've had baseball players before but his rotational power in his hips is so natural when throwing the ball."

Has he improved since having a breakout season as a sophomore followed by baseball and a pandemic?

"He had the mechanics and arm talent before he even got here," Raffield said. "He's always been able to relax under pressure. What he's improved on is his footwork. Last year, he would get tangled up with his feet. Now, he's so smooth. He's also learning coverages and his confidence is through the rough."

Scary though for opponents, but a dream for college coaches… baseball and football.


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Girls Soccer: Memorial, The Woodlands, Friendswood advance to State Semis

Joshua Koch
10 Apr, 2021

HOUSTON - The champs are back.

Houston Memorial is heading back to the UIL State Tournament for the first time since 2018, which was the same season the Mustangs hoisted that coveted trophy at the end.

Lindley Amarantos watched as her crew defeated Cy-Fair 2-0 on Friday inside the friendly confines of Spring Branch ISD's Tully Stadium, advancing the program back to the State Semifinals.

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Unfinished Business: Kingwood Park punches ticket to State Semifinals with 6-2 win

Joshua Koch
10 Apr, 2021
VYPE Feature powered by Academy Sports + Outdoors: No. 1 Kingwood Park men's soccer rolling in 2021

Kingwood Park is writing its own history.

That's at least how head coach Ryan Searle put it following a 6-2 victory over Pflugerville Hendrickson to punch its ticket to the State Semifinals for the first time since 2011 and the third time in program history.

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Falcon Power: Huffman punches ticket to State Semis with 1-0 win over Splendora

Joshua Koch
10 Apr, 2021

NEW CANEY - Chris McDermand almost didn't know what to do.

The fifth-year Huffman men's soccer coach hopped a few times down the sideline before bursting into a sprint with his arms spread wide like a Falcon looking for any one of his players to hug. Then the architect of this program watched as yet another gold ball trophy was handed to his players and hoisted into the cool April night air with sounds of pure joy exuding from his team.

McDermand wearing his black Huffman soccer polo matched with black slacks then climbed up onto a trainer's table on the sideline, stepping around the Gatorade coolers and other equipment while he walked down high-fiving nearly every member of the Falcon Loud Crowd before finally laying on the turf and just soaking it all in.

Huffman was heading to state. A 1-0 overtime victory over district rival Splendora on Friday night ensured more history for the Falcon soccer program.

"I was just thinking back to all of the hot days in August and September and just making it through till now," McDermand said about what went through his mind while laying down. "Just how much work these guys put in. We had the biggest crowd we've ever had, so they were right there behind us. I could see them when I was laying down.

"It was nuts. I didn't play a minute and I felt exhausted."

FINAL SCORE (Region III-4A Final) @Athletics_SISD - 0@Huffman_Soccer - 1 @HuffmanISD it's time to gas up the charter bus again!!! Huffman is heading to the #UILState Tournament for the first time in program history. #txhssoccer @Coach_MacHHS @LethalSoccer @KPRC2RandyMc pic.twitter.com/vcOkupV8pU
— VYPE Houston (@vypehouston) April 10, 2021

At the end of regulation, both teams had peppered the nets but to no avail, it would take overtime and maybe even penalty kicks to settle this one.

In the 82nd minute, senior Angel Aguas was fouled in the box, which awarded him a penalty kick, which he buried in the right bottom corner of the net for his 21st score of the year. Goalie Sam Calzada kept a clean sheet for the 10th time this season with numerous saves, pushing him over 100 for the year.

"It feels amazing, we've been working hard all year," Aguas said. "[State] is new to us, it means everything. We have a great team. We're coming for it this year with everything."

Caldaza added: "We just executed what coach had planned for us. I followed his orders and had a clean sheet and we go to the next round."

VYPE Postgame 🎙: @Huffman_Soccer senior Angel Aguas who scored goal 21 of the season and goalie Sam Calzada who registered his 10th shutout of the season talk with VYPE after the win. #txhssoccer @HuffmanISD @Coach_MacHHS @HuffmanHoops @Huffman_Falcons @LethalSoccer pic.twitter.com/XkC4RmottT
— VYPE Houston (@vypehouston) April 10, 2021

This run to the state semifinals for this team is remarkable, not just because of the fact that it is the first time in program history but because the Falcons started the year 5-5-5 and since then have gone 11-2-1, including 5-0 in the playoffs.

"These guys did something the last three or four weeks and just clicked," McDermand said. "We got hot at the right time and they all accepted their roles and bought in. They just made it happen."

Huffman moves on to face Boerne in the State Semifinal which is set to be played at Columbus High School on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Falcons' men's soccer team joins the men's basketball team as Huffman programs that have advanced to state this year.

VYPE Postgame: @Huffman_Soccer coach Chris McDermand who started this program from scratch five years ago was HYPED after the win. #txhssoccer @HuffmanISD @Huffman_Falcons @Coach_MacHHS @HHSLoudCrowd @HTownHSS @KPRC2RandyMc pic.twitter.com/HfzolRFOgK
— VYPE Houston (@vypehouston) April 10, 2021
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