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Photo by Andy Hamilton (FloWrestling)
Junior Riley Rayome is gradually becoming a staple in a long line of acclaimed athletes at The Woodlands.
After taking gold at the UIL State Tournament last Winter, Rayome has subsequently set the stage for this season with style. This past weekend – her birthday weekend, no less – she won the Preseason National Tournament for USA Wrestling (115 weight class), and became the first TWHS student to earn the title of Most Outstanding Wrestler at the tournament.
Despite the precedent she’s already established, Rayome remains determined.
“I try to stay humble and realize that there are still things that I can accomplish,” she said. “I try to look at it as if I’m not done yet. There will always be someone better than me, so I just need to keep going. Once I accomplish something I just try to set a higher goal, which means I can’t let off the gas.”
Photo by Andy Hamilton (FloWrestling)
Given the presence she has on the mat, it comes as no surprise that this junior Highlander will be the wrestling team’s captain in the upcoming season – a role she doesn’t take lightly.
“The pressure is high, but I do enjoy it,” said Rayome. “There’s a lot that comes with being a potential role model and setting an example for the team, but that’s part of what makes it fun. I like being able to have that control, and being able to say ‘I’ve done these things, I’ve been places’.”
“It also helps me to improve my leadership skills. I just enjoy helping people see what this sport can bring them, in order to help them see out their own visions.”
Considering her father, Jeffery Rayome, is her wrestling coach at The Woodlands, it’s not hard to see where Riley got her dedication to the sport from – dating all the way back when she started in second grade.
Riley Rayome with her father, Coach Jeffery RayomePhoto provided by Riley Rayome
“He (Rayome’s father) is the reason I started wrestling,” she said. “I would watch his practices as a kid, and seeing his passion made me want to go into it. Now that he’s my high school coach, I love having him in my corner. It makes me feel like I have a lot of trust in my matches, because I know that I’ll have the best person possible backing me up.”
So, what is the reigning champ’s mindset, heading into the upcoming season?
“My expectation is just to go out and have fun, no matter what the outcome is,” Rayome said. “My goals for the season are simple. I want to try and become a state champion again, for the second year in a row. I hope to continue the growth of what I’ve done over the past year, but just have more fun with it, increase my skill level and show off.”
With how she’s performing lately, that goal should be well within Rayome’s grasp.
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There is so much fun to be had at VYPE Media Days!
From team and individual pictures, social media shout-outs and video interviews, it is all there for the student-athletes to feel like a superstar. VYPE had its Lamar Consolidated ISD 2023 Winter Media Day recently.
Check out the behind-the-scenes hype video, which showcases some of the best that the Lamar Consolidated ISD Basketball have to offer!
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Texas high school basketball has seen some big-time recruits and NBA talent come out of the Greater Houston-Area from the likes of De’Aaron Fox, Justise Winslow, the Harrison twins, Jared Vanderbilt, Danuel House and Kelly Oubre.
Withe the 2023-2024 basketball season right around the corner, it looks like Houston might have another emerging basketball star ... Seven Lakes combo guard Nasir Price.
Price’s recruiting process started early picking up his first two offers in the 8th grade, and carried into his freshman year at Seven Lakes. He has become a rising national recruit in the Class of 2026 holding 11 offers from Auburn, Texas A&M, LSU, ASU and Alabama to name a few .
So what’s it been like picking up offers at such a young age?
“It’s been good,” Price said. “I’m trying to stay humbled through everything... to keep my head down and keep working. Even though it’s early, the coaches see it in me so I just have to keep working and prove them right.”
The rising sophomore has some big-time programs going after him and some in state staffs are starting to build strong relationships with Price.
“I like SMU, they were really nice. It's a great campus and a great staff," he said. "They treated me like family when I was there. Texas A&M was good and I had a lot of fun there on my visit.”
“Texas… I like Texas a lot,” Price said. “I hope they come around soon, I’ve been talking with them a lot.”
Price also mentioned he’s been talking heavily Texas Tech and Vanderbilt lately and hopes they come around with an offer soon.
So, what has the rising star been working on for the upcoming season?
“Personally, I worked a lot this offseason on fine-tuning my game, making sure everything is up to par and at the level it needs to be,” he said. “I really just am trying to be an all-around player, impacting the game other than scoring.”
The Spartans and Price have a State-or-Bust mentality this year and with the season almost here, watch out for them coming out of Region III.
“We are going to State, that’s are mentality we want out there," he said.
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