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#BeTheLight: St. Pius X turns on Kubiak Stadium Lights Nightly

Joshua Koch
Apr 13, 2020

HOUSTON – If you are driving down North Shepherd Drive during the evening, you may notice a glow.

The light is coming from Kubiak Stadium on the campus of St. Pius X High School. No, the lights aren't being turned on for an athletic event like they normally would be but rather for hope.

"Our stadium and fields are where some of our most spirited and jubilant times happen for our students, families and the community," St. Pius X Athletic Director Jeff Feller said. "When we turn those lights on it's a community coming together. It's about love, fun, commitment, spirit, culture and all those things that make high school great.

"With sports being suspended by putting on the lights it says we understand that but there's hope we're going to get back."

Every night the lights will shine from 8 to 9 p.m. and on the video board a graphic reading "Hope For Houston" with #SPXStrong will also be displayed.

As a beacon of hope, Kubiak Stadium lit up last night from 8-9PM and will continue to shine nightly! We miss our Panthers and families. May the lights be a symbol of our love, hope and faith in our students! Prayers for Houston, our nation & the world🙏#SPXStrong #BeTheLightTX pic.twitter.com/gL22ZavBaC
— St. Pius X Athletics (@SPXPanthers) April 8, 2020

"It's something that we wanted to do," Feller said. "We wanted to share hope with our student body. "Beyond our students, it's for the SPX community and Houston in terms of who's being impacted by this. Beyond just the logistical issue but for people who might have had sick family members or friends.

"It's just us showing support and we want them to know we love them, miss them and we're thinking about them. We're all in this together."

St. Pius X is not the only program or team to do this. Last week a national #BeTheLight Campaign swept the nation with stadiums turning on their lights, including the Houston Astros' Minute Maid Park, Houston Rockets' Toyota Center, Houston Dynamo and Dash's BBVA Compass Stadium and Houston Texans' NRG Stadium.

"We wanted to jump on that and support other schools that were doing that," Feller said.

#LightItBlue 💙#ForTheH pic.twitter.com/Vvj1Plf6Dd
— Houston Astros (@astros) April 10, 2020


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VYPE DFW Baseball Recruit of the Week: Will Glatch

Shana Willeford
16 Apr, 2021
Bradley Collier

Frisco Liberty baseball has been putting in the work all season as they do everything it takes to remain at the top of their district. Currently, the Redhawks are second in their district with a 12-2 record (20-6-1 overall). Senior Will Glatch has played a role in helping the Redhawks stay consistent.

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Legacy Basketball Senior Spotlight

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Legacy junior Ethan Wiley graciously sent VYPE this prospectus for each and every Senior on the Titan Basketball team. Check out the write-up below!

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Emotional Night: Barbers Hill's Collier reflects on WNBA Draft, picked No. 1 overall

Joshua Koch
16 Apr, 2021

HOUSTON - It was a moment that Charli Collier was destined for.

Collier, wearing a dress designed by former First Lady Michelle Obama's stylist Sergio Hudson, sat behind a single round table. To her right was her mother Ponda and to her left younger brother Casey, who is a lineman at USC. In the middle of the table was a beautiful bouquet of pink roses and just beside it a framed photo of her late father Elliott.

A night that Elliott, who passed away in April 2016, envisioned for his daughter since the eighth grade was here and his dream of her being No.1 came to fruition.

Charli Collier - the No. 1 overall pick of the 2021 WNBA Draft by the Dallas Wings.

"I thought about him the whole time, the whole moment he was there," Collier, who pointed straight to the sky the moment her name was called, said. "It was just really emotional. It was a crazy feeling. He always told me I'd be No. 1. To have that come into play it was crazy. I was a little nervous when [WNBA Commissioner] Cathy [Engelbert] came and made the pick, it was emotions everywhere.

"I still can't believe it. It's unreal and I can't put it into words."

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