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Recruit Scoop: Garza, Harmon, Perkins, Malone lead recent wave of women's basketball commits

Joshua Koch
May 05, 2020

Outside of actually being able to go on campus for visits and seeing coaches in person, the recruiting process hasn't seemed to slow down.

Rather, the Coronavirus pandemic has acted more like a speed bump in the road for recruits.

On the women's basketball front the past few weeks have been busy for Houston-area prospects in the Class of 2021. The biggest recruit to verbally commit was Cypress Creek's Rori Harmon, who verbally committed to new Texas women's coach Vic Schaefer. Harmon is ranked No. 20 in the ESPN Hoopgurlz 2021 rankings.

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— roriiiharmonnn (@roriiiharmonnn) April 24, 2020

A few weeks ago,The Village School's Jada Malone verbally committed to Gary Blair and Texas A&M. Malone just finished her junior season where she helped lead the Vikings to the TAPPS 6A State Championship. Malone is ranked No. 34 in the country by ESPN.

"It's felt like home for a long time," Malone told VYPE in a text. "I've been around the program since the fifth grade. I decided I wanted to stay close so I could play in front of family and have the chance to compete for a National Championship."

New Caney's Tori Garza is another recruit to take notice of.

The junior has been through a lot in recent weeks. She lost her head coach Tricia Mize a few weeks back after she passed away from liver cancer. A few days removed from that tragedy, Garza fulfilled one of her coaches dreams - commit to play basketball at a big school.

Garza verbally committed to Oklahoma State.

"She's been on my mind nonstop, even before I decided to commit," Garza said about Mize. "I just want her to be proud of me and I can truthfully say she would be with my decision. And I know she's looking down at me and smiling."


Heading to the Big 12 Conference is exciting, Garza said as she has been training all her life to play Division I basketball. As she heads into her senior season, there are team and personal goals.

"I just want to finish high school ball as best as I can," she said. "We lost a couple valuable seniors and coach but I believe we're still going to be a strong great team. Hopefully we can make it to playoffs or far into the playoffs for Coach Mize. I definitely want to score more, I tend to pass the ball a lot when I have an open shot. Also need to work on my handles since I'll probably have to do half point guard this year."

A more recent commitment came from Langham Creek's Kaley Perkins, who pledged to Oklahoma.

"I just really loved the coaching staff and how we really connected," Perkins told VYPE on Twitter. "I really loved the school and the atmosphere. I've always watched the Big 12, so I'm excited to be able to play in such a competitive conference."

According to ESPN Hoopgurlz ranking, the last Top 60 player remaining uncommitted from Houston is Cypress Creek's Kyndall Hunter, who was named the VYPE MVP for the 2019-2020 season.

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DFW Soccer Playoffs: State Semifinals

Stephen Peters
11 Apr, 2021
It's the last week of the 2020-21 UIL soccer season, and we're down to the penultimate set of games. The DFW is in great shape to bring home a lot of hardware this week with five boys teams and five girls teams remaining across all classifications.
The DFW is guaranteed to have a representative in State in four of the six games. Let's check out the schedule.
Records are based on MaxPreps.com
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VYPE Live - Middle School Boys Lacrosse: St. Andrew's vs. Regents

VYPE Live
11 Apr, 2021

Join our VYPE Live crew for this Texas Middle School Lacrosse match-up on Saturday, April 11:

2PM - Middle School Boys Lacrosse: St. Andrew's vs. Regents

VYPE Live Lineup - Saturday 4/10/21

VYPE Live
10 Apr, 2021


10:30AM - Lacrosse: Westwood vs Regents

11AM - JV Baseball: Episcopal Houston vs. College Station

11AM - Boys Lacrosse: St. Andrew's vs. Greenhill School

1PM - Baseball: Cedar Park vs. Marble Falls

1PM - JVW Baseball: Episcopal Houston vs. College Station

1PM - Baseball: Dripping Springs vs. Boerne-Champion

1PM - Baseball: Liberty Hill vs. East View

1:30PM -Softball: Kempner vs. Foster

2PM - JV Boys Lacrosse: Episcopal Houston vs. Friendswood

4PM - Softball: Cedar Park vs. Leander

4PM - Boys Lacrosse: Episcopal Houston vs. Friendswood

Lacrosse: Anderson vs Smithson Valley

TRENDING

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

Freddy's Poll: VYPE Houston 2022 Offensive Football Recruit of the Year Fan Poll

VYPE Live - Softball: Kempner vs. Foster

VYPE Live - Lacrosse: Anderson vs Smithson Valley

VYPE Live - Baseball: Cedar Park vs. Marble Falls

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VYPE Live Lineup - Saturday 4/10/21

VYPE Live - Middle School Boys Lacrosse: St. Andrew's vs. Regents

VYPE Live - Softball: Kempner vs. Foster

VYPE Live - Baseball: Cedar Park vs. Marble Falls

VYPE Live - Baseball: Dripping Springs vs. Boerne-Champion

VYPE Live - Softball: Cedar Park vs. Leander

VYPE Live - Boys Lacrosse: Episcopal Houston vs. Friendswood

VYPE Live - Baseball: Liberty Hill vs. East View

VYPE Live - Boys Lacrosse: St. Andrew's vs. Greenhill School

VYPE Live - JV Baseball: Episcopal Houston vs. College Station

VYPE Live Lineup - Friday 4/9/21

VYPE Live - Baseball: Liberty Hill vs. Glenn

VYPE Live - Lacrosse: Anderson vs Smithson Valley

VYPE Live - Lacrosse: Westwood vs Regents

VYPE Live Lineup - Thursday 4/8/21

VYPE Live - Baseball: St. John's vs. Kinkaid

VYPE Live - Middle School Girls Lacrosse: St. Stephen's vs. The Trojans

VYPE Live - Softball: Cedar Park vs. East View

VYPE Live - Baseball: Vista Ridge vs. Westwood

VYPE Live - Baseball: Vandegrift vs. Cedar Ridge

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