Join our talented VYPE Live crew for this Texas High School Football match-up on Friday, September 25
St. Michael's vs. Regents
7:30PM - Bryan Reed, Jack Farrell
Join our VYPE Live crews for these Texas High School Sports match-ups on Thursday, October 29:
430PM & 6PM - Volleyball: Houston Christian vs. Duchesne
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Freshmen can be freshmen, am I right?
Two years ago, Concordia Lutheran coach Matt Neidigk pulled up a freshman to start on varsity… at point guard of all positions.
Maddie Mueller is now a two-time, first-team, all-district player who can now look back and laugh at this sequence.
"It was difficult playing with all the older girls," she laughed. "I didn't feel like I could really tell them what do to.
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"Coach is yelling at me from the bench, 'open your mouth, open your mouth,'" she said. "I literally looked at him and opened my mouth. I didn't realize he was meaning for me to be more vocal on the court. He just looked at me in disbelief."
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So, now an accomplished hooper, what would she tell her freshman self?
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"I'd tell her a lot," she laughed. "But I'd tell her to toughen up and not take everything so personally. If your teammates or coach is yelling at you, it's just part of the game… it's just the adrenaline of being competitive. Also, you just have to have fun playing."
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Last year, she added an all-state nod to her resume. Now, it's her team.
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"We are pretty young and inexperienced," she said. "Last year, we had two seniors who were great leaders. One was a good cop and one was a bad cop. They were Yin and Yang and it totally worked.
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"I want to be the good cop. I know we will have some freshmen coming in this year who are going to have to contribute. I'm not that type to be, 'freshmen are stupid', because I was that stupid freshman before."
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Mueller is also a baller in the classroom. She's very involved in Student Council and is an officer for the National Honor Society. She also volunteers at her church.
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While she sees basketball in her future, she's also thinking long-term.
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"Right now, I want to play basketball in college," she said. "I think it would be great experience to be a college athlete. My family and I are trying to figure out my future. My dad always said I loved to build things like train tracks when I was a kid. We would buy furniture at IKEA and tell me to try and build it, so engineering might be in my future."
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For now, building a winner at Concordia Lutheran is her immediate goal.
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"It's going to be a challenge because we have three players with real varsity experience," she said. "But we will be okay."
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Especially with her running point.
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John Cooper School's dual-sport star Jaxson Pierce has had a breakout season so far toting the rock for the Dragons, who are undefeated.
In the Spring, he will trade his shoulder pads for a catcher's mitt as he goes behind the plate for the Cooper baseball team.
VYPE caught up with one of the city's top private school athletes to pick his brain about his high school career and beyond in the 411.
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<strong>VYPE:</strong> You are blowing up this season. What's been the difference this year?
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<strong>PIERCE:</strong> I've been really invested this season in looking at the film and getting to know the other team, which helps me a lot during game time when I need to make quick decisions. I've been improving on my open-field speed and hitting the hole harder to make myself a very hard back to bring down.
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<strong>VYPE:</strong> People know you for football and baseball. What is something people might NOT know about you?
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<strong>PIERCE:</strong> One thing people might not know about me is that I really like time to myself to keep a positive attitude in life.
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<strong>VYPE: </strong>In football, who do you pattern your game after?
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<strong>PIERCE:</strong> I like to watch football and it doesn't matter who is on. I love to watch backs like Josh Jacobs, Trent Richardson and Adrian Peterson. I try to model myself after them because all of those backs have power but also have the ability to make a man miss.
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<strong>VYPE: </strong>How about baseball? Who's is your model?
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<strong>PIERCE:</strong> For baseball, I really like the hitting style of Vladdy (Guerrero) Jr. On the defensive aspect, I love watching clips of David Ross and his mechanics behind the plate.
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<strong>VYPE:</strong> How does baseball help you in football and vice versa?
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<strong>PIERCE:</strong> Baseball helps me in football with hand-eye coordination. I say this because I am a catcher and I am always catching pitchers which really helps with my abilities to catch balls in football. Football also helps me with baseball because since I'm catching, I have to block balls all the time. Football helps me get used to the feeling of being hit.
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<strong>VYPE:</strong> Five years from now, what are you doing?
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<strong>PIERCE:</strong> If I end up not playing a college sport, I see myself going into an engineering field because math and science are my strong suits in school. I have also thought about becoming a surgeon.
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<strong>VYPE:</strong> What's more fun, scoring a touchdown or hitting a home run?
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<strong>PIERCE:</strong> I definitely think scoring a touchdown is a better feeling because it's a feeling that after six years of playing football that I still can't describe. It's unreal.
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