TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: VYPE-Aldine ISD Holiday Hoops Classic presented by the United States Marine Corps Scores, Highlights, Photos
Welcome to the 2019 VYPE-Aldine ISD Holiday Hoops Classic presented by the United States Marine Corps!
VYPE, Aldine ISD and the United States Marine Corps is excited to bring you this two-day spread of basketball action! There is tons of talent on the floor and this will be your one-stop shop for all the info you need.
Game Schedule/Scores (Saturday, December 28)
Girls Thorne Division Championship - George Ranch 56, Lutheran North 40 (POG: Savannah Velazquez - 12 pts / Gabrielle Owens 13 pts)
Girls Campbell Division Championship - Heights 70, Clear Springs 64 (POG: Heights: Gracelynn Alvarez - 32 pts / Clear Springs: Jermia Green 23 pts)
2019 VYPE-Aldine ISD Holiday Hoops Classic Girls Championship Game - George Ranch 67, Heights 58 - WATCH LIVE BROADCAST - CLICK HERE
Girls All-Tournament Team
MVP: Gabrielle Owens, George Ranch
All-Tourney Team
- Kylie Minter, Clear Springs
- Geonna Waddell, Lutheran High
- Gracelynn Alvarez, Heights
- Savannah Velazquez, George Ranch
- Jaedyn Dunn, George Ranch
Boys Campbell Division Championship - Cy-Fair 46, Langham Creek 30
Boys Thorne Division Championship - The Woodlands Christian Academy 69, Tompkins 66
2019 VYPE-Aldine ISD Holiday Hoops Classic Boys Championship Game - Cy-Fair 71, TWCA 46 - WATCH GAME
Boys All-Tournament Team
Title Game MVP: Evan Butts, Cy-Fair
All-Tourney Team
- Jordan Henderson, The Village School
- RJ Crawford, Langham Creek
- BB Knight, Tompkins
- Bakari LaStrap, TWCA
- Malik Nash, Cy-Fair
Other Games
Village 74, FBCA 65 (POG: Village: Jordan Henderson 27 pts, Trace Boling 15 pts, FBCA: Zion Granville 16 pts)
Nimitz 63, Aldine 50 (POG: Ashton Smith - 13 pts, Kentrelle Royston 15 pts, Zavian Crosby 12 pts)
3rd Place Campbell Division: Nimitz 46, MacArthur 20 (POG: Tyra Davis 21 pts)
Girls Campbell Division Consolation: Duchesne 51, Aldine Davis 45 (POG: Catherine Van Pelt - 18 pts / Marissa Lundvall 13 pts)
Game Schedule/Scores (Friday, December 27)
9 a.m.St. John's 67, Cy-Fair 60 (POG: Jackson Peakes - 31 pts)
Cy Fair 48, Village School 46 (POG: Jack Witmer - 14 pts / Evan Butts - 11 pts)
Clear Springs 73, MacArthur 35 (POG: Kenna Gibson - 14 pts)
Heights 66, Duchesne 37 (POG: Gracelynn Alvarez - 17 pts / Tierra Simon - 15 pts)
10:30 a.m.
Langham Creek 64, Aldine 58 (POG: RJ Crawford - 30 pts)
Manvel 69, Fort Bend Christian Academy 59 (POG: Manvel: Azari Woods - 30 pts, FBCA: Jared Bohny - 18 pts)
Lutheran High North 68, Clements 36 (POG: LHN: Victoria Noack - 19 pts / Geonna Waddell 12 pts, Clements: Jenna Ferguson 16 pts)
George Ranch 69, La Marque 28 (POG: GR: Savannah Velazquez - 16 pts / Jaedyn Dunn 13 pts, LM: Krishana Boyd 16 pts)
Noon
Tompkins 71, Aldine Davis 64 (POG: Tompkins: BB Knight 26 pts, Hank Sanders 22 pts, Aldine Davis: Greg Crawford 22 pts)
Sam Houston 99, St. John XXIII 41
Clear Springs 73, Aldine Davis 43
Nimitz 62, Duchesne 36
1:30 p.m.
Eisenhower 73, Klein Collins 58 (POG: Patrick Punch 24 pts)
The Woodlands Christian Academy 70, MacArthur 57 (POG: Austin Benigni - 21 pts, 6 assists, 4 reb / Bakari LaStrap - 15 pts, 6 reb)
Lutheran High North 37, Aldine 27 (POG: Geonna Waddell 10 pts)
George Ranch 75, Eisenhower 31 (POG: Gabrielle Owens 16 pts, Savannah Velazquez 13 pts, Jaedyn Dunn 12 pts)
3 p.m.
Cy-Fair 54, St. John's 42 (POG: Malik Nash - 16 pts)
Village School 61, Nimitz 47 (POG: Nimitz - Ashton Smith - 13 pts, Village School: Jordan Henderson - 17 pts, Trace Boling - 13 pts)
MacArthur 49, Aldine Davis 42 (POG: MacArthur: Bianca Rodriguez - 20 pts, Maria Ruiz - 9 pts, Davis: Armani Stamps - 11 pts)
Heights 59, Nimitz 40 (POG: Heights - Gracelynn Alvarez - 29 pts, Tierra Simon 17 pts)
4:30 p.m.
Langham Creek 58, Manvel 57 (OT)
Fort Bend Christian Academy 61, Aldine 38 (POG: Owen LaRocca - 24 points/Jared Bohny 10 pts)
Clements 40, Aldine 29 (POG: Sara Kurji - 16 pts)
Eisenhower 54, La Marque 44 (POG: Da'Shanique Hall - 19 pts / Za'nii Tatum - 14 pts)
6 p.m.
Tompkins 61, Sam Houston 50 (POG: Jason Clark 15 pts, BB Knight 13 pts)
Aldine Davis 80, St. John XXIII 47 (POG: Lewis 12 pts, Benton 11 pts)
7:30 p.m.
The Woodlands Christian Academy 64, Eisenhower 59 (POG: Bakari LaStrap - 25 pts / Austin Benigni 15 pts)
Klein Collins 93, MacArthur 54
HEAD COACH/PLAYER INTERVIEWS DAY 2
HEAD COACH/PLAYER INTERVIEWS DAY 1
PHOTO GALLERIES - Boys Basketball (Top)/ Girls Basketball (Bottom)
Photo by Bradley Collier/VYPE Media
Photo by Bradley Collier/VYPE Media
Houston Heights defeated Clear Springs 70-64 on Saturday morning to advance to the championship game.
PRESENTING SPONSOR - United States Marine Corps
MacArthur's Precious Jackson-Sanders, Angel Hudson, Jada Stewart, Bianca Rodriguez and Maria Ruiz
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HUNGRY FOR THE PLAYOFFS : MacArthur Girls Ready To Fight For Postseason Berth
LAST YEAR, SHOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.
MacArthur was seeking its first playoff berth since the 2015-2016 season and had the players to get back into the conversation. Just a few games before District 16-6A play was slated to begin, the Generals lost their court general Jada Stewart – gone for the season after tearing her ACL.
Stewart is back for her senior campaign and if first-year coach Christine Danzer could bet, she would go all-in on this year's version of MacArthur getting into the playoffs.
"I know that last year would have been a different story had we not had that injury, but I'd bet on my team if I could," Danzer, who served as an assistant the past five years, said. "This is going to be that year we're getting back. We're very confident right now."
MacArthur will be down in numbers this year, only dressing out nine players, but there is a lot of experience and upside in that mix.
Along with Stewart, the Generals return Bianca Rodriguez, Maria Ruiz, Angel "Blue" Hudson and Precious Jackson-Sanders, who played last year as a freshman.
"I'm ready to play," Stewart said. "I was sad that I couldn't play last year and I'm ready this year."
Stewart should be in the MVP conversation by season's end, but another who could battle her is Jackson-Sanders.
The sophomore averaged a double-double in district play last year and has worked on her ball-handling in the offseason.
"I've seen a huge improvement," Danzer said about Jackson-Sanders. "With her ability to go both ways, her rebounding and finishing, she could be something very special in this district. She's going to have a dynamite year."
After watching Jackson-Sanders do what she did from the bench last year, Stewart was impressed and knows what kind of weapon she is for them.
"Precious is one of our best players and she's a really strong asset to the team," Stewart said.
With this combination of talent, experience and youthfulness, Danzer's goal for this group is simple – make the playoffs.
"Our goal is that we're hungry to get back to the playoffs," she said. "I think we can make some noise if we're able to get out of our own district."
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MacArthur's Jada Stewart