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Junior Ben Ferguson leaps up to catch a ball thrown by Conner Dechiro on the forty yard line.
VYPE U: Woodlands Leaps Over Conroe In Districts
In the second quarter, the Highlanders picked up momentum scoring their first touchdown ran by freshman Mabrey Mettauer after a 60 yard connection from Conner Dechiro to Teddy Knox. Along with the extra point, the Highlanders were up 10-7. Conroe then scored its second touchdown, along with the extra point, putting the Tigers up 10-14. After a sack fumble, Conroe scored its third touchdown of the day with the extra point, putting the Tigers on top 10-21. The Highlanders then scored their own touchdown with a 24 yard touchdown pass from Dechiro to Knox, along with the extra point for a 17-21 halftime score.
In the third quarter, after a series of connections between Dechiro and Ben Ferguson, Jobarre Reed takes it home from the three yard line for another Highlander touchdown. The extra point is cleared, putting the score at 24-21. Dechiro then takes it in from the one yard line for the fourth Highlander touchdown after a big completion by Knox. Extra point is counted, ending the third quarter with the score 31-21.
In the fourth quarter, Conroe scored its fourth touchdown, along with the extra point, putting the score at 31-28. The Highlanders then scored their fifth and final touchdown of the game with a 14 yard pass from Mettauer to Dresden Meermann. With the extra point, Woodlands is up 38-28. Then, the Tiger scored their final touchdown along with the extra point for the score 38-35. With at least 5 minutes left in the game, the Highlanders partook in kneeling formations to run the clock out for the overall final score 38-35.
Woodlands is now 4-0 in districts and Conroe 0-4. The Highlanders are scheduled to play their next and final district game against College Park on Friday, November 27, at The Woodforest Bank Stadium at 7 PM during the Thanksgiving break. College Park is 7-1 overall this season and 4-0 in districts.
This game should give us our 6A Region II District 13 champion. Come out and watch a good game after your day of giving thanks. Tickets can be purchased on TWHS Athletic Webpage.
Photo by Marysa Barela.
Junior Ben Ferguson leaps up to catch a ball thrown by Conner Dechiro on the forty yard line.
A photo from Kaylynn Lambert's photoshoot for college applications.
VYPE U: Woodland's Feature Twirler
She, alongside her coaches Patti Mickey and Kayli Mickey McIntosh, choreograph all her routines. "Its such a fun process being able to learn new skills and play around with my baton to see what looks cool. Can't forget the fail videos from practicing it too," Lambert said.
She loved football and competition season twirling equally for their distinct qualities. "Football season is a lot more relaxing and fun considering I get to do easier tricks to avoid dropping my baton. While in competition season, it's a lot more challenging and technical, which pushes me to different limits. Although, I truly enjoy the pressure because it makes me a better twirler and it gave me multiple opportunities to make new friendships," Lambert said. Lambert is apart of two competitive competition twirling teams; one based locally with Mickey's Majorettes, and another team based out of Atlanta, GA named Forte. She has competed in roughly 300-400 competitions throughout the 12 years. "My favorite competition would probably be AYOP Nationals or Twirl Mania International Championships (world wide at the ESPN Sports center in Disney World) because I get to see all my friends from around the nation and the world," Lambert said. She has won over a dozen awards but some of her favorites include "being crowned Junior Miss Majorette of the Southwest in 2019 and being a Grand National Semifinalist, as well as qualifying for finals in X-Strut and solo," Lambert said. COVID has had a negative effect on twirling for Lambert, saying "all of our competitions have been cancelled since March and we are just recently getting back into the competition season, which has diminished the amount of chances to compete."
Her favorite types of tricks include low flips, which are composed of super fast tosses that don't pass her head and move around her body. "I don't normally do them at football games because the crowd likes bigger tosses more," Lambert said. The hardest trick Lambert can do is a triple illusion, where she tosses the baton up extremely high and do 3 illusions (an upside down split) followed by her catching the baton. She believed the hardest aspect of twirling is the physical pain that comes with it. "Getting hit with a metal stick coming down from 100 or meet up is very painful." Lambert continued, "sadly it's very common for twirlers to get concussions, pulled muscles, nerve damage, and especially hip problems."
She believes the best aspect of twirling is getting to meet lots of different people, especially little kids who look up to her. Lambert described the twirling community as "super supportive with its handful of drama at times because of its competitive nature. Everyone is extremely loving and supportive of peoples accomplishments, which makes competing even more enjoyable."
Her favorite routine to perform is solo, which is a 2 minute and 30 second competition event with only one baton. "Its by far my favorite because I get to showcase my skills to the fullest extent and show my personality. Although it took me awhile to find my love for it, considering I hated it when I was younger because I always came up short by coming in second place," Lambert said.
Lambert, her coaches, and her Mom design all her costumes. "We send the sketch to the company, they make it, and when it's finally delivered I get to see my vision come to life," Lambert said. Lamberts Mom, Dana, rhinestones the costumes herself by hand, occasionally with the aid of Lamberts coaches. "I would have to estimate my costumes have around 10-15,000 rhinestones each, depending on the costume," Lambert said. Her favorite costume was her pink one worn during October in honor of breast cancer awareness."It's one of my newer costumes and it's extremely comfortable and covered in rhinestones, which I love," Lambert said.
She would advise twirlers looking up to her to remember the quote that got her through all her difficult competitions:"the judges aren't there to tell your doing bad. They want to see you succeed just as much as you do. Theres no to be scared of your biggest supporters." She credits the twirler she is today to Caroline Carothers, Catherine Watters, Nancy Eisenhauer, Patti and Kayli Mickey, and her mother Dana. "Without these amazing women giving me such remarkable opportunities, I wouldn't have learned so many life lessons, let alone twirling," Lambert said.
Lambert is currently in the works of becoming a feature twirler at a major university. "I won't know which school until the end of the year, but I'm extremely excited and blessed for this opportunity," Lambert said. She is looking to major in a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and minor in Neuroscience. "The human mind and psyche has always been extremely fascinating to me, Lambert said. She is also hopeful to become a twirling coach and judge when she grows up to "teach little girls and boys about the sport that I love."
Photo by Marysa Barela.
A photo from Kaylynn Lambert's photoshoot for college applications.
