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The 2025 VYPE Holiday Invitational tips off next Monday
The 2025 VYPE Holiday Invitational tips off next week, featuring a full slate of elite programs — several with UIL State Championship aspirations.
State-ranked Seven Lakes headlines the two-day event on December 29–30. The Spartans boast a loaded roster, led by Nazir Price (UTSA commit) and Isaiah Santos, one of the nation’s top recruits.
Games will be split across two premier venues:
- Monday, Dec. 29 at B.O. Davis High School
- Tuesday, Dec. 30 at the M.O. Campbell Center
Recent champions highlight the tournament’s pedigree. Veterans Memorial (Corpus Christi) captured the VYPE Holiday Invitational crown in 2024, while St. Francis Episcopal is fresh off a TAPPS 4A State Championship in 2024, a TAPPS 3A title in 2023, and the SPC Championship in 2024.
Several local standouts will be on display. Dickinson’s TroyNelle Belle is averaging 23 points per game as the Gators emerge as one of the top teams in Space City. Klein Oak continues its breakout season behind sophomores Marcus Eppsand Tyrie Wooten, while Tompkins is paced by standout Carter Shipman.
2025 VYPE Holiday Invitational Field
- Aldine Davis
- Dickinson
- Episcopal
- Klein
- Klein Oak
- Nimitz
- Seven Lakes
- St. Francis Episcopal
- Tompkins
- Trinity Christian
- The Woodlands Christian Academy
- Veterans Memorial (Corpus Christi)
Past Champions
- 2019 – Cy-Fair
- 2021 – Westfield
- 2022 – Booker T. Washington
- 2023 – Episcopal
- 2024 – Veterans Memorial (Corpus Christi)
Stay tuned for coverage, highlights, and standout performances throughout the tournament.
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The versatility of Lake Creek’s Bayley Burns jumps off the game film.
The junior can shoot the lights out from deep, lock down an opponent’s best player, and battle on the boards — a complete two-way threat who impacts every possession.
Averaging nearly 17 points per game, Burns is one of the major keys to the Lions’ success this season.
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