Join our VYPE Live crew for this Texas High School Softball match-up on Friday, March 12:
4PM - Softball: Episcopal Houston vs. Dawson
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Join our VYPE Live crew for this Texas High School Softball match-up on Friday, March 12:
VYPE recently hosted its annual Houston City-Wide Volleyball Magazine photoshoot at Houston Skyline's volleyball facilities.
We caught up with a few Atascocita high school volleyball players to talk about the season and more, Check out the interview below!
Atascocita shortstop Jackson Wooten (Kentucky commit)
With no shortage of championship-caliber talent across the region, Houston baseball delivered another memorable spring. Now, let's spotlight the players who left the biggest mark and earned some citywide distinction.
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Editor's Note: Each All-VYPE Team designation (First-Team, Second-Team, etc.) consists of 10 athletes, excluding Honorable Mentions, which will include additional players. Selections were made based on a combination of overall impact on team success, individual performance, statistical achievement, and postseason and consensus recognition earned throughout the season, rather than by position alone. Players within each team are listed alphabetically by last name.
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FIRST-TEAM
Ashten Ballew, Katy
Landon Brown, Iowa Colony
Blake Edling, Tomball
Catcher Hopkins, Tomball
Luis Olmeda, Oak Ridge
CJ Sampson, Tomball
Jack Smejkal, The Woodlands
Grant Sperandio, Memorial
Peyton Trummell, Lake Creek
Jackson Wooten, Atascocita
SECOND-TEAM
Logan Bear, Kingwood Park
Lawson Behan, Lamar
Landon Collins, Friendswood
Noah Hernandez, Summer Creek
Ty Higginbotham, Atascocita
Matthew Manis, Memorial
Jonell Rodriguez, Oak Ridge
Beckett Steele, Magnolia West
Jayden Stewart, Katy
Ross Sullivan, Cypress Woods
THIRD-TEAM
Gage Blinka, Willis
Brady Brewer, Pearland
Andrew Daigle, Bridgeland
Keagan Fosdick, Tomball
Evan Mauritzen, Memorial
Ryder Renfro, Kingwood
Nolan Rush, Tomball
Jaxon Schramm, Lake Creek
Kaleb Thomas, Atascocita
Trevyn Turner, Summer Creek
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Grayson Albaugh (Bridgeland), Caleb Alexander (Summer Creek), Alex Bard (Lamar), Hank Barrientes (Crosby), Braxton Beaty (Angleton), Jake Berry (Clear Lake), Bryson Bourn (The Woodlands), Easton Brunson (Goose Creek Memorial), Maddox Bryant (Kingwood), Easton Burgess (Alvin), Brady Burrow (Tomball), Raul Careaga (Aldine), Brady Chadwick (Dickinson), Zach Clark (Clear Creek), Andrew Clayton (Grand Oaks), Wyatt Clewett (Montgomery), Ayden Collier (George Ranch), Tanner Drda (Memorial), Owen Eastwood (Grand Oaks), Nate Eveler (Kingwood Park), Will Fiedler (Kingwood), Quinn Fitzpatrick (Stratford), Caleb Gafford (Tomball), Ryan Garcia (Barbers Hill), Tanner Garvin (Clements), Harper Heathcott (Lake Creek), Dereck Hernandez (Oak Ridge), Shey Holliday (Willis), Lukas Huff (Magnolia West), Keaton Jeffcoat (Willis), Caleb Kahoalii (Cy Woods), Bryce Krenek (Katy Taylor), Parker Legh-Page (Cypress Ranch), Jackson Marshall (Lake Creek), Jaxon McKnight (Atascocita), Ben Millhouse (Klein Oak), Christian Munoz (Dickinson), Reed Newkirk (Lake Creek), Silas Newport (Strake Jesuit), Dillon Norris (Memorial), Daniel O'Briant (Tomball), Jancarlos "JC" Ortiz (Atascocita), Brandon Pace Jr. (La Porte), Chris Racey (Ridge Point), AJ Rajabi (Foster), Isaac Richardson (Memorial), Adriel Rivera (Katy), Lucas Robbins (George Ranch), Gabriel Roberts (Manvel), Isaac Robles (Cy-Fair), Brice Romero (Klein Collins), Cruz Romo (The Woodlands), Victor Salazar (Paetow), Aiden Salinas (Summer Creek), Tyler Sauers (Clear Creek), Cash Scarborough (Memorial), Bennett Schnee (Dawson), Jordan Schoenvogel (Cy-Fair), Karson Schulz (Clear Springs), Braden Schumann (Fulshear), Grant Shepherd (Deer Park), Riley Sherowski (Seven Lakes), Kalen Simmons (Iowa Colony), Luke Simon (Tompkins), Finn Stevens (Kingwood Park), Caiden Wells (Friendswood), Sawyer Wells (Sterling), Toby White (Huffman), Cash Wilson (Tompkins), Braydon Wisener (Huffman), Luke Zilafro (Stratford)
FIRST-TEAM
Truett "Ford" Allen, Second Baptist
Bryce Bloom-Timmins, Episcopal
Marcus Cantu, Lutheran South Academy (LSA)
Luke Douglas, Concordia Lutheran
Charlie Heard, The Woodlands Christian Academy (TWCA)
Christian McCleary, Second Baptist
Wyatt Powell, LSA
Ethan Rivers, Concordia Lutheran
Jaylen Walker, LSA
Miles Young, Episcopal
SECOND-TEAM
Will Bozeman, Episcopal
Braden Comstock, St. Thomas
Matthew Guyton, The Kinkaid School
Colston Istre, TWCA
Jaiden Lee, St. Pius X
Landon McKenna, Fort Bend Christian Academy (FBCA)
John Merren, St. Thomas
Reid Sasser, Episcopal
Nolan Thorp, Bay Area Christian School (BACS)
Hugh Wilhelm, Concordia Lutheran
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Andrew Clark (St. Pius X), Cody Carlton (The John Cooper School), Cole Coffman (St. John's School), David Corona (LSA), Hudson Davenport (Houston Christian), Troy Gonzalez (LSA), Tommy Hetherington (Episcopal), Kelyn Johnson (Second Baptist), Jackson Karstedt (BACS), Ethan Kerze (TWCA), Luke Larkey (Cypress Christian), Carter Martin (TWCA), Braxton Mandella (St. Thomas), Dean Mestayer (Cypress Christian), Jon Murray (Cypress Christian), Luke Myers (St. John XXIII), Tanner Nyveen (The Kinkaid School), Carson Pratt (Second Baptist), Blake Prazak (Legacy Prep), Marco Quintanilla (Episcopal), Travis Ruch (St. Thomas), Tristan Smaistrla (St. Pius X), Jake Sneed (The John Cooper School), Jack Stranger (St. John's School), Jett Stroble (Concordia Lutheran), Tripp Surber (Concordia Lutheran), Levi Thompson (BACS), Brody Weir (St. John XXIII)
For high school boys basketball fans — and followers of the college and pro ranks alike — there is so much to look forward to at Boys Cali Live 2026 which gets underway in five days in Rocklin, Calif.
No one player among the nearly 2,000 on 176 high school teams — primarily from California — will draw more attention than St. Francis-La Canada incoming junior Yann Kamagate.
At 7 feet, 1 inches and 235 pounds, he’s hard to miss.
Make no mistake, the native of West Africa, is not just all arms, legs and braun. He’s been compared at his early stage to Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard.
That’s some company to keep and projection to live up to.
“He’s a uniquely gifted player,” said former college coach and current scout/event operator Gerry Frietas. “He has size, length and athleticism. He is highly active with a motor that never stops running. And he’s a nightmare matchup who impacts the game in a big way at both ends of the floor.”
He’s ranked the No. 5 prospect overall in the country for the Class of 2028 by ESPN. 247Sports has him ranked No. 4 nationally and the No. 1 center in the country and player overall in California.
Right now he has 15 college offers, according to 247Sports: Alabama, Arizona, Baylor, Cal, Houston, Kansas, Nebraska, North Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M, UCLA, USC, Vanderbilt, Washington and Creighton.
“I can’t recall the last time I’ve seen a player of his size in his high school class in the West with his strength, power, explosiveness and speed,” said Frank Burlison, a longtime writer and scout and is a member of McDonald's All-American game selection committee. “He has those qualities that I saw in the likes of Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard at the same stage.”
Compton Magic AAU program leader Etop Udo-Ema has helped mentor the likes of Evan Mobley, Onyeka Okongwu and Bruce Branch. None have anything on Kamagate, Udo-Ema says.
About Boys Cali Live 26
This is California’s exclusive NCAA certified Scholastic Live Event June 26-28 at Hardwood Palace in Rocklin, along with local high schools, Whitney and Rocklin. Some 176 teams, many of the best in California along with some from Oregon, Arizona and Nevada, will compete in pool play with more than 150 college coaches on hand.
Unlike AAU events, where club teams participate, these are high school teams, allowed to fine tune and polish their squads under the “scholastic” umbrella, meaning it is sanctioned by the NFHS/CIF.
St. Francis will be part of Pool 9 and 10, along with SoCal power Brentwood, along with Central Section’s San Joaquin Memorial, Sac-Joaquin Section stalwarts Lincoln-Stockton and Bay Area top teams Oakland Tech, Riordan, Moreau Catholic-Hayward and Salesian.
Check back to Vype for previews leading up to the event, along with live updates, action photography and video player interviews throughout the three-day event.
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