'Tis the Season

I'm sitting here listening to some jazz; sipping some egg nog and watching some hoops; and, I decided to do a search on the Net for a favorite of mine. I found it.

Enjoy!

Newsflash from Disney's Wide World of Sports Florida

December 3-7, 2008 - The Lady Vikings brought home the basketball bronze medal from The Meritas Games held at the Wide World of Sports in Disney Orlando, Florida. Hannah Cambel also played volleyball for The Village School in the yearly event. The Lady Vikings played for the Meritas cup in volleyball and brought home the silver medal losing to a selection of players from Rancho Solano schools representing Arizona. Both basketball and volleyball was won by Rancho Solano. Cambel has a double double on all her games. She played extremely well scoring over 30 points with 11 assists and a couple of steals against The Henderson Prep School from Nevada and injuring herself at the second half of the elimination game against Rancho Solano. They are back in Houston and will be playing their next game away against their rival school @ St John's (12-0). Game time 7:00pm January 7th 2009.

The Village School @ Pearland

The Village School coast for an easy win against the Pearland Dawson Eagles at their home turf. Vikings started sluggish in the 1st quarter, but after leading by a few at the start of the 2nd quarter. Carey and Bail took over the game. Williams hits some long distance shots and Smith help with great tenacious defense that lead to a lot of steals. Matthews and Clear help grab a lot of rebounds and put some back in the basket. Everyone contributed and played very well as a team. The team is slowly learning how to play together and will soon be a great dominant high school team in the Houston area.

Future KG @ The Village High School

6'8" Wanna Bail (2012) shows the looks and style of play like KG. He is one of the promissing young athlete that will be highly recruited in the next coming years. Quick and long can shoot and handle like a guard but decent and strong in the post.

The Village School Jr High Girls

The Village School blow by fast KIPP Academy in a very physical game Thursday night defending their home turf. Vikings led by Hannah Cambel and well coached by Phillis Dallas of Houstonians summer AAU basketball program that has produced quality players out of Houston. Her latest signee to UNC Walita Rolle.

The Village High School

Michael Carey - (2012) Guard and top leading scorer for the Vikings. The Village beat Gulfshores by double digit on Nov 21st for their season's opening game at home. Wannah Bail (2012) F/C contributed in double digit.

I See Red People

As a very proud alum of the University of Houston, I want to acknowledge the fantastic weekend enjoyed by Cougar athletics.

Take a look...

Women's Basketball: went 2 and 0. Sophomore Courtney Taylor was named Conference USA Player of the Week and freshman Roxana Button was named Conference USA Rookie of the Week.

Men's Basketball: went 2 and 1 including a very good win over Western Kentucky 73 to 64 Saturday afternoon. Plus, junior guard Aubrey Coleman earned C-USA Rookie of the Week honors.

Football: blasted then - #24 Tulsa 70 to 30 Saturday night. Swept the weekly C-USA Honors. Also, Named National Team of the Week.
Sophomore quarterback Case Keenum was named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week.
Sophomore cornerback Loyce Means was named C-USA Defensive Player of the Week.
Freshman wide receiver Tyron Carrier was named C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week.

Women's Country: Freshman Stephanie Aldea, for the first time since 1994, was named one of 38 individuals to qualify for the NCAA Divison I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships.

Count them up: Seven individual honors and one team honor for UH athletics. Also, realize of those seven individual honors, not one of the athletes is a senior and just one is a junior. Three sophomores and three freshmen!

Let me paraphrase a famous saying, the future of UH athletics is so bright, UH has to wear shades.

I see Red People...Cougar Red People!