Category Archives: Athletics

Waltrip basketball player chosen for All-Star game

Photo Credit: Michael Sudhalter/The Leader News

A Waltrip High School senior basketball player has received a big honor – he’s been selected to play in the Houston Area Basketball Coaches Association All-Star game.

Nathan Washington has been a varsity starter for three years and will continue his basketball career at Grandview College in Des Moines, Iowa. In an interview with The Leader News earlier this year, he said he plans to study criminal justice or kinesiology.

Waltrip has been previously been represented in the all-star game three times, including by Washington’s older brother, Milton. Milton Washington now plays basketball at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

The game will be held at Phillips Field House, 2902 Dabney Dr. in Pasadena, on May 8. The time has not been set yet.

North Forest HS wins $12.7K athletics grant

North Forest High School will enhance and upgrade its athletics department’s strength and conditioning equipment thanks to a $12,700 grant from Muscle Milk.

The school submitted a statement, photos, and videos to let the 2013 Muscle Milk Recovery Grant Program know about their needs. The school said it had flooring that was cracked and corroded, preventing core training and sitting exercises, and cracked asphalt that made running challenging. Many of the machines and weights were rusted, and the weight benches had torn leather and holes. The school said it was lacking mirrors and cardiovascular and aerobic machines.

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Board of Education votes to repurpose Jones and move Dodson

Jones to become specialized Futures Academy; Dodson students will move to Blackshear, Lantrip, and the Rusk School

The HISD Board of Education on Thursday voted 6 to 3 to repurpose Jones High School into a specialized Futures Academy with trustees Rhonda Skillern-Jones, Anna Eastman, and Paula Harris opposed. Trustees also voted 5 to 4 to close Dodson Elementary. Anna Eastman, Rhonda Skillern-Jones, Wanda Adams and Paula Harris were in opposition. These votes come after weeks of debate and conversation including nearly 75 comments from concerned citizens during the board’s meeting and the removal of three schools from the original closure and consolidation proposal.

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Yates HS boys basketball team plays for state title

Yates High School’s boys basketball team will play for the district 3A state championship at 10 a.m. Saturday in Austin. The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports Southwest Plus.

Yates will be playing the same team it played in the title game last year, Dallas’ Madison High School. Yates lost that game and is hoping to avenge that loss. The players’ sprits are high after beating Kennedale, which had been undefeated this season, in the state semifinals game on Thursday.

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This level of play is nothing new to Yates, who competed for the state championship in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013. The program won back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010.

Austin HS girls soccer team advances to playoffs

Austin High School’s Lady Mustangs Soccer Team has won the 44-4A district championship.

The team moves on to the first round of the playoffs, where they will take on Pearland’s Dawson High School on March 25.

Seven of the players are seniors who have played together for their entire high school careers. They’ve been to the playoffs each year and always moved up in the standings.

Yates High School returns to state tournament; Semi-final game Thursday

Sendoff pep rally today, watch party planned for weekend

In honor of Jack Yates High School boys’ basketball team’s return trip to compete for another state title, the Yates band and cheerleading team will host a pep rally at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5 in the school’s auditorium (3703 Sampson St, Houston, TX 77004). The event will highlight student-athletes’ achievements and serve as the final spirit-fest for a 23-9 team that is hoping to win it all in Austin. The team will load buses immediately following the event.

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HISD athletic director honored by fellow administrators

Marmion Dambrino wins Kelly Reeves State Award of Merit from NIAAA

Houston ISD Athletic Director Marmion Dambrino, center, Whataburger's Jeff Altman, left, and Pauletta Reeves, right, pose with the NIAAA Kelly Reeves State Award of Merit presented to Dambrino at Texas High School Athletic Directors Association luncheon, March 3, 2014. (Houston ISD/Dave Einsel)

Houston ISD Athletic Director Marmion Dambrino, center, Whataburger's Jeff Altman, left, and Pauletta Reeves, right, pose with the NIAAA Kelly Reeves State Award of Merit presented to Dambrino at Texas High School Athletic Directors Association luncheon, March 3, 2014. (Houston ISD/Dave Einsel)

HISD Athletic Director Marmion Dambrino has received the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrator Association (NIAAA) Kelly Reeves State Award of Merit.

The honor was presented at the Texas High School Athletic Directors Association annual state convention in Houston on Monday.

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Top hoopsters hit the courts in 74th annual HISD tourney

Thirty-one of the Houston area’s best prep teams will begin three days of action Thursday in the 74th annual HISD Boys Basketball Tournament at nine district locations – and they’ll combine play with holiday giving.

Fans bringing two nonperishable food items and one unwrapped toy will gain free admission, with no re-entry permitted. The toys will go to the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots Drive, and the food will benefit the Houston Food Bank. Collection points will be located at each site for those who want to contribute additional items.

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