From Mike Tenney’s Bellaire-West U sports desk…
For the first time in school history Bellaire HS had two girls and one boy qualify for the 6A state cross country meet last month in Round Rock. Junior Komet Jimata on the boys side and sophomore Cate Urbina and freshman Anh Ho for the girls were the Cardinals’ representatives. Jimata ran an excellent race at state, placing 46th in a field of more than 150 runners with a solid 15:47 for the 5,000-meter course. Jimata completed the first of three miles with a 4:59 and had a 10:05 heading into his third mile. The winning time was a 14:34 by a runner from Louisville Flower Mound, as only four boys were clocked at under 15 minutes.
On the girls side, Urbani and Ho both placed in the top 80 among a large group of nearly 160 runners, with Urbani 74th overall with an 18:53 while Ho was not far behind in in 80th place with an 18:57. Urbani covered the first miles on 5:55 and was at the 12 -minute mark after the second mile. Ho was pretty much even with Urbani the first mile, completing it in a time of 5:56 and she was at 12:01 at the 2-mile mark. The fastest time for the girls’ 6A state championship was a 16:38 and only four girls completed the race in less than 17 minutes. Coppell was the girls 6A state champion with 79 points. Schools had to have five runners to be eligible for a team state championship…
Lamar senior Camilio Meisel had a strong effort at that 6A state cross country meet, coming in 39th. Meisel closed with a time of 15:42.29 over the 5,000-meter course, finishing just ahead of Strake Jesuit runner Erik Lara, who was first for the Crusaders and 38th in the pack with a 14:40.93 time. The Crusaders had their whole team make it to the state meet after they won the Region III championship. Meisel was the only runner from Lamar to reach the state finals…
Success for two St. John’s girls teams. The SJS field hockey team recently put the exclamation point on a great undefeated fall season by winning the Southwest Preparatory Conference tournament championship in Dallas. The key was outstanding defense, not allowing a point in the three conference tournament games. The Mavericks, coached by Craig Chambers, was the top seed going in and had a first-round bye before starting the tournament with a 4-0 win over Oakridge, which had began the postseason with a 5-1 triumph over St. Andrew’s. That win moved them to the semifinals, where they eliminated St. Stephen’s 3-0 for each finals. In the championship game, they defeated Monique for the third time this season, 3-0 to boost their championship trophy high in the sky. Senior Frederique Fry, senior Jaya Irishman, senior Natalie Stone, junior Kate Ainbinder, junior Sophia Castore, senior Isabel Chambers, freshman Maggie Chang, freshman Sloan Davidson, junior Piper Edwards, senior May McCabe, junior Sadie McCabe, junior Sinclair Mott, senior Amelie Perrier, senior Hartley Post, junior Eloise Reasoner, junior Meg Shelburne, junior Kennedy Sholeen, junior Mary VanLoh, freshman Megan Wetzel, Amelia Williams, and senior Amy Worscheh were the players on the St. John’s field hockey team. The Lady Mavs were 9-0 in the SPC and a very impressive 19-0-1 for the season…
The St John’s girls were also SPC champions in volleyball, knocking off defending champion Episcopal, 3-1 in the finals in Dallas to put the wraps on a strong finish to their season. The Mavericks coached by Shelbi Irvin, were the top seed entering the event and lost just one match during their three tournament wins. They opened the SPC fall tournament with a 3-0 sweep of Houston Christian and then defeated Episcopal School of Dallas on strange turf by 3-0 to reach the finals. St. John’s finished with a 22-10 record, including a perfect 9-0 mark in the conference. Seniors Abbey Hawes and Alexandra Lewis, Caitlin Ellithorpe, Lena McZeal and Siena Zerr, and juniors Eliza Holt, Celia Adams, Alexa Addison, Allison Biegel, Savannah Farmer, Ana Marie Rodriguez, and sophomores Morgan Grace, Nova Manning, and Reese Ramirez, were the players on the St. John’s championship volleyball team…
For the second time in three years, Kinkaid won the Southwest Preparatory Conference football Class 4A championship, defeating Episcopal, 41-21 at Delmar Stadium. The teams were tied at 14 at halftime before the Falcons got things cranking in the second half with four touchdowns. Either Kinkaid, led by head coach Nathan Lerner, or Episcopal, under the guidance of Steve Leisz, has played in every SPC football title game since 2009. They have also met 5 times since then in the finals with the Knights leading that series 3-2, although the Falcons have won the last two. Despite the loss, Episcopal defensive back Jordan Wells thwarted a couple of more Kinkaid scoring opportunities with two interceptions, including one in the end zone in the first half. The teams last during the regular season and the game ended in a 7-7 tie after the second half was canceled due to inclement weather and lightning in the area..
Congratulations to all three Episcopal HS cheerleader squads for winning their respective divisions at the Lone Star Classic cheer competition at NRG Arena, not far from the Episcopal campus. The varsity cheerleaders won the varsity division while the junior varsity squad was first in its group and the freshmen brought home gold in the ninth grade category…
Lamar HS senior speedster Zane Knipe ended the Texans regular season on a personal high note when he was named their Special Teams Player of the Week after they knocked off Chavez 45-35 in their season finale. Knipe, who is 6-foot-1, 190 pounds, earned the honor by returning a kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown in the win. He was also the Texans Offensive Player of the Week in Week 8, catching six passed for 98 yards and one touchdown as the Texans beat Bellaire 30-7. Lamar once again finished the regular season as the District 18-6A champions with A perfect 6-0 record. Knipe scored seven touchdowns in those six strict wins. Lamar finished 7-3 in its first season under new head coach Michael Lindsey…
The St. Thomas Episcopal boys and girls cross country teams each finished in the top five at last month’s TAPPS 4A state meet at Cottonwood classic Country Club in Waco. The boys were fourth overall scoring 147 points to place nearly 50 ahead of the fifth-place Geneva School. The Hawks just missed out on a top-three finish, coming in behind John Paul II of New Braunfels, which was third with 143 points. The Woodlands Christian won with just 37 points and Cristo The Dallas was second with 77. STE junior Joel Hrncir had the boys only top finish, placing tenth with an 18:44.6. The rest of the St. Thomas runners who rounded out the scoring were close to each other, with freshman Jacob King second for his team and 30th overall with a 20:07.7 Fellow freshman Aiden O’Neil was third for the Hawks and 36th overall with a 20:33.4. Senior Arvind Mohan was right behind him in 36th place to complete the scoring with a 20:37.5 as that trio was only 30 seconds apart.
The STE girls finished tied for fifth place with Lubbock Christian and their squad each notching 150 points, but they were only nine points from finishing second. The Woodlands Christian, with its five runners in the top seven, dominated the competition and won with just 22 points. Cristo Rey was third with 143, and John Paul II was fourth with 145.
St. Thomas Episcopal junior Reese McDermott kept The Woodlands Christian from running the medal table by placing third in the state with a 13:43.6 for the individual bronze medal. The Woodlands Christian had the first, second and third place runners in the event. Senior Phoebe Valdez came in second for her team and 27th overall with a time of 15:22. Freshman Bhartha Mohan was third for the Hawks with a 15:43:9. Freshman Caitlyn Hsu and senior Ellen Tillery were side-by-side at the finish line for STE’s final points with Hsu officially coming in 57th while Tillery was 58th. They were both clocked at 16:47.7 for their run…
In his first middle school basketball game, Emery\Weiner seventh grader Eddie Kalmin had an outstanding 28 points to lead the Jaguars to a high-ranking 62-49 win over the Fort Bend Christian seventh grade. Each week school officials choose an Athlete of the Week, and Kalmin won the honor that week. Consider that he was essentially scoring a point a minute, as middle schools play four last-minute quarters or games that are 24 minutes long…
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