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AHS Softball: McGlaun and Emswiler

The Atascocita softball team is full of very talented young women and Texan Live has had the honor to speak to a few of them. We spoke with two sophomores, Shelby McGlaun and Madison Emswiler. Both girls are currently communi-cating with major universities in Texas and plan to play softball in college. When asked about their team, both believe that the chemistry between each player is amazing and that they have never been more in sync than now. The Lady Eagles have on goal on their mind: STATE.

Shelby McGlaun is second year varsity and is a pitcher for the Lady Eagles. Last year, she played outfield, howev-er, she seems to have found a perfect fit as their starting pitcher. McGlaun has been solely focusing on softball since she was eight years old, playing on a few select teams like Impact Gold and Sudden Impact, and it has earned her the attention from a very popular university in Texas. In the 7th grade, McGlaun visited Baylor Uni-versity and from then on out her mind has been set. Mc-Glaun is verbally committed to play softball for the Bears and will officially sign in two years (her senior year). When asked why Baylor, McGlaun responded: “I love the coaching staff and the facilities. I felt that if I went to Baylor it would help me improve as a person and not just an athlete.” While Shelby has huge goals for her softball career, which include being four time All-American and the olympics, the goals for these next three season as a Lady Eagle include district and state titles. In addition to Shelby’s softball schedule, she is also an active member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Madison Emswiler is another second year varsity for the Lady Eagles and mainly plays the outfield. Emswiler has been playing softball since she was seven years old and is currently being recruited by Texas Tech University. In addition to softball, Madison is also part of Atascocita’s Choir and is in the top 10% of her graduating class. Some goals that Madison has for her years to come in softball are four time All-American in college and district and state titles in high school.

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The Atascocita softball team is full of very talented young women and Texan Live has had the honor to speak to a few of them. We spoke with two sophomores, Shelby McGlaun and Madison Emswiler. Both girls are currently communi-cating with major universities in Texas and plan to play softball in college. When asked about their team, both believe that the chemistry between each player is amazing and that they have never been more in sync than now. The Lady Eagles have on goal on their mind: STATE.

Shelby McGlaun is second year varsity and is a pitcher for the Lady Eagles. Last year, she played outfield, howev-er, she seems to have found a perfect fit as their starting pitcher. McGlaun has been solely focusing on softball since she was eight years old, playing on a few select teams like Impact Gold and Sudden Impact, and it has earned her the attention from a very popular university in Texas. In the 7th grade, McGlaun visited Baylor Uni-versity and from then on out her mind has been set. Mc-Glaun is verbally committed to play softball for the Bears and will officially sign in two years (her senior year). When asked why Baylor, McGlaun responded: “I love the coaching staff and the facilities. I felt that if I went to Baylor it would help me improve as a person and not just an athlete.” While Shelby has huge goals for her softball career, which include being four time All-American and the olympics, the goals for these next three season as a Lady Eagle include district and state titles. In addition to Shelby’s softball schedule, she is also an active member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Madison Emswiler is another second year varsity for the Lady Eagles and mainly plays the outfield. Emswiler has been playing softball since she was seven years old and is currently being recruited by Texas Tech University. In addition to softball, Madison is also part of Atascocita’s Choir and is in the top 10% of her graduating class. Some goals that Madison has for her years to come in softball are four time All-American in college and district and state titles in high school.

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An Eagle Ends Career With An EagleAHS Baseball’s MotivationTexan Live had the honor of speaking with four seniors from the Atascocita Eagles baseball team. Ethan Klosterboer, Michael Ilardi, Travis Jones, and Hunter Stephenson were the four spokesmen on be-half of the 2014 Co-District Championship team. These young men are key players on this team and have a lot of great things going for them.

Ilardi and Jones will play ball in college and will attend Southwestern University and University of Texas, respectively. Both Klosterboer and Stephenson will attend Texas A&M University in the fall, and while not planning on playing for the university, I am sure they will continue to play the sport all of them have been playing ever since they were little boys. These guys are active in their school, with Ilardi and Jones being in the National Honor Society, Jones being an avid tutor, and all four (along with the rest of the baseball team) being other Atascocita’s sports biggest fans, they have left their mark at Atascocita High School.

In addition to school activities, the team also has participated in some-thing special for the last three years: the Austin Rieniets Memorial (ARM) League that teaches disabled youth how to play baseball. Twice a week the boys go to the youth field they grew up on (Lyndsey Lyon’s) and teach kids from four years old to young adults how to play. Ulti-mately, this opportunity gives these individuals a chance they may have never had if it weren’t for this AHS baseball team. Klosterboer says that, “it’s awesome working with them…seeing the kids have fun and (pure-ly) just enjoy the game, helps you as a player.” These young men are not

only making an impact on these kid’s lives, but also on their own because it is shaping them to be a mature adults. Klosterboer, Ilardi, Jones, and Stephenson all know they were given an opportunity and want to make sure that a disability doesn’t hinder an individual’s passion to play. Ilardi adds “like we say in our prayer, play for the people that can’t play.” Atascocita is doing just that this season. Recently, the Eagles wrapped up their regular season and won the second seed for District 13-5A in the postseason, just behind the other district champion: Klein Collins. The guys have had a great season and are proud of their accomplishments but looking back there a few things they would have done different. Klosterboer stated, “as a competitor it’s cool, co-district champs, but knowing that you were two runs away from having being undefeated and the outright district title, that kind of eats at you…but it motivates you to be better every day.” While the ultimate goal for Atascocita is to finish their season in June with the state championship, Ilardi admits the team just needs to take it “one game at a time.” Good luck to you all boys!

An Eagle Ends Career With An EagleIn only four years, after watching his little brother, Mitchell, play golf; Logan Davis has made a name for himself in the golf program at Atascocita High School. Better yet, Davis has helped put Atascocita golf on the map in high school golf. AHS has only been in existence for eight years, and for two of those eight, Davis has made it to state in back to back years.

Starting from the beginning, Davis first started playing golf his fresh-man year at Atascocita. As this was his first year, he had a few things to learn, but on average his stroke was a 92. There were great mentors in the program at that time, coincidentally one also named Logan, which performed fairly well and he made it to regionals. Regionals, however, was the last stop for the other Logan and at that point no one had ever made it to state. A few years came and went and Davis vastly improved his game, and in his junior year, Davis was the first ever boys golf player to qualify from Atascocita. At the state tournament, Davis tied for 26th out of 72 players.

Coming in to his senior year, Davis had it in his mind to win state. What better way to finish, right? Out of the seven regular season tournaments Davis participated in, he placed 1st in five of them, 2nd in one, and 5th

in the other. At district, Davis placed 3rd and earned a spot in the regional tournament. At regionals, Davis finished 1st and qualified for state. Logan Davis finished 7th out of 72 at state. While it may not be first, he played better than 65 other players on the course that day and made it where so may high school golfers can only dream of. Logan’s average stroke for this senior year was a 73.7…almost twenty strokes better than where he started just four years ago. A unique coincidence out of all of these stats…Logan Davis eagled his last hole of his high school career as an Atascocita Eagle!

In the fall, Davis will attend the University of Houston and will have a spot on their golf team. He would like to play golf professionally one day, however, that’s not until he wins a National Cham-pionship at UH and he earns his diploma. Best of luck to you Logan! Your talent will take you exactly where you want to go in life!

Andrew Legall: We Walk Because Others Can’tAndrew Legall, a junior at Humble High School, is not your ordinary teenager. Yes, he plays sports like tennis and football, plays saxophone in the band, is Vice President of the Key Club, and studies, but he has a particular area of interest: giving back and helping others. Andrew is part of the International Baccalaureate (IB) program for Humble ISD. As discussed in a previous article, this program has specific requirements for the few students that are accepted, with courses more advanced than your typical high school class. One of the requirements for the IB program is community action and service work. With the help of the CAS coordinator, Ms. Hamlet, Legall found a perfect fit for his CAS work: “For mine, I wanted to do something that could benefit a lot of people…” and, that, Ms. Hamlet found!

She came across a company called LIMBS Inter-national and Legall, and three other IB students (Ivan Diaz, Faran Riyaz, and Yesenia Vargas), immediately agreed to this community action service work. LIMBS International is a nonprofit organization that engages communities, or in this case Humble High School, to transform the lives of others by providing funding for durable pros-thetics to third world countries. The prosthetics LIMBS produce are very different than most be-cause they are reasonably priced (about $300 per limb) and are low-maintenance. These limbs are made out of plastic and stainless steel, and are very durable, however, if the prosthetic needs to

be fixed it can be done at minimal costs with parts that could be found at a local hardware store.

The event that Legall helped put on was called the Walk-A-Thon and took place all school day for about a week and a half (due to a limited number of pedometers). All freshmen and a few other clubs/organizations at Humble HS wore a pedom-

eter for the day to count the number of steps they took. Each volunteer had either a set pledge (for example: $20 for the day) or a dollar amount for each step that was taken by the end of the day (for instance, $0.01 for each step). At the end of this event, the Walk-A-Thon had raised enough money for 13 prosthetics, and this was their first year organizing the event!

In result of this, the four IB students are now spokes people for LIMBS International and are spreading the word about Walk-A-Thons. The event is spreading to other schools around Texas, and hopefully soon, around the world. These four Humble HS students help organize walks and pep rallies for interested schools. An even more positive detail to mention is that so far, two more Humble ISD schools are hosting their own Walk-A-Thons to raise money for LIMBS. The heart-felt truth behind what Legall and the other volunteers did is that “we walk because other’s can’t.” These volunteers walking are giving amputees an opportunity that they may have never dreamed of if it hadn’t had been for LIMBS International’s existence. As Legall states, “I’m not proud…just happy that people are getting their lives back.” Well you know what Andrew Legall? Texan Live is proud of all of you for making an impact in someone’s life. We wish you all the best and can’t wait to hear about next year’s event funding many more prosthetics to these amputees.

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Maŕceedez Merchant is a senior at Humble High School and is looking to finish her high school athletic career at the state track meet. She has been running track and participating in field events since she was in middle school, and has been varsity all four years at Humble High School, so wrapping it up with a medal at state would be perfect! At the district meet, Merchant ran sprints (200m dash, 400m relay, and 800m relay) and jumped in the long jump. She qualified for the area meet in two of these events: the 800m relay and long jump. Coach LaCour, her track coach, said, “the hand-offs are good” so she is confident in her girls at the upcoming meets. In the long jump, Maŕceedez took 1st and remains the reigning champion for district 19-4A. Coach LaCour added that “she has a fighting chance to make it to state [in long jump] and we’re rooting for her.” Best of luck Maŕceedez!

In addition to track and field, Maŕceedez also participated in Future Farmers of America (FFA) and raised a lamb and rabbits this year for the Humble Rodeo. Although she did not place with her lamb, she earned second with her rabbits, which is really impressive because this was her first year raising them. When talking, she mentioned the struggle in balancing school, FFA (raising animals), and track, but laughingly summed it up, as “it was fun!”

Maŕceedez is in the top 25% of her class and looks forward to what her future holds. She would like to attend the University of Houston or Sam Houston State University in the fall. As far as continuing her athletic career, if she gets a chance, she will definitely run, however, if not she won’t be upset. Merchant has a lot of poten-tial and a bright future ahead of her. Good luck the rest of your senior year, Maŕceedez! *Regional results: Maŕceedez Merchant placed sixth in the long jump with a 17’ 4” jump.

Merchant Has a Fighting ChanceAndrew Legall: We Walk Because Others Can’t

eter for the day to count the number of steps they took. Each volunteer had either a set pledge (for example: $20 for the day) or a dollar amount for each step that was taken by the end of the day (for instance, $0.01 for each step). At the end of this event, the Walk-A-Thon had raised enough money for 13 prosthetics, and this was their first year organizing the event!

In result of this, the four IB students are now spokes people for LIMBS International and are spreading the word about Walk-A-Thons. The event is spreading to other schools around Texas, and hopefully soon, around the world. These four Humble HS students help organize walks and pep rallies for interested schools. An even more positive detail to mention is that so far, two more Humble ISD schools are hosting their own Walk-A-Thons to raise money for LIMBS. The heart-felt truth behind what Legall and the other volunteers did is that “we walk because other’s can’t.” These volunteers walking are giving amputees an opportunity that they may have never dreamed of if it hadn’t had been for LIMBS International’s existence. As Legall states, “I’m not proud…just happy that people are getting their lives back.” Well you know what Andrew Legall? Texan Live is proud of all of you for making an impact in someone’s life. We wish you all the best and can’t wait to hear about next year’s event funding many more prosthetics to these amputees.

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Kingwood’s Softball SistersWhen you play on a team, or are in the same organization with a group of people, sometimes a bond is formed and members are sometimes referred to as brothers or sisters. This is the case for Kingwood High School’s softball team; however, literally, there are four sets of biological sisters between the varsity and junior varsity teams.

Lindsay and Lacy Gregory are twins that are sophomores and play on varsity together. Maddy and Abby Johnson are twins that are freshmen and play on junior varsity together. Brook and Ashley Johnson are sisters, one of which being a freshman and the other a junior, that play for junior varsity and varsity, respectively. Anna (senior) and Abby (sophomore) Olejniczak are sisters that play on varsity together. These eight were a joy to speak with and their personalities ranged from best friends forever to you’re my competitor, but one thing in common was that they all enjoyed the experience of being on the same team as their sibling. Although it may have its ups and downs, at the end of the day, their number one fan, biggest critic, and best mentor is each other.

The Gregory and Johnson twins are the two sets that don’t know what it’s like not to play softball with their sibling: “I don’t know what it’s not like to play on the same team as my sister. She’s my best friend. She’s always with me.” states Abby Johnson. Lindsay Gregory added, “We have played together our whole lives. It’s really helpful because she can see what I am doing wrong and she can help me fix it and I can do the same for her.” This kind of rela-tionship really strengthens a team and the bond between sisters.

The Johnson and Olejniczak sisters, on the other hand, are two grade levels apart so they have not always had the opportunity to play on the same team together. Currently, Anna and Abby Olejniczak do, however, Brook and Ashley Johnson do not. Anna thinks that “it’s fun because it’s her last year” while Abby adds that “she (Anna) is a great player so I get to learn from her.” Both Anna and Abby play outfield for KHS softball, so they are able to learn a lot from one another. The Johnson sister’s play for different teams for the softball program, however, Brook admits that “they’ve never played together, but growing up I’ve always watched her

pitch and she’s always been a role model.” Both are pitchers for their respective teams, and it seems as if Brook has really grown as an athlete through looking up to her older sister. Ashley is current-ly a junior at Kingwood and has a verbal commitment to play at Belmont University in Nashville.

As far as college goes, six of them are still a little too young to have made any definite decisions, however, if any D1 schools ap-proach Abby Olejniczak or if a softball program takes the Gregory twins as a package deal, there may be a few more commitments. For now though, Ashley Johnson is verbally committed to Bel-mont University to play softball and Anna Olejniczak will attend Texas A&M University in the fall. Despite maybe not extending their softball career, pop up games and intermural sports are al-ways a definite possibility as softball has been a part of their life.

Kingwood softball is currently on a winning streak in the postsea-son. Without looking back and referencing to last year, the girls hope to win state. Lindsay Gregory was a freshman on last year’s team and states that their main goal for the rest of this season is to “take it game by game and finish out the season strong. We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves.” The girls recently had a huge win against district rivals, Atascocita, that were ranked #1 in the state and the response to this comment was “we really needed that win.” The girls admit to growing so much as a team in these last few weeks and all they need to do is “get on a roll and just go with it.” Well good luck, girls! We cannot wait to see how this season unfolds for Kingwood HS.

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Kingwood’s Softball Sisters

Lindsay and Lacy Gregory Maddy and Abby Johnson

Anna and Abby Olejniczak Brooke and Ashley Johnson

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When walking around Kingwood High School it is not un-common to see “A Winning Tradition” painted on the walls. At first, it seemed as if it was a motto, however, now it is obvious that they are words to live by. Recently, Texan Live had the honor of speaking with the 2013-14 District Cham-pions: Kingwood girl’s soccer. Not only did the girls domi-nate district this year, and make it to the regional semifinals in the postseason but also this was the girl’s 24th year to win district! Talk about a winning tradition!

The two senior captains, Esdenia Gonzalez and Adrianna Suarez, led a remarkable team this year with a goal of “4 and more!” Hannah Childs, Ellen Braden, Jenny Martin, Caitlin Young, Alexa Goodman, Laurel Hansen, Brook Brady, and Christina Remmes wrapped up the senior roster for this year. In addition to these ladies, we also got a chance to speak to junior commits, Kennedy Brown (Baylor) and Breezy Moore (Stephen F. Austin) that were impact players this season and will return for the (fingers crossed) 25th district championship.

These girls displayed a unique chemistry amongst each oth-er, and it seems rightly so because they have been playing soccer together for so long and love the sport itself. The girls respect one another, and a lot of credit was given to the captains from this year encouraging openness and positivity. For instance, Moore brought up when Suarez told her “not to get down on myself…just flick it off” and Moore would just ‘flick it off’ during the game. It’s circumstances like this that united this team.

This season, Kingwood claimed the district title and ad-vanced to the postseason. Kingwood beat next year’s district opponent College Park (5-0), Cedar Ridge (2-1), and the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year, Austin Westlake (2-1). Beating these teams was great, but especial-ly Austin Westlake since there is so much animosity between the two teams. Then, in the regional semis, Kingwood was up against McKinney and lost in the last two minutes of the game, 2-1. The girl’s thoughts on this loss are that after beat-ing Westlake they “were content. We looked past the current game and were not focused and our mentality wasn’t right,” said Brady. Although a tough loss, the girls are looking for-ward to the upcoming season.

As of now, Gonzalez, Suarez, and Remmes are committed to play soccer in college, Northwestern State University, Stetson, and Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi, respec-tively. The remaining seniors all plan to attend college in the fall. Moore and Brown, the current juniors on the team, have very high expectations to uphold and plan on taking it one game at a time and not to underestimate their opponents. The ultimate goal is even bigger than this last year: “5 and more!”

Kingwood’s 24 Winning Seasons Award Selections

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This season, Kingwood claimed the district title and ad-vanced to the postseason. Kingwood beat next year’s district opponent College Park (5-0), Cedar Ridge (2-1), and the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year, Austin Westlake (2-1). Beating these teams was great, but especial-ly Austin Westlake since there is so much animosity between the two teams. Then, in the regional semis, Kingwood was up against McKinney and lost in the last two minutes of the game, 2-1. The girl’s thoughts on this loss are that after beat-ing Westlake they “were content. We looked past the current game and were not focused and our mentality wasn’t right,” said Brady. Although a tough loss, the girls are looking for-ward to the upcoming season.

As of now, Gonzalez, Suarez, and Remmes are committed to play soccer in college, Northwestern State University, Stetson, and Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi, respec-tively. The remaining seniors all plan to attend college in the fall. Moore and Brown, the current juniors on the team, have very high expectations to uphold and plan on taking it one game at a time and not to underestimate their opponents. The ultimate goal is even bigger than this last year: “5 and more!”

Kingwood’s 24 Winning Seasons

Defensive MVP: Mari Gillespie, 10th GradeOffensive MVP. Breezy Moore, 11th Grade

MVP Adrianna Suarez, 12th Grade

1st Team All State Breezy Moore, 11th GradeMari Gillespie, 10th Grade

2nd Team All StateAdrianna Suarez, 12th Grade

TASCO All Region 1st TeamAdrianna Suarez, 12th GradeBreezy Moore, 11th GradeMari Gillespie, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention All DistrictJennifer Martin, 12th Grade

Lindsey Leatherwood, 10th GradeKennedy Brown, 11th Grade

1st Team All DistrictSloane Scharold, 10th Grade

Ellen Braden, 12th GradeHannah Childs, 12th Grade

Christina Remmes, 12th GradeEsdeina Gonzalez, 12th Grade

2nd Team All DistrictAlexa Cerrato, 11th GradeLaurel Hansen, 12th GradeCaitlin Young, 12th GradeLindsey Fitz, 11th Grade

Award SelectionsAll District, All Region, All State

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Kingwood Park’s girl’s track and field team is a small varsity team, but don’t let that fool you, because this season these few young ladies made quite an impact! They fin-ished a close second at their dis-trict meet (lost by a single point to Summer Creek) and placed 1st at the area meet. The girls advanced to regionals in ten different events, which included all three relays!

Texan Live spoke to seniors: Court-ney Broussard, Breanna Olson, Sara Brenner, juniors: Katelyn Parker, Ivanna Soto, Fallon Sprag-gins, Friddaus Amadu, Erindy Beloney, Jamie Contreras, Avery Harlan, Tavia Marshall, Heidi Friar, sophomore: Rebecca Lewallen, and freshman: Melanie Rinaudo. These girls were a lively group to talk to! Most of these girls have been running track since middle school, with the one exception of senior, Olson, that decided to try some-thing new this year and switched from softball to track. The switch seems be to very fitting considering

she is the first leg of the regional qualifying 800m relay! All of the girls have high expectations after high school and would like to run at the collegiate level. As of right now, Broussard is the only one committed to run in college (at University of Louisiana-Lafayette) however, most have prospects or plans.

One of the most unique responses from the interview was when they were asked about their most mem-orable occurrence from this season. In unison, the team told a story about Magnolia Relays, just before the last event: the 1600m relay. It was their first track meet that all of the girls had multiple events and they were tired! Just before the four relay runners really let the tiredness set in, they see all of Kingwood Park’s track and field athletes (boys and girls) lined up along the track chanting “I believe…” this gave the girls the motivation they needed to finish the meet and the race! Kingwood Park came togeth-

er in such a special way to finish the meet strong! Another favorite is the bus ride home from meets when the Coach Myers presents the girls with their medals. It’s a huge ordeal on the bus and three of the girls even MC the event with “music” (drumming on the top of the bus) and all!

When talking to the team, all agreed on a common goal for regionals, and that was to win as a team and qualify as many people to state as possible. Unfortunate-ly, the girls ended finishing 4th at the regional meet this last week-end behind Texas City, Pearland Dawson, and Fort Bend Marshall. Despite not finishing first as a team, two girls did qualify for the state meet: Friddaus Amadu for the 300m hurdles (for the third year in a row) and Heidi Friar for high jump. This season is not over with yet for Kingwood Park girl’s track and field…Texan Live believes in the two of you! Good luck at state Amadu and Friar!

Kingwood Park BelievesKingwood Park Believes High Expectations for K-Park Soccer

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Kingwood Park BelievesKingwood Park BelievesKingwood Park High School has quite a variety of student athletes on their girl’s soccer team. Texan Live spoke with six seniors: Carly Naylor, Katie Grillet, Kaitlin Sterner, Kasey Stokdyk, Vanessa Valadez, and Sami LeDuc, that all have quite a story. One special, and unique, detail about the girls is that most of them have been playing on the same team since they were 4 or 5 years old in youth and select teams. When talking about this, simultaneously, the girls exclaimed, “Killer Whales!” This, apparently, was one of their childhood teams.

These six seniors have been together for most of their lives, and upon this year’s graduation, will all go different ways.

-Kasey Stokdyk (left center back) will graduate from Kingwood Park High School as the valedictorian of class of 2014. In the fall, she will attend Bay-lor University where she will study biology or biochemistry, with plans of attending medical school. Although she does not plan on playing soccer at the collegiate level, she does hope to play some pick up games or intermu-ral.

-Kaitlin Sterner (goalkeeper) is a Uni-versity of Houston commit and plans on majoring in engineering.-Vanessa Valadez (forward) is a South-ern Methodist University commit and plans to study sports medicine. Out of all of the girls, Valadez would love to pursue a professional career in soccer. The girls jokingly agreed and said they can’t wait to watch her on television playing for the Women’s National team.-Carley Naylor (defensive center mid) is part of K-Park’s drum line and is the drum captain for the 2013-14 school year. She has earned numerous awards for band and will be competing in the indoor drum line competition this weekend. Upon graduation, Naylor will attend Oklahoma State Univer-sity where she will study veterinary medicine.-Katie Grillet (midfield) will attend Texas Tech University where she plans on majoring in biology. Ultimately, she would like to become a physical therapist.-Sami LeDuc (midfield) will attend Tarleton this next year and then plans on transferring in to Texas A&M Uni-versity to study psychology. LeDuc also participates in K-Park’s track and

field, running sprints and pole vault.

Together these girls had a remarkable season. Kingwood Park girl’s soccer team is the 2013-14 district champions and they made it to the third round of the playoffs! Great job girls! Unfor-tunately in the third round, the girls lost to Spring Woods, a team they had beaten twice this year, in a shootout 3-2. Girls, the six of you have built a legacy for Kingwood Park and have set high expectations for the lower classmen. You all will be remembered for not only what you accomplished on the field as a team, but for your individual determination and goals.

High Expectations for K-Park Soccer

Summer Creek’s Advancing Seven GirlsLast year, Summer Creek boy’s track and field team swept district, area, regionals, and state. This year, so far, is not any different. Pictured above are the boys that qualified for the regional meet. In case you’d like to skip counting there are SIXTEEN that qualified! At the regional meet, the boys won the overall meet and will advance to state in the 400m relay, 800m run, 200m dash, 1600m run, 1600m relay, and shot put.

The boy’s are looking for another championship this year! Gold medalist 1600m relay team and Aaron Sharp, an indi-vidual 200m gold medalist, has every intention repeating their championship. Together this team can accomplish great things. Sharp stated that this year they are going to “try to get as many events in the state meet as possible and get the numbers” with Sydney Washington (400m & 1600m relay runner) chiming in: “repeat!” With this group of guys, it is very likely, especially since they qualified in multiple events.

After speaking to these guys, it is clear that they posses the talent that they need to win the championship. Between the student athletes and the coaching staff, this team is set up for success. Coach Ervin, the boy’s head track coach, has been

with these boys every step of the way in Summer Creek’s few short years of existence, and has witnessed first hand what the boy’s are capable of: a State Championship. Aaron Sharp, Adrian Hobley, and Sydney Washington all know what it’s like to wear the state championship ring and hope to add a second for their senior year.

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Summer Creek T&F: Repeat?

Summer Creek’s Advancing Seven Girls

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Summer Creek’s athletics program has some very talented athletes. We have highlighted the boys track and field team, however, never before now had we talked to the girls. Come to find out, these girls are a diamond in the ruff. Along with the boys, these girls won district and did awesome at the area meet this last weekend. The girls qualified in 7 events: 100m dash, 400m dash, 800m run, 100m hurdles, 1600m relay, shot put, and discus.

There are three seniors and four juniors on the team advancing to regionals. Results from the area meet are as follows:

Destini Thomas (senior) 2nd place 100m dash.Bryanah Rideaux (junior) 2nd place 400m dash.Angelica Jacobs (junior) 2nd place 800m run.Briana Littlejohn (junior) 2nd place 100m hurdles.Angelica Jacobs, Bryanah Rideaux, Toni Gardner, Mahagany Arce-neaux- 2nd place 1600m relayNikki Benjamin (senior) 1st place shot put and 2nd place discus

Of the three seniors, Thomas and Gardner have no future plans in participating in track and field after high school, however, Benjamin is definitely taking it into consideration. Right now, she is communi-cating with schools, and has been offered, but no final decision has been made. One thing she did note is that she would like to stay here (Houston area).

This season has been a winning and memorable season for Summer Creek girls track. At UT-Austin, the girls had the opportunity to meet Sanya Richards-Ross (1600m relay and 400m dash Olympian) and

it truly made an impact. Thomas proclaimed that this was one Wof the most memorable events because “she is an inspiration to me!” Gardner also added that her favorite memory was the district track meet after the 1600m relay because “we were tired but we were all smiling.” At the completion of the relay, it was final—the girls had won district, something they all worked very hard for. District was a sweet victory but state would be oh so much better.

The girls are very confident and have every reason to be. According to Coach Ervin, “they are lined up pretty good. They’ve got a good chance in going to state.” Two of the girls have already competed in the state meet with Rideaux even placing 3rd in the 400m dash and 400m relay last year. Right now there are seven events advancing and by the end of day Saturday, we will know who advances to the state track meet in Austin. Benjamin proclaimed that she is “ready to go to state” and, I believe, that statement goes for all the girls.

**Girls advancing from the regional meet include: Angelica Jacobs (800m run), Bryanah Rideaux (400m dash), and Nikki Benjamin (shot put). Good luck at state, girls!

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