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VYPE Preseason Girl's Basketball: No. 8 Foster Presented by Athlete Training + Health
Foster has become a perennial playoff team, making it five-straight years and advancing to the Regional Quarterfinals the past two seasons. Now, can they make a run in the 2021?
The Falcons bring back some solid pieces including District 24-5A Offensive MVP Imani Ivery. In her sophomore season, Ivery averaged 14.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game.
Also coming back is first-team, all-district selection and ULL-signee Alicia Blanton, who averaged 11.4 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. In the offseason, Foster got a boost to the roster with national-recruit Kaiya Wynn (Tennessee-signee), who moved from Tennessee, where she won the Division II-AA State Championship with Ensworth. Wynn is a four-star recruit and ranked the No. 62 prospect by ESPN.
Other key returners will be second-team, all-district picks Sydney Freeman (6.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg) and Collins Clark (5.7 ppg, 4.8rpg). Foster could be a prime contender in Class 5A this year coming out of Houston.
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VYPE Hoops HS Preseason Girls Event Showcases National Talent
If you walked into the Texas Tornados facility on Saturday, it was a treat for any basketball fan.
Look one way and there was the TAPPS 6A State Champion Village School Vikings. Look the other way there was the Class 6A State Runner-Up Cypress Creek Cougars. Then there was George Ranch, Langham Creek, Atascocita, Foster, Summer Creek, North Shore and the list goes on and on of quality teams and talent on display.
In the evening slot, there was the showcase of national talent.
"It's definitely good for the girls game," Cypress Creek senior Rori Harmon, a Texas-commit, said. "It's good to see everybody and know everybody. We just compete when we get on the court."
(All Photos By Bradley Collier/ VYPE Media)
One of the newest stars in the Houston-area on display wasKaiya Wynn, who moved to Foster during the offseason from Tennessee. The four-star prospect, who is verbally committed to Tennessee, has enjoyed the city thus far and getting to see and workout with other top-tier talent.
"It's super crazy," Wynn said about Saturday's event. "There's definitely not a lot of things like this in Nashville. Being able to come in and show what you can do and then be able to watch the other top recruits good too is special."
In one of the final games of the evening, Cypress Creek played Village School, which pitted Harmon against Jada Malone, a Texas A&M-commit.
"It's fun," Malone said. "Just to play against top competition, at the end of the day we make each other better."
For full list of scores from Saturday's event, click on PDF link below!
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VYPE Interview: Caught up with @CyCreekGBB senior @roriiiharmonnn to talk about being back on the court, playing alongside other national recruits, her commitment to Texas and chasing that state title in 2021! @CyCreekBooster @cycreekhs @CyFairISD @CFISDAthletics @TexasWBB pic.twitter.com/q9Di6yJnw6
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