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WINTER WRAP: Spartans, Mustangs Earn District Titles
BASKETBALL
THE 2021-2022 HOOPS CAMPAIGN WAS A STRONG ONE FOR SPRING BRANCH ISD.
Stratford’s boys shared the District 17-6A title with Cypress Creek, going 12-2 in district play. Stratford finished 27-6 overall, falling to Mayde Creek in the Area playoffs.
Spring Woods was 15-15 overall, Memorial went 10-25 and Northbrook finished 3-25.
Stratford was buoyed by a breakout season from junior guard Keanu Dawes, who will be one of the top talents to keep an eye on in the Class of 2023. Senior forward Luke Hatcher also enjoyed a stellar season for the Spartans.
On the girls’ side, Memorial had an outstanding year, finishing with a program-best 27 wins. The Mustangs shared the 17-6A title with Cypress Creek, going 13-1 in district play.
The prolific-shooting Mustangs were led by premier talents like junior guard Riley McCloskey, junior forward Abigail Tomaski, sophomore forward Nicki Polocheck, and senior center Giana Vlahakos. Memorial reached the Area round.
Stratford joined Memorial in the playoffs. The Spartans went 14-17 overall, 8-6 in district play, to make the postseason for the first time in seven years.
Stratford finished as an Area playoff finalist after routing Bellaire in its BiDistrict playoff game.
Spring Woods went 7-21 overall and Northbrook finished 9-22.
SWIMMING
SPRING BRANCH ISD SENT A STRONG CONTINGENT OF COMPETITORS TO THE UIL CLASS 6A STATE SWIMMING MEET THIS SPRING.
The district’s stars in Austin were the Memorial boys 200-yard medley relay team and Memorial sophomore Kassidy Kitchel.
The Mustangs’ 200 medley relay finished ninth overall with a time of 1:35.32. The team consisted of senior Luca Burns, sophomore Reid Vandervoort, senior Amaury Jayr and junior Oliver Grossman.
Kitchel finished seventh in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:04.21. She also finished 14th in the 100-yard butterfly with a mark of 56.28 seconds.
Burns also finished 15th in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 50.91 seconds. Memorial’s 400- yard freestyle relay team of Jayr, Grossman, Burns and junior Romain Joubert finished 11th with a time of 3:08.20.
SOCCER
STARTFORD REPRESENTED SPRING BRANCH ISD WELL ON THE PITCH, WINNING THE DISTRICT 17-6A GIRLS TITLE IN DOMINANT FASHION.
Stratford went 13-1 in district play. The Spartans won six consecutive games entering the postseason. Once there, Stratford defeated Westside (12-0), Katy (5-0), Tompkins (3-2) and West Brook (1-1 (4-3 PKs) to advance to the Region III-6A Championship match. Stratford fell to Ridge Point and finished the season 20-4-4.
In 28 matches, the Spartans allowed 18 goals while scoring 77.
Memorial also booked a trip to the playoffs as the No. 3 seed out of 17-6A. The Mustangs went 11-3 in district. Memorial fell to Seven Lakes in the Area Round.
Spring Woods finished its season 8-14 overall, going 4-10 in district play and finished fifth in district. Northbrook went 8-11-3 overall.
On the boys side, Northbrook was the lone Spring Branch ISD representative in the playoffs. The Raiders finished fourth in district, going 6-5-3. They finished 8-10-4 overall.
Memorial, Spring Woods and Stratford all fell short of the playoffs. Memorial went 6-7-8 overall, Spring Woods went 7-10-5 overall and Stratford finished 6-11-4.
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Logan LeRoux - Memorial Volleyball
I am so blessed and excited to say I have verbally committed to Texas State University to further my academic and volleyball career. I am thankful for my family, friends and coaches who have helped me along the way. @TexasStateVball @PrepVolleyball @PrepDigTX @Willowbrookvb pic.twitter.com/tBbrJDj7f9
— Logan LeRoux (@Logan_leroux14) December 14, 2020
Logan LeRoux is heading to San Marcos! The Memorial volleyball senior, who helped lead the Mustangs to the District Championship this season, has verbally committed to Texas State. LeRoux led the team in assists with 515 for the 2020 season. She also registered 187 digs and 72 kills for her senior season as well.
Northbrook Boys Basketball
Raiders win!! The boys basketball team defeated Needville with the score of 44-40 in overtime. If you knew all of the adversity they had to go through, you would know why we are so proud. pic.twitter.com/CI55p6DjRf
— Nbraider (@NBraidersbball) December 5, 2020
Northbrook has had a bit of a rough go to start the season but it was all smiles behind the masks on December 5. That day, the Raiders defeated Needville 44-40 for their first victory of the season. A nice win for the Northbrook boys hoopsters.
Reco Griffin - Stratford Football
Congrats to @Reco_Griffin for being named a finalist for the @HoustonTDClub Player of the Year Awards!!! This is a HUGE honor and @StratfordFB1 could not be more proud!!! #SpartanPride #ETRTW @77079Athletics @sbisdathletics @StratfordSBISD pic.twitter.com/hCa48hSJMl
— Stratford Spartan Football (@StratfordFB1) December 11, 2020
The Touchdown Club of Houston gives out annual awards to the best offensive and defensive players in the city. One of the finalists for the TD Club of Houston Defensive Player of the Year Award is Stratford's Reco Griffin. This season, guiding Stratford to a 6-4 overall record, Griffin finished with 55 tackles and a fumble recovery for a touchdown. A nice season for the senior.
Spring Woods Unified Football Game!
All really does mean ALL at SWHS! Love this school and these kids! You make us all so proud! #allmeansall #unifiedsports pic.twitter.com/UEKDKWzHoE
— Spring Woods High (@SpringWoodsHigh) December 4, 2020
For the second-straight year Spring Woods High School held a unified football game. This is an awesome day where life skills students get to experience the Friday Night Lights with playing a football game! Whether that be playing on the field, refereeing the game, being a cheerleader or in the band! This is an awesome event put on by Spring Woods High School.
Memorial Girls Basketball
Top 5 Plays vs. Spring Woods@MHShouston @MHSMustangsBC @MHSMustangHoops @sbisdathletics @HoustonChronHS @TXHSGBB @TXHSBB @vypehouston @girlzprepreport @YourBranchNews pic.twitter.com/nnltpof9dD
— Memorial Basketball (@77024Basketball) December 12, 2020
Entering this week, Memorial girls basketball is on a hot streak, winners of seven-straight games. A win over Spring Woods last week opened district play for the Mustangs. Entering this week, Memorial stands at 9-3 on the year. They are definitely a team to watch in this 2020-2021 season.
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