Happy Father's Day to all of Texas private and parochial high school Dads out there!
From the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field in Eugene, Oregon, Houston Strake Jesuit alum Frank Lara was second through 5,600 meters of Friday night's 10,000 meters, but ended up finishing 18th in 28:45.41 in an incredibly tough field.
Fellow Houston Strake Jesuit alum Matthew Boling ran 10.13 in the first round of the 100 meters to qualify for Sunday's semifinal at 8:19 p.m. Pacific time.
+ We probably missed this being announced earlier, but the following athletes and coaches were recently recognized by the Texas Track & Field Coaches Association (TTFCA). They included:
Private School Track: Autumn Wilson (Austin St. Dominic Savio) & Ben Shearer (The Woodlands Christian Academy)
Private School Field: Faith Mitchell (Houston St. Agnes) & Augustus Henry (Marble Falls Faith Academy)
Private School Coaches: Kristi Robbins (Houston St. Agnes) & Marsha Martin (Cypress Christian)
This is the fifth straight year that the TTFCA has recognized private and parochial school athletes and coaches. Thank you!
+ We see a lot of summer baseball activity for a lot of Texas private and parochial high school baseball players in our Twitter feed. While we'd love to recap a lot of that activity, our biggest fear is that we'd miss somebody. Please make sure you follow @PSTxHSBaseball for a lot of this activity.
+ At the Sam Brown state qualifying tournament at Grand Oaks High School for the Texas State 7-on-7 tournament coming up next weekend, Houston Strake Jesuit went 2-0 in pool play with wins over Fort Bend Clements, 28-8, and Goose Creek Memorial, 38-24, but lost by two in bracket play to Cy-Fair, 28-26. Bellaire Episcopal is competing in a qualifier on Sunday at the same location.
+ On Thursday, Dave Campbell's Texas Football's managing editor Greg Tepper named Fort Worth Nolan's David Beaudin and Shiner St. Paul's Jake Wachsmuth as two of his 10 most underrated Texas High School Football Coaches.
+ Kudos to Lubbock Christian High School for hosting Saturday's Greater West Texas Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game for UIL 1A-3A schools.
+ In Texas Basketball Championships' Summer State Basketball Tournament in Grapevine, the following Texas private and parochial high school programs competed:
In the 1A/2A division, Denton Calvary went 1-3 and Lucas Christian went 0-4. Denton Calvary only lost to pool winner Tolar by four, 47-43. Then in bracket play on Saturday, Irion County defeated Lucas Christian, 58-48, while Denton Calvary fell to Maud, 54-39. Lucas Christian will play James Bowie and Denton Calvary will take on Lee Academy in the consolation round on Sunday.
In the 3A division, Fort Worth Country Day School went 1-2 in pool play, beat Nocona by one (44-43) before losing to Hemphill by three (39-36) and getting routed by Callisburg. In bracket play Saturday evening, Abernathy beat Country Day, 48-34, and the Falcons will face Callisburg again today in the consolation round.
In the 4A division, Denton Liberty Christian ties for first with two other teams in pool play at 2-1, getting a 48-46 win over Anna and a 38-36 victory over Lake Worth before dropping a big decision to Waxahachie Life, 41-25. In bracket play Saturday night, Liberty Christian dropped a one-point decision to Robinson, 53-52, and draws Bridgeport in consolation action on Sunday.
In the 5A/6A division, Midland Christian split their four games in pool play with losses to Grapevine (63-58) and Coppell (58-41) before posting wins over Wichita Falls Rider (44-31) and Mansfield Summit (72-70). The latter was a four-overtime classic. In the opening round of bracket play, Midland Christian fell 42-32 to Denton Braswell and will play Wichita Falls Rider today in consolation round play.
+ We still need to recap the TAPPS Sand Volleyball Tournament from this past week, as well as a couple of other activities recently.
+ We're also working on updating our entire list of former Texas private and parochial high school baseball athletes who are playing minor or major league baseball.
COMMITMENTS
Fort Worth Nolan '22 Curlee Thomas IV to the University of California (announced via Twitter on 6/18/2021)
OFFERS
Beaumont Kelly '25 QB Roy Thomas Jenkins by the University of Houston (announced via Twitter on 6/19/2021)
Fort Worth Nolan '23 DE Kaleb James by the University of Arkansas (announced via Twitter on 6/19/2021)
Houston Strake Jesuit '22 TE Thomas Jewett by the University of Buffalo (announced via Twitter on 6/19/2021)
(Note: On commitments, signings and offers, we're only sharing what we see in our feed. We're not going out and capturing the work done by others. If you want us to know directly or when you retweet, tag us @LSCSN please.)
+ Please don't hesitate to send us any information via Direct Message @LSCSN or e-mail Jon at walksports@gmail.com. We're not perfect in catching everything, but we're going to always attempt to do our best - with what time we have available - to give as much coverage - without it being paid for (like some places) - as we can to all sports.
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