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Page 11- Kingwood Tennis
Page 3- Humble ISD Alignments
Page 12- Kingwood Park King & Edmonson
Page 4- Humble ISD School Districts
Page 13- Kingwood Park #FTK
Page 5- National Signing Day 2014
Page 14- Summer Creek Selfless Individual
Page 6- Atasocita Softball
Page 15- Summer Creek Running to State
Page 7- Eagles Basketball
Page 16- Banded Brigade Outdoors 5k
Page 8- Brent Walker of Humble
Page 17- How To Sign Up
Page 9- Humble’s Rising Wrestler
Page 18- Texan Live live streams
Page 10 - Kingwood Ivy League Contender
Page 19- Life’s a Hoot
2014-2016 Humble ISD Alignments Atascocita High School Goes from 19 4-A to 16 6-A
Humble High School Goes from 19 4-A to 21 5-A
Kingwood High School Goes from 13 5-A to 16 6-A
Kingwood Park High School Going from 19 4-A to 21 5-A
Summer Creek High School Going from 19 4-A to 16 6-A
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21 5-A Schools
16 6-A Schools
Dayton Galena Park Humble Kingwood Park Barbers Hill New Caney Porter CE King Conroe
Oak Ridge The Woodlands College Park Atascocita Kingwood Summer Creek
National Signing Day 2014
Atascocita Greg Campbell Jr.-University of Texas San Antonio Logan Davis- McLennan College Hannah Hearn- Texas Lutheran University Ariel Jones- University of Texas Joseph Salazar- University of Nevada-Las Vegas Karly Kliever- University of Central Arkansas Lori White- Hill College
Kingwood Park Courtney Broussard- University of Louisiana-Lafayette Caronline Hart- Northern Oklahoma College Kaitlin Sterner- University of Houston Allen Stewart- Stephen F. Austin University Caleb Lewallen- Stephen F. Austin University Vanessa Valadez- Southern Methodist University
Kingwood Logan Clift- Colorado School of Mines Esdenia Gonzalez- Northwestern State University Christina Remmes- Texas A&M Corpus Christi Adrianna Suarez- Stetson University Julieanna Kovacik- Mary Hardin-Baylor
Summer Creek Dakota Allen- Texas Tech University Connor Black- Texas A&M Taylor Dickerson- Texas Southern University Aaron Sharp- University of California Los Angeles Jordan Braden- Texas Lutheran University Cordarell Davis- Army
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Atascocita Softball: A Unique Bond
A team can only achieve greatness if each individual puts aside personal selfishness and functions as one. Communication is crucial; you can’t just depend on yourself to win the game. A unique bond is formed if this status is accomplished, and with this bond, a team can become unstoppable. The Atascocita Lady Eagles have established this uniqueness in addition to having a special family tie. Miranda Grotenhuis, a senior catcher for the Lady Eagles, has been playing softball since she was six years old. She played on numerous teams and had many coaches, but one detail that sticks out the most is that her Dad, Coach Grotenhuis or Coach Jimbo as the entire AHS softball team calls him, has been her Coach and mentor all along. At the young age of ten, Miranda made the mature decision to devote her time and focus on softball. This devotion has paid off. She has been a starting catcher all four years of her high school career: two years at MacArthur High School and two at Atascocita High School. This past fall, after decommitting to Northwestern State University, Miranda committed to University of Louisiana at Lafayette, a team that as an aspiring softball player she followed religiously. Miranda graciously stated that “overall, everything is happening for a reason. I believe I am meant to go to UL.” So, with Miranda playing for her Dad and Coach Jimbo coaching his daughter, it had to be asked: what’s it like? Miranda responded that they’re “so much alike and they bump heads but at the end of the day I’m his daughter and he’s my dad…we will always love each other. We both share the same love of softball.” Coach Jimbo’s response was similar but genuinely added that since she is a senior, he “will really miss her behind the plate. She’s like having another Coach on the field. When I can’t call a time-out, she does…she thinks like I do.” Just talking to the two of them, you can sense the special bond between the two of them. Yes, they’re family, but there is something far greater than genetics; it’s a common passion: call it the love of softball, like Miranda stated.
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While only being at Atascocita High School for two years, the Grotenhuis’ have made quite an impact on the program. From bringing in personal equipment the entire team benefits from to the strong arm on Miranda that not too many people want to challenge, a winning program has been established at Atascocita High. Coach Jimbo puts in countless hours maintaining the field and preparing for the girls so that each second spent in practice is beneficial. Coach Jimbo keeps softball fun. In addition to standard practices, he incorporates drills and activities that not only teaches the girls softball but life lessons. This team, his team, is family.
Good Luck Next Year Eagles!
Good Try Eagles! The Atascocita Eagles have had a remarkable season for 2013-14! Not only did they defeat every competitor in the district to be name UNDEFEATED DISTRICT CHAMPS, but they advanced farther in the post season than ever before! The Eagles made it to the fifth round of the playoffs, or the final four for Region 2 and 4 Class 5A. Congratulations Eagles! You boys accomplished something this season that no boy’s basketball team at Atascocita has ever done before. You all have every reason to be proud. Seniors: great year! Good luck in all of your future endeavors. Underclassmen: looking forward to the 2014-15 season!
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Humble’s
Brent
Walker Signs To
TAMU-Commerce
Congratulations are in order for Humble Wildcat’s Brent Walker! Walker signed to Texas A&M Commerce for a full football scholarship! Congratulations, Brent! The details for Walker’s scholarship were being worked out on National Signing Day, so Walker will ‘sign’ with fellow athletes this spring at the Humble Civic Center. Good luck in all of your future endeavors Brent.
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Humble’s Rising Wrestler: Chris Ringo Texan Live had the honor of speaking with a very disciplined student athlete. Chris Ringo, of Humble High School, is not only an honor student in pre-ap courses and a student ambassador, but also a decorated wrestler (126 weight class). In just the short time that Ringo has been wrestling for his high school, he has claimed the district and regional cha mpion title (freshman year) and an award for Most Outstanding Wrestler. Ringo is only a sophomore!
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Alex Colon An Ivy League Contender 10
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he team lost five seniors to graduation, but this year’s roster is ready to make another run for state. Last year, as a freshman, catcher Alex Colon travelled with the varsity team and says that “although I didn’t get to play a lot, just being in the dugout with them and seeing how much they wanted it…it was awesome!” Alex Colon is a sophomore at Kingwood High School and is an active member of the beta club, top 10% of her class, plays competitive softball outside of school (Texas Peppers 16U), and is a varsity softball player for KHS. Softball, it seems, has always been a perfect fit for Alex. She has been playing the sport since she was five years old, on numerous teams and positions. Early on, her position was shortstop or the left side of the field; however, she found her spot filling in as catcher. As a catcher she can see every play (and potential play) on the field, and that’s what she enjoys the most.
This past Christmas break, Colon visited Princeton for softball camp and fell in love with the campus. This summer she will visit Stanford for a camp, and is also interested to see what Dartmouth has to offer. As top 10% of her class, Colon has a lot of opportunities and is wisely communicating with the coaches from these Ivy League schools: very smart young lady, as she would like to continue to play softball through college.
she wants to pursue a career in the medical field and remain in the top 10% of her high school class. Good luck in your remaining 2 ½ years in high school and your future endeavors, Alex! Good luck this season Kingwood softball!
A long-term goal for Alex is that
Kingwood’s, Jackson, Chosen to Play In Europe
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unior, Allie Jackson, will travel with the Newk’s Tennis Academy out of New Braunsfels to be part of their touring team in Europe. In case you have never heard of this Academy, it is a Tennis Ranch that was established in the late 60’s by tennis Legend, John Newcombe. The Ranch is located in New Braunsfels, and can be enjoyed by all as they offer year-round junior tennis camps, adult tennis vacations, a world-class tennis academy, and fantasy camps with tennis legends. Upon graduation, next year, Jackson plans to attend The University of Texas at Austin and major in advertising. While it is not for sure if she will play tennis for the university just yet, she would still like to play even if is it club. First and foremost, however, Jackson has the remainder of her junior year and all senior year to enjoy KHS. Good luck in Europe this summer, Allie! 11
L to R: Julian Edmonson, Cody King
King & Edmonson: Exceptional Student Athletes Cody King: he is a senior at Kingwood Park HS and a four-year member of cross-country and track. King and his team, which included Edmonson, qualified this year for the state cross-country meet and finished 7th overall as a team. He received two awards: 1st team THSCA academic all state and CCCAT academic all state student/athlete for cross-country his senior year. In addition to athletics, King is also involved with K-Park’s key club, national honor society, aero-science program, helps the silver stars dance team, and is part of the Kingwood Church of Christ’s youth group. Cody will graduate in the top 6% of his class this May and plans on attending the University of Texas. As far as running in college goes, he would like to participate in a club considering he plans on having a duel major in architecture and architectural engineering. Julian Edmonson is a senior at Kingwood Park High School and a four-year member of cross-country and track, as well. Awards for his senior year in cross-country include: THSCA honorable mention and CCCAT academic all state student/athlete. Like King, Edmonson is also involved in many other activities, which include: key club, national honor society, boy scouts, best buddies, and his church’s youth group. This coming May, Julian will graduate in the top 12% of his graduating class and plans to attend Brigham Young University in the fall. At BYU he plans to join a running group, however, his ultimate focus is to go in to the medical field. 12
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Kingwood Park Panthers softball team played Porter for their second game of district. This night was also a very special night for both teams as they honored one of their own, Katie Rios. Rios, a former K-Park and Porter softball player, passed away during season last year due to an illness. The teams honored Katie by wearing their #Team Katie shirts and wearing purple. Rios’ mom and former boyfriend, Tyler Castleberry, threw out the first pitch after the national anthem and the announcer spoke a few words about Katie. Kingwood Park defeated Porter: 14-0
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Summer Sibley: A Selfless Individual Miss Sibley is a senior at Summer Creek High School and is very involved with her school and local community. For the last three and a half years of her high school career, she has participated in volleyball (three years on varsity and one on junior varsity), Summer Creek marching, symphonic, and jazz bands (three years), National Honor Society, and FFA (two years). In addition to these activities, she raises rabbits for the Humble Livestock Show, actively participates in Kids Against Hunger Service Project, volunteers with FOPAWS (an animal rescue organization), is a Girl Scouts member, and up until this last year played club volleyball outside of school. In addition to these extracurricular activities, Miss Sibley also has an after-school job at a veterinary hospital. To go in to further detail about Summer’s participation with FFA: she is currently the Summer Creek High School FFA President. This coming week, she will show her rabbits at the Humble Livestock Show and is currently planning two upcoming events in May for Kids Against Hunger. This past December, in their first Kids Against Hunger event, over 450 FFA students from Humble ISD and 17 other area high schools worked together at Summer Creek’s gymnasium to package 30,000 meals. These meals were distributed to local food banks and shelters just in time for the Christmas holiday. With the success of this event, Summer Creek has committed to two other events in May. In May, Summer Creek will host a 100,000 meal-packing event in addition to an area packing event with 160 schools participating. What a great cause! A website, fundraising, and donations will be set up shortly for these events. (An example of a fundraiser includes wristbands. One packaged meal costs on average $0.33, so a $3.00 wristband would equal 9 packaged meals.) It is truly heart warming to meet a young individual with such selflessness. 14
Summer Creek: On The Run To State Summer Creek track and field are picking up their 2014 season right where they left off in 2013. Last year, the Bulldogs had a remarkable season and won the state title for the first time in Summer Creek’s history! Their gold metal events included the 200m dash, 4×2 relay, and 4×4 relay. Three athletes from last year’s championship team will return: Aaron Sharp, Sydney Washington, and Adrian Hobley. Other awards from last year include, Coach Ervin winning Texas Track and Field Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year, Coach of the Year at the Gulf Coast Scholastic Track Coaches Association, Coach Sands winning Assistant Coach of the Year, and Aaron Sharp winning Athlete of the Year. So far this year, the boys have won 4.
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