Honors handed out in 22-6A; Stadium honors fallen heroes
A pair of Dawson basketball players earned MVP honors from the boys and girls coaches in District 22-6A.
Junior Karl Nicholas won the top award for the boys. Senior Maddie Powers wonfor the girls.
Nicholas averaged 12 points and seven re bounds while leading Dawson to another district championship. The Eagles (28-9) advanced to the second round of the playoffs. It’s the third year out of the last four that they have won at least one post season game.
Dawson’s boys had two more first-team picks in junior Jules Moor and senior Paul Taulton. Braxton Lovings was named to the second team.
Pearland’s John Deter- ville was named to the first team. Manvel had three first-team picks in Linton Acliese, Mo Hussein and Jalen Preston. Alvin’s Savion Flagg also earned first team honors.
Michael Guillory and Colen James of Pearland were named to the second team. Manvel had a pair of second-team picks in Uryan Hudson and Jason Scott.
Powers led the Dawson girls to a second-place finish in the district. One of the Lady Eagles’ district victories came against Manvel, which had won 65 consecutive district games to that point. Dawson (2512) went on to win its firstround playoffgame.
Dawson also had the district’s Defensive Player of the Year in Katherine Darden. Dawson’s Macey Braswell and Liz Davis also were named to the first team. Jada Rogers and Ivy Smith earned second-team honors.
Pearland’s Cierra Lane was named the district’s Offensive Player of the Year after averaging 9.9 points per game. The Lady Oilers hada pair of secondteam picks in Ravae Payne and Marissa Hart.
After winning the district title, Manvel had three first-team selections in McKinzie Green, Imani Wiley and Ally Caudill. Green was named the Newcomer of the Year. Lauren Taylor and Alexis Williams were named to the second team.
Clear Brook bowlers qualify for state
The boys bowling team from Clear Brook will compete at the state tournament in San Antonio April 2-3. The Wolverines qualified by finishing second at the regional tournament onMarch6. The team members are Danny King, Taylor Love, Nathan Nguyen, Anthony Propeck,
Chris Rowden and Vinny Thibodeaux. Thibodeaux and Propeck both bowled 232 averages to share individual regional championship honors. For the Clear Brook girls, SiDat Nguyen and Lynn Cao qualified for state as individuals. Manvel ranked
With one month left in the regular season, Manvel has sent a statement that a handful of its athletes will be contenders in the postseason.
The Mavericks’ boys 1,600-meter relay team is ranked third in the nation with a time of 3 minutes, 14.9 seconds. Bellodgia Roberson is ranked sixth in the discus with a mark of 141 feet, 4 inches.
Challenger Columbia
Clear Creek ISD’s newest football stadium opened to the public for the first time onMarch10.
Challenger Columbia Stadium has been named after the two NASA’s space shuttles that were destroyed in the 1980s and killed 14 crewmembers.
Several elements commemorating the space shuttle Challenger and Columbia crews are woven into the construction of the stadium and field house. They include large mission medallions at the home and visitor gates and a photo mural tribute in the press box hospitality suite.
The stadium is located a little west of Interstate 45 and near FM528 in League City. Its capacity is 10,000 people, giving the school district two stadiums for football games. Veterans Memorial Stadium is located adjacent to Clear Creek HighSchool.
“I am happy to say that this stadium is not the biggest nor anywhere near the most expensive stadium in the state,” Clear Creek ISD Board President Dr. Laura DuPont said. “I am proud to say that it is the one that is exactly right for CCISD.”
Upcoming events at the stadium include the District 24-6A track and field championships April 11-13 and the Region 3-6A track championships April 2930.