Cypress Creek Girls Basketball Runs To the 6A Region III Championship
Final Four
Thomas Bingham
01 March 2018
For the second time in 19 hours, Cypress Creek girls basketball jumped out to a double-digit lead in the first quarter, and breezed to a win at the 6A Region III tournament. The Cougars advanced to next week’s UIL State final four with a 57-36 win against Summer Creek. They’re also the third Cy-Fair ISD team to advance to state in the past 12 months, joining Cypress Falls boys basketball and Cy-Fair football.
“It’s a dream come true,” said Cy Creek head coach Jennifer Alexander. “The kids are thrilled, so that makes me the most happy. They’re elated to be in this position.”
Cy Creek scored the game’s first 10 points, and held leads around that margin throughout the game. VYPE Player of the Game Rori Harmon was slowed down by Friday’s injury and Summer Creek’s double-team defense, but broke through with nine of her 13 points in the second half.
“My plan was to make sure we [came] together as a team,” said Harmon. “I was ignoring my injury. We just kept going. We didn’t stop.”
he game played out as she had hoped, with multiple teammates contributing. Kristine Ezimako had a fast start, and finished with 11 points. Jalyn Johnson had a similar second half as Harmon, and shared the game high.
“We had a really fun time during this game,” said Harmon. “We all had a smile on our face.”
The Cougars’ defense also showed up, like it did in the semis. Summer Creek scored 23 less points than it did in Friday’s win against Jersey Village, and its season leader in points scored, Damaya Telemaque, was held scoreless for two-and-a-half quarters.
Cy Creek now turns its attention to next week’s state tournament. Its state semifinal opponent hasn’t been announced yet, but it’ll either be Region I champ Plano, Region II champ Sachse, or Region IV champ Converse Judson. The same goes for Friday’s game time, which will either be at 7pm or 8:30pm at San Antonio’s Alamodome.
“We just have to make sure we keep the intensity we’ve been having for the playoffs,” Harmon said of next week’s plan. “We’re going do our best in everything.”
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Yusei Kikuchi pitched seven innings of three-hit ball in another sharp start, and Yordan Alvarez homered and drove in two runs in the Houston Astros ' 5,000th victory, 5-3 over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
Alex Bregman hit an early two-run homer and Alvarez added his 33rd in the ninth inning for the first-place Astros, who opened a six-game Southern California trip with their second straight win after a three-game skid.
Mickey Moniak homered for the Angels, who have lost five of six.
Kikuchi (9-9) overcame early trouble and struck out six Angels while keeping the Astros unbeaten in all of his starts since joining Houston in a trade with Toronto. Kikuchi is 5-0 in an Astros uniform, and Houston is 8-0 when he takes the mound.
Josh Hader pitched the ninth for his 30th save as the Astros became the 18th big league club to reach 5,000 victories.
Rookie Samuel Aldegheri (1-2) couldn’t get out of the third inning in his third major league start for the Angels, yielding four runs on six hits and five walks while recording only six outs.
Houston scored twice in the second with two singles followed by two walks and Alvarez's sacrifice fly.
The Astros then got three hits on Aldegheri's first three pitches in the third inning. After Kyle Tucker singled, Bregman hit his 23rd homer and Jeremy Peña doubled.
Kikuchi issued back-to-back walks to begin the third, and Los Angeles scored on Zach Neto's groundout and Nolan Schanuel's single.
Moniak's solo shot to right in the fourth was just his second career homer against a left-hander. It was also the former No. 1 overall pick's 14th homer of the season, matching his career high.
Alvarez's homer was a line drive that went in and out of Moniak's glove when the center fielder leaped at the wall to attempt what would have been a spectacular catch.
Hader recorded 30 saves for the fourth consecutive season and the fifth time in his career.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Astros: INF Jose Altuve returned from a one-game absence with discomfort in his right side. He drove the first pitch of the game into left field, but was easily thrown out at second while trying to stretch it into a double.
Angels: 2B Brandon Drury sat out after leaving Wednesday's game in the fifth inning with hamstring tightness. ... RHP Ben Joyce is still awaiting the results of his MRI exam Thursday. The 105-mph hurler hasn't pitched since Sept. 6 after reporting shoulder discomfort.
UP NEXT
Justin Verlander (3-6, 5.30 ERA) takes the mound for Houston after struggling in his past two starts in September. Los Angeles sends out All-Star Tyler Anderson (10-12, 3.50 ERA), who beat the Astros earlier this year for his only victory in nine career starts against them.
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