SECOND CHANCE
The Greater Houston Senior Football Showcase gives players a shot at playing in college
Feb 1, 2018, 7:23 am
The Greater Houston Senior Football Showcase gives players access to scholarships. ABC13
Not every good football player gets a scholarship to college. There are guys that fall through the cracks every year but there is a place where they land right here in Houston.
The Greater Houston Senior Football Showcase.
Think you can play? That’s fine. But there’s a catch. You’ve got to be a student too. If you don’t have an SAT score of 840 or an ACT score of 18 you need not apply. If you do and want to show your stuff to coaches from 45-55 schools then come on out. But you have to hurry.
The event is Feb.10 but you have to be pre-registered by February 3.
Go to http://www.tinyurl.com/fbshowcase.
Pay attention to all the rules. If you mess up you won’t be registered and you want to be registered. There’s plenty of money out there to be had. This is the 10th year of the Showcase and they’ll hit $100 million in scholarship money given out. Yep. $100 million. That’s serious money.
And who knows, you may be the next Jarell Carter. He’s the first Showcase alum to make it to the NFL. He came out of Dulles in 2013 with no offers, went to the Showcase and was given scholarship money by Trinity International. This past season he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Arizona Cardinals and made their practice squad.
You may not make it to the league but you can make it to college. Get to the website.
http://www.tinyurl.com/fbshowcase
Sign up and show ‘em you stuff.
Astros get big hits from Walker and Paredes to top Padres
Apr 20, 2025, 12:17 pm
Rookie Cam Smith homered on his first two at-bats and had a career-best four RBIs to power the Houston Astros to a 6-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.
CAM SMOKES ONE!#BuiltForThis pic.twitter.com/hI9YnN90Fg
— Houston Astros (@astros) April 19, 2025
Smith connected off Kyle Hart (2-1) on a three-run homer in the second inning to put the Astros on top and added a solo shot off the lefty in the fourth that made it 5-2.
TAKE 2.#BUILTFORTHIS pic.twitter.com/WA1aQgAi9e
— Houston Astros (@astros) April 19, 2025
San Diego's Luis Arraez, who had three hits, sent a high fastball from Bryan King into the first row in right field for a two-run homer that cut the lead to 5-4 in the seventh.
Jake Meyers tied a season high with three hits for the Astros, capped by a run-scoring single in the eighth to give them some insurance.
Houston starter Ryan Gusto (2-1) gave up nine hits and two runs in five innings. Josh Hader pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save.
The Padres went 2 for 10 with runners in scoring position.
The Astros trailed by 1 with two on and two outs in the second inning when Smith sent his first home run into the seats in left field to make it 3-1.
An RBI single by Yainer Diaz extended the lead to 4-1 in the third.
Oscar Gonzalez cut the lead to 4-2 with an RBI single on a ground ball with one out in the fourth.
Smith’s second home run came on a full count in the fourth inning to extend the lead to 5-2.
Hart yielded 10 hits and five runs in five innings for his first loss this season after the team won each of his first three starts.
Key Moment
Smith's first home run that put the Astros on top for good.
Key Stat
Smith was 1 for 10 in Houston’s three-game series against St. Louis this week before breaking out Friday night.
Up Next
Houston RHP Hayden Wesneski (1-1, 4.00 ERA) opposes RHP Michael King (3-0, 2.42) when the series continues Saturday night.