Girls Hoopston
Houston girls’ hoops prepping for playoffs; Top 10 rankings
Matt Malatesta
Jan 4, 2018, 8:50 am
Dekaney beginning to peak. Vype
Originally appeared on Vype.com
With a few weeks remaining in the girls’ basketball regular season, Houston’s power brokers are clawing and scratching for the district crown.
So many teams throughout Hoopston have legit shots at reaching the coveted state tourney. Some are the regulars, but there are newcomers lurking.
Barbers Hill has the top player in the country in Charli Collier, but the Truong twins at Jersey Village are playing at a high level and so are the Falcons. They will have to knock off the defending regional champs in Cypress Ranch just to win their district.
Navasota in Class 4A is having a huge season at 20-0, while Queen Egbo is driving her FB Travis Tigers to a District 20-6A title. Clear Springs is starting to peak, while Cy Creek is one of the hot young teams in the city.
The NEXT 10 INCLUDE Madison, Manvel, Ridge Point, Katy, Ball, Summer Creek, Oak Ridge, Klein Oak, Atascocita and Klein.
TOP 10 GIRLS BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON RANKINGS
Week of January 4th
Rank | Team (Record) | Comment |
| 1 | Barbers Hill | More Than Just Charli Collier |
| 2 | Jersey Village | Twins are Making it Look Easy |
| 3 | Cypress Ranch | State Experience Will Pay Off |
| 4 | Navasota | Undefeated in Class 4A |
| 5 | Travis | The Queens of Fort Bend |
| 6 | Clear Springs | Peaking at Right Time |
| 7 | Hightower | Tough, Balanced Squad |
| 8 | Cypress Creek | Will be Telling Few Weeks |
| 9 | Dekaney | Power in the North |
| 10 | Wheatley | Still Battling in HISD |
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Oswald Peraza hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels snap a three-game losing skid by beating the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday night.
Peraza entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and hit a bases-loaded fly ball to deep right field that eluded the outstretched glove of Cam Smith. It was the fourth straight hit off Astros closer Bryan Abreu (3-4), who had not allowed a run in his previous 12 appearances.
The Angels third run of the ninth inning scored when Mike Trout walked with the bases loaded.
Kyle Hendricks allowed one run while scattering seven hits over six innings. He held the Astros to 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, the one hit coming on Jesús Sánchez’s third-inning infield single that scored Jeremy Peña.
Reid Detmers worked around a leadoff walk to keep the Astros scoreless in the seventh, and José Fermin (3-2) retired the side in order in the eighth before Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save.
Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti struck out a season-high eight batters over 6 1/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Zach Neto’s third-inning solo home run.
Yordan Alvarez had two hits for the Astros, who remained three games ahead of Seattle for first place in the AL West.
Key moment
Peraza’s two-run single to deep right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth.
Key Stat
Opponents were 5 for 44 against Abreu in August before he allowed four straight hits in the ninth.
Up next
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (10-6, 2.37 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (9-9, 3.85) when the series continues Sunday.