High School Swimming
The Woodlands Christian Academy Girls Swim Team Named 2019 State Champions
Feb 20, 2019, 8:27 pm
The Woodlands Christian Academy. Via VYPE
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After competing in the state meet, The Woodlands Christian Academy's (TWCA) varsity girls swim team is the 2019 TAPPS 4A State Champion. Setting three new state records, six new school records and five personal best times, the girls overcame a 37 point deficit to eventually win the field by 40.5 total points.
Head Coach Lisa Murphy credits her team's "whatever it takes" attitude and a supportive school environment as the catalysts for success, saying, "I am extremely proud of of this team, not only for how they swam, but also for the way they supported each other, represented themselves and our school."
This marks the Warriors third State Championship in the 2018-19 school year, after both the girls and boys cross country teams earned the title for the third year in a row this fall.
Legacy Prep Christian finished second in TAPPS DIII, while St. Agnes girls and St. Thomas boys won the TAPPS DI titles.
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Houston dominated the inside early, scoring 20 points in the paint before the halfway point of the first quarter. Memphis initially couldn't stop anything at the rim. Houston opened a 17-point lead before taking a 68-63 advantage at the break.
Takeaways
Rockets: Houston is 12-5 on the road, including six straight wins away from home.
Grizzlies: After allowing the Rockets to score inside and build a big lead, Memphis chipped into the advantage to make it a more competitive game.
Key moment
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Key stat
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The Rockets are at Atlanta on Saturday. Memphis travels to Minnesota to face the Timberwolves on Saturday.