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Trey Watts is the new boys basketball coach and Harold Colson, the new girls basketball coach, both now with Denton Guyer.
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Trey Watts – formerly of Midland High – was announced as the new boys’ hoops head coach in May. That same month, Arlington’s Harold Colson was named head coach for the girls’ basketball team. Former coaches Nathan Moses and Charla Valenzuela left to pursue other ventures according to school officials.
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FMHS senior Derek Schepel (5) making a shot attempt over Marcus sohomore Marcus Smart (3) earlier this season.
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The Marcus boys’ basketball team was so close to winning its first ever state title last weekend in Austin. Many out there feel the Marauders will be back with a vengeance – as early as next year.
Marcus – whose season ended in a heartbreaking 45-43 overtime loss to eventual state champion Fort Bend Bush in the state semifinal – returns practically its entire roster in 2011. They had just five seniors this year as a core group of sophomores – led by Marcus Smart, Phil Forte and A.J. Luckey -- did more than their part for a school-record 37-3 finish.
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FMHS senior Derek Schepel (5) making a shot attempt over Marcus sohomore Marcus Smart (3).
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Marcus – the state’s fifth-ranked Class 5A team – will take its amazing 32-2 record and 11-game win streak into the upcoming Class 5A playoffs.
First-year head coach Danny Henderson said he wasn’t certain who his team would face in the first round as a veritable quagmire surfaced in District 5-5A heading into Tuesday’s regular-season finale. The only thing he knew was it could be any of the three Keller schools (Central, Fossil Ridge and Keller).
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Marcus senior guard Jasmine Shaw (22) with a fade away.
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Marcus eked past Colleyville Heritage 58-55 on Monday and moves on to face Plano West in the second round of the Class 5A girls’ basketball playoffs.
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FMHS junior Amy Freet (21) driving the ball to the hoop.
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That tough non-district schedule is paying off big for the Flower Mound girls’ basketball team.
The Jaguars – who were 12-12 overall heading into District 6-5A play – are now 3-1 in league action after dismantling Lewisville on Tuesday, 55-36. Since losing the district opener to Marcus, the Jags have won the last three by an average margin of 26 points per game.
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FMHS freshman Ashley Deary (10) on the jumper.
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Marcus and Flower Mound are two of the biggest rivals in District 6-5A, and they will get first crack at one another on Friday in the league opener.
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Marcus senior Jason Semien (33) in a game last season against Plano.
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Marcus used a 15-2 run in the third quarter to outlast Highland Park 57-47 on Tuesday.
The Marauders improved to 9-1 overall with the win and took an eight-game winning streak into this weekend’s Marauder-Jaguar Classic. Marcus was slated to face Denton Ryan in the first round, though no scores were available as of press time.
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FMHS senior Mallory Singleton (44) takes a shot over Lewisville's Aubree Butts (32) in a game against Lewisville last season.
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Mallory Singleton poured in 14 points and teammate Laura McCoy added 10, but neither was enough to keep the Flower Mound girls’ basketball team from losing to Irving MacArthur, 64-52.
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Caden Dickerson with AHS Head Coach, John King.
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Argyle’s Caden Dickerson was named Most Valuable Player at the recent Texas High School Coaches’ Association All Star Basketball game.
Dickerson – a Western Kentucky signee – led all scorers with 21 points to lead the North team past the South 81-80 last Monday. He was one of two MVP’s on the night as the South team named San Antonio Stephens’ Brandon Thompson as its MVP.
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FMHS junior Caitlan Cronan (11) setting up.
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Flower Mound’s trip to the Class 5A playoffs didn’t quite go according to plan.
The Jags (17-18 overall) drew Euless Trinity in Monday’s first round opener and were quickly bounced from contention in a 57-37 blowout loss.
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Marcus sophomore Phillip Forte (10) passes the ball in gameplay.
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Marcus – the No. 6 ranked team in the state – improved to 2-0 in District 6-5A action on Tuesday with a commanding 68-58 win over Southlake Carroll.
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Marcus sophomore AJ Luckey (11) going to the hoop.
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Marcus took a rare loss on Tuesday, falling to Desoto 44-42 in non-district action.
Antoine Space paced the Eagles (20-3) with 21 points, including a pretty off-balance turnaround jumper in the lane with 1.2 seconds left in regulation. Marcus (21-2) was led by Marcus Smart’s 18 points.
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Shot attempt by Argyle sophomore guard Clarke Overlander (23).
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A year after losing to Ardmore, the Argyle boys’ basketball team has its revenge.
The Eagles (7-1) won the rematch 55-43 on Tuesday and extended their new win streak to three games heading into this weekend’s Weatherford Tournament. Unfortunately, scores from Thursday’s opening round of tournament action were not available as of press time.
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Marcus senior Raven Short shown here in a game during her sophmore year.
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The Marcus girls’ basketball team improved to 8-4 overall on Tuesday with a 64-45 win over Frisco Liberty in non-district action.
Prior to tip off, head coach Kit Kyle insisted she wasn’t sure what to think of her team, but she had to be pleased with the win – which was their fourth over the last five games.
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LCS player, John Kornet at 6-foot 9-inches, taking the ball to the hoop in a game last year.
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Despite facing teams comprised of some of the top players in the state, the Liberty Christian boys’ basketball team took first place at the Denton Summer Shootout.
The tournament – which wrapped up July 19 – saw the Warriors beat the Lubbock Mustangs 54-45 in the finals. Christian Scofield averaged 20 points per game for Liberty, which went 5-1 at the event.
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Whitney Hand
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Former Liberty Christian basketball standout Whitney Hand recently withdrew her name from consideration for the 2009 Women's World University Games Team.
