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Table of Contents Page 2 - Table of Contents

Page 3- Humble ISD Alignments

Page 4- Humble ISD School Districts

Page 5- National Signing Day 2014

Page 6- Atasocita Softball

Page 7- Eagles Basketball

Page 8- Brent Walker of Humble

Page 9- Humble’s Rising Wrestler

Page 10 - Kingwood Ivy League Contender

Page 11- Kingwood Tennis

Page 12- Kingwood Park King & Edmonson

Page 13- Kingwood Park #FTK

Page 14- Summer Creek Selfless Individual

Page 15- Summer Creek Running to State

Page 16- Banded Brigade Outdoors 5k

Page 17- How To Sign Up

Page 18- Texan Live live streams

Page 19- Life’s a Hoot

2014-2016 Humble ISD Alignments

Summer Creek High SchoolGoing from 19 4-A to 16 6-A

Kingwood Park High School

Going from 19 4-A to 21 5-A

Kingwood High SchoolGoes from 13 5-A to 16 6-A

Humble High SchoolGoes from 19 4-A to 21 5-A

Atascocita High School Goes from 19 4-A to 16 6-A

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Table of Contents Page 11- Kingwood Tennis

Page 12- Kingwood Park King & Edmonson

Page 13- Kingwood Park #FTK

Page 14- Summer Creek Selfless Individual

Page 15- Summer Creek Running to State

Page 16- Banded Brigade Outdoors 5k

Page 17- How To Sign Up

Page 18- Texan Live live streams

Page 19- Life’s a Hoot

DaytonGalena Park

HumbleKingwood Park

Barbers HillNew Caney

PorterCE KingConroe

Oak RidgeThe Woodlands

College ParkAtascocitaKingwood

Summer Creek

21 5-A Schools 16 6-A Schools

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National Signing Day 2014

Greg Campbell Jr.-University of Texas San AntonioLogan Davis- McLennan College

Hannah Hearn- Texas Lutheran UniversityAriel Jones- University of Texas

Joseph Salazar- University of Nevada-Las VegasKarly Kliever- University of Central Arkansas

Lori White- Hill College

Logan Clift- Colorado School of MinesEsdenia Gonzalez- Northwestern State UniversityChristina Remmes- Texas A&M Corpus Christi

Adrianna Suarez- Stetson UniversityJulieanna Kovacik- Mary Hardin-Baylor

Atascocita Kingwood

Courtney Broussard- University of Louisiana-LafayetteCaronline Hart- Northern Oklahoma College

Kaitlin Sterner- University of HoustonAllen Stewart- Stephen F. Austin University

Caleb Lewallen- Stephen F. Austin UniversityVanessa Valadez- Southern Methodist University

Dakota Allen- Texas Tech UniversityConnor Black- Texas A&M

Taylor Dickerson- Texas Southern UniversityAaron Sharp- University of California Los Angeles

Jordan Braden- Texas Lutheran UniversityCordarell Davis- Army

Kingwood Park Summer Creek

Atascocita Softball: A Unique Bond

A team can only achieve greatness if each individual puts aside personal selfishness and functions as one. Communi-cation is crucial; you can’t just depend on yourself to win the game. A unique bond is formed if this status is accom-plished, and with this bond, a team can become unstoppable. The Atascocita Lady Eagles have established this unique-ness in addition to having a special family tie.

Miranda Grotenhuis, a senior catcher for the Lady Eagles, has been playing softball since she was six years old. She played on numerous teams and had many coaches, but one detail that sticks out the most is that her Dad, Coach Grotenhuis or Coach Jimbo as the entire AHS softball team calls him, has been her Coach and mentor all along. At the young age of ten, Miranda made the mature decision to devote her time and focus on softball. This devotion has paid off. She has been a starting catcher all four years of her high school career: two years at MacArthur High School and two at Atascocita High School. This past fall, after decommitting to Northwestern State University, Miranda commit-ted to University of Louisiana at Lafayette, a team that as an aspiring softball player she followed religiously. Miranda graciously stated that “overall, everything is happening for a reason. I believe I am meant to go to UL.”

So, with Miranda playing for her Dad and Coach Jimbo coaching his daughter, it had to be asked: what’s it like? Mi-randa responded that they’re “so much alike and they bump heads but at the end of the day I’m his daughter and he’s my dad…we will always love each other. We both share the same love of softball.” Coach Jimbo’s response was similar but genuinely added that since she is a senior, he “will really miss her behind the plate. She’s like having another Coach on the field. When I can’t call a time-out, she does…she thinks like I do.” Just talking to the two of them, you can sense the special bond between the two of them. Yes, they’re family, but there is something far greater than genetics; it’s a common passion: call it the love of softball, like Miranda stated.

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Atascocita Softball: A Unique Bond

A team can only achieve greatness if each individual puts aside personal selfishness and functions as one. Communi-cation is crucial; you can’t just depend on yourself to win the game. A unique bond is formed if this status is accom-plished, and with this bond, a team can become unstoppable. The Atascocita Lady Eagles have established this unique-ness in addition to having a special family tie.

Miranda Grotenhuis, a senior catcher for the Lady Eagles, has been playing softball since she was six years old. She played on numerous teams and had many coaches, but one detail that sticks out the most is that her Dad, Coach Grotenhuis or Coach Jimbo as the entire AHS softball team calls him, has been her Coach and mentor all along. At the young age of ten, Miranda made the mature decision to devote her time and focus on softball. This devotion has paid off. She has been a starting catcher all four years of her high school career: two years at MacArthur High School and two at Atascocita High School. This past fall, after decommitting to Northwestern State University, Miranda commit-ted to University of Louisiana at Lafayette, a team that as an aspiring softball player she followed religiously. Miranda graciously stated that “overall, everything is happening for a reason. I believe I am meant to go to UL.”

So, with Miranda playing for her Dad and Coach Jimbo coaching his daughter, it had to be asked: what’s it like? Mi-randa responded that they’re “so much alike and they bump heads but at the end of the day I’m his daughter and he’s my dad…we will always love each other. We both share the same love of softball.” Coach Jimbo’s response was similar but genuinely added that since she is a senior, he “will really miss her behind the plate. She’s like having another Coach on the field. When I can’t call a time-out, she does…she thinks like I do.” Just talking to the two of them, you can sense the special bond between the two of them. Yes, they’re family, but there is something far greater than genetics; it’s a common passion: call it the love of softball, like Miranda stated.

While only being at Atascocita High School for two years, the Grotenhuis’ have made quite an impact on the program. From bringing in personal equipment the entire team benefits from to the strong arm on Miranda that not too many people want to challenge, a winning program has been established at Atascocita High. Coach Jimbo puts in countless hours maintaining the field and preparing for the girls so that each second spent in practice is beneficial. Coach Jimbo keeps softball fun. In addition to standard practices, he incorporates drills and activities that not only teaches the girls softball but life lessons. This team, his team, is family.

Good Try Eagles!The Atascocita Eagles have had a re-markable season for 2013-14! Not only did they defeat every competitor in the district to be name UNDEFEATED DIS-TRICT CHAMPS, but they advanced far-ther in the post season than ever before! The Eagles made it to the fifth round of the playoffs, or the final four for Region 2 and 4 Class 5A. Congratulations Eagles! You boys accomplished something this season that no boy’s basketball team at Atascocita has ever done before. You all have every reason to be proud. Seniors: great year! Good luck in all of your fu-ture endeavors. Underclassmen: looking forward to the 2014-15 season!

Good Luck Next Year Eagles!

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Humble’s Brent Walker

Signs To

TAMU-Commerce

Congratulations are in order for Humble Wildcat’s Brent Walker! Walker signed to Texas A&M Commerce for a full football scholarship! Congratulations, Brent! The details for Walker’s schol-arship were being worked out on National Signing Day, so Walker will ‘sign’ with fellow athletes this spring at the Humble Civic Center. Good luck in all of your fu-ture endeavors Brent.

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Humble’s Brent Walker

Signs To

TAMU-Commerce

Texan Live had the honor of speaking with a very disciplined student athlete. Chris Ringo, of Humble High School, is not only an honor student in pre-ap cours-es and a student ambassador, but also a decorated wrestler (126 weight class). In just the short time that Ringo has been wrestling for his high school, he has claimed the district and regional cha mpion title (fresh-man year) and an award for Most Outstanding Wrestler. Ringo is only a sophomore!

Humble’s Rising Wrestler: Chris Ringo

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Alex ColonAn Ivy League Contender

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The team lost five seniors to graduation, but this year’s

roster is ready to make another run for state. Last year, as a fresh-man, catcher Alex Colon travelled with the varsity team and says that “although I didn’t get to play a lot, just being in the dugout with them and seeing how much they wanted it…it was awesome!”

Alex Colon is a sophomore at Kingwood High School and is an active member of the beta club, top 10% of her class, plays com-petitive softball outside of school (Texas Peppers 16U), and is a varsity softball player for KHS. Softball, it seems, has always been a perfect fit for Alex. She has been playing the sport since she was five years old, on numerous teams and positions. Early on, her position was shortstop or the left side of the field; however, she found her spot filling in as catcher. As a catcher she can see every play (and potential play) on the field, and that’s what she enjoys the most.

This past Christmas break, Colon visited Princeton for softball camp and fell in love with the campus. This summer she will visit Stan-ford for a camp, and is also inter-ested to see what Dartmouth has to offer. As top 10% of her class,

Colon has a lot of opportunities and is wisely communicating with the coaches from these Ivy League schools: very smart young lady, as she would like to continue to play softball through college.A long-term goal for Alex is that

she wants to pursue a career in the medical field and remain in the top 10% of her high school class. Good luck in your remaining 2 ½ years in high school and your future endeavors, Alex!Good luck this season Kingwood softball!

Kingwood’s, Jackson, Chosen to Play In Europe

Junior, Allie Jackson, will travel with the Newk’s Tennis Academy out of New Braunsfels to be part of their touring team in Eu-

rope. In case you have never heard of this Academy, it is a Tennis Ranch that was established in the late 60’s by tennis Legend, John Newcombe. The Ranch is located in New Braunsfels, and can be enjoyed by all as they offer year-round junior tennis camps, adult tennis vacations, a world-class tennis academy, and fantasy camps with tennis legends.

Upon graduation, next year, Jackson plans to attend The University of Texas at Austin and major in advertising. While it is not for sure if she will play tennis for the university just yet, she would still like to play even if is it club. First and foremost, however, Jackson has the remainder of her junior year and all senior year to enjoy KHS. Good luck in Europe this summer, Allie!

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King & Edmonson:Exceptional Student Athletes

Cody King: he is a senior at Kingwood Park HS and a four-year member of cross-country and track. King and his team, which included Edmonson, qualified this year for the state cross-country meet and finished 7th overall as a team. He received two awards: 1st team THSCA academic all state and CCCAT academic all state student/athlete for cross-country his senior year. In addition to athletics, King is also involved with K-Park’s key club, national honor society, aero-science program, helps the silver stars dance team, and is part of the Kingwood Church of Christ’s youth group. Cody will graduate in the top 6% of his class this May and plans on attending the University of Texas. As far as running in college goes, he would like to participate in a club considering he plans on having a duel major in architec-ture and architectural engineering.

Julian Edmonson is a senior at Kingwood Park High School and a four-year member of cross-country and track, as well. Awards for his senior year in cross-country include: THSCA honorable mention and CCCAT academic all state student/athlete. Like King, Edmonson is also involved in many other activities, which include: key club, national honor society, boy scouts, best buddies, and his church’s youth group. This coming May, Julian will graduate in the top 12% of his graduating class and plans to attend Brigham Young University in the fall. At BYU he plans to join a run-ning group, however, his ultimate focus is to go in to the medical field.

#FTK

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L to R: Julian Edmonson, Cody King

K-Park Softball

Kingwood Park Panthers softball team played Porter for their second game of dis-trict. This night was also a very special night for both teams as they honored one of their own, Katie Rios. Rios, a former K-Park and Porter softball player, passed away during season last year due to an illness. The teams honored Katie by wearing their #Team Katie shirts and wearing purple. Rios’ mom and former boyfriend, Tyler Castleberry, threw out the first pitch after the national anthem and the announcer spoke a few words about Katie.

Kingwood Park defeated Porter: 14-0

#FTK

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Miss Sibley is a senior at Summer Creek High School and is very involved with her school and local community. For the last three and a half years of her high school career, she has participated in volleyball (three years on varsity and one on junior varsity), Summer Creek marching, symphonic, and jazz bands (three years), National Honor Society, and FFA (two years). In addition to these activities, she raises rabbits for the Humble Livestock Show, actively par-ticipates in Kids Against Hunger Service Project, volunteers with FOPAWS (an animal rescue organization), is a Girl Scouts member, and up until this last year played club volleyball outside of school. In addition to these extracurricular activities, Miss Sibley also has an after-school job at a veterinary hospital.

To go in to further detail about Summer’s participation with FFA: she is currently the Summer Creek High School FFA President. This coming week, she will show her rabbits at the Humble Livestock Show and is currently planning two upcoming events in May for Kids Against Hunger. This past December, in their first Kids Against Hunger event, over 450 FFA students from Humble ISD and 17 other area high schools worked together at Summer Creek’s gymnasium to package 30,000 meals. These meals were distributed to local food banks and shelters just in time for the Christmas hol-iday. With the success of this event, Summer Creek has committed to two other events in May. In May, Summer Creek will host a 100,000 meal-packing event in addition to an area packing event with 160 schools participating. What a great cause! A website, fundraising, and donations will be set up shortly for these events. (An example of a fundraiser includes wristbands. One packaged meal costs on average $0.33, so a $3.00 wristband would equal 9 packaged meals.) It is truly heart warming to meet a young individual with such selflessness.

Summer Sibley: A Selfless Individual

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Summer Creek: On The Run To StateSummer Creek track and field are picking up their 2014 season right where they left off in 2013. Last year, the Bulldogs had a remarkable season and won the state title for the first time in Summer Creek’s history! Their gold metal events included the 200m dash, 4×2 relay, and 4×4 relay. Three athletes from last year’s championship team will return: Aaron Sharp, Sydney Washington, and Adrian Hobley. Other awards from last year include, Coach Ervin winning Texas Track and Field Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year, Coach of the Year at the Gulf Coast Scholastic Track Coaches Association, Coach Sands winning Assistant Coach of the Year, and Aaron Sharp winningAthlete of the Year. So far this year, the boys have won 4.

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