A few thoughts to unload on this Wednesday morning:
* Was just chatting with a few folks here in the office regarding the boys bracket looking, well, a bit different than we figured. Congratulations to Eisenhower and Elkins on pulling off two big upsets; Ike, fourth-place in 19-5A, edged 20-5A champion 65-63 at Delmar Fieldhouse, and Elkins ousted 24-5A champ Galveston Ball 66-48 at Santa Fe.
I have to wonder how much momentum Elkins carried in from defeating Kempner in Friday's playoff game for fourth-place in District 23-5A. Ball, meanwhile, won a district that simply isn't that good.
Conversely, according to always-in-the-know Jim Hicks of RCSSports.com, Bellaire turned down a tiebreaker game with Chavez, then was pounded by Yates on Saturday entering last night. The dislike between Cardinals coach Bruce Glover and Chavez coach Kevin Pullum is no secret, but I'm not exactly sure how that figured into all this.
* As it is now, we may see some intriguing district rematches in the regional quarterfinals. Strake Jesuit could play Alief Taylor, and Hightower might play Fort Bend Bush. Strake and Hightower went undefeated in their districts; of course, the Crusaders finished the regular season as the state's No. 1-ranked team.
* Congratulations to all the girls winners from last night, especially Cy-Fair. What a way to pull out a victory, not only considering the shot Chiney Ogwumike made to win it but also that happened after point guard Cassie Peoples sustained a broken right leg with only a minute left.
I'm not one for plugging the competition, but check out the Chronicle's video highlights here. Chiney's shot is the first highlight. It was incredible.
Our best goes out to Cassie, too.
I'll be traveling to Central Texas tomorrow and will be in Austin Friday and Saturday for the state swimming championships. Catch ya soon.
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