Area notes: Bartlett steps down at Cinco Ranch; Creek OC headed to Waco

By CHAD WASHINGTON and DAVE PURPURA
The Athlete's Connection

It was a job Danny Ramsey had dreamed of landing for his first head-coaching gig.
The former Cypress Creek offensive coordinator was named the new head coach at Waco High School on Wednesday.
Ramsey, 34, also coached the offensive line and assisted in calling plays for a Cougar offense that averaged 505 yards and more than 40 points per game last season. Cy Creek lost to Klein Oak in the Class 5A Division II area playoffs last season, 49-21.
“Every position that I’ve taken, I consider myself the head coach of whatever I’m charged with,” Ramsey told the Waco Tribune-Herald. “I was head coach of offense at Cy Creek all the way down to head coach of the English class that I taught at Cypress Creek High School. It’s just being given the chance to be in charge of something bigger.”
Creek head coach Greg McCaig said he was sorry to see Ramsey leave his program but happy for the athletes at Waco High.
“Danny creates an environment where our kids want to be there,” McCaig said. “We had 23 senior offensive linemen. We run the spread offense, and we’re only able to use five offensive linemen, so he was able to keep 18 kids excited about being there. Kids worship him.”
Before joining McCaig’s staff in 2004, Ramsey was an assistant coach at Marlin, Houston Christian and Spring.
Ramsey takes the reins of the Waco football program from Johnny Tusa, who compiled a 181-87-2 record and guided the Lions to the Class 4A Division II state final in 2006 and the 5A Division II state semifinals in 1991.
Tusa resigned as the Lions’ head football coach and campus athletic coordinator in February after 23 seasons at the school and 29 in the district.

Bartlett retires at Cinco Ranch
Eric Bartlett, who led the Cinco Ranch girls basketball team to five straight district championships, six postseason appearances and a 54-game district winning streak, recently announced his retirement.
Bartlett was 165-77 in eight seasons with the Cougars and is 468-292 overall; he spent 22 years at his alma mater, Humble, before coming to Cinco – the last 16 as head coach.
The Cougars won their fifth consecutive district title this year and advanced to the regional quarterfinals. In 2007-08, they went 30-8 and advanced to the regional championship game, where they lost to eventual state champion Cy-Fair.
Cinco – which was winless in district the year before Bartlett’s arrival – won 54 straight district games from 2005-08, a streak that was snapped this season by Katy Taylor.

End notes
Strake Jesuit’s Joey Brooks and St. Thomas’ Blake Jolivette played in the Capital Classic at American University on Thursday night, and their U.S. All-Star Team lost 129-98 to the Capital All-Stars, a team comprised of Washington, D.C.-area standouts. The U.S. team, which consisted mostly of Division I commits, shot only 14-of-43 from the field and had only six fast-break points. Jolivette will play at American; Brooks is committed to Notre Dame. … Former Seven Lakes standout Brandon Provost plans to transfer from Air Force, according to RCSSports.com. He scored only two points all season, appearing in 18 games.
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