PelvisPresley Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 a mention was made in the NBA topic about WNBA and then it got to great women players and I brought this up. I thought it better to bring it to a bigger audience... it's too bad that it took so long for the WNBA to get going...there really have been some amazing HS GIRLS basketball royalty...players from all over East Texas...I personally can just think of a ton from great teams from: Spring Hill (Bonnie Moore, Linda Clark, Dianne Johnson) Longview (Angela Lawson) Quitman (Jennifer Clark, Ashlea Atwood) Harmony Gilmer (Sheri Yocum, Sheron Yocum, Stacy Smith, Terail Walker) Winnsboro (Stacy Stevens, Sara Hinkley, Sarah Mitchell, Amanda Kellar) Avinger (Sherea Mathis, Renee Dunn) Canton (Christi Cox, Kellie Fitzgerald) Tatum (Kathy Norris, Chandra Shaw) Karnack (Crystal Allen) obviously this is just a small sampling of the superstars and HS heroes that many of the schools had...many good memories/achievements. feel free to add more to the list for schools or add some other schools...could even add some great highlight game memories for some of these players or others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucksweeprules Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Mt. Vernon Aly Sherman- Played at Central Arkansas and West Texas A&M) Jayme Adair- Played at Central Arkansas Rylee Keys- 2018 State Championship team Alissa Hill- 2018 State Championship team Annie Coffey- 2018 State Championship team Samantha Lowry- 2018 State Championship team All the 2018 players could have played in college but they decided not to for various reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68Hornet Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Liberty-Eylau--Aarica Ray, starter at Louisiana Tech; Texarkana Gazette's Player of the Year 3 times including freshman year Jamilia Ganter played for Texas A&M, now assistant coach at University of Houston Mattilyn McIntire played at UALR and Texas A&M Commerce, played professionally in Europe Imani Wright played at Baylor and Florida State, 3rd round WNBA draft pick Sharde' Collins played for UALR, now assistant coach at UALR Lacey Middlebrooks outstanding in basketball, but played softball for Minnesota and Tulsa, now head softball coach at Pittsburg High School Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topher805 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Grapeland - Trenia Tillis (McDonalds All American; SFA Hall of Fame; 3-time All-Southland Conference; 1994 Southland Conference Player of the Year; SLC 1990's All-Decade Team; Played professionally in Europe; Currently Head WBB Coach at TJC) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsallheart Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Bullard - Minta Spears played at Texas Tech then Vanderbilt. Best shooter I have ever seen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucksweeprules Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 On 3/28/2019 at 1:09 AM, 68Hornet said: Liberty-Eylau--Aarica Ray, starter at Louisiana Tech; Texarkana Gazette's Player of the Year 3 times including freshman year Jamilia Ganter played for Texas A&M, now assistant coach at University of Houston Mattilyn McIntire played at UALR and Texas A&M Commerce, played professionally in Europe Imani Wright played at Baylor and Florida State, 3rd round WNBA draft pick Sharde' Collins played for UALR, now assistant coach at UALR Lacey Middlebrooks outstanding in basketball, but played softball for Minnesota and Tulsa, now head softball coach at Pittsburg High School On 3/27/2019 at 1:44 PM, fourtwofive said: Mt. Vernon Aly Sherman- Played at Central Arkansas and West Texas A&M) Jayme Adair- Played at Central Arkansas Rylee Keys- 2018 State Championship team Alissa Hill- 2018 State Championship team Annie Coffey- 2018 State Championship team Samantha Lowry- 2018 State Championship team All the 2018 players could have played in college but they decided not to for various reasons. I totally forgot one of the greatest MV players Maddie Thames- played at Southeastern Oklahoma. A great point guard! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasFTW Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 There's too many to name from Winnsboro. Winnsboro girls basketball is nationally known though under coach Buddy Hawkins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtee2 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Teresa Jones-Longview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedevil72 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Shalonda Enis——Celeste Won two consecutive state titles in the early nineties and played parts of five years in the WNBA. Played for Susan Morton at Celeste who is now the Supt at Winnsboro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 On 3/28/2019 at 9:16 AM, topher805 said: Grapeland - Trenia Tillis (McDonalds All American; SFA Hall of Fame; 3-time All-Southland Conference; 1994 Southland Conference Player of the Year; SLC 1990's All-Decade Team; Played professionally in Europe; Currently Head WBB Coach at TJC) Back in the day when I was calling high school basketball, I would go to Grapeland and officiate in that old airplane hanger. I remember seeing Trenia as a freshman playing on the varsity. She was amazing. I knew then when she was 14 years old how good a player she was going to be and she did not prove me wrong. One of the best high school girls basketball players I’ve ever seen. BTW, That was also when Grapeland had Tony Jones, who went on to play football for UT in the Houston Oilers. They won the state championship in basketball, I believe, in 1987. There were some serious talent down in Grapeland in the late 80s. That was also when Grapeland had Tony Jones, he went on to play for UT and the Houston Oilers. They won the state championship in basketball in 1987, I believe. There were some serious talent down in Grapeland in the late 80s and the girls won state in 1989 when Trenia was a senior. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterflatch Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 On 3/28/2019 at 1:09 AM, 68Hornet said: Liberty-Eylau--Aarica Ray, starter at Louisiana Tech; Texarkana Gazette's Player of the Year 3 times including freshman year Jamilia Ganter played for Texas A&M, now assistant coach at University of Houston Mattilyn McIntire played at UALR and Texas A&M Commerce, played professionally in Europe Imani Wright played at Baylor and Florida State, 3rd round WNBA draft pick Sharde' Collins played for UALR, now assistant coach at UALR Lacey Middlebrooks outstanding in basketball, but played softball for Minnesota and Tulsa, now head softball coach at Pittsburg High School My niece played against Middlebrooks in the state softball championship. She was a beast. Very intimidating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68Hornet Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 On 3/26/2019 at 10:42 AM, CoachPelvisPresley said: a mention was made in the NBA topic about WNBA and then it got to great women players and I brought this up. I thought it better to bring it to a bigger audience... it's too bad that it took so long for the WNBA to get going...there really have been some amazing HS GIRLS basketball royalty...players from all over East Texas...I personally can just think of a ton from great teams from: Spring Hill (Bonnie Moore, Linda Clark, Dianne Johnson) Longview (Angela Lawson) Quitman (Jennifer Clark, Ashlea Atwood) Harmony Gilmer (Sheri Yocum, Sheron Yocum, Stacy Smith, Terail Walker) Winnsboro (Stacy Stevens, Sara Hinkley, Sarah Mitchell, Amanda Kellar) Avinger (Sherea Mathis, Renee Dunn) Canton (Christi Cox, Kellie Fitzgerald) Tatum (Kathy Norris, Chandra Shaw) Karnack (Crystal Allen) obviously this is just a small sampling of the superstars and HS heroes that many of the schools had...many good memories/achievements. feel free to add more to the list for schools or add some other schools...could even add some great highlight game memories for some of these players or others. Liberty-Eylau's Aarica Ray, Imani Wright, Jamilia Ganter, Mattlyn McIntyre, Sharde Collins were all Division I players in college. Ray in my opinion is the best Texarkana has had that I've seen, although Wright was very special as the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootleg11 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 On 3/27/2019 at 1:44 PM, fourtwofive said: Mt. Vernon Aly Sherman- Played at Central Arkansas and West Texas A&M) Jayme Adair- Played at Central Arkansas Rylee Keys- 2018 State Championship team Alissa Hill- 2018 State Championship team Annie Coffey- 2018 State Championship team Samantha Lowry- 2018 State Championship team All the 2018 players could have played in college but they decided not to for various reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShadowKnows Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 On 7/3/2019 at 11:10 PM, TexasFTW said: There's too many to name from Winnsboro. Winnsboro girls basketball is nationally known though under coach Buddy Hawkins Stacy Stephens, she is the best female player in East Texas ,for sure, and one of the best in the state. MVP in the State and MVP of the Big XII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropkick Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 How can you name any best girl without starting with Teresa Weatherspoon of West Sabine. She was 2 times an Olympican and played 7 years in the WNBA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTFAN99 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Aquanisha Franklin from JT. Played in WNBA and now a head coach...I think at Lamar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShadowKnows Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 9 hours ago, Dropkick said: How can you name any best girl without starting with Teresa Weatherspoon of West Sabine. She was 2 times an Olympican and played 7 years in the WNBA. Weatherspoon is one and Stephens is 2. Pretty good starting 5 with just those 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtee2 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 7 hours ago, JTFAN99 said: Aquanisha Franklin from JT. Played in WNBA and now a head coach...I think at Lamar. Yessir! Female Allen Iverson! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTFAN99 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 16 hours ago, gtee2 said: Yessir! Female Allen Iverson! no lie....she was better than all the boys in her age group until about 7th or 8th grade. As a matter of fact she played with the boys all through little league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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