Observer Sports Blog

What a day. Countless scores to tell you about, and still plenty more action to come tomorrow.

The biggest news came in Kingwood tonight, where Humble knocked off the Mustangs 35-32 despite playing the game without senior guard Dwayne Rogers. In his absence, backcourt mate Vincent Cavalier stepped up as the unquestioned star of the game. Cavalier scored 12 points, spent most of the game dribbling away the clock, hit the go-ahead free throw with 15.2 seconds remaining, and knocked away a steal that clinched the game soon after. He did all this despite missing two crucial minutes of the fourth quarter due to cramps. Quite a performance.

Humble opened up a 14-2 lead in the first quarter thanks to terrific defense, including two steals and two blocks from big man Terry Hines, who also hit a 3-pointer. Denying Kingwood entry passes to Jordan McGowen (14 points) was key for Humble all night. After the first quarter, Humble spent most of its energy killing the clock and trying to make Kingwood chase the ball. Darius Tubbs had a big game, joining McGowen and Cavalier as the only players to score in each quarter.

In the final quarter, Kingwood made its charge with Cavalier out of the game and tied the game after a clutch 3-pointer from Derek McLea and a pair of Tevin Svihovec free throws with 26.2 seconds left. But Svihovec fouled Cavalier before the ball was even inbounded, and Cavalier’s late heroics followed to lift Humble to a 5-0 district record. Quite a win, witnessed by a loud, involved crowd that packed the gym 20 minutes before tip-off.

Other basketball scores
Boys
Atascocita 66, Channelview 59 – Toran (Atsc) 20
Bmnt. West Brook 66, Baytown Sterling 49
P.A. Memorial 53, Baytown Lee 43
Galena Park 83, New Caney 72 – Fernandez (NC) 26
Barbers Hill 63, Huffman Hargrave 37
Smiley 82, C.E. King 76
Crosby 63, Forest Brook 43
Cleveland 53, Kingwood Park 49 – Quillian (KPrk) 17
Splendora 43, Liberty 40 – Usher (Splndr) 18
Coldspring 70, Shepherd 45
Westfield 67, Spring 63 – Brown, Brooks (West) 20; Phillips (Sprng) 17
Tomball 51, Klein 42
Klein Forest 74, Klein Oak 44

Girls
Humble 67, Kingwood 49 – Hines (Hmbl) 21; Price (Kwd) 23 – wow. I can’t wait to hear about this one.
Channelview 50, Atascocita 48 – Jackson (Atsc) 13
Baytown Sterling 44, Bmnt. West Brook 34
P.A. Memorial 51, Baytown Lee 33
New Caney 58, Galena Park 41 – Thomas (NC) 20
Crosby 42, Forest Brook 32
C.E. King 68, Smiley 29
Barbers Hill vs. Huffman Hargrave, no score
Cleveland 49, Kingwood Park 45 – Brown (KPrk) 16
Splendora at Liberty, no score
Coldspring vs. Shepherd, no score
Westfield 67, Spring 37 – Carter (West) 22; Smith (Sprng) 11
Tomball 43, Klein 42
Klein Oak 49, Klein Forest 38

Soccer scores
Boys
Panther Challenge
Nederland 4, Santa Fe 0
Sharpstown 5, Kingwood Park 0
Kilt Cup
Kingwood 6, Westfield 0
Cy Ridge 4, New Caney 0
Cy-Fair ISD Tournament
Tomball 2, Atascocita 0

Girls
Humble ISD Cup
Kingwood 8, Houston Westside 0 – hat tricks for Taylor Padia and Amanda Essay
Cy-Fair 3, Burleson 1
Cy Woods 9, Humble 0
T.W. College Park 4, Atascocita 0
Panther Challenge
Lumberton 8, Houston Reagan 0
Santa Fe 4, Kingwood Park 1 – game was 1-1 until last 10 minutes; Madison Harvey with K-Park goal
New Caney Invitational
New Caney 3, Livingston 1 (mini-game)
New Caney 5, Galena Park 0 (mini-game) – Genesis Cepeda hat trick
Spring 1, Aldine Nimitz 1 (mini-game) – Candace Garceau goal
Henderson 1, Spring 0 (mini-game)