Boys Basketball 1997-1998

Conference 4A

District Representatives: 1. Canyon Randall / Hereford / Amarillo Caprock; 2. Lamesa / Plainview / Snyder; 3. El Paso Riverside / El Paso Parkland / El Paso Bowie; 4. Sweetwater / San Angelo Lake View / Andrews; 5. Graham / Granbury / Mineral Wells; 6. Fort Worth Western Hills / Fort Worth Polytechnic / Fort Worth Eastern Hills; 7. Wichita Falls / Sherman / Burkburnett; 8. Justin Northwest / Keller Fossil Ridge / Fort Worth Brewer; 9. Dallas Highland Park / Coppell / McKinney; 10. Dallas Lincoln / Dallas Spruce / Dallas Smith; 11. Dallas Roosevelt / Dallas Pinkston / Dallas Hillcrest; 12. Terrell / Greenville / Wylie; 13. Cleburne / Everman / Waxahachie; 14. Lancaster / Hutchins Wilmer-Hutchins / Corsicana; 15. Texarkana Texas / Sulphur Springs / Paris North Lamar; 16. Longview Pine Tree / Gilmer / Henderson; 17. Palestine / Brownsboro / Lindale; 18. Navasota / Willis / Waller; 19. Silsbee / Livingston / Cleveland; 20. Port Arthur Lincoln / Orange West Orange-Stark / Orange Little Cypress-Mauriceville; 21. Houston Waltrip / Houston Wheatley / Houston Worthing; 22. Friendswood Clear Brook / Channelview / Friendswood; 23. Texas City / Rosenberg Lamar / La Marque; 24. Freeport Brazosport / West Columbia / Bay City; 25. Waco University / Waco Midway / Taylor; 26. Austin Johnson / Austin McCallum / Austin Anderson; 27. Boerne / San Antonio Kennedy / Fredericksburg; 28. Spring Branch Smithson Valley / Gonzales / New Braunfels Canyon; 29. San Antonio Alamo Heights / San Antonio Houston / San Antonio Lanier; 30. San Antonio South San Antonio West / San Antonio McCollum / Beeville Jones; 31. Corpus Christi Flour Bluff / Corpus Christi Calallen / Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway; 32. Brownsville Lopez / Mission Sharyland / Edcouch-Elsa.

Bi-district: Hereford def. Snyder 35-34; El Paso Parkland def. Andrews 76-66; Fort Worth Eastern Hills def. Granbury 58-51; Sherman def. Fort Worth Brewer 72-49; Plainview def. Amarillo Caprock 67-50; El Paso Bowie def. San Angelo Lakeview 74-70; Fort Worth Polytechnic def. Mineral Wells 79-32; Burkburnett def. Keller Fossil Ridge 82-69; Coppell def. Dallas Smith 60-39; Dallas Pinkston def. Wylie 61-53; Everman def. Corsicana 81-72; Sulphur Springs def. Henderson 61-59 (OT); McKinney def. Dallas Spruce 73-64; Greenville def. Dallas Hillcrest 62-60; Waxahachie def. Hutchins Wilmer-Hutchins 64-60; Paris North Lamar def. Gilmer 65-61; Brownsboro def. Waller 54-50; Livingston def. Orange Little Cypress Mauriceville 81-72; Friendswood def. Houston Wheatley 78-76; Rosenberg Lamar def. Bay City 77-72; Willis def. Lindale 80-59; Cleveland def. Orange West Orange-Stark 70-61; Houston Worthing def. Channelview 104-94; Columbia def. La Marque 42-40; Austin Anderson def. Waco Midway 51-45; New Braunfels Canyon def. San Antonio Kennedy 71-64; San Antonio Houston def. Beeville Jones 98-48; Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway def. Edcouch-Elsa 65-56; Tyler def. Austin McCallum 68-66; Gonzales def. Fredricksburg 63-50; San Antonio Lanier def. San Antonio McCollum 79-77; Corpus Christi Calallen def. Mission Sharyland 63-40.

Area: Sweetwater def. Hereford 68-58; Lamesa def. El Paso Parkland 71-70; Justin Northwest def. Fort Worth Eastern Hills 89-84; Fort Worth Western Hills def. Sherman 59-42; El Paso Riverside def. Plainview 61-53; Canyon Randall def. El Paso Bowie 56-37; Fort Worth Polytechnic def. Wichita Falls 67-64; Graham def. Burkburnett 44-35; Coppell def. Terrell 88-76; Dallas Lincoln def. Dallas Pinkston 91-63; Longview Pine Tree def. Everman 71-57; Lancaster def. Sulphur Springs 56-50; McKinney def. Dallas Roosevelt 78-56; Dallas Highland Park def. Greenville 68-35; Texarkana Texas def. Waxahachie 98-95 (OT); Cleburne def. Paris North Lamar 81-46; Port Arthur Lincoln def. Brownsboro 61-45; Livingston def. Navasota 60-49; Freeport Brazosport def. Friendswood 65-61; Friendswood Clear Brook def. Rosenberg Lamar 49-45; Silsbee def. Willis 66-53; Cleveland def. Palestine 74-60; Houston Worthing def. Texas City 99-76; Houston Waltrip def. West Columbia 67-47; Austin Anderson def. Spring Branch Smithson Valley 69-66; Austin Johnson def. New Braunfels Canyon 92-62; San Antonio Houston def. Brownsville Lopez 79-51; San Antonio South San Antonio West Campus def. Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway 54-49; Boerne def. Taylor 81-58; Waco University def. Gonzales 81-73; Corpus Christi Flour Bluff def. San Antonio Lanier 65-58; San Antonio Alamo Heights def. Corpus Christi Calallen 65-54.

Quarterfinal: Lamesa def. Sweetwater 65-58; Fort Worth Western Hills def. Justin Northwest 67-41; Canyon Randall def. El Paso Riverside 52-47; Graham def. Fort Worth Polytechnic 56-53; Dallas Lincoln def. Coppell 48-46; Longview Pine Tree def. Lancaster 56-50; Dallas Highland Park def. McKinney 57-40; Cleburne def. Texarkana Texas 74-63; Port Arthur Lincoln def. Livingston 57-31; Friendswood Clear Brook def. Freeport Brazosport 60-57; Cleveland def. Silsbee 60-59; Houston Waltrip def. Houston Worthing 105-102; Austin Johnson def. Austin Anderson 73-70; San Antonio South San Antonio West Campus def. San Antonio Houston 76-75; Waco University def. Boerne 64-61; San Antonio Alamo Heights def. Corpus Christi Flour Bluff 68-59.

Regional Semifinal: Lamesa def. Fort Worth Western Hills 68-59; Canyon Randall def. Graham 43-38; Longview Pine Tree def. Dallas Lincoln 75-70; Dallas Highland Park def. Cleburne 37-31; Port Arthur Lincoln def. Friendswood Clear Brook 61-52; Houston Waltrip def. Cleveland 87-59; Austin Johnson def. San Antonio South San Antonio West Campus 66-42; Waco University def. San Antonio Alamo Heights 70-61.

Regional Final: Lamesa def. Canyon Randall 68-50; Dallas Highland Park def. Longview Pine Tree 74-47; Houston Waltrip def. Port Arthur Lincoln 68-61; Waco University def. Austin Johnson 85-79.

State Semifinal: Houston Waltrip def. Lamesa 76-73; Dallas Highland Park def. Waco University 56-51.

State Final: Houston Waltrip def. Dallas Highland Park 67-60.

Members of the Conference 4A boysí state champion Houston Waltrip basketball team include (front row) Damon Steward, Cliff Grant, Thurman Austin, Kevin Biggurs, Reginald Collins; (second row) Joffrey Reid, Terrence Dixon, Cedric Taylor, DeMarcus Braxton, Jarian Veazie, Rashad Stevens, Steve Harris, Clementa Simmons, Larry Manuel; (back row) Gary Nichols, Vincent Grayson, Don Alexander, Chris Magee, Randric Williams, Field Williams, Antonio Fal?, Justin Lewis, Sean Benton, Fred Smith.