Clear Lake Falconhoops

Clear Lake last played in this tournament in 1996. That year we placed second behind Clear Creek. 

Today's win was victory number 1000 for Clear Lake High School Varsity Basketball. Can you hear the fireworks and celebration going off in my head? Today was also Dr. Joe McCollum's birthday.

In first round action today Clear Lake faced The Village,  an "independent" school with their first year of freshmen at the private school. Their ten man roster showed 8 freshmen and 2 eighth graders although only six players were present for today's game against Clear Lake. This very talent laden team listed two players at 6'8" and three at 6'5" on their roster.

Former Olympian triple jumper Frank Rutherford and his "Elite Bahamian Education Program" is oiling the pipeline from the Bahamas where some of this talent is piped in from. A UH alum, Rutherford was the first Bahamian track and field Olympic medalist.

The Village team is coached by former Duke player Gerald Henderson. His father played in the NBA for 13 years.

Now I do not know what it means to be a freshman in the Bahamas buts sans birth certificates, we are supposed to believe these kids are freshman which almost defies credibilty. They do not look like ninth graders and they do not play like ninth graders (File this one up there with the 14 year old Chinese gymnasts).This team of youngsters is very talented. We will here much more from this bunch before too long.

Lake played well the entire game despite poor shooting from the field. Lake shot a weak 4 of 21 from the field  in the first quarter and it was tied at 12. Slightly better shooting in the second quarter with 9 of 29 but Lake scored 28 points to be up 40-24 at halftime.

Action photos for this game can be found at Current season albums  by TBD date and time.

Individual Scoring:

Jacob 23, Kyle 21 (11 rebounds, 2 steals), Mark 11,

Jared 4 (5 rebounds, 2 steals),  Jake 4, Matt 3 (7 assists), Brick 3 (4 steals, 4 assists), Nick 2, Jackson 2