Clear Lake Falconhoops

 Clear Lake 69 – Alvin 40 

From the outset there was little doubt about the outcome of the Friday night game between the Alvin Yellowjackets and the Clear Lake Falcons in the Alvin gym. The highly ranked Falcons (now 22-5) made it evident early, by pulling out to an 8-0 lead, that the Jackets (now 5-16) were in for a long night. Clear Lake doubled Alvin’s score 26-13 by halftime and cruised to a 29 point victory 69-40. Junior Kyle Ashton led all scorers by having the best night of his high school career with 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals.  

The other star of the game was Alvin’s #42, a senior guard who is a special programs boy who is a member of the Alvin varsity team this year. With just over one minute remaining in the game and defeat unavoidable, Coach Eric Aaron, a former Clear Lake coach, called time out to allow the substitution of his special player. The coach directed his player to position himself at the top of the three point arc and remain there which #42 dutifully did. Alvin in-bounded the ball and by the third pass #42 had possession while the Clear Lake squad on the floor stood in position with no intention of preventing the three point attempt. The first shot went up but barely missed as the Jackets rebounded uncontested by the Falcons. The ball went back to #42 for a second attempt which he quickly sank like a pro. Many in the crowd on both sides of the gym rose to their feet and loudly cheered the success of this young man from Alvin, Texas.  

Clear Lake High School is one of a couple of dozen widely known large schools where the tradition of their basketball program is legendary statewide. In the basketball community at large there are many widely accepted generalities about Clear Lake varsity basketball teams. Included among those are:

-  Clear Lake will always have a good team;

- they will play team basketball;

- they will be very well coached;

- they will probably be tough to beat;

- they will not play dirty basketball;

-they are guided and influenced by coaches with honesty and integrity and it shows;

-they will usually treat their opponents with respect and expect to be treated the same;

- they will usually have enough class that it will shine through. 

If you doubt this ask several senior basketball officials from the Houston area and you will easily confirm this. Go to the state tournament in Austin and seek out people who have been into high school basketball for decades and you will confirm this. Not from all of them but from very many. My point is this is not just one biased opinion from one very biased person. 

Many people left the Alvin gym tonight with a warm feeling in their heart not just because of a win but because of one very special boy putting a ball through a hoop. The crowd watched as the Clear Lake team stood motionless hoping for their opponent to score a basket before the clock expired. That’s CLASS and it is the kind of class that makes one proud to be a Clear Lake fan. Winning is important but it isn’t everything. There are few on-the-court opportunities for teenage age boys to show real compassion for another human being. Tonight was one of those rare opportunities and it is something that will be remembered for a long time. 

Photos for this game can be found at http://picasaweb.google.com/falconhoops200708  by Monday evening.

Individual Scoring:

Kyle Ashton 21 (7 rebounds, 3 steals),

Jay Williams 13 (9 rebounds),

Kevin Anderson 7, Cody Kinsey 6, Andrew Gorie 6, Steve Hartman 5, Mark McCollum 4, Brian Campbell 3 (4 assists), Jason Hollis 2 (6 assists)

Varsity District Standings as of January 16, 2008

District Win/Loss Record

The fans and the relatives of every player owe a huge debt of gratitude to those people who forego watching the game to photograph the players.  Please be sure to thank them.

In addition to the website administrator, the following people contributed to this web site by providing one or more digital photos of games or related activities during the regular season. In some cases, the number in parenthesis indicates the approximate number of photos contributed for consideration to be displayed on the site.

2010-11

Mr. Pete Train - photos of almost every varsity game and Connor Train's birthday party.

Mr. Terry Krenek - photos for most varsity games and Colton Krenek's birthday party.

Ms. Patricia Davis - photos of birthday party for Alden Miles.

Mrs. Heather Blackmar - JV photos for several games

Kyle Snow and Phil Pursler - one excellent 5 minute video highlights of one game.

2009-2010

Mr. Randall Hollimon (thousands of varsity photos and a few hundred JV photos) Thank you very much.

Kyle Snow and Phil Pursler - video highlights of multiple games. Since 2006 Mr. Snow has provided basketball game videos although he does not have a son playing basketball at Clear Lake. Thank you very much for your contributions to Clear Lake basketball. 

2008-2009
Dr. Joe McCollum (thousands)
Terry Krenek - (JV, less than a dozen)
John Mulholland - (JV, less than a dozen)
Ken Ruta - (1 Freshman A Team at end of season)

2007-2008
Dr. Joe McCollum
Randall Hollimon
Kyle Snow (video clips) 
Gene Pearce
Randy Anderson 

2006-2007
Dr. Joe McCollum (almost 600),
Gene Pearce (over 200),
Wendy Gorie (2),
Don Lewis (1)
2006-2007 video clips: Kyle Snow

2005-2006 Dr. Joe McCollum
2004-2005 Gene Pearce
2004-2005 Don Lewis
2004-2005 Jack Warren
2003-2004 Jack and Dink Warren
2002-2003 None
2001-2002 None

Varsity District 24-5A Standings  for 2008-2009

District Won/Loss Record as of Feb 21, 2009

top 4 teams enter playoffs