Super Endings Lead to Beginning of Diamond Dreams

 
CLOSURE IS THE theme for the first week of February, with the Super Bowl wrapping up the NFL season while the high school girls’ basketball regular season will mean the end for those schools that failed to make the playoffs. However, hope does spring eternal for both baseball and softball as the two sports remain in scrimmage mode before the games count for real.
Sunday: They’re playing the Super Bowl today, as the Patriots seek a sixth Lombardi Trophy at the expense of the Saints Rams. There is local appeal to this game, with Texas City’s Diron Talbert (1967-70) and La Marque’s Claude Terrell (2005-07) having played with Los Angeles/St. Louis. Former Stingarees star Vernon Crawford played three seasons with the Patriots (1997-99) while Cougars alum Greg Randall was a starting offensive lineman when New England won its first Super Bowl championship exactly 17 years ago on Sunday against…the Rams.
Those preferring to avoid the endless pregame show can flip it on KHOU11 shortly before the 5:30pm kickoff.
Monday: One softball scrimmage is on tap, as Clear Creek visits Dobie at 6:00pm.
The slate of baseball scrimmages swings away when Hitchcock has its Red/White Game at 4:00pm. Lutheran South at Friendswood is at 4:30pm along with Clear Creek and Galveston Ball travel to North Shore for a tri-scrimmage. Texas City at Dickinson will play under the lights beginning at 7:00pm.
Clear Creek is the host school for the Debbie Fuchs Invitational, which will also have Clear Brook, Santa Fe and Texas City among the girls’ golf teams participating in the event, which will be held at Timber Creek Golf Club.
The Rockets continue a four-game road trip out west with an 8:00pm date against the Suns. AT&T Sportsnet Southwest will have the game beginning with the pregame show at 7:30pm.
Tuesday: Playoff positioning will be on the line in the final game of the girls’ basketball regular season. The night starts with Van Vleck at Hitchcock at 6:15pm, followed by Galveston Ball at Baytown Lee and Crosby at Friendswood at 6:30pm. Dickinson at Alvin, Clear Springs at Clear Creek at Clear Brook at Clear Lake each start at 7:00pm.
The boys’ schedule will have Clear Lake at Clear Brook, Clear Creek at Clear Springs, Friendswood at Crosby, Alvin at state-ranked Dickinson, Baytown Lee at Galveston Ball and Texas City at Santa Fe each begin at 7:00pm. Van Vleck at Hitchcock tips off at 7:30pm.
In boys’ soccer, Clear Lake at Clear Creek, Alvin at Clear Falls, Dickinson at Clear Springs, Galena Park at Friendswood, Crosby at Galveston Ball, Texas City at Goose Creek Memorial and Baytown Lee at Santa Fe each start their matches at 7:30pm.
The girls’ soccer schedule will have Santa Fe at Baytown Lee, Alvin at Clear Falls, Clear Creek at Clear Lake, Galveston Ball at Crosby, Clear Springs at Dickinson, Friendswood at Galena Park and Goose Creek Memorial at Texas City. Each match begins at 7:30pm.
Softball scrimmages continue as Friendswood travels to Ridge Point to participate in a 4:00pm tune-up that includes Katy. Galveston Ball at Brazosport is at 6:00pm, with Clear Falls at Pasadena Memorial, Brazoswood at Santa Fe and Clear Brook at Texas City starting at 6:30pm. Clear Springs at Pearland begins at 7:00pm.
The schedule for baseball scrimmages starts at 4:00pm when La Porte takes on Clear Brook and Dawson at Clear Springs. Spring Woods at Clear Falls and Manvel at Santa Fe start at 4:30pm, while Ganado at La Marque begins at 5:00pm.
A host of powerlifting teams, including Santa Fe and Texas City, will be at the Oiler Meet that will be held at Pearland High School.