2021 Sandra Meadows Classic Preview

I know I sound corny at times yet 15 years ago I walked into the S<strong>andra Meadows Arena</strong> and something just came over me as I felt the tradition that I had been reading about, the great<strong> Duncanville</strong> teams from the past and <strong>a different type of basketball which was played from around the Dallas area.</strong> My daughter, <strong>Sydney Colson</strong>,  <strong>Westside</strong> team became the first team from this part of Texas to win the championship and <strong>she was named MVP of the tournament</strong> so those memories, without Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, or The Gram are still embedded in my memories so I’ll be there <strong>ALL DAY TUESDAY,</strong> I mapped out my schedule and <a href="http://sandrameadowsclassic.com/">I’ll catch the vast majority of the 32 teams</a> before heading to <strong>Mansfield for their event Wednesday and Thursday</strong> but peep this, <strong>Day 1 Standouts, Top Players from each position, Class Breakdown of Top Performers as well as New Faces</strong> I was clueless about so the New Year will keep you going and these two events will play a huge part in my next <strong>PGH Texas UPDATE in January </strong> <strong>Duncanville</strong> Probably the favorite to win it, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="135381" first="Kiersten" last="Johnson"] (Oklahoma)</strong>  and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="96932" first="Maya" last="Linton"] (UTSA) </strong>along with fellow senior <strong>Alicia Marquez</strong> who impressed me by knocking down shots when I covered the Duncanville Shootout yet don’t get it twisted, talented junior <strong>Victoria Flores</strong> can fill it up but so can sophomore sensation Tajanae Gooden, watched her drop 6 deep one in a row at the event, well one was halfway down but it was there. Several talented freshmen as well as one of the top point guards in the state, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="134030" first="Tristen" last="Taylor"]</strong> is why I’m saying they’re in the driver’s seat <strong>OUT OF STATE SQUADS</strong> Unlike these people who rank players nationally because they attend their camps, I’m not that good, well I’m not that dumb but I can tell you a #D1Lock at an early age and <strong>Arionna Patterson (Walker, LA)</strong> is definitely that and more. The talented freshman nickname is <strong>SKYWALKER</strong> and her team is undefeated coming in <strong>Bartlett</strong> and <strong>Briarcrest Christian</strong> are coming from Tennessee, I know nothing about either and the same can be said for <strong>Clovis West (CA) Lovejoy (GA) Fayetville, Jonesboro, and Marion (AR) </strong> however I do know that traditionally <strong>McEarchen (GA) Conway (AR) and Captain Shreve (LA)</strong> have made some noise in the past <strong>SLEEPERS</strong> <strong>Hardin Jefferson</strong> has <strong>Duke signee [player_tooltip player_id="65906" first="Ashlon" last="Jackson"], the #1 player in Texas 2022 </strong>as well as a couple of other <strong>#D1Locks [player_tooltip player_id="166646" first="Kendall" last="Sneed"] and Chandler Preston-Caver</strong>. You know what, let me lock in 6’0 junior <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="267348" first="Molly" last="Beavers"]</strong> as well <strong>Pearland</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="314168" first="Aryelle" last="Stevens"], [player_tooltip player_id="96125" first="RyLee" last="Grays"], and [player_tooltip player_id="158879" first="La’Niah" last="Thornton"]</strong> form probably the best frontline in the Houston area and if <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="134034" first="Janae" last="Tucker"]</strong> doesn’t tear her ACL, they could have made a deep run and speaking of running as in out of time, special S/O to their head coach <strong>Jere’ Adams</strong> who I caught putting on shows for Dulles right after the turn of the century <strong>Other Top 100 Standouts playing</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="135359" first="Sydney" last="Ward"] and [player_tooltip player_id="204180" first="Tobi" last="Ademuwagun"] (Village School)</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="135369" first="Victoria" last="Rivera"] (Dobie)</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="135379" first="Madison" last="Cockrell"] (Bishop Lynch)</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="65915" first="Jazzy" last="Owens"]-Barnett (Frisco Liberty)</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="65911" first="Breanna" last="Davis"] (Red Oak)</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="311897" first="Salese" last="Blow"] (Plano)</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="309647" first="Vernell" last="Atamah"] (Mesquite Horn)</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="158684" first="Belecia" last="Martinez"] (Incarnate Word)</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="135385" first="Suni" last="Davis"] (Saginaw)</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="206962" first="Londyn" last="Oliphant"], [player_tooltip player_id="206960" first="Neenah" last="George"], and [player_tooltip player_id="96129" first="Crislyn" last="Rose"] (Sachse)</strong> <strong>Follow the event #smclassic on both Facebook and Twitter </strong> <strong><a href="http://sandrameadowsclassic.com/bracket_2021.html">BRACKET </a></strong> &nbsp; &nbsp;