Humble ISD Middle Schoolers Put on Good Show (Story extracted from HighPoints Weekly Sports Updates - January 6, 2011 Issue)

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by Rob L Sprouse

(Atascocita)  -  Matt Smithson knows he doesn’t have to worry about his Kingwood Middle School boys roundballers’ dedication to their sport and his responsibility.  “They knew that they would have to play some Basketball on their own during the Christmas Holidays, and they stayed sharp by doing that,” the first year coach said.

The graduate of Lamar University saw that focused determination pay off with the eighth grade Humble ISD tourney title won by his red clad KMS Cougars, 38-37 in a heartstopper at Atascocita High.  A barrage of three point long distance “bombs” almost brought Humble Middle School back, but a costly turnover at the end put an end to the Wildcats long shot, but very effective, comeback.  Well, almost completely effective, after all, the purple Cubs didn’t quite catch the Coogs.  Still, it was a longshot, because KWMS had built a double digit lead and the clock was running out.  However, bombs away and back came Humble, only to come up short.  The former Nimitz High Phys-ed. Coach, says his team has come a long way.

“ When we played them earlier this season in the first game of the year, we lost by 12 points, and it was my first game as a head coach here,” Smithson said.  He added, “The thing is they had to adapt to me and me to them, but running Coach Amorosa and Coach Huisman’s  up-tempo motion offense and man to man defense, they are coming around.  Also, the fundamentals that we teach them each day, is making them better basketball players,” Smithson said.

They definitely are getting to the point where not only Matt Smithson won’t have to fret, but K-Park Head Coach Dominic Amorosa their future leader will be finding that “no worries” feeling coming down the road, right at him.