Fox, a 6-3 sophomore guard, leads Cy Lakes with 22.4 points per game. They're going to be special.". Houston Inside High … Cy Lakes-----Basketball Boys - Freshman A-----Game Preview Photos Videos Comments Cy Lakes; Basketball Boys -... No Team Data Available. "It's been a learning experience for myself, the coaching staff and the kids," Olatunbosun said. Olatunbosun had never been bad at coaching. Because I'm sitting here, like, 'what am I doing wrong?' Share. After a 25-8 2016 season that ended with a trip to the Regional Finals, the Cy Lakes Basketball coaches lost their top four scorers - seniors De'Aaron Fox, Charles Williams, Adnan Bajrami and, worst of all, freshman forward Jared Garcia, who transferred to a boarding school in Connecticut - and started the season 4-19, with seven straight losses to open district play. 1:37. It's been good for me because we pulled out some stuff we hadn't done in a long time, drills we haven't used in a while.". School News This will be her fourth year at Cy Lakes, and third year coaching. THINCPRO Basketball Recommended for you. Come basketball season, they may once again be net-exporters of schadenfreude. Olatunbosun's own head coaching record stood at 25-8 (12-1 in district) with a 4-1 playoff record and a Regional Finals trip after his rookie season at the helm. Coach Coleman is the Girls (Freshman) Basketball and Assistant Track Coach. Tweet. That's okay, according to Cross. Home Access Center "We didn't want it that way, but it's had to be. I really, truly believe we'll be back in the mix, back in the hunt because of what we've gone through this year.". Shoot the ball every time down the floor, if you like,' and he wouldn't do it. To my surprise, the three agreed that they had never had more fun at work. # sourpatchkid #3 # basketballmom. Sorry, this site does not work properly without JavaScript enabled. Basketball Langham Creek vs Cy Lakes – Boys – Basketball – 2.11.2020 – 7PM – Live from Cy Lakes HS. Perhaps surprisingly, Olatunbosun saw the W not as a significant event, in and of itself, so much as the inevitable result of the Spartans' process - and that process was laid bare without superlative talent like Garth and Fox. Physical Address 5750 Greenhouse Road Katy, TX 77449 Phone Number: 281-856-3800 School Hours 7:20 a.m. - 2:50 p.m. The Spartans' younger classes have it. And despite the adversity, coaching has been as fun as ever for the three. But for me, it's been awesome, because these guys [Cross and Herrera] are here every day with me, too. Coach Coleman graduated from Cy-Springs High School in 2002, and went on to play collegiate basketball. No Player Data Available. And that's why I like to have them with me when I do stuff like this.". And we've got a really talented freshman group.". View the 20-21 Cypress Lakes varsity basketball team schedule. This is the first year we've really struggled. Editor's note: In January, I caught up with Coaches Emmanuel Olatunbosun, Drew Cross and Tony Herrera of Cy Lakes Basketball after their first district win, in which the Spartans edged a (then) 17-9 Langham Creek squad 53-52 at home. Cy Lakes basketball coaches grew from last year’s adversity. Editor’s note: In January, I caught up with Coaches Emmanuel Olatunbosun, Drew Cross and Tony Herrera of Cy Lakes Basketball after their first district win, in which the Spartans edged a (then) 17-9 Langham Creek squad 53-52 at home. For Cy Lakes High School senior De'Aaron Fox, it was his first 17 and under game as a 14-year-old that really opened his eyes. The sensation of playing uphill, of gearing up to fight battle after battle, despite loss after loss, isn't entirely foreign to Olatunbosun, nor the Cy Lakes program. Contact Us, 5750 Greenhouse Road Share. Did a TX pastor spend millions in federal loans on a private jet? "For me, it's been good. Box Score. No Player Data Available. Olatunbosun was inaugural Cy Lakes head coach Jeff Snedeker's hand-picked choice for the job when Snedeker took an administrative role in Cy-Fair ISD's Transportation Services Department in 2015, and Olatunbosun, who helped open Cy Lakes with Snedeker, helped the program amass a 151-85 overall record in its first seven years of varsity competition. Only time will tell. The 0-5 start to the district schedule had been tough, and not just because of the losses. 10-5A D2 - Film Session - Duration: 2:35. The one-point victory against Langham Creek ended a 10-game losing streak. Cross described the Garth-and-Fox era of Cy Lakes hoops as a five-year long exercise in catering to star talent while trying not to mess up very valuable futures: Garth has averaged 12.6 points per game in 63 games and 13 starts for Lamar University in the Southland Conference; Fox contributed nearly 17 points and five assists per game in 36 contests with the Wildcats during his brief University of Kentucky stopover, before going fifth in the NBA Draft to the Sacramento Kings. This game was part of the 2020 Boys State Basketball Championships - 6A Regions 2 & 4 tournament. Cy Creek vs Seven Lakes – 11/23/2020 – 5PM – Volleyball – Merrell Center – Area Round Playoffs . I kind of feel like we're in that same spot now. And, even if the Spartans revert immediately back to their winning ways, it might take some time before they're playing in front of packed gyms filled with luminaries like John Wall and James Harden again. Cy-Springs vs Cy-Lakes volleyball, Aug. 28, 2018 - Duration: 3:01. While he was there, they were a 3-time Regional Finalists, and State Runner Up in TAPPS. Phone Number: 281-856-3800. It's a mentality to be able to come down, not care what everybody thinks, miss shots, know how to get fouled. And I'm pretty sure everybody is getting a thrill out of it.". Share. Not having a blue-chip dream to nurture freed the coaches up to, in a word, coach. "I hate to say it's a 'rebuilding year,' because I don't even think it is, but I think the success is going to continue next year.". Share. Share. Herrera and Cross, too. Kevin Cook is the sports editor for the Cy Creek Mirror, a proud University of Houston alumnus and a Cy-Fair sports aficionado. Getting back to Aldine, however, is the first major step toward reaching those aspirations. And all three knew so for a fact, not in spite of the tough start to the year, but because of it. By Albert Alvarado / American-Statesman Correspondent Wednesday Feb 26, 2020 at … Game Details. About UsDistrict Links CFISD is not responsible for content on remote sites. It's a mentality to not care what everybody thinks, to take and miss shots with games and playoff berths on the line, and it's a mentality he saw last year's ninth- and tenth-grade players exhibit in abundance. ", A YouTube video entitled "How To: Develop a Kobe Bryant Mindset" has - as of this writing - has 40,000-plus views. A lot of kids think it's easy to score 30, and they think they just haven't been given the opportunity to go do it. Olatunbosun asked. Two months from the start of non-district play, the 'next year' they were talking about is nearly here, and the lessons they learned from 2017's tough start are just as relevant today as they were then. "It's like going back to our roots," Cross said. Westwood rally stuns Cy Lakes in boys basketball playoff opener . (Basketball Training For Young Players) - Duration: 9:22. We've always been good here. "These kids still make their grades, still come to practice, they're still fun to be around - if the only problem we'll have this year is losing? Share. After coaching at Canterbury, Coach Skelton was a Varsity Assistant in Shepherd and New Caney, Texas. It's been really good. No one was closer to those freshmen than Herrera, and he concurs. Of course, Olatunbosun had never coached a team without Nick Garth or De'Aaron Fox - 17.5 points per game over 86 career games and 25.4 points per game over 106 career games, respectively. Comments. 2018 LIGHT UP THE LAKESCypress Lakes Spartans Basketball- Head Coach: Emmanuel Olatunbosun- Twitter: https://twitter.com/cylakeshoopshttps://top100talent.com No Player Data Available. Skip Navigation and go to main content (Press Enter). Without an obvious Division-I-bound, nationally-recognized recruit on the roster headed into 2017, many wondered who 'the guy' was going to be for Coach O and his staff, freshman coach Tony Herrera and junior varsity coach Andrew Cross. The Cy Lakes Basketball coaches found themselves in a radically different situation in 2017 than the year before, with the top four scorers from a Regional Finals team departing. What the Spartans 'went through' was more than a 6-23 (2-11) season. "The lower levels have always been winning," Herrera said. "We thought that [vocal leadership] would come from the seniors," Olatunbosun said. No Player Data Available. This will be her fourth year at Cy Lakes, and third year coaching. The Cypress Lakes varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away playoff game against Round Rock Westwood (Austin, TX) by a score of 47-43. In a special Chevy Spotlight we head out to Cy Lakes High School to feature one of the top basketball players in the country. Posted Tue, Mar 10 2020. Please enable JavaScript or contact your local administrator. At the game at the Berry Center, I told one of my kids, 'hey, I want to see if you can score 30 tonight. Cy Lakes boys' basketball is arguably the school's most successful program and visible brand. Share. Cy Lakes. She is a Health Teacher at Lakes. You want to be there in the battle with the kids.". Coach Coleman is the Girls (Freshman) Basketball and Assistant Track Coach. Coach Patton was named the 2nd Head Football Coach at Cypress Lakes High School in February of 2015. 9:22 . Basketball 1 on 2017. Share. Previously, he was the Head Coach at Canterbury Episcopal. Kevin Cook September 12, 2017 GMT. I'll take that. 39 photos by Ashley Depew Photography So the record wasn't really telling the story of the season. "The freshmen, they play as a unit. I recently recovered some data from a dead laptop, and this conversation was among those files. 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Cy Lakes-----Basketball Boys - Freshman B-----Game Preview Photos Videos Comments Cy Lakes; Basketball Boys -... No Team Data Available. Cy Lakes basketball coaches grew from last year's adversity. No Player Data Available. Before coming to Cypress Lakes, Coach Patton spent 5 seasons at Lamar Consolidated High School, and 6 Seasons at Cypress Ridge as the defensive coordinator. It's almost like taking it back to junior high, breaking it down. "But a lot of the seniors we have, they were watchers last year. That was a learning experience, too. Tweet. Game Details. Email. Email. Physical Address 5750 Greenhouse Road Katy, TX 77449 Phone Number: 281-856-3800 School Hours 7:20 a.m. - 2:50 p.m. Despite the challenges, or perhaps because of them, the rebuilding year has been as much fun for the three coaches as any of the prior seasons. Olatunbosun remembers a longer, tougher streak clearly - Nov. 21 through Jan. 5 of Cy Lakes' first year playing a varsity schedule. Every time you lose by five or less, you feel as a coach that there's something you could have done.". "The only problem we've had all year is that we're not winning games," Cross said. Call it confidence, swagger, kill instinct - call it whatever. Coach Skelton is in his 11th year coaching, and his 2nd as Cypress Lakes Head Baseball Coach. CFISD is not responsible for the accuracy or content of any of the information provided by this site, nor is it liable for any direct or indirect technical or system issues arising out of your access to or use of third party technologies or programs available through this site. This will be her fourth year at Cy Lakes, and third year coaching. Game Details. 5-1 (L) - Cypress Lakes vs. Concordia Lutheran RESULT Loss Played on 3/7/2020 4:30 PM No Player Data Available. "Before the season, [people] asked me who it would be, and it's been us [the coaching staff]," Olatunbosun said. And, perhaps surprisingly, what they went through taught them - as if for the first time - how fun coaching could be. "I don't know if people know, our first year here, when we went varsity, we lost 14 games in a row," Olatunbosun said. The Cy Lakes boys' basketball team has aspirations beyond getting to another regional tournament. The first five, we dropped a lead in every single game.". A similar video, "The Mind of Michael Jordan (the psychology of an obsessed winner)" has 2.8 million. 3. He and the rest of the Cy Lakes coaches enjoyed the De'Aaron Fox Show as much as anyone - more than, even. Comments. "We ended up missing the playoffs by one game that year. Email. Tweet. The Cy Springs loss preceded a 20-point loss to Cy Ridge and a 14-point loss to Cy Ranch, and suddenly the Spartans were sitting winless seven games into a 13-game district schedule. What he can guarantee is that he and Herrera and Cross will put the intriguing blend of returning veteran seniors and upstart sophomores in the best possible position to succeed, and have fun doing it. BOYS BASKETBALL: Olatunbosun and Cy Lakes look to rebuild after losing top four scorers. Related Items: 2020, basketball, cy lakes, langham creek, live. People talk about 'killer instinct' and 'clutch gene' and question drive and effort, wonder whether a player does or doesn't possess the innate 'will to win.'. He also served as the Varsity Assistant at … Cy Lakes head coach Emmanuel Olatunbosun was happy to discuss how the 2017 season was going, but not without assistant coaches Tony Herrera and Andrew Cross. I wondered whether it was still fun coaching the team, with no national-spotlight guys like Nick Garth or De'Aaron Fox to deploy. There was a lot on the line for Garth and Fox, and the coaches felt that weight, said Cross. 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