Fort Bend Travis celebrates its regional final victory over Fort Bend Hightower.
Photo by Michael Henderson
The Lions made it back-to-back state titles in the TAPPS 4A division with an impressive 77-54 win over then-No. 22 Westbury Christian (Houston) on Saturday. Junior forward
Jordan Mickey led the way with 21 points.
12. (12) Proviso East (Maywood, Ill.) (28-0)Proviso East narrowly escaped an upset in regional final play Saturday in a 51-48 win over Glenbard North (Carol Stream). Good thing the Pirates advanced as we have a feature on the program under first-year coach Donnie Boyce planned for this week.
13. (14) Dunbar (Dayton, Ohio) (23-0)The Wolverines still have some wood to chop in Ohio's Division II playoffs. Dunbar takes on Aiken (Cincinnati) on Wednesday in a district final and could meet 2011 Division III champ Taft (Cincinnati) in a regional final.
14. (16) Blanche Ely (Pompano Beach, Fla.) (30-2)Ely blazed a path through Florida's 7A state tournament, winning five games by an average of 32.5 points per contest. Senior forward
Clide Geffrard piled up 33 points and 14 rebounds in the championship against Oak Ridge (Orlando) – a dominating 78-46 victory.
15. (24) Fort Bend Travis (Richmond, Texas) (35-3)If it looked like we were giving the Tigers a free pass to the 5A final, nothing could be further from the truth with 35-5 Warren (San Antonio) standing in the way. But it's hard not to get giddy about the postseason play of Travis, which has won every game by 15 points and beat a very good Fort Bend Hightower (Missouri City) team by 23 in the regional finals.
