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Hartley Hobson scored a double-double, and HP held Carrollton Smith scoreless for the first few minutes of the second half as the Lady Scots (8-5, 1-0) won both teams' District 10-4A opener at Highlander Fieldhouse.

Hobson scored four field goals, including a three-pointer, and four free throws to score 12 of HP's 26 first-half points. The Lady Scots ran off a 7-2 run after taking a 13-11 lead after the first quarter, and their transition game provided a handful of easy baskets. HP held Smith to only two field goals in the second quarter, and had a 26-16 halftime lead.

HP's defense continued into the fourth quarter, keeping Smith without a field goal for 4:30 spanning the third and fourth quarters. Katherine Krause sank two field goals in the fourth quarter, and Sydney McDaniel had a three-pointer to go with two put-backs by Dabney Rice to extend the lead to 21 at one point.

HP travels to Greenville for a 7:30 p.m. game on Friday.

The Scots' non-district schedule doesn't get any easier this week. Only four days after a 55-75 loss to Cedar Hill (7-1), the top-ranked Class 5A team in this week's state poll from the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, HP travels to Flower Mound Marcus (8-1), which is ranked No. 8 in this week's 5A poll. 

HP dropped one spot to No. 18 in this week's 4A poll that had plentiful adjustments from the previous week. Dallas Lincoln (10-0) moved up to No. 2, and The Colony jumped all the way to No. 8 after not being ranked last week. There are four Region II-4A teams ranked in the top 10, and eight of the top 25 overall. District 10-4A rival Richardson Pearce is ranked just ahead of HP at No. 14 this week. HP plays at Pearce next Friday, Dec. 18.

Here is this week's state poll, with records provided by the TABC website:

Texas Association of Basketball Coaches
Class 4A poll, Dec. 7, 2009
1. Houston Yates (4-0)
2. Dallas Lincoln (10-0)
3. La Marque (7-1)
4. Lancaster (6-2)
5. Austin Lake Travis (6-2)
6. Kerrville Tivy (5-0)
7. Dallas Kimball (4-3)
8. The Colony (5-2)
9. Mansfield Legacy (5-3)
10. Frisco Wakeland (4-4)
11. Austin L.B. Johnson (6-4)
12. Mansfield Timberview (6-4)
13. Austin Reagan (7-3)
14. Richardson Pearce (6-4)
15. Friendswood (5-1)
16. Del Valle (5-3)
17. Brenham (2-1)
18. HP (4-3)
19. Amarillo Palo Duro (4-3)
20. Houston Waltrip (6-1)
21. Manvel (5-3)
22. Pearland Dawson (5-3)
23. South Oak Cliff (3-4)
24. Sherman (4-6)
25. Beaumont Ozen (4-3)

HP (7-5) isn't ranked in either of the Class 4A state polls this week, but plenty of other Region II teams are. In the TABC poll, six of the top 10 teams, and eight of the top 25, hail from Region II. Of particular note to the Lady Scots are the three teams from District 9-4A - No. 5 Frisco, No. 10 Frisco Wakeland and No. 21 McKinney Norrth - that are ranked in the top 25. HP's District 10-4A faces 9-4A teams in the first round of the state playoffs.

Here's this week's state rankings courtesy of the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches:

Texas Association of Basketball Coaches
Class 4A poll, Dec. 7, 2009
1. Canyon (9-0)
2. Schertz Cibolo Steele (12-0)
3. West Mesquite (11-1)
4. Mansfield Timberview (7-1)
5. Frisco (8-2)
6. Waxachachie (8-2)
7. Del Valle (14-1)
8. Rockwall (12-3)
9. Waco Midway (7-4)
10. Frisco Wakeland (10-2)
11. Denton Ryan (8-2)
12. Stephenville (9-3)
13. Hendrickson (10-1)
14. Springtown (9-2)
15. Beaumont Central (8-2) 
16. Buda Hays (5-4)
17. Longview (10-2)
18. Wolfforth Frenship (8-1)
19. Rockport-Fulton (10-1)
20. Saginaw (11-0)
21. McKinney North (11-1)
22. Mont Bellview Barbers Hill (7-2)
23. Livingston (8-0)
24. Willis (7-3) 
25. Dripping Springs (13-6)

Texas Girls Coaches Association
Class 4A poll, Dec. 7, 2009 (records not provided)
1. Schertz Cibolo Steele 
2. Canyon
3. Del Valle
4. Saginaw
5. Mansfield Timberview
6. Rockwall
7. West Mesquite
8. Frisco
9. Hendrickson
10. Rockport-Fulton
11. McKinney North
12. Stephenville
13. Livingston
14. Waxahachie
15. Austin Lake Travis
16. Frisco Wakeland
17. Wolfforth Frenship
18. Plainview
19. Corpus Christi Ray
20. Amarillo Palo Duro

HP's girls soccer program hosts its annual free clinic for elementary-aged players this Saturday, Dec. 12, at Highlander Fieldhouse. It is a free clinic for players in the HPISD familly.

The varsity Lady Scots have a practice at 10 a.m. that is open to the public. The clinic will begin afterward around 11 a.m. and finish at 12:30 p.m. Each clinic attendee will be grouped with varsity and junior varsity players for skills and fun.

If you are interested in attending, e-mail head coach Stewart Brown at brownste@hpisd.org.

HP's Zan Reed tied for third in the 145-pound bracket, and the Scots placed 14th among the teams at the Rumble at the Rock Inviatational at Rockwall. Houston Clear Lake, which is in HP's Region III, won the tournament with 182.50 points, with St. Mark's second with 177.50.

Reed and Trent Eden of Weatherford tied for third based on the five-match rule that prevents any wrestler from competing in more than five matches in one day.

The Scots wrestle at Jesuit beginning at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, with a dual against Wylie also scheduled there.

Rumble at the Rock Invitational
Team Results
1. Houston Clear Lake - 182.50
2. St. Mark's - 177.50
3. Keller Central - 146.50
4. Wylie - 116.00
5. Rockwall - 103.00
6. Weatherford - 85.50
7. Rockwall-Heath - 82.50
8. Flower Mound Marcus - 82.00
9. Arlington Bowie - 77.00
10. Frisco Wakeland - 66.50
11. Plano East - 55.50
12. Hebron - 47.00
13. Grapevine - 44.50
14. HP - 25.00
15. Keller - 17.00

The Texas Girls Coaches Association named HP senior Sara Sutherland as its Class 5A/4A Cross Country Athlete of the Year. Sutherland finished eighth at last month's UIL Championships, and has placed in the top 10 in the state all four years. She won the state title as a sophomore. 

HP has had an individual compete at the UIL Championships for 34 consecutive seasons, going back to the program's initial season in 1975. Sutherland's honor marks the first time an HP athlete has been selected as the cross country athlete of the year.

Here's the sub-bracket for the Lady Scots at this weekend's Garland ISD Tournament. HP opens at Sachse in the 16-team field, and will play at the Garland Special Events Center in the second round on Friday. Here's the schedule for Thursday and Friday:

Thursday's games
(at Sachse HS)
Rockwall vs. North Garland, 11:30 a.m.
HP at Sachse, 1 p.m.

Friday's games
(at Garland Special Events Center)
Rock./N.G. winner vs. HP/Sachse winner, 10 a.m.
Rock./N.G. loser vs. HP/Sachse loser, 4 p.m.

Saturday's games
(at Garland HS)
Consolation semifinal, 3 p.m.
Consolation final: 6 p.m.

(at Sachse HS)
Championship semifinal, 1:30 p.m.
Third-place game: 4:30 p.m.
Championship game: 7:30 p.m.

The Texas Girls Coaches Association released its Class 4A All-State Team today, and HP's Sara Sutherland and Jenna Read were named to the team. 

It is the fourth consecutive season that Sutherland, a senior, has been on the all-state team. Sutherland placed eighth at the UIL Championships last month, and placed in the top-eight all four seasons at HP. She won the individual title in 2007 to go with a third-place finish in 2006 and a fifth-place finish in 2008.

Read, a junior, was 12th overall at this year's state meet. Read placed 19th at state in 2007 and 26th in 2008.

HP won the Region II-4A Championships this season and was the state runner-up, placing three runners among the top 18 and all seven entrants in the top 48.

HP (5-2) isn't ranked in this week's Class 4A state poll, but plenty of other Region II teams are. Five of the top 10 teams, and seven of the top 25, hail from Region II. For what it's worth, here's this week's state rankings courtesy of the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches:

Texas Association of Basketball Coaches
Class 4A poll, Nov. 30, 2009
1. Canyon (9-0)
2. Schertz Cibolo Steele (9-0)
3. West Mesquite (8-1)
4. Mansfield Timberview (4-1)
5. Frisco (6-2)
6. Waxachachie (6-1)
7. Amarillo Palo Duro (2-1)
8. Del Valle (11-1)
9. Rockwall (9-1)
10. Waco Midway (5-4)
11. Buda Hays (5-3)
12. Stephenville (6-0)
13. Frisco Wakeland (6-2)
14. Springtown (7-2)
15. Beaumont Central (3-0) 
16. Denton Ryan (6-2)
17. Hendrickson (9-1)
18. Mont Bellvieu Barbers Hill (6-0)
19. Longview (5-2)
20. Plainview (5-3)
21. Wolfforth Frenship (4-1)
22. Rockport-Fulton (6-0)
23. Saginaw (9-0)
24. Willis (5-2) 
25. Corpus Christi Ray (8-5)

HP moved up to No. 17 in the state rankings provided by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. The Scots (3-2) are coming off a one-point win at Ennis, and host Richardson tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Highlander Fieldhouse.

The Scots play Cedar Hill, ranked No. 2 in the state Class 5A poll, back at Highlander Fieldhouse at 7 p.m. Friday. District 10-4A rival Richardson Pearce is ranked just ahead of HP at No. 15 this week.

Here is this week's state poll, with records provided by the TABC website:

Texas Association of Basketball Coaches
Class 4A poll, Nov. 30, 2009
1. Houston Yates (2-0)
2. Lancaster (3-0)
3. Austin Lake Travis (4-0)
4. Dallas Kimball (1-2)
5. Austin L.B. Johnson (4-0)
6. Mansfield Timberview (5-1)
7. La Marque (3-1)
8. Dallas Lincoln (5-0)
9. Kerrville Tivy (4-0)
10. South Oak Cliff (2-1)
11. Amarillo Palo Duro (2-2)
12. Sherman (2-2)
13. Del Valle (2-1)
14. Brenham (1-1)
15. Richardson Pearce (6-3)
16. Denison (1-1)
17. HP (3-2)
18. Austin Reagan (6-0)
19. Houston Jones (2-1)
20. Canyon Randall (2-1)
21. Friendswood (3-1)
22. El Paso Chapin (1-1)
23. San Antonio Brackenridge (4-3)
24. Laredo Cigarroa
25. Mansfield Legacy (2-3)