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Updating a previous post, the HP Girls Tournament scheduled to begin Thursday afternoon has been canceled in its original format due to severe winter weather. According to the HPISD website, HP will play two games at Highlander Stadium on Saturday, at 9 a.m. against Wichita Falls Rider, and at 3 p.m. against Austin Lake Travis in a modified tournament format.

The boys' soccer tournament in Waxahachie scheduled for this weekend has been canceled except for its Saturday games due to the freezing weather and possible negative-temperature wind chills expected to hit the area on Thursday. 

The junior varsity soccer tournaments that would have opened the seasons for the boys' and girls' teams have been canceled entirely.

There is no word yet on the status of the varsity's HP Girls Tournament that begins tomorrow night at Highlander Stadium.

HP fans don't have to look or go very far to see the state's best teams. Six of the top 10 teams in this week's Texas Association of Basketball Coaches' state poll are from Region II, and more specifically, in the D/FW area. Two more Region II teams are in the top 25, making one-third of this week's state poll playing in HP's region. It will be a tough playoff road for HP (11-8, 3-1), which is not ranked, should it make it into the postseason.

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

Texas Association of Basketball Coaches
Class 4A poll, Jan. 4, 2010
1. Mansfield Timberview (19-2)
2. Canyon (21-1)
3. Frisco (19-4)
4. Del Valle (22-2)
5. Rockwall (21-4)
6. Schertz Cibolo Steele (19-3)
7. Waco Midway (17-5)
8. West Mesquite (19-5)
9. McKinney North (16-2)
10. Waxahachie (15-5)
11. Denton Ryan (11-5)
12. Rockport-Fulton (20-4)
13. Stephenville (16-4)
14. Mont Bellvieu Barbers Hill (16-4)
15. Livingston (18-0)
16. Hendrickson (17-4)
17. Springtown (14-4)
18. Longview (18-3) 
19. Wolfforth Frenship (16-5)
20. Willis (17-6)
21. Beaumont Central (15-6)
22. Houston Yates (10-0)
23. Aledo (15-5) 
24. Dallas Lincoln (10-3)
25. Dripping Springs (15-8)

Texas Girls Coaches Association
Class 4A rankings, Jan. 5, 2009 (no records provided)
1. Mansfield Timberview
2. Canyon
3. Del Valle
4. Livingston
5. Schertz Cibolo Steele
6. Frisco
7. Rockwall
8. McKinney North
9. West Mesquite
10. Rockport-Fulton
11. Stephenville
12. Springtown
13. Waxahachie
14. Waco Midway
15. Hendrickson
16. Mont Bellvieu Barbers Hill
17. Willis
18. Longview
19. Wolfforth Frenship
20. Dallas Lincoln

HP's girls soccer team opens its own tournament Thursday night taking on Austin Lake Travis at 7 p.m. in the second game of the HP Girls Tournament. The Lady Scots will also face Waco Midway, Wichita Falls Rider and Longview in the five-team round-robin tournament that continues through Saturday. A point system based on each game's result will determine the champion.

The tournament schedule is below. Schedule modifications may be necessary if an expected winter blast creates freezing temperatures this weekend.

HP Tournament

Thursday, Jan. 7
Game 1: Waco Midway vs. Longview, 5:30 p.m.
Game 2: HP vs. Austin Lake Travis, 7 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 8
Game 3: HP vs. Waco Midway, 1 p.m.
Game 4: Longview vs. Wichita Falls Rider, 3 p.m.
Game 5: Waco Midway vs. Austin Lake Travis, 5 p.m.
Game 6: HP vs. Wichita Falls Rider, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 9
Game 7: Longview vs. Austin Lake Travis, 10 a.m.
Game 8: Wichita Falls Rider vs. Waco Midway, Noon
Game 9: Longview vs. HP, 2 p.m.
Game 10: Wichita Falls Rider vs. Austin Lake Travis, 4 p.m.

Each game will be two halves of 40 minutes. A game ending in a tie will remain a tie - there will be no shootouts.

10-point system
6 points for a win
3 points if game ends in a tie
1 point per goal, maximum of 3 points
1 point for no goals allowed

Tie-breakers
Head - Head
Goals scored; maximum 3 goals per game.
Goals allowed; maximum 3 goals per game.
Cards (Least red cards then least yellow cards)
Coin flip

Kaitlyn Read erupted for a career-high 24 points, and HP came back from a five-point deficit at the start of the fourth quarter for a key 62-56 win over Richardson Pearce at Highlander Fieldhouse.

The win keeps HP in a tie for second place in District 10-4A with a 2-1 record, one game behind Rockwall. Guard and wing play were essential for the Lady Scots. Sydney McDaniel and Katherine Krause each scored nine points, and Hartley Hobson had eight among other HP scoring.

The Lady Scots are 9-6 on the season, and will take part of the holidays off before facing nationally-ranked Irving MacArthur in the first round of the Dallas ISD/Coca-Cola Tournament on Dec. 28.

HP fans don't have to look or go very far to see the state's best teams. Go north (No. 3 Frisco and No. 10 Frisco Wakeland), west (No. 2 Mansfield Timberview), east (No. 4 West Mesquite and No. 8 Rockwall) or south (No. 6 Waxahachie or No. 9 Waco Midway) and you'll find a team in the surrounding counties that is ranked in the top 10 of this week's TABC poll.

Region II has an amazing six of the top 10 teams in this week's Class 4A poll. There are eight Region II teams in the top 25, and three from District 9-4A, which HP's district will face in the first round of the playoffs. HP (8-6) is not ranked in this week's poll.

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

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

Texas Girls Coaches Association
Class 4A rankings, Dec. 14, 2009 (no records provided)
1. Canyon
2. Schertz Cibolo Steele
3. Del Valle
4. Saginaw
5. Rockwall
6. West Mesquite
7. Frisco
8. Livingston
9. Hendrickson
10. Rockport-Fulton
11. McKinney North
12. Stephenville
13. Mansfield Timberview
14. Waxahachie
15. Waco Midway
16. Austin Lake Travis
17. Frisco Wakeland
18. Wolfforth Frenship
19. Plainview
20. Dripping Springs

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.

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.

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.