Tommy Smith, Basketball Player, Team Texas, FWC

12/08/2005 2005-2006 Fort Worth Christian Varsity Basketball Schedule (pre-season) 10/15/05-10/16/05 Fossil Ridge Pre-season Shootout (Fossil Ridge High School) - Off to a great start this season. FWC played four games, all against 5A UIL schools(large public schools). I started every game. I had to play the power forward position because my team was short handed for the tournament. FWC defeated Fossil Ridge, Keller & McKinney. Our loss was to Keller Central. 11/1/05 Intra Squad Scrimmage (Home) - Two hours of basketball against my toughest competition, my teammates. Coach Thannum really mixed up the squads so the basketball got a little ragged at times but for the most part we looked like we are going to be a tough team to beat this year. FWC will be making a hard run at winning state this year. 11/5/05 Fort Worth Southwest Christian Scrimmage (Away) - I had to take my SAT test this morning so I did not get to the scrimmage until the start of the second quarter. I should have just skipped the scrimmage anyway, I did not play very well. The testing and rushing to get to the scrimmage from an hour away took more out of me than I imagined it could. I had 2 points, 2 assists, 2 rebounds and 4 steals. 2005-2006 Fort Worth Christian Varsity Basketball Schedule (regular season) 11/8/05 Tyler Grace Community (Home) - This was my first start on varsity for FWC. I may have started the game a little too excited, I stupidly picked up three fouls in the first quarter but finished strong playing the entire third quarter in what ended up being a FWC 79-52 Tyler rout. I ended with 6 points, shooting 3-5, with 4 rebounds and 4 steals. 11/12/05 Carrollton Christian (Away) - Coach started our five seniors and they were awesome in our 59-47 win. My offensive still isn't on track but our starters this game had it handled and I think I still put in a strong game. I shot 1-4 for 2 points, I had 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals. A really fun game, I came in as swing man, then moved to center and then a little point. 11/15/05 North Crowley (Home) - Big props to Kelvin Lewis at North Crowley, good luck next year at Auburn. No one has ever shot that well against me. I started this game and tried to cover Kelvin man-to-man all game but obviously I didn't do a very good job since we lost 79-58. I am very proud of the fact that Kelvin also covered me all game man-to-man, and I managed 9 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. 11/18/05 Arlington Oakridge (Home) - My team came back nicely following our loss last game. We beat Arlington Oakridge 65-50. I started again, and was given the opportunity to cover Quinton Moss, who was at the time their leading scorer. I'm happy to be back to my normal self defensively, I was able to hold Quinton to zero points for the game. I only scored 9 points myself, with 4 rebounds, but I'm just happy that we were able to start a new winning streak. 11/19/05 Grapevine (Home) - This was a huge game for me. Grapevine is the public school I would be attending if I were not at Fort Worth Christian. So just my luck I collided knees with one of our centers during warm-ups. I still started the game, but my legs were never under me the entire game and unfortunately I had to play heavy minutes too. I only scored 8 points but luckily my team still pulled out a 64-58 win. I also chipped in with 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal. 11/26/05 Houston Gulf Coast Academy(Trinity Valley Classic) - The senoirs started this game and by the time I came into the game, it was already a rout. All 12 active players on my team scored, in our 104-57 victory. I chipped in with 10 points. 11/27/05 Fort Worth Southwest Christian (Trinity Valley Classic) - I started this game at center, and won the jump-ball. I needed to control Southwest Christian's 6'4", all-tournament center, Chris Sturtavent, for my team to win. I held him below his average but really contributed more on the offensive end. I was the leading scorer on my team with 17 points and we won 66-49. 11/27/05 Fort Worth Nolan Catholic (Trinity Valley Classic) - My team played Nolan Catholic in the finals of this year's Trinity Valley Classic. Unfortunately, we played poorly and looked tired, while they hit nearly every three pointer they shot. We suffered our worst defeat of the season so far. I started and scored 13 points in the loss. I am happy, though, about being named to the 2005 Trinity Valley Classic All-Tournament Team. 11/29/05 Lipan (Away) - We played like garbage against a team that we should have dominated. We lost 46-45. I started and was the leading scorer with just 11 points, enough said. 12/1/05 Lubbock Estacado (Spring Creek Barbecue Arlington Classic) - My team struggled offensively. We lost our third game in a row. I started but only scored 6 points in a 60-52 loss. 12/2/05 Mansfield Summit (Spring Creek Barbecue Arlington Classic) - We ran into Team Texas starter Preston Davis, and former Team Texas, current Dallas Mustang, Evan Randall. This was an embarrassing loss. Our fourth in a row and Summit scored twice as much as us. Coach started the senoirs. I came off the bench at the center and power foward positions. I still contributed and was the second leading scorer on my team with only 9 points. 12/3/05 Dallas Madison (Spring Creek Barbecue Arlington Classic) - I started and had my best game of the season. My team broke out of our losing streak with a 69-52 win. I played all but three minutes of the game, switching between the forward positions, and scored 21 points. 12/6/05 Lake Worth (Home) - I started but didn't have a very good game. We won 50-40, thanks mostly to playing at home because our defense was awlful. We had five players score in double digits. I chipped in with 10 points. My Dad and I were in a car accident that totaled my Dad's car an hour before my game and my neck and back are cramping up real bad. Definitely not my best performance but it was all I could do to just concentrate and stay in the game. 12/9/05 Tatum (Academy Sports & Outdoors - Bagg Insurance Invitational) - 12/9/05 Keller Central (Academy Sports & Outdoors - Bagg Insurance Invitational) - 12/16/05 Brock (Away) 12/19/05 Southwest Christian (Home) 12/28/05-12/30/05 Whataburger Tournament (TBA) 1/3/06 Cleburne (Away) 2005-2006 Fort Worth Christian Varsity Basketball Schedule (begin district play) 1/6/06 Dallas Christian (Away) 1/10/06 Arlington Grace Prep* (Home) 1/13/06 Dallas First Baptist (Away) 1/17/06 Denton Liberty Christian* (Home) 1/20/06 Midland Christian* (Away) 1/24/06 Arlington Grace Prep* (Away) 1/27/06 Midland Christian* (Home) 1/31/06 Denton Liberty Christian* (Away) 2005-2006 Fort Worth Christian Varsity Basketball Schedule (post-season) 2/11/06 Bi-District (TBA) 2/18/06 Regional (TBA) 2/24/06-2/25/06 State (TBA)