A trio of local athletes will represent the Rio Grande Valley at the 2021 TGCA Basketball All-Star game at 7 tonight at Lamar High School in Arlington, with Sharyland Pioneer’s Jordan Bravo and Natalie Reyes and McAllen Memorial’s Iasia Goldman selected as a part of the Class 5A/6A Blue team.
More than 300 incoming seniors will be honored at the Texas Girls Coaches Association Summer Clinic in Arlington this week, with All-Star games in volleyball, basketball, softball and cheer, and All-Star recognition in track and field and cross country.
Each game will consist of a red and blue team. Twelve incoming seniors selected for each squad during the basketball all-star game.
Bravo earned the all-star nod after a dominating junior season, averaging 14.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 5.3 steals per game during the regular season, earning her The Monitor’s 2021 All-Area Girls Basketball Player of the Year award. Meanwhile, Reyes helped anchor the Diamondbacks inside the paint while serving as their top playmaker, averaging 9.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game, both ranking No. 1 on the team.
With the duo on the court, the Diamondbacks made school history, winning their third straight district title, while making their first appearance in the Class 5A regional semifinals.
Goldman helped the Mustangs make history during her junior campaign as well, averaging a near double-double with 10.8 points and 9.9. rebounds per game, while leading her team to their first ever area-round victory and an appearance in the Class 5A regional quarterfinals.
Joining the trio on the blue team are Beaumont United’s Princess Anderson, El Paso Chapin’s Briana Montoya, Crosby High’s Sequioa Carroll, Corpus Christi Flour Bluff’s Kennedy Curtis, Medina Valley’s Ileana Morales, Wichita Fall Rider’s Addison Self, Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial’s Katelen Brooks, Houston Memorial’s Mackenzie McKown and Oak Ridge’s Allison Owens.
The red team is made up of Cedar Park’s Shelby Hayes, College Station’s Aliyah Collins, Frisco Liberty’s Jazzy Owens-Barnett, Lubbock-Cooper’s Catalina Cortez, Frisco Memorial’s Jasmyn Lott, Saginaw’s Suni Davis, Denton Braswell’s Alisa Williams, Cedar Ridge’s Lexi Alexander, Wolfforth Frenship’s Addison McClure, San Antonio Legacy’s Aaliyah Campbell, Cibolo Steele’s Sidney Love and Leander Vandergrift’s Skye O’Rourke.