Kennedy Leonard & Alyssa Dry are listed in the top 50 on Hoops Girls Recruiting class 2015

Argyle's Barbara-Scott Kolb wins Christian Athlete of the Year - March 2011

News Article about Whitney Hand and Landry Jones - Dating Game

WTBA College Signees Congratulations to all of our players who have committed to colleges and are receiving scholarships! WTBA is proud of you!

Blair Bryce -Bellmont University. Corey Moulder - Universityof Chicago. Barbara Scott Kolb - University North Texas. Kenisha Harris - West Texas A&M. Taylor Harter - Cameron University. Paige Parliament - Abilene Christian University.  Shannon Sanders - Charleston South Carolina Lisa Hampton - Midwestern State University Cara Sheffer - Southwestern University

Texas A&M Freshman point guard Alexia Standish visits Carlos Ratliff's basketball training. A former student of Carlos' West Texas Basketball Academy, Standish worked with the girls on the fundamentals of dribbling, faking and one on one moves. Take a look.

2011 Christian Athlete of the Year Banquet Held - Barbara-Scott Kolb Wins Title
Late Monday night Argyle student Barbara-Scott Kolb received the 2011 Christian Athlete of the Year at the 22nd Annual Christian Athlete of the Year awards banquet held in March, 2011in Irving, Texas. 

The recipient is chosen from high school athletes in Texas with this year having over 4000 nominations.   Kolb received the evening’s last award to a standing ovation of over 1500 banquet attendees. 

The presentation of the award was given by Gold Medalist Carl Lewis, ESPN/NBC Commentator Lewis Johnson, Olympic Champion Joe DeLoach, and founders of Lay Witnesses for Christ International Dr. Sam Mings and his wife Sharon.   Included in Kolb’s acceptance speech, she thanked Coach Carlos Ratliff for his mentoring and training, as well as Argyle basketball Coach Steve Schmidt for rejuvenating her love of the game. 

Next year, Kolb will be playing point guard for East Texas Baptist University. 

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2009 Christian Athlete of the Year Banquet Held
In February, a banquet was held for the top 50 girls and boys nominated for Christian Athlete of the Year. See video interviews with some of the nominations and their comments regarding how Carlos Ratliff influenced them.





Leslie Harris - Sonic Scholar of the Week
Aledo High School senior Leslie Harris was chosen as Sonic's Scholar of the Week. She has achieved a 92.5 GPA and ranks 110th in her class of 355 students. ln addition to being a 3-year starter on the varsity basketball team, Harris volunteers at the local elementary school and is a youth group member at her church. Congratulations to Aledo's Leslie Harris, Sonic's Scholar of the Week.



Current News - Another Big Hand for Essence By Glenn Nelson
HoopGurlz Publisher
Posted Wed, 08/01/2007
Whitney Hand leads Essence to a Nike Nationals title.

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. - The chanting and weeping, the sports-drink (bottle) soaked coach and the Nike Nationals Gold Division title - all of that - almost did not happen for Essence of Florida because Whitney Hand almost did not happen for Essence.

Hand, the 6-foot-1 daughter of former major-league pitcher Rich Hand, had committed to Oklahoma in early May and figured she'd skip the club-basketball circuit and spend the summer working on her game in other ways.... Read Full Story Here ...

Whitney Hand Challenges Jason Terry to a 3-point Contest
Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks held a basketball clinic at Liberty Christian H.S. Jason took on Oklahoma bound Whitney Hand in a 3-point contest. Whitney made 8 out of 10 to win the 3-point contest. Jason gave her Dirk Nowitzki shoes for her upset win. Jason spent over 2 hours teaching and signing autographs. He was very personable and humble to all the young kids. Jason Terry a true Fan favorite! ..... (We are sorry but this video is no longer available.)