Once Overlooked Now Making a Name
I believe it was the 2018 high school playoffs in Houston, TX. I was watching a 2nd round playoff game between Cypress Falls High School and Westside High School. Cy-Falls was loaded with five future college basketball players on one team. Three of them would go on to play at Division 1 schools. That is unheard of in public school basketball, because it is illegal to recruit in those schools. On the other side of the floor you had Westside’s roster. They were a good, solid team with a few low level college prospects. There were the Vanbeck twins, who were two 6’3 guards that could shoot it. Ironically, to the point I intend to make in this article, their older brother, Wes, was a former “Walk-On'' at the University of Houston who went on to earn a scholarship and subsequently, legitimate playing time for the Coogs. Anyways, one kid that I had never heard of from Westside who caught my eye was Warith Alatishe. He was a 6’7 kid that could move! He could run up and down the cour