Eagle Staff Reports

BASKETBALL

Consol's Gilbert misses cut for national team: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Former A&M Consolidated standout and Texas A&M signee Karla Gilbert wasn't among the 16 finalists chosen Friday for the 2010 USA U18 National Basketball Team.

Gilbert was among 26 players working out this week at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.

Three Texans made the cut -- Cy-Fair's Chiney Ogwumike and Cassie Peoples and Irving MacArthur's Alexis Jones.

SOFTBALL

Blinn's Bell, Moreno named NFCA All-Americans: Blinn College pitcher Tara Bell and utility player Jamie Moreno were named All-Americans by the National Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association, both making the 2010 Louisville Slugger/NFCA NJCAA Division I All-America Second Team.

Bell (27-2), a freshman from Baytown, was recently honored as the Region XIV MVP, was selected to the All-Region First Team, the South Zone All-Conference First Team, and named to the NJCAA All-American Third Team.

Moreno, a freshman from Richmond, earned a place on the All-American Second Team and All-Conference Second Team in May. Moreno finished with a .354 batting average.

-- Eagle staff reports

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