Jesuit receiver Jake Oliver runs a route against Coppell. (Staff photo: Chris McGathey)

Jesuit junior wide receiver Jake Oliver was named to the first team of the 61st Annual Collin Street Bakery/Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 5A All-State Team.

Southlake Carroll’s Sabian Holmes was the other first-team receiver. Spring Dekaney running back Trey Williams was named the Offensive Player of the Year, while Carroll’s Will Davis was the Defensive Player of the Year.

Oliver finished the season with 108 catches for 1,637 yards and 23 touchdowns. The Rangers went 8-3 (6-1) under first-year head coach Brandon Hickman last season.

When I read in Alan Peppard’s Morning News column that the party Shawn Marion was supposed to throw tonight had been postponed, I was elated. A scheduling conflict was going to prevent me from calling on the Matrix’s Preston Hollow home for a reception welcoming Lamar Odom & Khloe Kardashian, Delonte West, and Vince Carter to Dallas. But if the shindig was rescheduled, perhaps I’d be able to squeeze it into my social calendar. Alas, publicist Andrea Alcorn assures me that the affair shan’t be happening at all. Pity.

The most exciting thing to arrive in my mailbox today — actual mailbox, not email inbox — was an invitation to the Preston Hollow home of Shawn Marion. The Dallas Mavericks forward wants me to attend a reception he’s hosting to welcome new teammates Vince Carter, Delonte West, and Lamar Odom to town, as well as Odom’s wife, reality TV star Khloe Kardashian. Alas, I have a previous commitment related to one of my sons. As Gale Snoats once said, “So many social engagements, so little time.”

Two quick notes about more-than-a-little-famous Preston Hollow resident Dirk Nowitzki:

1. Barack Obama lauded the Dallas Mavericks today.

2.  Nowitzki has made a bizarrely funny rendering of a Britney Spears song. Seriously. It’s been circulating since Friday.

The Franklin girls soccer team defeated Zumwalt Middle School 4-1 on Saturday to win district. The Franklin Falcons will take on Gaston Middle School on Jan. 14 for the City Championship.

Congratulations, and good luck this weekend!

Ty Montgomery had a big game for Stanford in last night's Fiesta Bowl. (Staff photo: Chris McGathey)

Former St. Mark’s wide receiver Ty Montgomery stepped into the national spotlight last night during the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz.

Montgomery, now a true freshman for Stanford, scored the first touchdown of the game when he hauled in a 53-yard pass from Andrew Luck, who will likely be the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft in April, in the first quarter. Montgomery led the Cardinal in receiving for the game with seven catches for 120 yards. He added two kickoff returns for 98 yards.

Montgomery also had another interesting moment during Oklahoma State’s 41-38 overtime win. After fielding a kickoff in the end zone and starting to bring it out for a return, Montgomery was stopped by teammate Jeremy Stewart, who tackled him before he could get out of the end zone.

Montgomery started just four games this season, but he was the team’s top kickoff returner and set the tone for possibly stepping into the starting lineup next year.

If your son has an excess amount of time, energy, and/or aggression, there’s a solution in sight. Send him to Hillcrest High School from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday for a youth lacrosse development clinic. There’s no cost, and the boys from fourth grade through high school will learn the fundamentals of catching, passing, and cradling from state championship coach Bill Elliot.

As lacrosse is a club sport at Hillcrest, students from any DISD school (or a private one without a lacrosse team) are welcome. If you can’t make it this Sunday, the clinic is also offerred Dec. 11.

UPDATE: Due to inclement weather, Sunday’s clinic is cancelled. The Dec. 11 event is still on.

Back row: coach Clark Hunt, Jon Paul Lipe, Ryan Henry, Jack Meyer, Sam Lipper, Ryan Graham, and coach Dan Meyer; front row: Knobel Hunt, Michael Anderson, Moses Stewart, Drew Messick, and Jackson McFarlane

The Super Bowl of flag football, that is! Providence’s third-grade team was undefeated for the fourth season in a row.

Since they were just kindergartners, these 10 young gents have taken win after win, dominating their age group in the Spring Valley Athletic Association and Town North YMCA flag football leagues.

Congrats, kiddos!

When I was cheering on my Baylor Bears against Texas Tech at Cowboys Stadium on Saturday, Preston Hollow was the last thing on my mind.

But little did I know that Baylor standout Terrance Williams was a 2008 graduate of W.T. White, home of the Longhorns. Props to Louisa Meyer for bringing this factoid to my attention. I wonder if Williams is going to feel like a man divided when Baylor takes on the Texas Longhorns this week?

Covenant sophomore Clark Martin runs the ball during last week's game.

Coming off a 60-12 playoff win over Jesus Chapel School, the Covenant School will take on Kerrville Our Lady of the Hills in a TAPPS six-man state semifinal at 7 p.m. Saturday at Zephyr ISD Stadium.

The Knights are 11-1 on the season. Their only loss was to Throckmorton.