NORTH SHORE FOOTBALL

The football stars of Houston were socially-distanced and masked-up as VYPE hosted it's 2020 Football Photo Shoot powered by Whataburger. Over 300 of the city's top players attended shoots at Spring Branch's Tully Stadium, Sheldon ISD's Panther Stadium and Spring ISD's Planet Ford Stadium. A special thanks to ADs Paige Hershey, Willie Amendola and Derek Fitzhenry for making this photo shoot a reality for the athletes. Check out some of our best #WhataSnaps! (Photos by Bradley Collier / VYPE Media)Click here to visit your local Whataburger and make sure to check out #WhataSnap.

HOUSTON - It's like the Drake song goes - "Got a really big team and they need some really big rings". North Shore just got some really big rings! The 2019 Class 6A Division I State Champions received their championship bling on Friday. A true nod to the North Shore community. "Any success we've had at North Shore is a direct result of our East Houston community where our players have been raised," North Shore coach Jon Kay told VYPE via text message.

HOUSTON - It's like the Drake song goes - "Got a really big team and they need some really big rings". North Shore just got some really big rings! The 2019 Class 6A Division I State Champions received their championship bling on Friday. A true nod to the North Shore community. "Any success we've had at North Shore is a direct result of our East Houston community where our players have been raised," North Shore coach Jon Kay told VYPE via text message.

We won't get De La Salle versus North Shore. It was always known that in 2021, North Shore and Shadow Creek would play against each other at Freedom Field. The last two years we got East Side (North Shore) vs West Side (Katy) - which was split. In this meeting, Shadow Creek would try and extend its winning streak to 17-straight and, oh yeah, 32 wins out of the last 33 games played. North Shore would look to improve to the same record 32-1 in its last 33 games played.

When sports came to a screeching halt, school was forced into the home-online version, that didn't keep athletes from getting individual workouts in to stay in shape. Throughout the quarantine, VYPE U Photographer Daniel Alvarez Fedyaev was able to travel out and find some of the area's top returning athletes or guys that are heading to college getting their work in. Check out these awesome pics!

TEAM OF THE YEAR: Shadow Creek Sharks -- 2019 Class 5A State ChampsOnce put into a UIL district in 2018, the Sharks have done pretty much nothing but win. Shadow Creek won state in 2019 over Denton Ryan 28-22. ...COACH OF THE YEAR: Brad Butler, Shadow CreekFor Brad Butler, the fourth-year coach of Shadow Creek improved his record to 44-6 overall. Houston Methodist offers comprehensive diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services with a high standard of excellence for elite athletes, active adults and student athletes. Houston Methodist serves as the official health care provider for the Houston Texans, Houston Astros, Rice Athletics, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Houston Ballet, Houston Symphony and Houston Grand Opera.

If you missed the 2020 VYPE Awards presented by Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine on Sunday, you can watch it here over and over and over! Enjoy the full show below! Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is Houston's leading provider of orthopedic services, from sports medicine to joint replacement. Houston Methodist offers comprehensive diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services with a high standard of excellence for elite athletes, active adults and student athletes. Houston Methodist serves as the official health care provider for the Houston Texans, Houston Astros, Rice Athletics, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Houston Ballet, Houston Symphony and Houston Grand Opera.

It is time to see who the winners for team, coach and athlete of the year at the 2020 VYPE Awards presented by Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. Tweet photos and videos and tag VYPE Houston on Twitter! Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is Houston's leading provider of orthopedic services, from sports medicine to joint replacement. Houston Methodist offers comprehensive diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services with a high standard of excellence for elite athletes, active adults and student athletes. Houston Methodist serves as the official health care provider for the Houston Texans, Houston Astros, Rice Athletics, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Houston Ballet, Houston Symphony and Houston Grand Opera.

We welcome you to the Countdown to the 2020 VYPE Awards presented by Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. The winners will be honored in a one-hour virtual show on Sunday, May 31 at 6 p.m. on VYPE Houston's website and Twitter account and on the VYPE Texas Facebook page! Shadow Creek won state in 2019 over Denton Ryan 28-22. ...Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is Houston's leading provider of orthopedic services, from sports medicine to joint replacement. Houston Methodist serves as the official health care provider for the Houston Texans, Houston Astros, Rice Athletics, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Houston Ballet, Houston Symphony and Houston Grand Opera.

While she is well-known for winning two state titles at Deer Park in 2012 and 2014, there's much more to the story. Tony Heath, Pearland, FootballMr. Pearland put the south Houston school on the map. Prior the Pearland, Heath was on staff at La Marque which won titles in 1995, 96 and 97. The Woodlands' Leslie Madison led her Highlanders to back-to-back state titles in 2013 and 2014. Houston Methodist serves as the official health care provider for the Houston Texans, Houston Astros, Rice Athletics, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Houston Ballet, Houston Symphony and Houston Grand Opera.

HOUSTON - Dematrius Davis is heading to Auburn. The back-to-back state champion quarterback for North Shore verbally committed to Auburn on Sunday morning, bringing an end to his recruiting process. Davis had boiled down his choice to Auburn, LSU, Texas A&M and Virginia Tech - which he had verbally committed to at one point before. Davis was named the Class 6A Division I State Championship game Offensive MVP for a second-straight year. Davis is rated as a four-star dual-threat quarterback by 24/7 Sports and had a total of 27 offers on his profile.

Dematrius Davis has made his decision. The four star recruit, who led North Shore to two back-to-back 6A state championships, committed to Auburn on Sunday morning. The dual threat quarterback, one of the top prospects in the 2021 class, announced the decision via TexanLive. Davis gained national attention when he threw a Hail Mary pass to win the 2018 state championships. Hes heading into his senior year at North Shore, and chose Auburn over LSU, Texas A&M, and his original commitment Virginia Tech.

With all the cancellations around high school sports this spring, one of the things that also was cancelled was spring football. For many programs, like North Shore, that is a right of passage of the East Side of Houston. For many its time to start answering roster questions for the next season and working on fundamentals when they have the time to do it in the spring. A few weeks ago, VYPE Media gathered some of the top football coaches in Houston - Jon Kay (North Shore), Craig Stump (Atascocita), John Snelson (Dickinson), Shaun McDowell (Foster) and Cedric Hardeman (Conroe) - to discuss some of the big questions surrounding their programs and more as we push through this pandemic.

A season in which North Shore defended its state title. The injury was an ACL tear and he has been rehabilitating over the past 8 months. I'm really into Dodge vehicles." Deblaw has a brother and two cousins who also wore the red and white of North Shore. "North Shore is just different," he said.