By Michael Adams 
madmas@onthesidelinessports.com 

ROUND ROCK – If you look into a crystal ball, you might see members of the 2023-24 boys basketball team return to Stony Point High School for a reunion at a game in the year 2044. 

When they return, a banner with all their names on it commemorating the school’s first ever appearance at the UIL boys basketball tournament will be hanging on the wall.  

It’s a legacy that hasn’t set in for many of the Tigers’ players that will face Beaumont United in a Class 6A semifinal at the Alamodome on Friday.  

“It hasn’t really crossed my mind,” said senior guard Uzziah Buntyn. “I’d love to walk in here in 20 years from now and look back on how we did it. I really don’t want this moment to end.”  

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No. 2 Stony Point (37-1) was hard at work Tuesday morning getting ready for a week filled with celebration and preparation for this weekend’s trip to the Alamodome.  

Junior Davaughn Hueitt become the big man on campus after hitting a three-pointer at the buzzer to save Stony Point’s season in last Friday’s 69-68 win over San Antonio Brennan in the regional semifinal.  

“I won’t forget that,” Hueitt said. “It was a great shot, and we executed that play. The whole campus has been congratulating me. It’s all the school is talking about.”  

While Hueitt and the Tigers are celebrating making the state tournament, the theme for the week is, “the job’s not done.”  

Had coach Antonie Thompson reiterated that message by printing out signs with the phrase on them and posting them on each of the lockers in the team’s locker room.  

After all, while getting to the state tournament is considered a success, it’s not enough for a team setting out to prove they are the best 6A team in the state of Texas.  

“I’m more focused on winning it,” said senior guard Junior Goodlet. “It’s great to be there, but we aren’t satisfied with just being there, we want to win it. It would mean a lot to bring home a state championship for this school and this community.”  

Community is a big part of the Tigers’ success.  

Thousands of Stony Point fans will make the trip down I-35 to San Antonio this weekend to fill the stands at the Alamodome to cheer on the Tigers.  

It’s part of what Thompson wanted to create when he took over the head coaching job at Stony Point in 2022.  

“Not only does it mean a lot for the program, but it’s also what I envisioned what I wanted to do for this community,” Thompson said. “When I interviewed for the job, it was about building this community, building the culture, and seeing more for the Stony Point learning community.  

“Not many people have talked about Stony Point in this facet, especially not in basketball. For us seeing so many people get involved in this community and get behind these young men is great to see.”