03/13/2026
Way to go Style Brazile!
Thank you Kendra Santos!
They did it!! Style Brazile and her Decatur Lady Eagles won their second-straight 4A Division 1 Texas state basketball championship in an overtime thriller, 58-54, over Waco La Vega at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
Sophomore sensation Style, who’s already being strongly sought after by college scouts, is the daughter of Cowboy King Trevor Brazile and his NFR barrel racer wife, Shada.
“She’s good at what she does, and I’m proud of that because of her energy and effort,” Trevor said. “At the end of the day, that’s the only thing she can control.”
Style’s a scrappy point guard who just waged quite the personal comeback after diving into a fourth-quarter collision while 70 points up at her second-to-last district game this season. She hurt her hand, which required surgery, but vowed to fight back in time for the first playoff game two weeks after surgery with longtime tie-down roper Dr. Chance Henderson in Colorado Springs.
“How she worked so hard to come back like that probably made me the most proud,” Trevor said. “Everybody says it’s not what happens to you in life, but how you choose to react to it. Some people think you can’t control reactions, but you can. Being around an industry that’s cowboy tough, and having an attitude and belief that she was going to be ready to play in two weeks is why she was.
“Style played 13 days post-op after what was supposed to be a six- to eight-week injury. She never missed a practice and never quit running, because you have to keep your air up if you’re going to contribute in the playoffs.”
That she did, and in that final state championship game alone Style scored eight points, and had six assists, five rebounds, two steals and two blocks before being named to the 4A1 All-State Tournament Team. And that was on top of being named the co-district MVP and earning academic all-district honors in the classroom.
Go Style Bell. You chose the basketball court as your arena, and your rodeo family could not be more proud of your hard work and hustle.
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