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Texas vs. the World
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
MANSFIELD TIMBERVIEW VS. BUFORD, GA
The Wolves scored first, but Buford scored more, as the defending Georgia 2A state champions posted a 42-21 victory against Timberview. The game was closer than the score might indicate.
Timberview opened the game with an 80-yard scoring drive, capped off by a 2-yard Eric Stephens plunge into the end zone. Buford answered, however, with a 2-yard run of their own to knot the game... More 
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Tourney Time
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
At this point in the high school volleyball season, teams are generally on a regimen of two district contests per week, as playoff spots will soon be decided.
Although the games are extremely intense, with postseason hopes hanging in the balance, the number of games played is a lot easier to handle, nothing like the frenetic pace of contests thrown at teams early in the year during the period known... More
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All For One
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
It’s all about teamwork. That’s the name of the game when it comes to high school fall tennis competition.
While various schools’ individual tennis stars shine throughout the spring, fall tennis is focused on the total team effort. Carefully constructing their lineup, 5A and 4A fall tennis programs assemble their court aces in a way that gives them the best chance to finish at or near the top in... More
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Setting the Stage
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
How could she have known she was being too modest?
Heading into last season, Kelly McCarter would’ve considered a .500 record something of an accomplishment. However, the coach’s expectations and those of her Weatherford players changed after the team won the consolation bracket at an August tournament in Abilene.
“To come home with a trophy was really big for them,” she said.
The early-season success was a... More
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Rebels Without Flaws
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
It wasn’t the state title they are really after, but it’s a step in the right direction. The Richland Rebels shocked many in the high school football world by claiming the 4A-5A division state 7-on-7 title in July.
Many observers expected that Richland might not even escape pool play, and then the team again defied odds by winning the championship game without Phillip Gonzalez, who was named the tournament... More
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Playoff Putback
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
Kennedale The only local team to advance to the UIL state tournament, the Lady Kats came within a game of winning the school’s first-ever state championship. Kennedale knocked off previously undefeated Corpus Christi West Oso in the semifinals to reach the title game. However, the Lady Kats got off to a poor start, falling behind 20-3 to the eventual state champion Canyon, which won the game 59-43. Still, head coach... More
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Meant To Be
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
“I think it’s pretty exciting all the obstacles we had to overcome,” said Colleyville Covenant cheer sponsor Stacy McCrary when looking back at her squad’s title from the Christian Cheerleaders of America nationals in March.
The girls’ rise to the top was anything but formulaic. A squad from Covenant Christian Academy, a small school tucked away in residential Colleyville, had never even competed at the national level. McCrary didn’t... More
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Great in ‘08
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
Only one game into the 2008 softball season, the Aledo Ladycats found themselves at a crossroads.
They had just lost 13-3 to Belton.
What they did after that loss made them one of the best teams the North Texas area has ever produced.
The Ladycats capped a 39-game unbeaten streak when they outlasted Nederland 4-0 in 15 innings to win the 4A state championship on May 31... More
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Rodeo Roundup
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
Fort Worth is known as Cowtown, and that isn’t lost on this group of high school athletes. The end of the school year also brought the end of a grueling high school rodeo campaign, culminating in the North Texas High School Rodeo Association finals at Cowtown Coliseum in the Stockyards. Here are some of this year’s top performers.
Jake Snyder – Pilot Point
Snyder finished the season atop the... More
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Postseason Wind-Up
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
Will Watson snared the throw and touched first base, setting off a celebration. He tossed his glove high into the air and rushed toward his Southlake Carroll teammates, who had formed an elated dogpile on the infield grass.
At the same time in the visitor’s dugout, members of the Flower Mound baseball team quietly packed their gear and offered fellow teammates embraces and words of reassurance. The outpouring of... More
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Raising Expectations
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
“Honestly, we had no idea what to expect with this competition,” said Alicia Dickerson, who coaches the cheerleaders at Trinity High School. “We had never been there before, and we had also never traveled far for a competition.”
The competition was the 25th anniversary edition of the Contest of Champions, held at Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando. Trinity had entered the small varsity division with a... More
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All-Around Success
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
Boys
Senior Nik Bosnyak, who finished third in the all-around at state last year, earned gold this time around after tying Bryan’s Matthew Kelly. Following the two days of competition, day one’s compulsories and day two’s optional, Bosnyak and Kelly both produced scores of 113.725. Bell’s Elijah Holt earned bronze with his 111.975.
Bosnyak finished first due in large part to his first-place finish in the parallel bars and... More
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Silenced Rackets
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
Of all the gold medals handed out at the UIL state tennis meet last month, none made it back to Tarrant or Denton counties.
The closest the area came was the mixed doubles duo of Mary Bowman and Erik Katzen from Argyle. The pair was taken down in the 3A final by a team from Abilene Wylie, 6-4, 6-3. They had advanced to the final after sweeping Van’s Natalie... More
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The Final Hole
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
5A Girls
Southlake Carroll golf coach Matt Glenn was hoping that last year’s experience at the state tournament – where his girls finished third – would pay dividends this year. The experience may have proved invaluable as the Lady Dragons overcame a two-shot deficit after the first round to win the team championship by six strokes.
“The girls, they had been there and had the experience of it and knew... More
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TAPPS Track Triple Play
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
When it came to the top runners, jumpers and throwers in track, local private school athletes showed that they were among the best in Texas this spring.
Three area schools that compete in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) performed well enough to capture team titles at the private school state championships May 2-3 in Waco.
Colleyville Covenant Christian Academy’s boys and girls teams completed... More
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A collection of this month's best action photos.
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Where Are They Now?
It’s probably fitting that Tom Williams is a coach. He starred in three sports in high school, played college football...
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Junior middle blocker Ayve Alvarado is a second-year player on the North Side volleyball team. Paula Pederson is her volleyball...
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