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Top 10 Moments of the 2018-19 DFW Sports Season: #2

And then there were two. Eight down, two to go in the VYPE DFW Top 10 Moments of the 2018-19 season.

DESOTO GIRLS TRACK DOMINATES AT STATE

It was a banner day for DeSoto girls track team at the 2019 UIL State Track Meet in Austin. Not only did the team crush the competition and shatter the scoring record, the team also took down the UIL State record in the 4x100-meter and set a new national record in the same event.

DeSoto as a team scored 121 points during State, which was only 13 points away from the maximum possible to score and 73 more than second-place Duncanville (scored 48 points). But it was the national record that made headlines as the team posted a 44.24 in the 4x100-meter race, which eclipsed the record the relay team set in April of 44.44. Prior to that, the national record was 44.50 set by California's Long Beach Poly in 2004.

The team collected five individual state titles on the way to the team title, including Taylor Armstrong in the 300 hurdles, Jayla Hollis in the 100 hurdles and winning the 4×100, 4×200 and 4×400 relays.

Our own Thomas Bingham was on the scene to witness history and talk with the track team.

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Number 3: Duncanville Head Coach Embroiled in Controversy
Number 4: Slidell Wins First State Crown in 76 Years
Number 5: The Colony's Hook and Ladder Downs Lone Star
Number 6: Bobby Witt Jr. Takes All The Awards
Number 7: Adoette Vaughan Wins 4th Straight SPC Title
Number 8: Three From 9-6A Tabbed McDonald's All-Americans
Number 9: Segler Reassignment/RJ Hampton Goes Pro
Number 10: Flower Mound Volleyball's Run to State

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Top 10 Moments of the 2018-19 DFW Sports Season: #3

We're in the home stretch with the three defining moments of the 2018-19 DFW sports season. Here is Number 3.

Duncanville Head Coach Embroiled in Controversy

Back in mid February - a day before Valentine's Day - the 6A girls basketball landscape was turned upside down as a state power lost its head coach mid-season.

Amid alleged recruiting violations from a former's parent, according to a Dallas Morning News report, Cathy Self-Morgan resigned from her head coaching position just as Duncanville was to begin a playoff run.

The resignation caused a major stir and definitely affected the team as it fell in the opening round of the playoff tournament to South Grand Prairie.

Self-Morgan left with a record of 1,170-287 that included a 105-game winning streak from 2012-2014. During her time at Duncanville, which began in 2000, she led the program to five Texas state titles. Prior to that, she led Austin Westlake to three state titles.

In early March, the school district's investigation reported that there was insufficient evidence into any wrongdoing by Self-Morgan. However, the DMN's Ben Baby was able to access some incriminating text messages between Self-Morgan and an AAU coach, which seemingly undercut the district's investigation.

Just under a month later, the University Interscholastic League stated Self-Morgan was found guilty of the alleged recruiting violations and was levied a three-year suspension from coaching and a public reprimand.

Duncanville subsequently hired a former player and assistant coach in LaJeanna Howard, who won state titles as a player in 2012 and an assistant in 2016. Formerly, she was the head coach of the Dallas Lincoln girls program, leading them to a state tournament appearance this past season.

PREVIOUS TOP 10 MOMENTS

Number 4: Slidell Wins First State Crown in 76 Years
Number 5: The Colony's Hook and Ladder Downs Lone Star
Number 6: Bobby Witt Jr. Takes All The Awards
Number 7: Adoette Vaughan Wins 4th Straight SPC Title
Number 8: Three From 9-6A Tabbed McDonald's All-Americans
Number 9: Segler Reassignment/RJ Hampton Goes Pro
Number 10: Flower Mound Volleyball's Run to State

Top 10 Moments of the 2018-19 DFW Sports Season: #4

We're 60 percent of the way through our Top 10 moments of the 2018-19 DFW sports season. This next one started out as a shared idea, but it's harder to ignore the significant of decades of history being broken.

Slidell Wins First State Crown in 76 Years

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