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Despite a turbulent start after a disrupted season, the Burleson High School Elks soccer team opened district play Tuesday night with an astonishing 7-0 defeat over the Everman Bulldogs.
<p>With a 4-5 overall record on the season and a 1-0 district record to start, the Elks are looking forward to district play where they will face one of the toughest rivals in UIL 5A soccer including in-town rival Burleson Centennial. </p><p>Fans should keep an eye on excellence from a majority of the seasoned played this year. Seniors Caleb Yauger and Anthony Mohammed both scored a pair of goals each for the Elks opening district play. Juniors Abreham Word and Angel Cruz will also be essential players on the mostly veteran squad.</p><p>Burleson Elks', currently sitting at No. 1 in UIL 5A Region 1 District 8 in MaxPreps' soccer standings, next match is Friday, January 29 against Mansfield Timberview in Arlington. </p>
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FEATURE: Despite injury, Zion Granville gets opportunity to play football at Illinois State
27 Jan, 2021
HOUSTON - Zion Granville has been around sports his entire life.
His father Billy played football at Duke followed by spending five years with the Cincinnati Bengals and then one year with the Texans before calling it a career. With football playing such an integral part of his father's life it is no surprise that in the first grade Zion started his football career and played through middle school.
<p>It was then that Zion went through some growing pains. </p><p>Due to the growing pains, playing football became unenjoyable, and decided then to play only basketball for the first three years of high school. </p><p>When the pandemic hit things changed. </p><p>AAU was postponed, live recruiting became non-existent, gyms were shuttered closed and even rims at parks were removed to prevent people from gathering to play. So, one day in May, JD Migl invited Granville out to play 7-on-7 football. </p><p>"I went and I fell in love with the sport," Granville said. "He had always been a brother to me, so I wanted to return the favor and decided to play football. The more I played football the more I loved it." </p><p> Being back in football and strengthening in the weight room - going from 176 to 205 pounds - Granville became a specimen at the defensive end position towering to 6-foot-6. </p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-9787720712654893" data-ad-slot="8738871937" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><p>Fort Bend Christian Academy coach Jordan Black worked with him to become a ruthless pass rusher as a defensive end or outside linebacker with his combination of length and quickness. </p><p>"My two favorite go-to moves in basketball were my hesitation and spin move. When I got on the gridiron everything at the defensive end spot came naturally," Granville said. "It literally felt like I was playing basketball." </p><p>With so much raw talent and promise after not having played football for three years, Granville was anticipating a major senior year. </p><p>Unfortunately, it only lasted two-quarters of a scrimmage and one game before Granville's year was over, due to injury. </p><p><span></span>"I learned that nothing in life is promised except death," Granville said. "So whenever I play or workout, I do it with the most enthusiasm. I also learned that you need strong faith in God." </p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">2021 6'6 Defensive End/WR Scrimmage(2 QRTs) & Game 1 Highlights <a href="https://t.co/c0P6i0hZak">pic.twitter.com/c0P6i0hZak</a><br>— Zion Granville (@chosenzi_one) <a href="https://twitter.com/chosenzi_one/status/1332589493619187713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p>That faith carried him through the rest of the fall. And despite not having a ton of tape on him or years of playing experience at the varsity level, Granville still received offers. <br></p><p>Abilene Christian, Illinois State, and a preferred walk-on opportunity from Texas came. Lamar, University of Houston, Fresno State, San Diego State, Nevada, Dartmouth, and Stephen F. Austin also showed interest. </p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-9787720712654893" data-ad-slot="8738871937" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><p>In the end, Granville picked Illinois State University. </p><p>"I chose them because it was a full scholarship offer, best fit and they relentlessly recruited me," he said. "They want to invest in me long-term and they have a good track record of developing players. Also, I would have time to get stronger and develop through being redshirted. I had several phone and zoom meetings with the coaches and they loved my twitch, unique abilities, and potential as a pass rusher." </p><p>Having literally played almost zero high school football, getting an opportunity at the next level is "very humbling" Granville said and he is focused on winning and getting better every day at Illinois State. </p><p>Outside of football, Granville enjoys Star Wars, art, and design and still playing basketball and he wants to study political science, graphic design, or business at Illinois State. </p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">COMMITTED‼️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RedbirdsRi21ng?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RedbirdsRi21ng</a> <a href="https://t.co/j8QQqC6XAK">pic.twitter.com/j8QQqC6XAK</a><br>— Zion Granville (@chosenzi_one) <a href="https://twitter.com/chosenzi_one/status/1352738489247399936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
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Wylie East Lady Raiders Basketball at VYPE DFW WHATASNAP Photoshoot
The Wylie East Lady Raiders have spent the 2020-2021 season plowing through their opponents. Only losing a handful of matches during non-district play, the Lady Raiders are pushing towards one of their best seasons in the last five years.
<p>Led by head coach Meaghan Hodapp, Wylie East has posted a 20-3 overall record so far this season with an undefeated 11-0 district record. The Lady Raiders are certainly playing by Coach Hodapp's philosophy to "outwork your opponents." </p><p>"A successful season would to be district champs. We are four time district champs as of right now and our hope is to get another one," said senior Kiley Hicks during an interview earlier this season at the <a href="http://www.vype.com" target="_blank">VYPE</a> <a href="https://www.vype.com/texas/dfw/" target="_blank">DFW</a> WHATASNAP photoshoot. "Hopefully we can be undefeated district champs because we've done that two years in a row and hopefully we can go to state."</p><p>Keeping their aspirations high and their eyes on the prize, Wylie East is two games away from finishing an undefeated regular season. Their next game is at home on Friday, January 29th against Sherman with tip-off set for 6:15 pm.</p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-html5_video">
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