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The community in Lancaster is mourning Sunday after the news broke on the death of Lancaster High School football star, Tony Evans Jr.
The talented 17-year-old wide receiver was reportedly shot about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday morning in a room at the Hawthorn Suites hotel near Dallas Lovefield airport. There was one other victim. Evans Jr. and the other victim were taken to the hospital where the three-star athlete was pronounced dead. As of Sunday afternoon, the other victim has been reported to be in stable condition.
<p>Evans Jr., a 6'2 athlete who ran a 4.5 forty, signed his National Letter of Intent to continue playing football at the University of Wyoming for the Cowboys' program in early February and often posted his excitement for the upcoming college season to social media:</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><br></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">3 more months 🤠 <a href="https://t.co/8Ma543vCGf">pic.twitter.com/8Ma543vCGf</a><br>— Tony Evans Jr (@TonyEvansJr1) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyEvansJr1/status/1365516188764225539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br></p><p>During his senior season, Evans Jr. brought in 13 receptions for a 268 yards and four touchdowns. Evans Jr. helped lead Lancaster football to the second round of playoffs in the 2020-2021 season with a first place, undefeated finish in district and a 9-1 overall record. The senior also celebrated senior day on the baseball team just last month:</p><p><br></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">#21👨🏽🎓 <a href="https://t.co/9msG8JAuXe">pic.twitter.com/9msG8JAuXe</a><br>— Tony Evans Jr (@TonyEvansJr1) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyEvansJr1/status/1370808218264469512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br></p><p>Police currently do not have a suspect in the case, but are investigating it as a homicide. VYPE sends our deepest condolences to the Evans family as well as the Lancaster community. </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><br></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">❤️❤️ <a href="https://t.co/eXdBsCGkNc">pic.twitter.com/eXdBsCGkNc</a><br>— Tony Evans Jr (@TonyEvansJr1) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyEvansJr1/status/1357098025194315777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><a href="https://t.co/7ao9yOYDHW">https://t.co/7ao9yOYDHW</a><br>— Tony Evans Jr (@TonyEvansJr1) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyEvansJr1/status/1336047496498438144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
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It's the last week of the 2020-21 UIL soccer season, and we're down to the penultimate set of games. The DFW area is in great shape to bring home a lot of hardware this week with five boys teams and five girls teams remaining across all classifications.
The DFW area is guaranteed to have a representative in the State Title game in four of the six classifications. Let's check out the schedule.
Records are based on MaxPreps.com
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</script></p><p><strong>(This article will be updated to reflect final scores of both boys and girls UIL State Semifinals.)<br></strong></p>
Boys State Semifinals Pairings and Schedule
<img class="rm-lazyloadable-image rm-shortcode" lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTk0MzQxMC9vcmlnaW4ucG5nIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMjA0NzYyMH0.HDlxV1h5TAPJkjMB6reFCe6Jm3A3MMcN5qw2otyOsfc/img.png?width=980" id="31af2" width="920" height="593" data-rm-shortcode-id="e3853e0c02463b4d0100bbba990f9259" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" /><h4>CLASS 6A</h4><p>R5 Allen (21-4-1) vs. T10 Rockwall-Heath (14-8-5) - 6 p.m. Tuesday @ Memorial Stadium (Mesquite)</p><p>- winner will meet winner of Jersey Village/San Antonio LEE in State Finals at 6 p.m. Saturday<br></p><h4>CLASS 5A</h4><p>R2 El Paso Del Valle (19-4) vs. W9 Frisco Wakeland (21-1-1) - 11 a.m. Tuesday @ Grande Communications Stadium (Midland)</p><p>- winner will meet winner of Kingwood Park/Pharr Valley View in State Finals at 4 p.m. Saturday<br><strong></strong></p><h4>CLASS 4A</h4><p>W7 Fort Worth Diamond Hill-Jarvis (25-4-2) vs. R11 Celina (17-8-1) - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday @ Dragon Stadium (Southlake)</p><p>- winner will meet winner of Huffman Hargrave/Boerne in State Finals at 10 a.m. Saturday</p>Girls State Semifinals Pairings and Schedule
<img class="rm-lazyloadable-image rm-shortcode" lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNjAzMzgzNi9vcmlnaW4ucG5nIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyODg2MDM2MH0.0KF1-vjh9XsGWVfWbdT4XpqmZTNtN9LkrU83WjI21EI/img.png?width=980" id="0d890" width="920" height="593" data-rm-shortcode-id="2479d3bc97ddcc3c26e919a2dec17fe2" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" /><h4>CLASS 6A</h4><p>W6 Flower Mound (21-1-2) vs. W13 The Woodlands (23-1) - 6 p.m. Tuesday @ Belton HS</p><p>- winner will meet winner of Houston Memorial/Austin Vandegrift in State Finals at 6 p.m. Friday<br></p><h4>CLASS 5A</h4><p> W6 Grapevine (24-2-2) vs. R9 Frisco Wakeland (19-2-3) - 7 p.m. Tuesday @ Bronco Stadium (Denton)</p><p>- winner will meet winner of Friendswood/Dripping Springs in State Finals at 2 p.m. Friday<br></p><h4>CLASS 4A</h4><p> W8 Midlothian Heritage (25-1) vs. R11 Celina (24-1-1) - 5:30 p.m. Tuesday @ Dragon Stadium (Southlake)</p><p>- winner will meet winner of Salado/Corpus Christi Calallen in State Finals at 10 a.m. Friday</p>
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