Last year, The Colony softball team was on a roll. The Lady Cougars started the season with a record of 15-3-1 before the COVID-19 pandemic denied the team a chance to clinch their 10th straight playoff berth.
After the start of the wrestling season was delayed twice over concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Colony was determined to make the most of it.
ALLEN — For as long as the Allen boys wrestling team has been racking up UIL state championships, of which the Eagles have amassed 11 in a row, they’ve prefaced that with a convincing performance at their regional meet.
PROSPER — From the first batter she faced to the last, Prosper senior Abbey Beasley was in control.
Rainy weather and a 30-minute delay for lightning didn’t stop the Coppell track and field team from putting up impressive performances at the Area 5/6-6A meet, held last Thursday at Buddy Echols Field.
Lake Dallas girls track and field coach Kassie Urban had a message for her Falcons after rainy weather forced several running events in the 5/6-5A area track and field meet to be delayed by one day.
ALLEN — For as long as the Allen boys wrestling team has been racking up UIL state championships, of which the Eagles have amassed 11 in a row, they’ve prefaced that with a convincing performance at their regional meet.
The best soccer teams in Texas converged on Georgetown last Friday and Saturday for the girls and boys state championships.
Local track and field athletes had more to contend with than just a strong overall field on Thursday at the 9-6A/10-6A meet at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium in Rockwall.
Well before they stepped onto the lanes at San Antonio’s Bandera Bowl on April 10, Plano’s bowling team had been building toward this year’s Texas High School Bowling state championships for some time.
When the semifinal round of the UIL soccer playoffs commenced on Tuesday, only two high schools in the entire state had both their boys and girls programs still alive in the postseason.
Lake Dallas senior Makenna Marrs is heading north to continue her volleyball and academic endeavors.
Little Elm senior Brian Hunter Jr. is heading north to play college basketball.
GEORGETOWN—Wakeland had been waiting for Saturday afternoon for a long time.
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Friday’s rematch between Plano and Plano East typified everything about the first five weeks of the District 6-6A baseball schedule.
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GEORGETOWN--Flower Mound’s dynamic duo of senior Riley Baker and junior Sydney Becerra has been one of the best 1-2 scoring punches in the state this season.
Josh Welch won’t return as Lake Dallas head boys basketball coach next season.
Ever since the Little Elm softball team defeated McKinney in a 14-1 rout on March 13, the pitching staff has become one of the biggest strengths for the Lady Lobos.
Things were looking good for the Little Elm baseball team in Tuesday’s non-district game at Rockwall.
The Coppell baseball team has put itself in a favorable position heading into the final two weeks of the regular season.
It took a few innings for the Coppell softball team’s offense to get on track Tuesday.
COPPELL – Nothing has slowed down the Marcus boys track and field team this postseason – not even rainy conditions or a 30-minute lightning delay during Thursday's 5/6-6A area track meet.
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GEORGETOWN--The Wakeland girls did a lot of the things necessary to win a state championship on Friday against Dripping Springs.
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FLOWER MOUND — After running the table last fall en route to a District 6-6A championship, the Plano West tennis team nearly did the same on Wednesday at the conference’s annual spring tournament.
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FRISCO — The McKinney North boys and girls track and field teams, as well as the Frisco Heritage girls and Frisco Liberty boys, all entered Wednesday’s 9/10-5A area meet looking to build off title wins at their respective district meets.
DENTON – Lake Dallas senior Gracie Dover has seen the Lady Falcons not react well to situations like the one that they were in Tuesday night.
The Colony seniors Elizabeth Grabiec and Hudson Herring weren’t about to let anyone at the District 8-5A Tournament put a dent into their undefeated seasons.
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MESQUITE — After going a perfect 5-for-5 on penalty kicks in last week’s regional semifinal win over Keller, the other shoe dropped at the wrong time for the Allen boys soccer team.
The 11-time defending state champion Allen boys wrestling team dominated the field at last weekend’s District 6-6A wrestling tournament, scoring a whopping 331.5 points – more than double the point total of runner-up Plano West, which accumulated 141 points.
High school soccer's postseason is down to the final week, and Star Local Media discusses a busy week in its coverage area leading up to Tuesday's round of state semifinals.
As the area’s baseball teams wade through their respective district campaigns, the three McKinney ISD programs have been dealt a gamut of outcomes during the first half of their conference schedules.
The Colony senior defenseman Abdullah Boutari was constantly looking at his cell phone while lying in bed on the night of March 19.
FLOWER MOUND — In what has been a trying year for the Marcus track and field team, from adjusting with the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic to coping with the passing of longtime head coach Steve Telaneus in April 2020, Saturday night was a gratifying occasion for the program.
In a season unlike any other because of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Colony boys soccer team turned it into one of its best in program history.
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As District 6-6A’s baseball schedule reached its midpoint earlier this week, all of two games separated first place from seventh.
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Around Texas, every high school track and field postseason begins with the district meet — the first of four meets over the ensuing month-plus that culminates in Austin at the UIL state track and field championships.
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FORNEY — No matter the results of Friday’s doubleheader at City Bank Stadium, the night was already a special one for the Celina boys and girls soccer teams.
There was no shortage of offense in Tuesday’s District 10-5A softball game between Prosper Rock Hill and The Colony.
Lake Dallas junior Shelby Nelson hit a home run and drove in four runs Tuesday in a 5-3 victory against Grapevine.
THE COLONY – Ever since The Colony baseball team lost four of its final five games to end the preseason portion of the schedule, the Cougars have been on a roll.
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PLANO — The Plano softball team has enjoyed its share of comeback wins during a hotly contested District 6-6A campaign. On Thursday, the Lady Wildcats got to lead the dance for a change.
Little Elm ISD conducted a search for a new athletic director after Sandra Howell retired and moved back home to Houston earlier this year. That search ended Wednesday when Farmersville ISD athletic director Brandon Hankins was hired to the same post.Â
Local track and field athletes took center stage last Wednesday as they competed at the 9-6A meet at Williams Stadium.
CORINTH – The Lake Dallas baseball team entered Tuesday’s game against Birdville in sole possession of first place in District 6-5A. But, Falcons head coach Chris Haney was quick to point out the parity within the district.
Frisco and Longview were both in uncharted waters on Tuesday.
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ALLEN — As the Allen and Keller boys promptly funneled through the first eight reps of their regional semifinal shootout on Tuesday, Eagles junior Matthew Sanchez was a bit more patient as he made his walk up to the penalty mark.
Only two weeks remain in the District 6-6A softball schedule, with teams looking to lock down four playoff spots, as well as the conference championship.
The battle for the boys team championship came down to the wire at the 13-5A track and field meet on Thursday in Royse City.
The Heritage girls and Liberty boys claimed team titles at District 9-5A track and field meet on Wednesday and Thursday at Frisco ISD Memorial Stadium.
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