Not long removed from having to go 34 games in between wins, Plano West is 1-0 to begin Year Two of the Tyler Soukup era.
LEWISVILLE — It took Rockwall-Heath just three quarters to eclipse its season-high in scoring from the 2019 season Friday in Lewisville as the Hawks erupted for 559 yards of offense in a 72-52 victory over the Farmers.
CARROLLTON - In a season, and year, unlike any other, the Hebron and Denton Guyer football teams did their best to prepare for and perform in Week One like the prestigious programs that they are.
McKINNEY — There’s just something about McKinney vs. Plano.
Mesquite and Coppell returned to the football field for the first time in more than nine months on Friday and parts of the night looked much like one might expect.
The Colony football team lost a heartbreaker on opening night Friday, falling to Corsicana 28-21 in a game that didn't end until Cougar senior quarterback Jonathan Roberson's final pass was intercepted in the end zone at the gun.
Mesquite and Coppell returned to the football field for the first time in more than nine months on Friday and parts of the night looked much like one might expect.
Coming into Friday’s season opener against Denton, Lake Dallas head coach Michael Young was concerned about his defense.
Don’t look now, but the start of the district volleyball season is right around the corner.
Frisco’s defense never let Independence senior quarterback Braylon Braxton get comfortable.
McKINNEY — A 10-7 final score isn’t something that’s typically associated with Flower Mound football. Not with an offense that had finished among the best in the area the past two years.
Coming into Saturday’s season opener at Flower Mound, Coppell’s boys cross country team was ranked No. 4 in Class 6A by the Cross Country Coaches Association of Texas and has the top returning male runner in the state’s largest classification in senior Evan Caswell.
The road to Friday night at Eagle Stadium in Allen has been anything but conventional, and Plano East head coach Joey McCullough admits that he had doubts on whether his Panthers would even get to play this season.
Star Local Media previews a few of the week's marquee high school football games, including our reader-voted Game of the Week: Plano vs. McKinney.
ALLEN — After an 0-2 start, the Allen volleyball team has started to find its footing over the past week.
During high school football season, the Star Local Media sports staff will predict the winners of 10 in-market games each week as part of its annual Pick-It Line.
This is normally the time of year that area football teams are preparing for the start of their district seasons.
Lake Dallas’ volleyball team sought a bounce-back type of performance on Tuesday night.
With five first-year varsity players starting for The Colony volleyball team, first-year head coach Rachel Buckley came into the season expecting that it would take a while for all of the pieces to come together for her Lady Cougars.
Senior Night for Lake Dallas’ volleyball team started out with a bang but later ended in heartbreak after Mansfield Legacy rallied from a two-sets-to-none deficit to stun the Lady Falcons on their home court, 23-25, 25-27, 25-22, 26-24, 15-8.
Moments after Sachse handed Coppell’s volleyball team its first loss of the young season – in straight sets, 25-18, 25-18, 25-21 – the Cowgirls were happy that they didn’t have to wait too long to shrug off that setback.
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High school football season gets underway this week, with the area’s first slate of games loaded with compelling matchups.
For months, high school athletics programs around the state have had to adjust to a new way of doing things while navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. That will also apply to the fans hoping to see their teams in action this season.
The 2020 football season is right around the corner.
The 2020 football season is right around the corner.
In March, near the end of the second offseason team meeting for Coppell’s football team, head coach Mike DeWitt asked his players what they want the 2020 season to be remembered for.
The Colony has been always been in the mix to make the playoffs under longtime head coach Rudy Rangel and the Cougars hope Friday’s season opener at Corsicana will serve as the springboard to a school record eighth consecutive postseason appearance.
Independence made history last year when the Knights advanced to the regional semifinals for the first time.
The Star Local Media High School Sports Podcast closes out its five-part series previewing the 2020 high school football season.
After totaling just 48 points through the first three weeks of the season, Celina’s football team needed just over two hours to eclipse that figure Friday against Paul Pewitt.
Mesquite has waited a long time to get back on the volleyball court.
To ensure that social distancing protocols can be safely met, Coppell ISD announced last week in a press release that capacity at each athletic venue for the 2020-21 school year will be capped at 40% -- a tad below the 50% threshold that the University Interscholastic League has set.
Lake Dallas junior Caelyn Gunn finished with a team-high 18 kills to go along with 13 digs and four blocks as the Lady Falcons rallied from a sluggish start to earn a 3-1 (18-25, 25-23, 25-15, 25-18) win over host Denton Braswell in Tuesday’s season opener.
When things weren’t going so well for Frisco’s volleyball team in the third set of Tuesday’s season opener against The Colony, Lady Raccoons head coach Janie Litchford didn’t want to call a timeout.
One of the more entertaining aspects of covering high school sports in the Metroplex are the interactions – both personal and as a spectator – with athletes.
With a week of practice in the books for many of the area’s Class 5A and 6A high school football teams, the next hurdle to clear requires lining up against an actual opponent.
As the oldest program in FISD, Frisco has built a rich volleyball history.
Running under the lights at McInnish Park in Carrollton, The Colony’s cross country teams turned in their first times of 2020 on Sept. 11 after the start of the season for schools in Classes 5A and 6A was delayed by one month by the University Interscholastic League due to concerns over COVID-19.
There was a moment during Tuesday's season opener when it could have been easy for The Colony’s volleyball team to throw in the towel.
Sachse has set a high standard on the volleyball court since the inception of its program in 2004.
FLOWER MOUND — It’s only one match, but Flower Mound head volleyball coach Jamie Siegel already felt like she saw more of her players on the attack during Tuesday’s season opener than from last year.
The Star Local Media High School Sports Podcast returns for the fourth of a five-part series previewing the 2020 high school football season.
The Rowlett and Mesquite cross country teams were in action on Saturday and each enjoyed their share of success at the Camp Rorie Invitational.
Several local cross country teams took to courses last Saturday for the North Texas XC Circuit #1 Races, which were held at various locations around the area.
The responsibility of carrying the torch in volleyball has been passed around among the Mesquite ISD programs over the years.
Rowlett has been a fixture in the playoffs and set a new standard for Garland ISD programs.
After the start of the season for Classes 5A and 6A was delayed by one month, Coppell will travel to Mesquite on Friday night for a 5:30 p.m. preseason scrimmage at Memorial Stadium against Mesquite Horn.
When Lake Dallas head volleyball coach Kristinn Holbrooks held a Zoom meeting with the team’s seniors a couple of months ago to discuss ways that her Lady Falcons can give back to the community, it didn’t take long for senior outside Lanie Schantz to come up with her idea.
The excitement that Lake Dallas head football coach Michael Young had for the first day of fall practice kept him up during the wee hours on the morning of Sept. 7.
Following the departures of offensive coordinator/associate head coach John Killough and defensive coordinator Scott Johnson to Fort Worth Paschal, The Colony head football coach Rudy Rangel has filled those vacancies from within.
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