FLOWER MOUND — As Marcus soldiered through 6-6A last season on its way to the district title, the Marauders managed to survive a number of close calls along the way. Despite an unbeaten swing through conference play, four of Marcus’ seven district wins came by an average of eight points.
Despite an 0-3 start to its season, the McKinney North football team is winning the games that count — and in all too unique fashion.
CARROLLTON — Hebron moved to 2-0 in District 6-6A and handed Flower Mound its second district loss in the process Friday, outlasting the Jaguars in a three-overtime thriller at home, 25-20.
Coppell senior Canon Peters was recently moved from cornerback to outside linebacker to fill a gap in the Cowboy defense.
RICHARDSON – Coppell head tennis coach Rich Foster can recall multiple occasions when his Cowboys earned a shutout in the playoffs.
DENTON – Cross country teams trained in the blistering heat in the summer, only to give way to temperatures in the upper 30s for Friday morning’s District 6-6A meet. Nevertheless, the runners were ready to brave the chilly weather and qualify for the Region I meet.
Following an unplanned 21-day layoff between games, Frisco Lone Star was chomping at the bit.
McKINNEY — The elite of the elite separated from the pack early on during Friday’s District 5-6A cross country championships.
McKINNEY — The race for the District 5-6A volleyball championship has amplified in recent days, with Prosper, McKinney Boyd and Denton Guyer all staking claims to the throne.
For a while Tuesday night, it felt that Coppell and Flower Mound Marcus were going to play out the exact script as their previous match.
During high school football season, the Star Local Media sports staff will predict the winners of up to 10 in-market games each week as part of its annual Pick-It Line.
Star Local Media previews a few of the week's marquee high school football games, including our reader-voted Game of the Week: Plano West vs. Coppell.
For the first time since Oct. 2, Allen has a football game to prepare for.
There might not be another football team in the Metroplex quite like Plano.
ALLEN — Last week was a long time coming for the Allen tennis team.
McKINNEY — A season’s worth of training in the heat gave way to a postseason that began under some of the area’s coldest temperatures in months.
The 17th installment of the Rowlett/Sachse rivalry is certainly unlike any other the teams have engaged in prior.
With inclement weather forcing not only a change in venue but also an 8:30 p.m. start, Coppell and Prosper had to adjust on the fly as they prepared for their Class 6A bi-district team tennis match.
The first time Sachse and Wylie met, the Pirates jumped out to a two-sets-to-one advantage only to have the Mustangs rally late to claim the five-game victory.
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With high school football's district schedule in full swing, Star Local Media looks back on a week that produced a number of upsets around the area.
Lake Dallas head football coach Michael Young said Monday morning that because of COVID-19 precautions affecting Princeton's football program, the Falcons' varsity football game scheduled for Friday against the Panthers will not take place and will go down as a "no contest."
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Having to wait 23 days between games felt like an eternity for Prosper.
LSU commit Garrett Nussmeier and Marcus' football team flexed its passing muscles Friday in a convincing win on the road over rival Flower Mound.
PLANO – A sloppy start to district play ultimately went Coppell’s way on Friday.
North Mesquite has talked a lot about closing the gap.
MURPHY — The offense Hebron envisioned at the start of the offseason wound up being quite from the one that took the field at Kimbrough Stadium in Friday’s District 6-6A opener against Plano East.
When 247Sports released its first list of top 100 prep football players in the nation for the Class of 2021 in August 2018, Coppell senior K.J. Liggins checked in at No. 40.
The first half of the district volleyball season came to a close on Tuesday and The Colony has positioned itself to contend for one of the four playoff berths that will come out of District 10-5A.
With important matches coming up against Prosper Rock Hill, Wylie East and Princeton – three teams that are in the mix to earn the two final playoff spots in District 10-5A – The Colony volleyball team knew it had to take care of business Tuesday evening in order to hold onto third place in …
The timing couldn’t have been any better for the McKinney Boyd offense to turn in its best performance of the season.
Celina’s exit from Chaparral Stadium was a tough pill to swallow on Oct. 9 — playing its first game in 21 days and immediately put behind the 8-ball in the District 4-4A Division II title race after losing to Aubrey, 36-27, in its conference opener.
With second place in District 6-6A on the line as well as a home match in the bi-district round of the Class 6A postseason for team tennis, Coppell made sure that it wouldn’t have to leave the comfort of Coppell Tennis Center.
PLANO — For all the emotion that encompassed the Plano West football team’s stunning, come-from-behind victory over Plano East last season, a win that snapped a 34-game losing streak, Thursday’s District 6-6A opener sparked a completely different feeling for the Wolves.
Some thought Thursday was going to represent a changing of the guard in Garland ISD football.
With only one win in District 6-5A coming into Tuesday’s match, Lake Dallas volleyball understood the importance of finishing the first half of league play strong.
Thursday marks the first night on the district schedule in 5-6A football — a seven-team conference that includes three programs ranked in the state’s top 25.
During high school football season, the Star Local Media sports staff will predict the winners of up to 10 in-market games each week as part of its annual Pick-It Line.
Several of the nation's top high school basketball players will be in action at the Allen Event Center on Nov. 20-21 as part of The Battle Basketball Showcase.
At the start of the season, the volleyball teams in District 5-6A had Tuesday earmarked as the beginning of the second half of the conference schedule. As has been the case in recent weeks, COVID-19 had different plans.
Star Local Media previews a few of the week's marquee high school football games, including our reader-voted Game of the Week: Sachse vs. Garland.
Mesquite, North Mesquite and Horn wrapped up their 2019 district seasons on Nov. 8.
The fifth and final leg of the North Texas Cross Country Circuit took place on Saturday, with area programs spread out among four different sites that pit several of the Metroplex’s top runners and teams against one another.
Thursday marks the first night of the District 6-6A football schedule — the first of seven weeks where Plano ISD, Lewisville ISD and Coppell will lock horns in pursuit of one of the conference’s four playoff spots.
After a week to heal up and reset, Plano ISD and the rest of District 6-6A take to the gridiron this week for the beginning of their conference schedule.
Last Saturday’s meet at Myers Park offered Lovejoy and The Colony a preview of what to expect when they return to the same course next week for the District 10-5A cross country championships.
As the regular season winds down, cross country runners look to kick up more dirt and reduce their times.
FLOWER MOUND — As the first half of the District 6-6A volleyball schedule wound down on Tuesday, the race for the conference championship continues to amplify with each night of matches.
Coming off a big win against McKinney Boyd, Prosper volleyball looked to continue that momentum Tuesday night.
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