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As the regular season winds down in high school basketball, Star Local Media discusses some players expected to be in the mix for district MVP awards and other postseason superlatives.
LUCAS--Experience can mean everything in a close playoff game.
JUSTIN — It was a night that meant everything to Lake Dallas.
RICHARDSON — For three quarters on Monday, the Plano Senior boys basketball team had the upset alarm in its sights. Wylie, led by its star-studded backcourt, had other ideas.
It’s never easy to say goodbye.
The high school boys basketball playoffs begin this week, and Star Local Media takes a look at several Dallas-area teams who are bound for postseason action.
For the 11th consecutive year, it was Allen and everyone else.
ITALY — From the opening tip of Friday’s area playoff bout, the Plano Senior girls basketball team defended like its entire roster was on the floor.
Coppell knows it would not be where it is today without the guidance and play of senior guard Adam Moussa.
In the sixth year under head coach Tommy Ray, The Colony girls soccer team is finding success at every single turn.
RICHARDSON — If the first two rounds of the Class 5A girls basketball postseason have proven anything, it’s that Frisco Centennial is not your typical No. 4 seed.
It was a game that mirrored the entire Lake Dallas season.
With one round down in the high school girls basketball playoffs and the boys' postseason right around the corner, Star Local Media breaks down the week that was on the local hardwood.
For the fifth consecutive year, a member of the Allen swim team worked their way onto the podium at the Class 6A state swim meet.
Dallas Christian boasts one of the proudest athletics traditions in the area, having captured 31 team state championships in 10 different sports, including eight in football.
Three years ago, Coppell head coach Ryan Dunlevy had a message for his soon-to-be legendary goalie.
Coaching one of the youngest teams in the state, Plano East head girls basketball coach Jessica Linson expected the proverbial playoff nerves to kick in at some point in Tuesday’s bi-district matchup against Wylie.
DALLAS—Coaches always preach the importance of free throw shooting late in games.
It was more than a decade in the making.
ALLEN — Allen head wrestling coach Jerry Best called Region II the toughest in all of Class 6A. Should that hold up this weekend at the state meet, the Eagles figure to be plenty battle-tested as they continue their pursuit of an 11th consecutive UIL team championship.
RICHARDSON—The start of Monday’s Class 6A bi-district playoff game between Rowlett and Plano was representative of many postseason openers.
In its playoff opener, The Colony’s girls basketball team came away grateful it gets to see another day.
GRAPEVINE — In a game defined by defense, the Lewisville and Keller girls basketball teams combined for 47 turnovers in Monday’s bi-district playoff opener — including a staggering 31 generated by the state-ranked Lady Indians.
The high school girls basketball playoffs begin this week, and Star Local Media takes a look at several Dallas-area teams who are bound for postseason action.
Several local girls basketball teams have known for some time they would be part of the playoff field.
Several local girls basketball teams have known for some time they would be part of the playoff field.
Four years ago, seniors Tamia Jones and Jewel Spear arrived on The Colony campus hungry to make their mark on the place forever.
FLOWER MOUND — Flower Mound’s hot shooting put a halt to the hottest team in District 6-6A on Friday.
As numerous high school soccer teams close in on the halfway mark of their district schedules, playoff races are beginning to take shape and title contenders are emerging.
For the 11th consecutive year, Plano ISD will have at least two girls basketball teams in the playoffs, and for the third straight year, that honor belongs to both Plano Senior and Plano East.
As the Coppell boys basketball team basked in what it just accomplished once again, players looked to their fearless leader and across the roster beaming with great words about everybody.
With less than a week remaining in high school boys basketball's regular season, and the girls beginning postseason action on Monday, Star Local Media discusses some of the area's more heated playoff races and district title battles.
Irving MacArthur seniors Sarah Andrews and Hannah Gusters were both irresistible force and immovable object on Tuesday night, and that spelled disaster for Flower Mound.
For the Lake Dallas girls basketball team, this has been just the season they always hoped and dreamed of.
Plano Senior head football coach Jaydon McCullough, who had coached the Wildcats the past 12 seasons, has accepted a new position within Plano ISD, the school district announced on Wednesday.
The Allen boys and Coppell girls both hoisted District 6-6A wrestling championships on Thursday but in starkly different ways.
Entering the final game of the regular season, The Colony girls basketball team could have easily thrown in the towel, content with where they were as the playoffs neared.
In a back-and-forth game all night, The Colony's boys basketball team came up just short of knocking down the top dog in District 8-5A.
The first time Sachse and Rowlett met this season, the Eagles gave the Mustangs their toughest challenge of the 10-6A season, battling them down to the wire before falling 46-42.
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As the regular season winds down in high school basketball, Star Local Media discusses some players expected to be in the mix for district MVP awards and other postseason superlatives.
Nearly 25 years later, Jeff Smith still remembers the excitement while making that drive to the Metroplex to begin his coaching career.
On Wednesday, student-athletes all across the Plano area put pen to paper and realized a lifelong dream of playing college athletics.
It’s no secret that years of hard work go into earning an opportunity to play college athletics. Hundreds of student-athletes around the Metroplex can attest after inking letters of intent Wednesday as part of National Signing Day.
All season long, the Allen boys basketball team has authored one of the state’s top regular-season records on the strength of its three returning starters — seniors Thailand Elder, Bryce Kennedy and junior Manny Obaseki.
Horn and Tyler Lee have been the cream of the crop in 11-6A all season long, and as fate would have it, they meet on the final day of the regular season on Tuesday with the district championship on the line.
LEWISVILLE — Forty-eight spots were in the Class 6A Swimming and Diving State Championships were finalized on Saturday at the Region II-6A swim meet, and that select company includes swimmers from Plano ISD, Lewisville ISD, Allen and Coppell.
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This week, the UIL announced the new athletic districts during its biennial realignment and, hosted at Kelly's Craft Tavern in Frisco, the Star Local Media sports staff discusses how its local high schools were impacted.
At one point last week, five teams in the District 9-6A boys soccer standings shared a 2-1-0 record for the top spot in the conference.
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All throughout the Metroplex, student-athletes involved in a myriad of high school sports will officially sign National Letters of Intent on Wednesday for the opportunity to participate in college athletics.
DALLAS — Jesuit dribbled the ball opposite Plano Senior sophomore Makhi Dorsey at its own peril all game long Tuesday night.
Free throws can often determine the outcome of a game.
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