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February 9, 2010


Pinkston and Jesuit players unite for project

11:05 AM Tue, Feb 09, 2010 |  | 
Matt Wixon/Reporter    Bio |  E-mail  |  News tips

Pinkston and Jesuit boys basketball players will work together Saturday to help renovate basketball facilities at Pinkston. It's the third project from Sports United USA, a community organization that brings teams together to work on projects. Founded by Dallas resident Mike Jones, Sports United USA (formerly known as Basketball United) took on two previous locker-room renovation projects: *Madison and Mansfield players working together at Madison. *Carter and Highland Park players working together at Carter. As...



TABC state basketball rankings: Garland Lakeview boys, Skyline girls lead area teams

11:03 AM Tue, Feb 09, 2010 |  | 
Kyle Whitfield/HS GameTime Editor    Bio |  E-mail  |  News tips

Garland Lakeview, Flower Mound Marcus, Cedar Hill and DeSoto find themselves in this week's Class 5A state top 10 of the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches' boys rankings. For the Class 5A girls, four of the top five teams in the poll are from the Dallas area, and an area 4A team, Mansfield Timberview, is ranked highly too. But where exactly do these teams stand? Click here for the boys rankings and Click here for...



Wylie basketball coach gets win No. 300

10:50 AM Tue, Feb 09, 2010 |  | 
Matt Wixon/Reporter    Bio |  E-mail  |  News tips

The Wylie boys basketball team got a big win Friday when it beat Plano East, 64-57. That kept Wylie (18-10, 6-4 in District 8-5A) in the third spot in district, ahead of Allen (10-14, 5-4) and Plano (10-17, 4-6). For Wylie coach David Black, the game had even more meaning. It was his 300th victory as the Pirates' coach....


February 7, 2010


THSCA Academic All-State Football Team announced

3:37 PM Sun, Feb 07, 2010 |  | 
Jason Zimmerman/Editor    E-mail  |  News tips

Plenty of area football players excelled both on the field and in the classroom this year. Those student-athletes received recognition by being named to the Texas High School Coaches Association Academic All-State Football Team. The complete list, grouped by class and by school, can be found here....


February 5, 2010


Euless Trinity keeps Labor Day matchup against Arkansas power Shiloh Christian

4:46 PM Fri, Feb 05, 2010 |  | 
Brandon George/Reporter    Bio |  E-mail  |  News tips

Defending Class 5A Division I state champion Euless Trinity will keep its previously scheduled matchup against Arkansas power Shiloh Christian on Labor Day at Cowboys Stadium as part of the 2010 Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Football Series, coach Steve Lineweaver said Friday. The UIL biennial realignment on Monday placed Trinity in District 6-5A for the next two school years. Trinity is one of nine teams in 6-5A and that means the Trojans will only play two...



Wylie football signees

11:25 AM Fri, Feb 05, 2010 |  | 
Matt Wixon/Reporter    Bio |  E-mail  |  News tips

Some Wylie football players didn't make it on to the signing lists in Thursday's newspaper. Here are the football players who signed: Linebacker Toby Ball, New Mexico Quarterback Noah Cheshier, Louisiana Tech Receiver Colby Harper, South Alabama Running back Nick Knott, Wake Forest Defensive back Zach Lowe, Northeastern State Receiver Aaron Morris, UTEP Offensive lineman Elias Umana, Southern Nazarene...



Life School QB will now catch passes at UTEP

11:17 AM Fri, Feb 05, 2010 |  | 
Matt Wixon/Reporter    Bio |  E-mail  |  News tips

Malcolm Trail of Life School in Oak Cliff only caught one pass in high school, but he's landed a scholarship to UT-El Paso as a receiver. Trail (6-2, 175) played quarterback for Life School and threw for more than 3,800 yards and 35 touchdowns in the last two seasons combined. Life School coach Jeff Reitz said that the only time Trail lined up as a receiver was for one slant route with the backup QB...


February 4, 2010


What do Julius Peppers and the newest Texas Longhorn Jackson Jeffcoat have in common?

5:10 PM Thu, Feb 04, 2010 |  | 
Laken Litman/Texas Special Contributor    Bio |  E-mail  |  News tips

When asked about the possibility of Jackson Jeffcoat playing basketball as well as football for Texas, basketball coach Rick Barnes smiled. "I'm excited for all of us. Jackson comes from a wonderful family, very impressive," Banres said. "We've seen him play and the fact is, we're glad he's here." Mack Brown has coached dual athletes before, but usually the second sport is track and field. While at North Carolina, Brown dealt with a similar situation...



Richardson Berkner soccer signees

12:47 PM Thu, Feb 04, 2010 |  | 
Matt Wixon/Reporter    Bio |  E-mail  |  News tips

Congratulations to the soccer signees from Richardson Berkner: Girls Lauren Woodson, North Carolina State University Shelby Horn, Houston Baptist Emily LaPorte, Merrimac Boys Dylan Asher, Kentucky...



How did your school do on signing day? Fox Sports Southwest reviews the classes

12:15 PM Thu, Feb 04, 2010 |  | 
Todd Davis/Editor    Bio |  E-mail  |  News tips

Our friends at Fox Sports Southwest offer video reviews of the recruiting classes for the following schools from Ric Renner and recruiting expert Randy Rodgers: Baylor Oklahoma Texas Tech Oklahoma State Texas Texas A&M TCU-SMU-Houston-UTEP...



Girls soccer signees from Midlothian, Ursuline

11:38 AM Thu, Feb 04, 2010 |  | 
Matt Wixon/Reporter    Bio |  E-mail  |  News tips

Girls soccer players from Midlothian and Ursuline weren't part of the list of signees that was published in today's newspaper, so I'll highlight them here. Midlothian had five: Tess Voisard, Louisiana Monroe Lindsey Sisco, Middle Tennessee State Alex Furr, Arkansas State Tori Adame, Houston Baptist Callie Bishop, Central Arkansas Ursuline had one: Juliann Jeffreys, Yale...


February 3, 2010


Texas coach Mack Brown makes Case for recruiting of QB Colt's younger brother

8:26 PM Wed, Feb 03, 2010 |  | 
Brandon George/Reporter    Bio |  E-mail  |  News tips

Texas coach Mack Brown said Wednesday that the Longhorns would have signed Graham quarterback Case McCoy even if he wasn't the younger brother of former standout quarterback Colt McCoy. Brown said Case, who is already enrolled at Texas, reminds him very much of Colt. "He's very, very similar. There can't help to be comparisons while he's here," Brown said. "He's very accurate. He has the ability to run and can throw from the pocket. He's...



Texas coach Mack Brown credits Madden for signing of standout Ohio LB Hicks

8:23 PM Wed, Feb 03, 2010 |  | 
Brandon George/Reporter    Bio |  E-mail  |  News tips

Texas coach Mack Brown on Wednesday credited strength and conditioning coach Jeff "Mad Dog" Madden for the Longhorns' ability to sign Jordan Hicks, the nation's top high school linebacker recruit from West Chester, Ohio. Brown said that Hicks' mother, Kelly Justice, worked for Madden at Colorado in the weight room. Brown said that Hicks came to a Texas camp about two years ago and "we fell in love with him. He can do it all."...



Importance of standout junior season shows for Cedar Hill pair

8:01 PM Wed, Feb 03, 2010 |  | 
Brandon George/Reporter    Bio |  E-mail  |  News tips

CEDAR HILL - Cedar Hill linebacker Aaron Benson and running back Ben Malena became examples last year of why it's becoming more and more important for high school football players to showcase their talent during standout junior seasons. Injuries during their senior seasons caused Malena to miss eight games and Benson to be out half the year. But each turned in standout junior campaigns, and before they were hurt, Benson had committed to Texas and...



DeSoto assistant coach says OL Francis was destined for Georgetown

7:57 PM Wed, Feb 03, 2010 |  | 
Brandon George/Reporter    Bio |  E-mail  |  News tips

DeSOTO - DeSoto offensive lineman Michael Francis was one of 13 Eagles to sign national letters of intent Wednesday. Francis chose Georgetown. It was a decision that DeSoto offensive line coach Kelly Spiller said he saw coming months ago. "I knew Georgetown was the right place for him with his academics when he backed out on breakfast one morning with our offensive linemen so he could write a poem," Spiller said. Francis had to write...



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