SPORTS UPDATE #93

  

*** Monday – November 12, 2007 ***

• Class 5A state football playoffs

  DIVISION I Region I EP Montwood (9-1) vs. San Angelo Central (5-5), 7:30 p.m. Friday, San Angelo Stadium Odessa Permian (10-0) vs. Mansfield (8-2), 1 p.m. Saturday, Brownwood’s Gordon Wood Stadium Colleyville Heritage (8-2) vs. Lewisville (7-3), 7:30 p.m. Thursday, … Read

• Class 4A state football playoffs

  DIVISION II Region I EP Andress (6-4) vs. EP Del Valle (8-2), 6 p.m. Friday TBD Canyon Randall (9-1) vs. Wolfforth Frenship (8-2), 7 p.m. Friday, Canyon’s Kimbrough Stadium Denton Ryan (6-4) vs. Keller Fossil Ridge (9-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday, … Read

• Class 3A state football playoffs

  DIVISION I Region I Fort Stockton (9-1), bye Andrews (8-2) vs. Levelland (4-6), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Wolfforth Frenship Burkburnett (7-3) vs. Canyon (9-1), 8 p.m. Friday, Amarillo’s Bivins Stadium Abilene Wylie vs. Decatur, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Graham Region II Frisco … Read

• Class 2A state football playoffs

  DIVISION I Region I Sanford-Fritch (5-5) vs. Muleshoe (9-1), 4:30 p.m. Friday, Amarillo’s Bivins Stadium Littlefield (8-2) vs. Denver City (5-5), 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Lubbock’s Lowrey Field Merkel (6-4) vs. Early (6-4), 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Abilene Kermit (8-2) vs. Brady … Read

• Six-man state football playoffs

  DIVISION II Region I Rankin (9-1), bye Robert Lee (7-2) vs. Ropes (9-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Borden County HS Ira (9-1) vs. New Home (6-3-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Klondike Grady (9-1), bye Region II Happy (7-3) vs. Crowell (7-2), 8:30 … Read

• Class 1A state football playoffs

  DIVISION I Region I Sunray (8-2), bye Quanah (6-4) vs. Bovina (5-5), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Lubbock’s Lowrey Field New Deal (9-1), bye Seagraves (8-2) vs. McCamey (6-4), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Andrews Region II Seymour (7-3), bye Valley View (9-1) vs. … Read

• THE PLAYOFF PICTURE — How districts finished, local pairings
   Statewide pairings:     5A 4A 3A 2A 1A 6-man

• Volleyball State Tournament Pairings 

• Football (offense): First Baptist’s Braden Frazier

• SportsDay football (defense) player of the week: Roger Trammell

• Cross country: Southlake Carroll awaits UIL ruling

• Playoff picture
  High school football area playoff matchups (Central Texas)

• Area playoff games set  (Killeen)

• Ahoy, matey!; Mustangs clinch final playoff spot The ship is far from sinking at Nixon. Full Story 

• Next up: playoffs  – The Nixon Mustangs set the 29-5A postseason situation straight once and for all with their 21-12 victory over Martin Saturday afternoon, and now that Week 10 play has come to a close, it’s time for some playoff football. Full Story 

• Mustangs make history, stay perfect in district
  AMARILLO – Coronado marched into school history, rolling off 47 points in the first half to win a bizarre District 2-5A game, 67-47, over Tascosa on Friday night in Dick Bivins Stadium.

• District 12-4A Round up 

• Mistakes costly for Rattlers  -  It wasn’t the type of performance San Marcos head coach Steve Van Nest wanted to see from his team a week before the Rattlers enter the Class 5A, Division II playoffs.

• Steele ends Rebels’ season -  The season ended so suddenly, with a smash through the line and a 10-yard dash, then screams on the far side and sighs on the near, then silence, then a flip of the gut, then tears.

• Loss to Rabbits gives Tigers second 1-9 season in a row (Terrell

• Ganders get wish with home playoff
  It wasn’t No. 4-ranked North Shore that the Lee Ganders were looking to avoid in this week’s bi-district round of the Class 5A playoffs.

• 4 teams set for quests to playoffs
  With the regular season all sewn up, it’s time to begin the second half of the 2007 year — the football playoffs. (Southeast Texas)

• Indians end 10-game skid against Ennis, 28-14 -  In the grand scheme of things, Friday night’s game against Ennis did not mean a whole lot to Waxahachie. The Indians had already clinched a share of the district title, a playoff berth and they already knew who that playoff opponent would be. 

• Longview Q &A 

• Rematches, win streaks highlight bi-district round   (East Texas)

• High school football playoff pairings

• Lions headed to playoffs for first time in 16 yearsThe town of Blooming Grove woke up Saturday morning feeling something it hasn’t felt in over 15 years — playoff fever.

• Williams: My end of the season awards for the Tigers Seems like only yesterday the story on the 1982 squad was coming together for the 2007 football preview and now the 2007 season is already a memory. (Corsicana)

• Lions not kings tonight, Indians beat Henderson  (Jacksonville)

• Eagles end season for Bullard Panthers

• Brook Hill repeats as district grid champs

• No. 1 Alto clinches undefeated district title

• OGDEN: The highs and lows of the Dragons  (Nacogdoches)

• Rams see defeat in final game of season
  Rams finish season 3-7 after a loss to Stevens Saturday afternoon in San Antonio. (Del Rio)

• City’s teams set next week’s playoff matchups
  The playoffs begin for El Paso’s high school football teams Thursday-Saturday in the bi-district round. 

• Lufkin pulls away from Conroe  – Their hopes of a district championship all but dashed by halftime, the Conroe High Tigers came away from their showdown against Lufkin disappointed, but not empty-handed.

• Football playoff pairings (DFW)

• Format means possible hits are missed

• Football roundup

•  Cougars to face Cy-Fair; Creek draws Cy-Falls
  Cinco Ranch will head for the Berry Center while Mayde Creek gets to enjoy home-field advantage in the two schools’ bi-district playoff openers next weekend.

• At long last, Mavericks win first game
  As Morton Ranch football coach Jim Shewmake walked through his coaches’ office early Saturday evening, he said, “I’m freezing and I don’t have any dry clothes.”

• Elsik’s miracle rally delivers Mayde Creek, dooms Taylor
  In the end, it came down to one snap of the football.

• District 12-4A Round up 

• O’Connor beats Warren for 28-5A title

• Stevens beats Del Rio

• Roosevelt stops Wagner

• Permian completes roll to District 3-5A title

• Humble sends Memorial packing

• South finishes season perfect
  PHARR — It all came down to one game for the Harlingen South

• Skeeters put it all together to storm past Tyler Lee

• FINAL DISTRICT 12-5A STANDINGS

• FINAL DISTRICT 10-4A STANDINGS

• FINAL TAPPS 2-II STANDINGS

• AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE CLASS 5A DIVISION II  -  Temple (7-3) vs. Pflugerville (7-3), 1 p.m. Saturday, Leo Buckley Stadium, Killeen

• Wild finish leaves Sterling upbeat
  With the Sterling faithful on its feet, junior Israel Rodriguez kicked a 32-yard field goal to give the Rangers a 52-49 win in triple overtime.

• Cougars draw Dayton in bi-district
  A season of surprises in District 21-4A took a final bow Friday night when fourth-place Barbers Hill knocked off league co-leader Galena Park.

• 25 years ago: West Brook wins only state title, brings a community together

• Port Arthur Memorial falters, fails to qualify for playoffs

• Tigers win to make playoffs (Mt. Pleasant)

• Creek clinches playoff berth; TC wins title
  A roundup of Friday night football action around Galveston County.

• Cougars still rejoicing over OT victory
  Canyon, other schools close regular seasons and prepare for first round of football playoffs

• THE PLAYOFF PICTURE — How districts shook out, first-round pairings

• Football: Crane soars into 2A playoffsThis season after a regular-season closing victory over Van Horn, the Crane football team didn’t have… Full Story… 

• Class 5A football playoff schedule

• Class 4A football playoff schedule

• Giddings, Liberty Hill won’t trip each other in title pursuit

• Blackshire leads Carthage to win, playoffs 

• 4 county football teams in action Friday
  Four Galveston County football teams will be in action Friday night as the 2007 University Interscholastic League playoffs get under way this week.

• State volleyball pairings set for AHS, Randall, Bushland  (Amarillo)

• Midway, Kopperl learn state foes   (volleyball)

• Central Texas has 4 teams on state tournament slate (volleyball)

• Three area teams set for volleyball tourneys  (Houston area)

• Plano West to make state volleyball tourney debut

• LSU-bound player tabbed as Chronicle’s top basketball pick — Tommy Mason-Griffin’s mission is getting his school, Madison, to its first basketball championship in 22 years. And that drive is one of the reasons why he is the Chronicle’s pick in the preseason as the Houston area’s best player. READ STORY

• Mustangs earn second straight trip to state (volleyball)
  Friendswood will join Canyon Randall, New Braunfels Canyon and Waco Midway at Texas State University’s Strahan Coliseum on Thursday.

• Area high school basketball capsules
  CLASS 5A (South Plains)

• Pantherettes march into state volleyball tourney   (Midway)

  Lady Dawgs fall to Midway in Chisholm Trail Classic title game (Copperas Cove)

  South Plains boys basketball
  CLASS 5A

• Boys Basketball Preview: Veteran Grey Wolves ready to punch playoff ticket (Shoemaker)

• Chisholm Trail Classic: San Antonio Taft holds off Lady Roo rally

• Mustangs have high hopes in ’08
  FRIENDSWOOD — Friendswood is one of two Galveston County teams ranked in the preseason state coaches polls as the boys basketball season kicks off Tuesday.

• Dickinson falls to 5A Bellaire
  DICKINSON — In a battle of two of the best teams in the state, Bellaire proved to be the better team, defeating Dickinson 62-54.

• New mentality has Rangers aiming at playoffs
  It’s shut up and put up time for the senior-laden Sterling basketball team.

• Continuity has the Ganders looking up
  After taking over the Lee head coaching position, Dote Williams had to start from scratch — literally.

• Lufkin upends Lee for third place
  High school area basketball roundup

• BH eager to get back in the playoff chase
  After spending a year at the 4A level, the Barbers Hill basketball team spent the off-season working on taking a step forward.

• McKinney Boyd’s dream season ends with five-game loss to Waco Midway

• Loaded roster for Lady Panthers
  A breath of fresh air fills the gym at Plano East as the Lady Panthers get set to start the 2007-08 campaign. –

• Tem-Cats lose twice on final day, finish fourth in Chisholm Trail Classic -  BELTON – Temple girls basketball coach Don Layton hopes the Chisholm Trail Classic serves as a learning experience for his team.

• Lady Bobcats win; Lady Bears fall -  Senior Kaylin Little fired in 18 points and dished off five assists to help lead the Orangefield Lady Bobcats to their first victory of the season in a 47-35 victory against the Lumberton Lady Raiders.

• All-District 22-4A volleyball team  -  Here is the All-District 22-4A Volleyball Team as selected by the 22-4A coaches:….more>>  

• Churchill 7-footer starting to blossom

• Burning questions  (SA basketball)

• Rankings, scouting reports  (SA basketball)

• White Oak sweeps Royse City to win Region II-3A Finals
  White Oak will be taking their 41-1 season record to the state tournament after posting a three-game win over Royse City in the Region II-3A Semifinals played Saturday evening at Texas A&M University-Commerce.Full Story

• Volleyball: Monahans earns state berth

• 11/11 Area hoops   (Lufkin area)

• Spartan boys win state crown
  ROUND ROCK — Seven Lakes left little doubt on Saturday about who has the best Class 4A boys cross country team in Texas.

• Hornets give much-improved performance in final scrimmage  (Huntsville)

• Roundup: Amarillo defeats Arlington in volleyball regional final 

• Highland Park sophomore wins 4A state cross country title

• Plano West volleyball team tops Lake Highlands 

• Ogwumikes lead Cy-Fair to state tournament in volleyball — Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike are getting used to playing in state tournaments. Just eight months after the sisters from Cy-Fair went to Austin for a basketball final, they will be traveling to San Marcos for a volleyball final four. READ STORY 

• Friendswood volleyball sweeps Brenham in region final 

• Woodlands boys, Kingwood girls win state titles in cross country

• Area boys basketball preview 

• Lady Tigers rout Kemp, 62-35The Corsicana Lady Tigers girl’s basketball team defeated Kemp Saturday afternoon as Amari Dowell recorded a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

• Girls Basketball Preview: Kerens’ depth makes them the team to beat in 20-2A   -  At Kerens, a substitution isn’t much of a change.
  Take one fast girl who plays great defense and put in another.

• Lady Whitefaces earn 3rd consecutive crown

• Boys Ranch, Spearman capture silver team medals

• UIL State Cross Country Results

• 2007 27-5A All-District Team Tennis  -  BOYS MVP- Brandon Del Nano (King) NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR- Coy Dobson (Ray) SINGLES- #1 Andrew Maingot (Carroll); #2 Tyler Crawford (Carroll); #3 Vinay Krishnan (Carroll); #4 Trenton Johnson (S.A. East Central); #5 Robin Krupa (King); 6 James Boriack (Carroll) …

• Calallen falls just short of state  -  PLEASANTON — With nine seniors on the Calallen High volleyball roster, the Wildcats had been through many experiences throughout their careers. But Saturday afternoon was different. It was a new atmosphere. There was a chance for Calallen to push even …

• Carroll, G-P nab Top 10 finishes  -  ROUND ROCK — The Carroll High School boys team showed dramatic improvement at the University Interscholastic League Cross Country State Championships Saturday, while the Gregory-Portland girls team also recorded a Top 10 finish at Old Settlers Park. Individual runners Sandra … Read

• Illness throws wrench in Canyon’s plans ROUND ROCK – Surprises abounded in the Class 3A state cross country race. Favorite Kristie Krueger of Argyle was passed on the final straightaway, defending state champion Canyon struggled to sixth place and a bunch of freshmen from Kingwood Park won the 3A girls championship at Old Settlers Park course. In the boys race, Argyle’s Blake Wollums ran away from the field. Canyon’s Sann Allison and teammates were unable to track down Wollums because the Eagles were well back after some sort of flu bug hit in the week, Canyon coach Wes Kirton said.

• Lady Eagles pressure Lubbock into lossAbilene High is going to go as far as its pressure defense takes it  Full story »

• AHS sophomore Ellis 15th finisher in 5A state meet (Abilene)