SPORTS UPDATE #94

*** Tuesday – November 13, 2007 ***

• Kimball coach Schuler collapses in class, dies

• Volleyball; State Tournament ScheduleUIL State Championships…
  Full Story… 

• Brackets: View UIL football playoff brackets  

• SportsDay area high school football rankings (11/12)

• Plano West to make state volleyball tourney debut

• Texas tops in football, but playoff brackets off  -  Having been born and raised in Arizona, metal bleachers and plywood pressboxes were the norm at high school football games, even at the Class 5A level.

• Big Country player of the week

• Texas AP High School Poll

• Consol gets even in regular-season finale 

• Basketball coaches in 13-5A enjoy laughs at media day 

• Brazos Valley Basketball Box Scores 

• Cubettes’ season closes — Only one team in program history has gone further  -  HOUSTON — The Brenham High School volleyball team concluded its season here Saturday, one victory away from matching the deepest playoff run in program history.

• Nac girls host Diboll in home opener 

• Lions’ rally comes up short to Jacksonville
  In a season where Henderson was picked to be at the bottom of the Totem Pole in District 12-4A, the Lions fought an uphill battle literally to the end against the district’s elite.

• Tatum gears up for playoffs with win
  TATUM – Tatum made it a clean sweep of the district race with a 49-0 Senior Night victory over Timpson.

• West Rusk’s season ends with loss to EF
  NEW LONDON – After starting the season with such promise – six wins in the first seven games – West Rusk saw its season come to an end with a 40-2 loss to Elysian Fields Friday.

• Central Texas basketball season preview

• Ruling costs Kingwood title in cross country — The Southlake Carroll girls cross country team was declared the winner of the state team championship Monday, bumping Kingwood from the top spot. READ STORY

• LSU-bound player tabbed as Chronicle’s top basketball pick

• High school football playoff preview (DFW)

• North Mesquite enters playoffs confident

• After protest, cross country title goes to SL Carroll

• Tivy fight begins tonight
  High School Basketball: San Antonio Christian first test of the season for Antlers

• Antlers move down in state rankings
  High School Football: Harper takes take a step up to No. 13

• Diboll, Westwood to meet at Abe Martin Friday 

• District 12-4A Round up 

• Lady Lobos upend Texas High, 72-58   (Longview)

• Basketball briefs: Permian / Odessa High>> Permian girls roll: In Big Spring, guard Sam Baker scored 12 points and the Permian Lady Panthers…  Full Story… 

• Grid playoffs start Thursday  -  Now that the difference between the contenders and pretenders have been decided, the 2007 high school playoffs begin in full force as early as Thursday in the bidistrict playoffs.….more>>

• Boys hoop teams start tonight  -  Local boys basketball action starts in full throttle tonight while area girls teams look to continue to gel with their second week of action. (Southeast Texas)

• J.ust D.eadly
  LA VILLA — J.D. Cisneros is just having fun, and it shows…. (full story)

• Valley playoff glanceCLASS 5A … Full Story… 

• Ram tough  -  Montwood gets the top spot in city boys’ ranks Harper and his basketball players are used to it by now. It seems lately that Montwood is looked upon as El Paso’s gold standard in high school boys basketball. 

• HIGH SCHOOLS  -  Hondo’s Robles home from hospital (SA)

• Football: Alamo Heights setting standard

• Volleyball: Big week for Poth, New Braunfels Canyon 

• Cross Country: Milestone for La Vernia

• Football: Gressett adds dimension to Seminole attack

• Chiefs seek to join top tier in district Full story »  (Lakeview)

• Basketball: With Liberty  -  KRUM — Liberty Christian fought off a ferocious comeback effort from Krum Monday night to win, 54-47.

• Basketball: Guard play should be stellar for Ryan

• Basketball: Guyer looking for breakout season

• Denton Notebook: Denton’s numbers still down

• Basketball: Hunter returns to court after year out

• Football: Texas Stadium still favorite locale for 5A playoffs –

• Young Wildcats face early tests
  Veteran Temple boys basketball coach Bruce Etheridge is taking a realistic approach to the upcoming season, which begins at 7:30 p.m. today on the road at Round Rock.

• Tigers hoping Osborn has answers
  BELTON – Tigers fans hope first-year coach John Osborn can repeat history. Osborn, Belton’s third boys basketball coach in four years, helped revive Class 2A Troy’s program to a playoff-caliber level in his two years there.

• Inexperienced Cougars look to Carter   -  Justin Reese finds himself in a brave new world as he enters his first high school head coaching job this season.

• Boys leap into hoop season
  A busy first week of the boys’ high school basketball season began Monday night with Sterling’s late game against Raybur

• Basketball season begins with some top players still on gridiron (Beaumont)

• Lady Tigers win season opener  -  April Neal scored 13 points as the Commerce Tigers opened their varsity basketball season on Thursday night with a 47-32 victory over Whitewright.

• Basketball season under way in the country
  The boys basketball season is under way. It should be another interesting year in Brazoria County.

• Wildcats drop season opener
  ANGLETON — Clear Brook senior Anthony Miles showed the Angleton Wildcats just how far they have to go to become legitimate contenders.

• Trainers are much more than water boys
  Athletic training takes hard work and discipline as well.

• Holmes expects to return as Ball head coach
  GALVESTON — Coach Ron Holmes said he expects to return to the sidelines for his sixth season at Ball High despite the 5-5 finish.

• Creek opens season with victory over Mustangs
  FRIENDSWOOD — Clear Creek used a decisive run that overlapped the first and second quarters to beat Friendswood, 60-47.

• Navarro comes up short of state
  SAN ANTONIO — The Navarro volleyball team returned to familiar territory on Friday — the Region IV-Class 2A Tournament.

• Basketball teams take the floor
  GUADALUPE COUNTY — Two area high school basketball teams will take the floor for the first time tonight.

• Westwood’s long wait ends  -  For the Westwood Panthers and their coaching staff, Friday night’s playoff game will be a long time coming for the football program.The last time Westwood made the playoffs was in 1992. The Panthers will play Diboll at 8 p.m. Friday at Abe Martin Stadium at Lufkin High School.….more>>

• Frankston reaches goal of making playoffs  -  FRANKSTON — Coming into the season, the Frankston Indians had two goals — to win the district title and make the playoffs.

• Cayuga responds to get into playoffs  -  BETHEL — After two straight district losses and putting themselves in a must-win situation, the Cayuga Wildcats responded in a big way. Cayuga defeated Cross Roads 56-14 Friday night to clinch second place in District 21-A and make the playoffs for the second straight year.

• Connally hopes to exceed last season’s accomplishments

• COMMENTARY: 5-4A awards should go to Rider

• NOTES: Updates on Deer Park, Scarborough, Langham Creek

• QB Gray shepherds Cy Falls into postseason

• About Face: Gonzalez, Warriors claim 32-2A title

• Diboll girls fall to JT 52-38 

• Frisco wide receiver out

• Boys Basketball Preview: Knights remain loaded  (Killeen area)

• Final verdict; Local teams prepare for playoffs  -  At one end of the spectrum, you have the few and the mighty. Full Story (Laredo)

• Lubbock swimmers excel in Pecos
  PECOS – Lubbock High’s boys took second in the Pecos Invitational swim meet on Saturday, and the Coronado claimed third in the boys and girls sides.

• Statewide high school football playoff pairings
  HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS

• Indians rally past Rams   -  The Mineral Wells Rams ended 79 years of football at Miller Stadium on Friday on the heels of a 24-21 loss to the Alvarado Indians.….more>>

• Rains makes playoffs despite lop-sided loss - EMORY – The Royse City Bulldogs entered Friday night’s contest looking to regain their dominance after lackluster performances the previous two weeks.

• Eagles wrap up season with loss to Grand Saline  - COMO – The Como-Pickton Eagles wrapped up the 2007 season on the wrong end of the scoreboard Friday night against the Grand Saline Indians.

• Winnsboro hammers Quitman to win district - QUITMAN – The Winnsboro Red Raiders completed another unbeaten District 16-2A campaign on Friday, handing Quitman its first loss, 35-7, at Bud Moody Stadium.

• Wildcat Notes – Rematch: Wildcats will face Whitehouse again in bi-district - PARIS – It will be rematch time for Sulphur Springs and Whitehouse.

• No Doubt About It: Wildcats wrap up district title with efficient victory over N. Lamar - PARIS – Winning doesn’t get boring, but the Sulphur Springs Wildcats made sure that Friday’s regular season finale against North Lamar wouldn’t get too interesting.

• Iraan edges McCamey to force three-way tie

• It’s a new season for Ask Keith (DFW)

• Poll Ponderings – Week 11 (DFW)

• Volleyball: Plano West draws Austin Westlake in 5A semifinal 

• Boys basketball preview: Area displays talent galore  - Basketball breeds surprises. It only takes five players, and if the right five come together, the unforeseen can happen. (Ft. Worth)

• Coyotes win! Coyotes win! Coyotes win!  -  Strong safety Art Salinas picked off a Floresville pass and returned the ball 49 yards for a touchdown to seal Uvalde’s victory Friday night as the Coyotes knocked off the District 29-4A champion Floresville Tigers in a 37-19 football thriller.

• Sabinal Yellowjackets roll over Rocksprings in regular-season finale, prep for postseason  -  ROCKSPRINGS The Sabinal Yellowjackets wrapped up their football regular season with a 33-17 victory over the Rocksprings Angoras Friday.

• Central Texas playoff pairings

• Football: Week 10 in review

• First, second and third teams for boys (Houston bkb)

• Breakdown of the district races (Houston bkb)

• A look back and ahead at the Tigers  – In their final game, the Tigers’ record-setting players appropriately had some of their best games. (Corsicana)

• Sharks in playoffs after 42 long years
  The Sharks have waited more than four long decades for this and finally secured that hard-earned playoff berth with a 51-15 thumping of Yoakum. (Palacious)

• ’Cats back in it with win over Falcons
  The Blackcats secured their playoff berth with a 24-21 edging of the Foster Falcons Friday night in Memorial Stadium.