SPORTS UPDATE #141

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*** WEDNESDAY – JANUARY 23, 2008 ***

• Wylie girls win defensive struggle

• UIL selects testing lab; steroid tests to start soon   AUSTIN — The company that conducts drug testing for the NCAA, minor league baseball and other sports leagues has been chosen to run Texas’ massive high school steroids testing program.  

• Report: South Oak Cliff must forfeit basketball title

• Huntsville wakes up, beats Bulldogs   WALLER — The Hornets certainly didn’t have a cakewalk Tuesday night, but because they buckled down defensively and started hitting shots, they didn’t wear egg on their faces back to Huntsville.

• Mavs, Rams show big improvement  In a district where Taylor, Cinco Ranch and Katy have state-wide prowess in girls soccer, two young teams are looking to join that mix.

• Lufkin routs Magnolia 

• Strong second half lifts Hudson past Huntington 

• Diboll wins in 2 OTs 

• Pack soccer shuts out Bryan to move to 8-0-1 on season 

• Indians roast Mavericks  (J’Ville – Marshall)

• Lady Mavs get season sweep over Jacksonville with 44-40 win 

• Santo whips Tolar  -  TOLAR — The state-ranked Santo Lady Wildcats basketball team is riding high.….more>>

• State-ranked Strawn bombs Moran in 86-7 district win   -  STRAWN — If this had been a sixman football game instead of a girls basketball game, it would have been over at halftime via the 45-point rule.

• District showdowns  -  Parkland wins, takes over 2-4A girls race  Parkland’s girls basketball team was a hurricane, trapping and whirling its opponent into 27 turnovers in a rematch Tuesday at Del Valle High School

• Third quarter key to White Oak win

• Shooting fails Lobos late in loss  (Longview)

• Boys basketball: OHS pulls away to beat Permian

• Boys basketball: Panthers get chance for payback vs. Bronchos (Permian – Oldessa)

• Jasper nips Lady Cards in double OT thriller  -  A full game was not enough for the Bridge City Lady Cardinals and Jasper Lady Bulldogs Tuesday night in Cardinals Gym.….more>>

• LC-M swimmers do well in Alvin  -  The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Swim Team wrapped up the 2007-08

• FREER SPEARED  -  SANTA ROSA — He looked like Ruben Vela III. He wore the No. 14 jersey for the Santa Rosa Warriors… (full story)

• Jan. 22 area basketball scores (San Angelo area)

• Girls basketball: Guyer moves into third in 5-4A with win

• Boys basketball: Wildcats sweep rival Denton

• Denton notebook: Lady Broncos look for big rebound

• Another player learns ins and outs of recruiting

• High schools: Ryan falls to Wichita Falls

• Boys basketball roundup
  Plano Senior head coach Tom Inman said he won’t give up on his team’s playoff hopes until the final whistle is blown at the end of the Wildcats’ 14th district game. -

• Plano East district streak snapped
  Until Tuesday night, no team in District 9-5A had proved themselves better on the basketball court than Plano East.

• Coppell basketball wrap up

• ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Coll. Heritage boys sink Richland Tuesday, January 22   Brandon Shaw points the Panthers to an 8-0 record in District 5-5A.

• Granbury taps Highland Park assistant as head coach

• Summit boys coach back on the job

• Mansfield job goes to Fort Bend Clements coach

• Wildcats run out of gas in fourth quarter as A&M Consolidated prevails 87-67

• Tem-Cats suffer another heartbreaker as late free throws give A&M Consol 47-46 win

• Early struggles hold back Belton girls in 52-30 home loss to Shoemaker
  BELTON – It would stand to reason that the Belton Lady Tigers were due for a breakthrough coming off of a pair of good-quality performances in losses.

• Poor shooting dooms Rangers in loss
  If it’s not one thing for the Sterling boys’ basketball team then it’s another.

• Eighth-graders set for new high school
  Gentry coach awaits orders for split feeder

• Central girls take advantage of speed in rout of Lumberton

• Nederland moves forward after two tough district losses

• Ships get 5th win in a row
  MANVEL — At one point, the Brazosport Exporters were 1-2 in the District 23-4A basketball race. But Tuesday night the Ships picked up their fifth consecutive district win with a 78-66 victory over Manvel to keep them more than just in the thick of things.

• Lights go out on the Lady Exporters
  FREEPORT — After a rather lethargic first half in which his team trailed by a 3-0 count to visiting Santa Fe, Brazosport girls soccer coach Steve Slater was hoping his Lady Exporters would come out in the second half and play lights out.

• Area roundup: Angleton falls to La Marque
  Jimmy Wooten scored a team-high 17 points as La Marque beat visiting Angleton 67-63 on Tuesday in District 23-4A play.

• Danbury point guard excels
  DANBURY — Since the seventh grade, Bianca Chambless had been targeted to lead the Danbury Lady Panthers at the point.

• Akins bests Seguin
  SEGUIN — The Seguin girls basketball team might be a program on the rise, but Akins still has a say in things.

• La Vernia slips past Marion in OT
  MARION — It was deja vu all over again when the Marion and La Vernia girls basketball teams met Friday night, with two notable exceptions.

• Canyon’s win earns tie for third
  Area basketball: Cougars edge back into contention with win over Steele; NB falls at Clemens

• Cougarettes, Unicorns score shutouts
  Area soccer: Goals galore for teams in big wins on Tuesday

• Basketball an addiction for Neches’ Todd -  NECHES — For Neches’ Justin Todd, basketball started out as an activity based on peer pressure more than anything else.  But it soon turned into an addiction.  “I like everything about basketball, it’s as simple as that,” the Neches senior said.….more>>

• Hodges leads Vipers to 70-64 victory  (Victoria)

• Jan. 23 High school basketball scores  (Waco area)

• HS Notebook: Legendary Judson coach keynote speaker 

• Tors storm past previously undefeated Falcons
  HOUSTON — Mike Littleton helped the Ball High Tors whip the Clear Lake Falcons, the No. 8-ranked in the state coaches poll

• Girls basketball: OHS faces Permian with eye on playoffs

• Parkland wins, takes over 2-4A girls race  -  Parkland’s girls basketball team was a hurricane, trapping and whirling its opponent into 27 turnovers in a rematch Tuesday at Del Valle High School.

• Chapin holds off Austin to keep hold of second place   -   Johnny Davis scored a game-high 28 points as the Chapin High School basketball team did just enough to hold off Austin 78-77 on Tuesday night.

• Tigers stay unbeaten in 15-5A  -  OAK RIDGE NORTH – Taking sole possession of the District 15-5A basketball race was hard enough. The Conroe High Tigers found out Tuesday night just how hard it will be to remain in that top spot.

• Hightower beats Dulles to keep district title hopes alive — Hightower coach David Green made it quite clear to his players that if they wanted any chance at a piece of the District 23-5A championship, the Hurricanes’ game against Dulles on Tuesday night was a must-win.

• Girls: Langham Creek tops Cy Springs

• HS WRESTLING NOTES: Episcopal adds four wins at tourney 

• Texas chooses vendor; school steroid testing set to begin 

• Sizable victory gives Jesuit a share of first 

• Duo helps Mesquite Horn put away rival

• Tuesday’s high school basketball replay (DFW)

• Cold weather forces area soccer teams to cancel games

• Wylie boys shut down Clyde in post and perimeter

• Steroid testing for students to begin soon

• Lady Eagles hold off big Cooper comeback

• Carroll, Deckard come up big for AHS boys (Abilene)

• Davis doesn’t mind increase in playoff teams

• Metro Basketball Today (Amarillo)

• High School Basketball Linescores  (Amarillo)

• High School Wrestling Results

• Ladycats eyeing district title, Austin
  The Ladycats are just a game away from finishing the first round with a perfect record. (Bay City)

• Boerne shuts out Tivy, 3-0

• High School Basketball District Standings  (College Station)

• St. Joseph girls finding a way to win together 

• Cleburne falls in rematch with Everman, 56-47   Cleburne earned a win the first time the team met Everman in December, but couldn’t pull out a win on the road Tuesday as the Lady Jackets lost their second consecutive game, 56-47.

• Jackets take win over Bulldogs Cleburne held the Bulldogs to 10 points in each of the first three quarters and escaped Everman with a 54-37 win Tuesday.….more>>

• Crowley downs Alvarado, 64-14   -  The Crowley Lady Eagles ran their record to 25-4 and 9-1 in District 8-4A play with a 64-14 win over Alvarado on Tuesday night

• Eagles soar past Indians, 75-45    Crowley remained unbeaten in District 8-4A play after a 75-45 win over Alvarado on Tuesday night.

• No Williams, no worries for Port A    PORT ARANSAS — State-ranked Port Aransas is finding that there is life after Whitney Williams. The No. 17 Marlins girls basketball team hasn’t lost a step this season, even though it is now playing without Williams, the all-state post who …

• Soaring to new heights: Lady Tigers top ’Hachie 46-40 for 20th win   It was a night where nothing went right for the Lady Tigers. That is with the exception of the end result. The Lady Tigers defeated Waxahachie 46-40 Tuesday at Tiger Gymnasium to pick up their 20th win on the season.

• Indians fend off pesky Tigers, 50-44   The Tigers (1-7 in District 15-4A) came into the game as cold as the weather outside George W. Solis Gymnasium. The Tigers fell to the Indians 50-44 Tuesday night in Waxhachie.

• BHS perfect through first half of district play (Boerne)