San Antonio--Abilene ended Katy's two-year title reign as they knocked off the Tigers 28-17 in the 5A Division II state championship game at the Alamodome Saturday night.

The wins gives the Eagles (15-0) their seventh state title and their first since 1956.

The first quarter was all Eagles as they dominated from start. It took only two plays for the Eagles to score as quarterback Ronnell Sims bolted for a 47-yard touchdown to give his team a 7-0 lead.

After f...
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Bellaire coasted past Chavev for a 95-49 victory at the second day of the Houston ISD Boys Basketball Tournament Saturday night at
Delmar Field House.

“We’re really jelling as a team,” Bellaire coach Bruce Glover said. “If you're playing against us, you don’t know who to guard cause our guys are sharing the ball.”

Bellaire came out on the court during warm-ups showing off their skills wi...
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Wheatley held off Sterling in route to a 99-81 victory in a fast paced game Saturday night at Delmar in the Houston ISD boy’s basketball tournament.

It was Lakeytrick Quinn who led the wildcats scoring in the last game Saturday night with 24 points.

“They were getting tired early in the game,” Quinn said. “We play a fast paced game. Also so we got our teammates involved and wit...
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The Dulles girls basketball team survived a fourth-quarter surge to upend Fort Bend Bush 70-59 in a District 23-5A game at Wheeler Field House Friday night.

Heading into overtime at 55-all, the Vikings started on a 7-0 run as Michelle Umechi added four key points and a clutch steal to give her team some much needed cushion and Sylvanna Okde added five points, including a three-pointer as the Broncos went cold on the field.

"We like just worked as a team," said Johna Willhite, who had...
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Austin Westlake blew open a first quarter tie with 21 second-quarter points en route to a 42-27 victory Saturday afternoon at Darrell K. Royal Field at the Memorial Stadium in Austin.

The Chaps held the Cougars offense to 174 yards rushing and 155 yards in the air to move on to the 5A Division I state title game.

“We’ve been very good against the run all year long,” Westlake coach Darren Allman said. “It'...
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The Waltrip boys basketball team took care of Memorial Friday night at Delmar Field House 72-54 in the opening round of the Houston ISD boys basketball tournament.

Even though the Mustangs out scored the Rams 16-14 in the second quarter, Waltrip proved to be too powerful for the Mustangs who never lead.

“They're good shooters,” Waltrip Coach Dan Kelley said. “I knew they were going to make a run, they are p...
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Fort Bend Marshall dominated Fort Bend Travis from start to finish to open District 23-5A play at Wheeler Field House Friday night with a 74-24 win.

In the first, the Buffalos (8-3 overall, 1-0 district) bolted to a 18-8 first quarter lead as Nia Bradford and Bryiyanni Thomas both led the way six points in the quarter.

"We wanted to come out and fast and hard," said Bradford who finished with 19 points. "So we could keep up the intensity so we wouldn't come out slow."

A ti...
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The Texas Associated Press released its annual 5A All-State selections on Tuesday and four Houston-area athletes were selected to the First-Team while five were selected to the Second-Team.

All Houston-area athletes are in bold.

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Fort Bend ISD has announced their All-Zone selections and Hightower took four-out-of-five superlative awards this year.

After guiding his Hurricanes to a perfect 11-0 regular season, Shane Hallmark was named Coach of the Year.

He is joined by his sophomore wide receiver Bralon Addison who was named Offensive Newcomer of the Year.

Addsion caught 18 passes for 331 yards and four touchdowns while rushing 24 times for 173 yards and three to...
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Oregon State's brother combination of James and Jacquizz Rodgers, both of Lamar Consolidated, were named All-American by the Associated Press on Tuesday.

"James and Jacquizz are probably two of the most outstanding young men you can have in any athletic program," Lamar Consolidated coach Lydell Wilson said. "Not only are they hard working and dedicated, but they're also students of the game and great students in the classroom."

James, a junior, was named to the second-team as...
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After having a rough weekend at the Peggy Whitley Clear Creek ISD Basketball Tournament, the No. 17 ranked Elsik girls basketball team was ready to get back on the court to take care of business and that they did after a convincing 71-51 victory over host Alief Taylor in a District 18-5A game.

The Rams (10-5 overall, 2-0 district) got off to a fast first quarter over the Lions as Jazmine Ocanas sco...
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