The Westside baseball team sent defending 5A state champion Cy-Fair home Saturday afternoon after taking Game 3, 3-1, in the best-of-three game series at Jersey Village.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third in a series of 12 spring football previews. The Athlete’s Connection will run our “Spring Blitz” series every weekday through May 23.
A reprisal of one competitive rivalry and the continuing advancement of Katy Taylor softball highlight the weekend’s baseball regional quarterfinal and softball regional semifinal schedule.
AUSTIN - Hightower’s reign as the dominant team in Texas track and field came to a resounding halt Saturday night.
Thanks to a sixth-place finish in one relay event and a disqualification in another, the Hurricanes could not defend its state championship at the 5A state track meet at the University of Texas at Austin. But senior Isaiah Sweeney helped the team not come away empty-handed.
Sweeney won the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.32 seconds to win another g...
Something about lopsided losses brings out the best in the Memorial baseball team.
While no one came out and called Friday night’s 10-run loss to Cypress Creek in Game 2 of their 5A-Region III area series a wake-up call, Memorial acted as such in Saturday’s decisive Game 3.
Jeremy Rathjen slammed the first pitch of the game for a single, the first of nine Memorial hits, the Mustangs hit three home runs and... Read More >>
After being shut out in the first game of the area playoff series, the Bellaire baseball team needed its bats to wake up big time Saturday at Katy's Tiger Field.
And woke up they did.
The Cardinals squeaked out a 7-6 win in the second game and pulled away late for a 12-4 win to advance to the Region III-5A semifinals, where they will face District 20-5A rival Lamar next weekend.
AUSTIN – By his standards, Cory Whitsett came undone at the end of the 5A state golf tournament Friday.
Typically reserved outwardly, Memorial’s sophomore phenom yelled “birdie!” as he sank a short putt on No. 18 at Jimmy Clay Golf Course, raised both arms in the air in victory and gave coach Cameron Sands two solid high-fives.
Though Whitsett often has said he wasn’t stressing about improving on his second-place finish from a y...
Last week, Katy Taylor softball coach Billie Powell chose to have a one-game playoff with Cinco Ranch because he says the Cougars have such great hitting that he wanted to limit their opportunities at the plate.
“We won the coin flip and since we were playing such a great team like Cinco, who has such great hitters, we wanted to limit the times they got to see Sarah (Blair),” he said.
Justin Cudd may be a sophomore, but he’s pitching like a senior right now.
Cudd gave up three hits in 6 1/3 innings and had a RBI double to help Katy take Game 1 of its Region III-5A area round playoff series against Bellaire, 2-0 Friday night at Roy Knoblauch Field.
The win gives the Tigers a chance to close out the series at home Saturday afternoon, with Game 2 and a possible third game at Katy starting at 1 p.m.
The Cypress Creek baseball team bounced back in a big way Friday night to even their Region III-5A area playoff series against Memorial.
The Cougars scored four runs in the sixth and seventh innings to win 10-0 at Memorial to force a third and decisive game at 1 p.m. Saturday at Morton Ranch.
Pitcher Jason Fink pitched a complete game shutout, holding the Mustangs to four hits.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series of 12 spring football previews. The Athlete’s Connection will run our “Spring Blitz” series every weekday through May 23.
The celebration parade is over. The visit to the state capitol and the picture ceremony with Governor Rick Perry is over. The trophy is put away in the trophy case.
It’s back to business as usual for the Lamar Consolidated football team.
With two triples hit and three runs scored in the first inning alone, Thursday night's area-round matchup between Memorial and Cypress Creek was on track to be a great game.
The sixth inning was the magic inning for the visiting Mustangs as they broke a 3-3 tie to win 5-3.
“It was a great team effort tonight,” Memorial leftfielder Ben Sample said. “We played really har...
Both Blake Shaw and Erica Alexander have something to prove at the 5A state track and field championships in Austin this weekend.
Both are returning to state from last year’s meet. Both are trying to win more than one gold medal. Both are trying to finish their high school careers with a bang. And both will be heading to Los Angeles in the fall, as they have committed to run track for USC.
Shaw, a senior from Cypress Falls, looked strong in his two events at the...
Daniel Gonzales made a quick turnaround from struggling reliever to hero in one inning.
After loading the bases to help Langham Creek to tie the game, Gonzales hit a walkoff home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Lamar a 8-7 win in the first game of their Region III-5A area round playoff series Thursday night at Roy Knoblach Field.
The Redskins take a 1-0 lead in the series, which continues at 7:30 p.m...
Madison head coach Ray Seals knows to take the good with the bad.
While he was impressed with how his offense looked in the team’s spring game Thursday night at Butler Stadium, he knows his defense may need a lot more work before the season starts in late August.
“The big guys need to spend more time in the weight room,” he said.
The Marlins did show their fans, friends and family that their offense can be potent i...
AUSTIN - Strake Jesuit's Nicko Dodd and Memorial's Cory Whitsett both shot 72 Thursday and are tied for second-place after one day of the 5A state boys golf championships at Jimmy Clay Golf Course.
Dodd and Whitsett are two shots behind leader Ryan Dagerman of Plano West.
Memorial shot 298 as a team and is fourth. Strake Jesuit is one stroke and one place behind the Mustangs.
Chris Lauinger shot 73 for the Crusaders, ahead ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series of 12 spring football previews. The Athlete’s Connection will run our “Spring Blitz” series every weekday through May 23.
Most of what earned the Morton Ranch football team its first victory last season is gone.
Scott Svendsen hopes his hiring and the subsequent revamping of the program signals a new dawn for the Mavericks, who feel the sky is the limit for their... Read More >>
The Greater Houston Football Coaches Association held its annual Awards Night Wednesday at the University of Houston, and several area coaches, referees, teachers, and students were honored by their peers.
“There are so many outstanding coaches here tonight, and assistant coaches, and trainers, and officials,” said Doug McCutchen, recipient of the John Kelley Distinguished Award.
“But the thing that is so special is that we ...
Shantel Nwanguma, who helped lead the Cinco Ranch girls basketball team to a regional final appearance, has committed to play collegiately for the University of Texas-San Antonio.
Pictured at Shantel's recent signing were:
Front row (left to right): Grace Nwanguma (mother), Shantel Nwanguma, George Nwanguma (father).
Standing (left to right): Cinco Ranch principal Bonnie Brasic, assistant basketball coach Meredith Huey, head coach Eric Bartlett and Cinco Ranch campus a...
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The Katy Taylor duo of Audrey Tompkins and Alex Henry finished their remarkable seasons Tuesday as state champions, winning the girls doubles championship at the UIL state tennis championships at the Lakeway World of Tennis in Austin.
Tompkins and Henry, who finished their season with a record of 24-1, beat Micah Hernsdorf and Kelsie Lawson of Klein 6-1, 6-2. This avenges a third-place finish for the duo in last year’s tournament.
AUSTIN - The Seven Lakes boys golf team improved its state placement by three from 2007 to 2008, but the Spartans drove home Tuesday believing they'd let a better finish get away.
Monday's best scorers faded for Tuesday's final round and vice-versa, and Seven Lakes finished fifth in the 4A state tournament at Jimmy Clay Golf Course.
Albert Miner shot a 79 on the heels of Monday's 73 and Ryan Hadash went from 75 to 83 for the Sparta...
A one-game playoff between neighbors and rivals Katy Taylor and Cinco Ranch highlights the weekend schedule of softball regional quarterfinals and baseball area-round playoff games.
The Mustangs and Cougars softball teams will play at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Morton Ranch. Taylor advanced with a two-game sweep of Lamar last Friday; Cinco Ranch outlasted MacArthur in three games, losing the first but convincingly winning the next two games.
The University Interscholastic League on Friday released the results of a study of a split conference alignment for football.
The proposal would divide each conference into two divisions for football only, theoretically creating a level playing field among schools of like size. The large-school division and smaller halves of each conference each would consist of 16 districts, with approximately six to eight schools per district.
AUSTIN - Albert Miner and Janell Lysack each shot 73 and are in second-place in their respective state golf tournaments, and the Seven Lakes boys team is second after one day of the 4A state meet at Jimmy Clay Golf Course.
Miner and Lysack both shot 1-under 35 on the back nine holes, which for Miner was his front nine because the boys team teed off from No. 10.
Seven Lakes shot 310 as a team, 16 shots behind defending state champion Dallas Highland...
“It’s contagious,” Memorial baseball coach Jeremy York said. “When one goes, they all go.”
York was referring to the way his team hit the ball Friday and Saturday against Milby in their bi-district series. The Mustangs crushed Milby 20-9 in the first game of the three game series on Friday and swept the series with a 13-3 victory Saturday at Stratford.
The Cy-Fair softball team has discovered a few ways to advance in the 5A-Region III postseason.
First, the Bobcats pulled off a prominent first-round upset by outslugging Katy 7-6.
Saturday, they made the most of six hits and a surprising Memorial error to upend the host Mustangs 3-2.
With two outs in the fifth inning, Memorial catcher Suzanne Beltran tried to pick off Cy-Fair’s Bethany Armstrong at third base. But the throw got through eve...
Langham Creek has made a habit of coming from behind in several games this year. The Lobos offense seems to get the clutch hit in almost any situation.
“To these kids, it’s what they do,” Langham Creek coach Armando Sedeno said. “They’re not going to give up, they’re going to stay fine and that we have a great offense that can put runs on...
Three stalwarts in the hole and barely any turnover on the heels of an eighth-place state finish had Seven Lakes golf coach Sean Ewing thinking big this year.
Once a solid move-in added consistently low scores, the Spartans’ status atop the region was solidified.
The team Ewing takes to Austin for the 4A state tournament Monday and Tuesday at Jimmy Clay Golf Course features at least seven golfers who average in the 70s and a squad that will graduate only one... Read More >>
