Volleyball Roundup: Flower Mound wins again, Marcus falls to Colleyville

Jordan Anderson posted 15 kills and 15 digs as Flower Mound knocked off McKinney Boyd on Tuesday 25-21, 26-24, 25-20 in non-district action. The Jaguars (8-1 overall) have recorded shutouts in seven of their eight wins. “McKinney Boyd is such a great program, and for us to go into their gym and win in three, [...]

Area Volleyball Scores: Marcus falls to Arlington

Jennifer Cron’s first night as head coach at Marcus didn’t quite go the way she envisioned, as the Marauders fell to Arlington 25-15, 25-23, 25-23 on Tuesday. It was the season opener for both teams. “Every game is worth something to us,” said Cron, who left Plano after five seasons to replace longtime Marcus coach [...]

Hebron primed to contend for 5-5A title

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Hebron football coach Brian Brazil doesn’t have a wish list for the 2012 season, he isn’t interested in making predictions, either. Bottom line, he expects his Hawks to win the District 5-5A title. “That’s what we talked about, we expect to win the district title and I’m not going to apologize for those comments,” Brazil [...]

Keeney says tough preseason will define 2012 Hawks

Returning player Marisa Salazar (12) will play as setter for the Hawks this year.

Hebron volleyball coach Karen Keeney isn’t interested in padding her team’s non-district record. The longtime Hawks coach said this week she wants her team — which has two returning starters — to claw its way through as rough a preseason schedule as possible. They’ll open the season at home on Aug. 14 against Grapevine and [...]

Stearns leads solid group of Hawks still earning offseason accolades

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Baylor signee Heather Stearns led a solid group of Hebron softball players who continued to pile up accolades following a 2012 campaign that saw them become one of the area’s more dangerous teams. Stearns leaves Hebron with the most hardware, having been named the Gatorade Texas Softball Player of the Year and the Texas Girls [...]

Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine always a good read

Hebron’s Deatrich Wise was a 2011 Super Team signee who’s headed to Arkansas on a football scholarship.

Texas is once again No. 1 in recruiting. According to a report in the recently-released Dave Campbell’s 2012 Texas Football magazine, Texas had 401 football recruits in 2012, easily thumping Florida’s 346. The numbers include players who signed Football Bowl Subdivision letters of intent and total players signed, including junior college recruits and post-graduate prep [...]

Hebron standout not affected by recruiting attention

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Dezmond Wortham (2) carrying the ball last year against Denton Guyer in playoffs. Hebron running back Dezmond Wortham said he had one recruiting offer (University of Houston) when spring football practices began back on May 1. One month later, that list has grown to eight. The list of interested programs includes UCONN, Kentucky, Wake Forest, [...]

Hebron falls one win short of return trip to state tournament

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Heading into this year, the Hebron softball team did not have the look of a contender. The Hawks had a new head coach and there was also a little problem with experience. The team had lost seven starters from the previous season. The last thing anyone expected was a deep playoff run. “We knew we [...]

Hebron athletics seems to peak at just the right time

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All the focus as of late has been on the Hebron softball team and its near miss at advancing to its second state tournament in three years. And it was for good reason, too. But they weren’t the only Hawks program to have success this year.   A quick glance back at the 2011-12 athletic [...]

Hebron’s state tournament bid falls short in 5-4 loss to Plano East

Hebron’s late-inning rally fell short on Friday in a 5-4 loss to Plano East, who will represent District 8-5A at next weekend’s Class 5A state softball tournament. Trailing 5-4 in the top of the seventh inning, Hebron had runners on first and second with two outs. But Olivia Martinez’s soft blooper toward shallow right field [...]

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