GRAPEVINE – Marcus (33-6) picked up its third-straight sweep of the postseason on Friday, beating Grapevine in Game 2 of a best-of-3 Class 5A Region I Quarterfinal series. The Marauders scored twice in the sixth inning and added four more runs in the seventh, including a three-run homer from Matt Holcombe, to extend what was [...]
Playoff Roundup: Marcus sweeps Grapevine in Region I Quarterfinal; Hardin’s walk off single forces Game 3
May 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Playoff Roundup: Austyn Laird lifts Marcus to Game 1 win over Grapevine; Marauder softball loses to Keller 3-0
May 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
FLOWER MOUND – All Austyn Laird was hoping for was to squeeze out a single and maybe scratch out another run to help his team. Instead, the senior center fielder crushed a three-run home run to rally Marcus to a 6-4 win over Grapevine on Thursday in Game 1 of a best-of-3 Class 5A Region [...]
Playoff Roundup: Marcus beats rival Flower Mound in decisive Game 3
May 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
LEWISVILLE – Marcus rebounded from a rocky showing in Game 2 on Saturday to beat Flower Mound, the state’s ninth-ranked Class 5A team, 5-1, in Game 3 of a best-of-3 Region I Quarterfinal series. The Marauders (29-6-1) will face Keller (29-4-1) in the semifinals. No date was set at press time. “Today didn’t start the [...]
Playoff Roundup: Marcus takes 1-0 series lead with win over Jaguars; Guyer drops Game 1 to Cleburne
May 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
LEWISVILLE – Marcus’ Hannah Null struck out 10 in a two hitter to beat Flower Mound, the state’s ninth-ranked Class 5A team, 5-1, in Game 1 of a Region I Quarterfinal playoff series on Friday. Marcus (28-5-1) led by one run through the first five innings but plated three more in the bottom of the [...]
Cross-town rivals Flower Mound and Marcus ready for playoff series
May 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Longtime rivals Flower Mound and Marcus play one another in this weekend’s Class 5A Region I Quarterfinals best-of-3 playoff series.And so far, they’re all saying the right things. Neither team, coaches or players, is saying anything bulletin-board or Twitter worthy about their opponent or the match up itself. In fact, some players like Flower Mound’s [...]
Marcus to face South Grand Prairie in area round
May 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Only one playoff round is in the books and Marcus is the last team standing from District 5-5A. The Marauders (29-6) will face South Grand Prairie (18-16) in a best-of-3 area round series this weekend. Game 1 is slated for 7:30 p.m. on Friday at Marcus. Game 2 will be at 4 p.m. at South [...]
Ex-Marcus soccer player enjoys helping Oklahoma State basketball team
May 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Had Mason Cox been as tall as a teenager as he’s become as a young adult, his career path could very well have been quite different. Instead of years of playing soccer, he might have spent his time on basketball courts. Rather than picking a college solely for its educational opportunities, he would have selected [...]
Sports Roundup: Marcus cruises to 9-0 win; Guyer softball loses area round opener to Aledo
May 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
IRVING — Sophomore Jack Cushing threw a three hitter on Wednesday and the Marcus offense exploded for 11 hits to beat Irving Nimitz 9-0 in Game 1 of a best-of-three bi-district series. Marcus (28-6) got six full innings from Cushing, who only had a little over four innings of work during District 5-5A play. Nimitz [...]
Sports Roundup: Hannah Null hurls another no-hitter to give Marcus bi-district sweep of Colleyville Heritage
April 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
COPPELL — At this point, it’s safe to say Hannah Null is back. The Marcus senior and Abilene Christian signee threw her second no-hitter in as many days on Saturday to lift Marcus (25-4-1) to a 2-0 win and sweep of Colleyville Heritage in their best-of-three bi-district series. It was Null’s first extensive action since [...]
Sports Roundup: Flower Mound remains unbeaten in 5-5A with sweep of Marcus
April 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Flower Mound baseball coach Danny Wallace said his team has yet to talk about its now 19-game win streak. But after Thursday’s 8-4 win over Marcus, he at least admitted to it’s impressiveness. “We don’t talk about the streak, it hasn’t been discussed one time … but when you’ve won that many in a row, [...]
