Haylee Bowden’s two-RBI single in the top of the sixth inning helped rally Aledo (34-3) to a 5-4 win and sweep of Guyer (22-6-1) in Game 2 of a best-of-3 Class 4A area round playoff series on Friday. Aledo scored once in the fifth and four runs in the sixth to erase a 4-0 Guyer [...]
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 [...]
Track success helps Harpool capture Denton Cup again
April 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
What a year it was for the Harpool Middle School track teams. For the first time in the Lantana school’s history, the 7th- and 8th-grade boys and girls squads captured district titles on March 29 in Little Elm. Those efforts capped a 2012-13 school year that resulted in the school winning the Denton Cup for [...]
STATE CHAMPS: Guyer girls claim program’s first Class 4A soccer title
April 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Guyer girls soccer team scored twice in the first half, then hung on to beat defending Class 4A champ Highland Park 2-1 in Saturday’s state final at Georgetown’s Birkelbach Field. The Wildcats (26-1) finished the year with 19-straight wins and snapped Highland Park’s 49-game win streak in the process. The Scots (25-1-5) came in [...]
Playoff Soccer: Guyer girls punch ticket to 4A state tournament; Marcus boys, girls fall in 5A-I Final
April 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS — The Southlake Carroll girls scored four unanswered goals, three in the second half, to pull away from Marcus, 4-1, in Saturday’s Class 5A-I Final. Sophie Groff, a South Carolina signee and Southlake’s all-time leading scorer, scored once in each half — the first of which tied the game with seven minutes [...]
Sports Roundup: Marcus boys, girls and Guyer girls one win away from state tournament
April 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS — Marcus’ boys and girls soccer teams won their respective regional semifinal games and will play in the Class 5A-I Final on Saturday. The Marauder girls (24-3-1) beat Keller (19-6-3) 2-0 on Friday to reach a second-straight region final. They’ll face Southlake Carroll (28-2) at noon in a rematch of last year’s [...]
District 5-4A is a cluster of baseball parity
April 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Which baseball team will step up to win District 5-4A is anyone’s guess. As of last week, Guyer was alone in first place while five teams stood tied for second. Then came Tuesday and the Wildcats’ 4-2 loss to Azle. Now, at least three teams are tied for the top spot heading into Friday’s slate [...]
Sports Roundup: Guyer falls to Azle as District 5-4A parity continues to evolve
April 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Guyer loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh inning but could not get the final clutch hit as Azle hung on for a 4-2 win in an already crowded District 5-4A playoff race. The Wildcats (9-14 overall, 5-3 in district) had the batter they wanted at the plate with a chance to win, [...]
Sports Roundup: Reid Battles hits walk-off homer in bottom of ninth, Guyer wins 7-6
March 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Reid Battles hit a solo walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning on Tuesday to give Guyer a 7-6 win over Wichita Falls in a key District 5-4A game. Guyer (8-13, 4-2) snapped a two-game losing skid despite wasting a golden opportunity in its half of the seventh inning when Chris Monroe [...]
Guyer boys soccer team hopes to build playoff momentum
March 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
With only two games left before the playoffs begin, the Guyer boys could conceivably finish in a tie for District 11-4A’s best record or squeak in as the fourth place team. Either way, they’re postseason bound. But the focus is obviously on building momentum. “It’s one of those situations where we haven’t been able to [...]
