Sports Editor

Steve is a well-known sports guy in the area, having covered high school sports for the last 15 years. He got his start in 1997 with the Lewisville News and considers himself a human “rabbit’s foot” of sorts. His first assignment for the company was to cover the Marcus football team -- which went on to win a state title that year. In 15 years, he’s covered approximately 14 teams in various sports who have at least advanced to state. From the Lewisville News, he went on to work for the Dallas Morning News in its Denton County bureau before joining Allen Publishing Company in 2004. He graduated from the University of North Texas with a BA in Broadcast Journalism and lives in Denton with his wife Leslie and sons Christian (5) and Jackson (4 months). He was born and raised in Houston, but his entire family is from Boston.

Steve Gamel

About Steve Gamel

Steve is a well-known sports guy in the area, having covered high school sports for the last 15 years. He got his start in 1997 with the Lewisville News and considers himself a human “rabbit’s foot” of sorts. His first assignment for the company was to cover the Marcus football team -- which went on to win a state title that year. In 15 years, he’s covered approximately 14 teams in various sports who have at least advanced to state. From the Lewisville News, he went on to work for the Dallas Morning News in its Denton County bureau before joining Allen Publishing Company in 2004. He graduated from the University of North Texas with a BA in Broadcast Journalism and lives in Denton with his wife Leslie and sons Christian (5) and Jackson (4 months). He was born and raised in Houston, but his entire family is from Boston.

Playoff Roundup: Austyn Laird lifts Marcus to Game 1 win over Grapevine; Marauder softball loses to Keller 3-0

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

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

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 [...]

Nine months of training in the books, time to put up or shut up

Steve Gamel

My ribs were bruised; I had bloody gashes in my left knee and my ankles … oh my sore ankles. But I found myself there again, stretching out soreness on a park bench ready for another run. This wasn’t just any workout. I’d be running hills, some rough terrain and through some wooded areas. I’d [...]

Cross-town rivals Flower Mound and Marcus ready for playoff series

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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

Marcus’ pitcher Nick Lewis (5) on the Mound during spring ball.

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 [...]

Jaguar baseball faces challenging task of dealing with early playoff exit

Pitcher Seth Jordan (16) on the mound against Flower Mound Marcus on April 5.

It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. It was a safe bet that many baseball enthusiasts saw Flower Mound as an easy pick to advance to this year’s Class 5A state tournament. They were the state’s seventh-ranked team; No. 1 in the area and hadn’t lost since March 7. In baseball, 21-straight wins is unheard [...]

Playoff Roundup: State-ranked Flower Mound falls to L.D. Bell in shocking first round upset; Guyer sweeps Saginaw

GRAND PRAIRIE – As Saturday’s game wore on, there was an inescapable feeling that this was the end of the line for the Flower Mound baseball team. Not only did the game end for the Jaguars — a crushing first-round 10-4 loss to L.D. Bell, who was unranked and the fourth place team out of [...]

Playoff Roundup: Guyer’s season ends with second round loss to Aledo

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 [...]

Playoff Roundup: Flower Mound dominates Belton in 16-2 win

Annelise Oswalt pitched a three hitter to lead Flower Mound to a 16-2 win over Belton in Game 1 of a best-of-3 Class 5A area round softball playoff series on Thursday. Oswalt, a sophomore, struck out six in the five-inning run-rule win. Flower Mound (23-8-1) is on an 11-game tear and has outscored its first [...]

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