Plano West’s Logan Beal and Tori Gates each scored a shootout goal as the Wolves outlasted the Marcus girls on Saturday, 3-2, to advance to next week’s Class 5A state tournament. Two of Marcus’ three losses this season came at the hands of Plano West, who split the regular-season series in District 8-5A with the [...]
Marcus girls nip Arlington, advance to Region Final
April 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Marcus girls’ soccer team beat Arlington 1-0 in overtime on Friday and will face Plano West in the Class 5A Region Final. The winner moves on to the state tournament next week. Game time is set for noon on Saturday at Grande Communications Stadium in Midland. Marcus and Plano West finished second and third, [...]
District 8-5A baseball and softball playoff races heats up
April 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
With four games left in the 8-5A baseball schedule, it’s anyone’s guess who will make playoffs. Heading into Friday’s slate of games, there is a two-team tie for the top spot in league play between Plano and Plano East with 8-2 records. Yet neither can breath a sigh of relief considering Flower Mound and Allen [...]
Henderson for “top coach” was the best decision
April 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In my mind, no other boys’ basketball coach could have been chosen for the MaxPreps Coach of the Year honor except Marcus’ Danny Henderson. Reason No. 1: From the second the 2011-12 season started, Henderson – whose team had lost just one game the previous year en route to the program’s first Class 5A state [...]
Marcus advances, Jaguars fall to Plano West
April 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Baylee Mitchell scored the decisive goal in a shootout to kick the Marcus girls past Southlake Carroll 2-1 on Tuesday. The Marauders will face Arlington at 2 p.m. on Friday in the first round of the Class 5A Regional Tournament. All games will be played at Grande Communications Stadium in Midland. “I couldn’t be more [...]
Marcus set for clash with Southlake while Jaguars top Trinity
April 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Marcus girls’ soccer team will play Southlake Carroll on Tuesday in the third round of the Class 5A playoffs. The Marauders (26-2-1 overall) beat Midlothian 1-0 on Friday. “We are one step away from the regional tournament, and we will be playing a very tough team in Southlake Carroll,” Marcus coach Chad Hobbs said. [...]
DFW soccer faces tough road? For some, I don’t buy it
April 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
There is a growing thought floating around out there that Dallas-Fort Worth’s recent dominance in Class 5A high school soccer may take a turn for the worse in this year’s playoff race. On paper, it’s a valid point. The 2012 campaign has been grossly altered due to a new U.S. Soccer Federation Academy League rule [...]
Marcus girls advance with 2-0 win
April 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Marcus earned its seventh-straight shutout with a 2-0 first-round playoff win over Coppell on Monday, and in so doing earned a date with Midlothian in the second round. No time or date has been set as of press time, but Marcus head coach Chad Hobbs said his team is more than ready for the challenges [...]
Marcus boys’ late-season rally nets playoff spot
March 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
On February 14, the Marcus boys’ soccer team was 1-1-2 in District 8-5A. Despite a 3-0 loss to Hebron in Tuesday’s season finale, they’re now 7-3-4 and playoff bound for the 21st-straight season. “We aren’t going to hang our heads after this latest loss because our goal was to make playoffs and we have done [...]
District 8-5A softball is a tight race
March 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Marcus is a perennial playoff favorite, but boasted a 2-4 District 8-5A record heading into this week’s slate of games. Flower Mound — another tough out — wasn’t much better at 3-3. That’s the sort of district we will continue to see as the remaining seven games play out. It was a tough district schedule [...]
