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GRAPEVINE -- Frisco Liberty and Mansfield Legacy were two outs into Friday night's Game 2 of their regional semifinals series at Grapevine when Mother Nature had other plans.

Randy Jackson, who helped turn the Mesquite Poteet football program around during his three years at the school, is accepting a new challenge.

Plano West football capped its spring season May 17 by holding its final scrimmage.

The decision for Mary Clarke to succeed Diane Davey as just the second head coach in Plano Senior girls soccer history was officially made May 10.

Senior Night is supposed to be an evening for paying tribute to a team's most tenured members for their hard work and leadership over the years.

The McKinney football team ended its spring practice schedule with its annual Spring Game Thursday night from Ron Poe Stadium, bringing the Lions one step closer to their season opener in late August.

The McKinney North football team didn’t plan on not having a spring practice season, but as the calendar crept closer to its start, a number of factors converged to persuade Bulldogs head coach Mike Fecci to cancel the annual spring game.

The end was sudden, but their success cannot be denied.

The Liberty baseball team lost its first playoff game of the season in an 8-5 contest against Forney on May 3.

SOUTHLAKE — For the first time this postseason, Marcus’ baseball team will face an elimination game.

Lewisville’s softball team is one win away from the program’s first appearance at the state tournament after the Lady Farmers knocked off Marcus Thursday in Game 1 of their Region I Final, 3-1.

The contributions of the Lovejoy seniors cannot be overstated in the No. 3 state-ranked team's run to just their second regional finals appearance (2011).

Deidra Rucker didn't have to think twice about whether or not to take a run at the opening for a new Allen girls basketball head coach.

With its spring practices well underway, the McKinney Boyd football team is ready to begin the journey towards a fourth straight playoff berth this fall.

With recent realignment changes placing McKinney into Class 5A this year, many doubted whether the Lions baseball team could compete in UIL's highest classification, despite having one of the smallest 5A enrollments in the state.

"My teammates have seen them. Everyone wants to see them; they aren't too pretty."

Sometimes a team leaves the field following a playoff loss reflecting on missed opportunities, unfortunate bounces and feeling as though the better team didn't win.

HIGHLAND PARK -- Plano Senior baseball nearly doubled up Rockwall in the hit column, 9-5, during Saturday's series-deciding game in a best-of-3 regional quarterfinal set.

McKinney Boyd's new boys basketball coach Jason Burton is returning home to District 10-5A.

Marcus starting pitcher Hannah Null was at her best when her team needed her most Saturday, throwing a one-hit shut out victory over Keller, 1-0, at Colleyville Heritage to send the Lady Marauders to the UIL Class 5A Region I Final where they will meet rival Lewisville.

The Liberty and Centennial baseball teams went back and forth during the first two games of a regional quarterfinals matchup between the District 9-4A rivals.

The Plano West baseball team never seems to make it easy.

Six runs and nine hits in a game is usually enough to satisfy a softball coach.

Lewisville’s softball team is one round away from competing at the UIL Class 5A State Softball Tournament.

GRAPEVINE — Three playoff series are complete and Marcus’ baseball team is yet to drop a game in the postseason.

Down to its last out, Marcus’ softball team staved off elimination Friday as Ashley Hardin continued her torrid postseason with a two-run single in the top of the seventh inning to propel the Lady Marauders past Keller, 3-2, in Game 2 of its Class 5A Region I Semifinal series.

Lewisville’s softball team stayed red-hot Friday night, inducing the run-rule en route to taking Game 1 of its Class 5A Region I Semifinal against Lubbock Coronado, 11-1, at Abilene Christian University.

FRISCO -- A 6-2 Game 1 loss during Thursday's regional quarterfinal matchup put the Centennial baseball team in a win-or-go-home situation on Friday against Liberty.

HIGHLAND PARK -- A pair of sevens may not go a long way as a poker hand, but it can be more than enough to win a baseball game.

ALLEN -- After a leadoff double by Allen senior Tom Phillips in the bottom of the seventh inning and Plano West clinging to a 1-0 lead in Game 1 of a best-of-3 regional quarterfinal series, Wolves senior pitcher Nick Gripp had a simple reaction.

National Signing Day    ( top )

LEWISVILLE — With Lewisville’s football team in a transitional phase under first-year head coach Gregg Miller, results were tough to come by on the gridiron as the Farmers finished with a 1-9 mark.

As high schools around the country celebrated National Signing Day on Wednesday, the Plano East athletic department saw 18 of its best athletes join the fray.

The National Signing Day spotlight shined brightly on four student-athletes inking letters of intent at Prestonwood Christian Academy on Wednesday afternoon.

If the West Mesquite players were not sure how much talent was on last year's football team, college recruiters were a constant reminder.

Few sports are entrenched into one city's history like soccer is for Plano.

Elation, celebration and achievement permeated the walls of Plano Senior for National Signing Day.

With athletes around the country signing their National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, there was no shortage of Wakeland players making the cut.

Little Elm

While they may not have competed with the Plano West football players in terms of stature, the girls soccer players had the advantage in size Wednesday morning as nine inked scholarships on National Signing Day.

As Plano West athletic director, Mike Hughes is used to presiding over Signing Day ceremonies.

Plano East

McKinney Boyd saw many of its best and brightest take that next step Wednesday afternoon when 13 athletes in four different sports signed letters of intent to play collegiate athletics on National Signing Day.

Flower Mound

For years McKinney Boyd running back Bryan Driskell has soared above the competition, so it's only fitting that his football talents will take flight at the college level with the Air Force Falcons.

It's every high school football player's dream to play on Saturdays in the fall.

McKinney Boyd seniors Branson Davis and his best friend Vincent Whaley are taking their friendly golf rivalry to the next level.

FLOWER MOUND — With boys and girls soccer teams that have been represented in the postseason since at least the mid 1990s respectively, there hasn’t been any shortage of skilled players that have made their way through Marcus.

Wakeland

After years of dreaming, months of deliberating and a final few tension-filled days to make sure they made the right decision, area athletes could officially celebrate on Wednesday's National Signing Day.

Thousands of high school athletes took part in National Signing Day ceremonies on Wednesday, each with their own special story.

HORN

Allen

CELINA -- It was only a formality after an early commitment took away any surprise of Celina lineman Jake Raulerson's future collegiate team.

National Signing Day    ( top )

LEWISVILLE — With Lewisville’s football team in a transitional phase under first-year head coach Gregg Miller, results were tough to come by on the gridiron as the Farmers finished with a 1-9 mark.

As high schools around the country celebrated National Signing Day on Wednesday, the Plano East athletic department saw 18 of its best athletes join the fray.

The National Signing Day spotlight shined brightly on four student-athletes inking letters of intent at Prestonwood Christian Academy on Wednesday afternoon.

If the West Mesquite players were not sure how much talent was on last year's football team, college recruiters were a constant reminder.

Few sports are entrenched into one city's history like soccer is for Plano.

Elation, celebration and achievement permeated the walls of Plano Senior for National Signing Day.

With athletes around the country signing their National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, there was no shortage of Wakeland players making the cut.

Little Elm

While they may not have competed with the Plano West football players in terms of stature, the girls soccer players had the advantage in size Wednesday morning as nine inked scholarships on National Signing Day.

As Plano West athletic director, Mike Hughes is used to presiding over Signing Day ceremonies.

Plano East

McKinney Boyd saw many of its best and brightest take that next step Wednesday afternoon when 13 athletes in four different sports signed letters of intent to play collegiate athletics on National Signing Day.

Flower Mound

For years McKinney Boyd running back Bryan Driskell has soared above the competition, so it's only fitting that his football talents will take flight at the college level with the Air Force Falcons.

It's every high school football player's dream to play on Saturdays in the fall.

McKinney Boyd seniors Branson Davis and his best friend Vincent Whaley are taking their friendly golf rivalry to the next level.

FLOWER MOUND — With boys and girls soccer teams that have been represented in the postseason since at least the mid 1990s respectively, there hasn’t been any shortage of skilled players that have made their way through Marcus.

Wakeland

After years of dreaming, months of deliberating and a final few tension-filled days to make sure they made the right decision, area athletes could officially celebrate on Wednesday's National Signing Day.

Thousands of high school athletes took part in National Signing Day ceremonies on Wednesday, each with their own special story.

HORN

Allen

CELINA -- It was only a formality after an early commitment took away any surprise of Celina lineman Jake Raulerson's future collegiate team.

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