Lovejoy asserts itself as dominant force in cross country; Basketball season tips off this week.
Four Dallas-area volleyball teams qualified for the University Interscholastic League state tournament by winning regional titles over the weekend:
Hebron (Carrollton) (5A),
The Colony (4A),
Pearce (Richardson) (4A) and
Lovejoy (Lucas) (3A).
Lovejoy is seeking its third straight 3A title, but the last Dallas-area team to win a 5A volleyball title was Arlington Martin in 2005.
Hebron was the last area team to win a 4A title, winning in 2004 before it moved up to 5A.
Tiffany Baker posted 20 kills and 10 blocks to help Hebron advance to the 5A tournament.
LOVEJOY SWEEPS 3A CROSS COUNTRY TITLESLovejoy, which is becoming one of 3A's most dominant programs, swept
the boys and girls cross country titles over the weekend. Lovejoy's
Katie Ruhala won the 3A girls individual title.
Craig Lutz of
Marcus (Flower Mound) won the 5A boys title with a time of 14 minutes, 41.5 seconds on the five-kilometer course. Lutz beat the rest of the field by 36 seconds.
Rachel Johnson of
Plano won the 5A girls cross country title with a time of 10:55.4 on the two-mile course.
BASKETBALL BEGINS THIS WEEKBoys basketball teams
tip off this week, and
Lincoln (Dallas) will be one of the Dallas area's top
teams, featuring Division I signees
LeBryan Nash (Oklahoma State) and
Keaton Miles (West Virginia). Lincoln hasn't won a state title since
2002, when its perfect season was anchored by future NBA star Chris
Bosh. Lincoln coach Leonard Bishop told The Dallas Morning News that
"I think we can compete with anybody in the country."Matt Wixon is the high school sports
columnist for The Dallas Morning News. He can be reached at
<a href="mailto:mwixon@dallasnews.com">mwixon@dallasnews.com</a> or on Twitter @mattwixon.
