Chad Young had three RBIs Friday at
Poteet (Mesquite) defeated Lancaster, 20-2, to win its 50th consecutive district game. The last time the Pirates lost a district game was in 2007, the season when they were a 4A state finalist. The streak came close to ending last year against Terrell, but Poteet scored a run in the eighth inning to win, 6-5.
PLANO TOPS PLANO EAST IN 1-2 SOFTBALL SHOWDOWNPlano star
Katherine Batey got the win as a pitcher and had a pair of RBIs as Plano, the No. 2 5A team in The Dallas Morning News' area rankings, knocked off top-ranked
Plano East, 3-2. Batey hit a solo home run in the fourth inning and drove in another run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning. She allowed five hits as a pitcher and struck out three.
LEBRYAN NASH WINS MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICAN GAME DUNK CONTESTDallas-area
fans have seen Lincoln star
LeBryan Nash deliver some spectacular
dunks. On Monday night, fans from around the nation got to see it as the
Oklahoma State signee won the McDonald's All-American Game dunk
contest.
Nash, who edged Duke signee Marshall Plumlee in the final round, donned an orange foam cowboy hat for his final dunk.
"I was giving the fans what they want, which is a show," Nash told USA Today.
TOP PERFORMERS* Eric Swann, Frisco Wakeland baseball: The senior was 8-for-12 at the plate last week, with three home runs and 14 RBIs for one of the Dallas area's top 4A teams.
* Victoria Bice, Mesquite softball: The sophomore pitcher threw a no-hitter against North Mesquite and shut out Longview in the Skeeters' pair of wins last week.
JULIE GREEN WILL TAKE OVER COPPELL VOLLEYBALLLake Travis' Julie Green will be the next head volleyball coach at
Coppell, taking over for Sherri Hankins. Hankins, who announced in January that she would accept a position as the school's assistant principal, coached Coppell for 23 years and took the Cowgirls to two state tournaments.
FINAL THOUGHTThe
Plano East girls bowling team won the Texas High School Bowling club championship in Euless over the weekend and the
Carroll (Southlake) hockey team finished second at the USA Hockey High School National Championship in Bensenville, Ill. With their success, some fans are again asking if the University Interscholastic League will ever adopt these sports. As it is now, bowling and hockey are club sports that the UIL doesn't sanction.
The UIL is waiting to see more participating in those sports, as well as others such as lacrosse and gymnastics. Bowling now has participation numbers that rival some other sports that are sanctioned by the UIL, but it's unlikely that any sport will be added soon.
School districts simply aren't in position to add sports right now. It's quite the opposite, as some are considering dropping sports or freshman or JV teams because of tight budgets.
Matt Wixon is the high school sports columnist for The Dallas Morning News. He can be reached at mwixon@dallasnews.com or on Twitter @mattwixon.
