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Super Bowl XLVIIIContest Comments

The following comments arefrom entries in the Tyler Paper’sSuper Bowl XLVIII Contest.

———Broncos 24, Seahawks 20

Peyton needs one more Omahacall to seal the deal.

Annie PittsTyler

———Seahawks 28, Broncos 24

Earl Thomas wins!William Hopper

Chandler———

Broncos 31, Seahawks 20Manning will shine. He deserves it!

David MaxfieldTyler


Scotty PopeTyler


R.H. McCaslinTyler


Peyton is the key in the air. His re-ceiver No. 88 Thomas will shineagain.

Helen ThomasTyler


Best quarterback ever!Felicia Gaston

Frankston———

Broncos 24, Seahawks 23Hazel Hampton

Tyler———

Seahawks 33, Broncos 20Seahawk defense to the rescue.

Bill JohnsonTyler


Todd KellyLindale


Commercials 21, Game 0No Cowboys. Who cares?

Charles W. GreenTyler


Karen GrimmeVentura, Calif.


In this game we have two greatQBs, but it takes 11 men to win.

Dan TarbuttonTyler


Great game.Faye Tarbutton

Tyler———

Seahawks 42, Broncos 38Legion of Boom drops the ham-

mer.Pam Lee

Henderson———

Seahawks 35, Broncos 24Seattle’s ability to control the

cock with “Beast Mode” and stingydefense wins the championship.

Justin WarrenFlint


I love Peyton Manning as a player,but this Pete Carroll defense flies tothe ball like Hawks!

Michael B. MizeMineola


Manning & Broncos are good …but Seahawks’ defense is better.

Buddy FurqueronArp


If they give Peyton too muchtime in the pocket he will pick thatdefense apart.

Dorothy LawlerWinona


Richard Sherman proves he is thebest.

Clay HallWhitehouse


Bill MillerChandler


The Broncos will buck, chargeand throw their way to victory,proving they cannot be easilytamed.

Leon ThomasTyler


Denver is playing well … toomany weapons.

Jonathan WolfTyler


’Hawks’ defense too much forPeyton.

Ben DelmonicoChandler

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL | WHITEHOUSE VS. JOHN TYLER

Wildcats win another epic OT clashBY TRAVIS [email protected]

In the final seconds of another epicclash between John Tyler and White-house, the Wildcats’ visiting student sec-tion began a new chant.

“Just like football!”They were right — barely.Whitehouse survived a potential game-

winning shot at the end of the fourth quar-ter and John Tyler failed to get off apotential game-tying 3-pointer in the finalseconds of overtime as the Wildcats hungon for a 46-43 win in front of a full houseat the Lions Den on Friday.

With three games left in league play,Whitehouse took a two-game lead over JTand Jacksonville, which lost to Corsicana,to jump in the driver’s seat to back up theirDistrict 16-4A football title with one in

boys basketball.“We knew how big this game was,”

Wildcats coach Brent Kelley said. “Wewere going to come back to the rest of thepack tonight or distance ourselves a littlebit. Our kids responded.”

Meanwhile, the Lady Lions clinched aleague championship of their own, hold-ing off the LadyCats 50-43 on Senior Night.JT claimed the 16-4A crown by virtue ofCorsicana’s loss to Jacksonville on Friday,giving the Lady Lions a two-game cushionwith one game remaining.

BOYSSomething about playing John Tyler

brings out the best in Patrick Mahomes.After leading the Wildcats to victory

over the Lions on the gridiron with 371passing yards in November, the soon-to-

16-4A >> PAGE 4D

JUNIOR COLLEGE BASEBALL | TJC MEDIA DAY

Home TurfTJC looks toreclaim spotin Division IIIWorld Series

BY JARAH WRIGHTSports Correspondent

It’s May 19. All-Star infielderJustin Monsour and the rest of theTyler Junior College baseball teamwatched as Brookhaven Collegecelebrated winning a spot in theNJCAA Division III World Series, atournament played at Mike CarterField, TJC’s home field.

At the annual Apache Baseballmedia day Fri-day afternoon,Monsour saidthe team isready to re-claim its spotin the tourna-ment.

“We got toregionals butwe didn’t getas far as wewanted,” Monsour said. “We’re try-ing to push ourselves to get to theWorld Series. It’s on our home turf.We don’t want other people play-ing on our turf because we want tobe playing in the World Seriescome May.”

First baseman and 2013 GoldGlove winner Eric Stegent said theteam is using that mentality tohave a successful season.

“We are using that as momentumcoming into this season,” Stegentsaid. “The players returning are re-ally motivated and everybody is

TJC >> PAGE 4D

SARAH A. MILLER/STAFF

TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE baseball player Justin Monsour (9) tosses a ball in the air while waiting for practice to start afterthe Apaches’ media day Friday at Mike Carter Field. Top left, TJC baseball player Tim Hunter (center) gives Brandon Webb(11) a bear hug while waiting for practice to start.

BY STEPHEN HAWKINSAP Sports Writer

ARLINGTON — Michael Youngslipped on a No. 10 Texas Rangersjersey for one last time.

Young formally announced hisretirement Friday after returningto Rangers Ballpark, his baseballhome for all but the last of his 13major league seasons. He calledhis time in Texas the best years ofhis life.

“I came kind of confident, andstubborn, with a lot to learn,”Young said. “In a lot of ways wasstill immature, trying to figure outwho I was, and what I wanted todo and what I wanted to be about,and I figured it all out here.”

A seven-time All-Star, Young isthe Rangers’ career leader with2,230 hits. The 37-year-old in-fielder finished as a career .300hitter in 1,970 games for Texas,Philadelphia and the Los AngelesDodgers.

BRANDON WADE/AP/THE FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM

MICHAEL YOUNG (right) answers questions from the media about his retirementfrom baseball during a news conference Friday at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.He formally announced his retirement after returning to the ballpark, his baseballhome for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons. Young called his time inTexas the best years of his life. YOUNG >> PAGE 4D

Texas hits leader retires with RangersMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL | MICHAEL YOUNG NFL CHANGES

Goodell talksabout addingto postseason

BY HOWARD FENDRICHAP Pro Football Writer

NEW YORK — If Commis-sioner Roger Goodell gets hisway, change could be comingto the NFL.

Adding playoff teams.Monitoring instant replayfrom league headquarters.Possibly creating a set ofguidelines to prevent locker-room bullying.

Short on details or precisetimetables, and acknowledg-ing he’ll need approval fromteam owners for action,Goodell painted the picture ofan ever-evolving league duringhis annual pre-Super Bowlnews conference, held Fridayin a theater in midtown Man-hattan.

NFL >> PAGE 4D

DOUG WREN

Protecting their


WHITEHOUSE NATIVE Josh Tomlin (right), a pitcher for theCleveland Indians, warms up with Tyler Junior College assis-tant baseball coach Travis Chick during the Apaches’ annualmedia day Friday at Mike Carter Field.

MICHAEL DAVIS/CORRESPONDENT

JOHN TYLER’SAmia Wickware (1)lays a shot upagainst White-house’s Kaitlyn An-derson on Fridaynight at the LionsDen. The Lady Lionswon 50-43 to clinchthe District 16-4Atitle and White-house won the boysgame in overtime,46-43.

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TYLER MORNING TELEGRAPH | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2014

TODAY’S TVCollege Basketball: MenRichmond at VCU 10 a.m. ESPN2Coastal Carolina at Campbell 10 a.m. ESPNUOhio State at Wisconsin 11 a.m. ESPNSeton Hall at Xavier 11 a.m. CBSSNGeorgia Tech at Wake Forest 11 a.m. FSSW+Marquette at St. John’s 11:30 a.m. Fox1George Washington at Dayton 11:30 a.m. NBCSNKentucky at Missouri 11 a.m. CBSN.C. State at North Carolina noon ESPN2Toledo at Ohio noon ESPNUProvidence at DePaul noon FSSWSouth Carolina at Mississippi 12:30 p.m. KLPNTCU at Texas Tech 12:30 p.m. KFXKMemphis at SMU 1 p.m. CBSSNBaylor at Oklahoma State 1 p.m. ESPNNorthwestern at Minnesota 1 p.m. Big TenUtah at Colorado 1 p.m. Pac 12George Mason at Saint Louis 1:30 p.m. NBCSNClemson at Florida State 2 p.m. ESPN2Evansville at Wichita State 2 p.m. ESPNUMichigan State vs. Georgetown at New York

2 p.m. Fox1Kansas at Texas 3 p.m. ESPNTexas A&M at Florida 3 p.m. KLPNOklahoma at Iowa State 3 p.m. KFXKVillanova at Temple 3 p.m. CBSSNArizona State at Stanford 3 p.m. Pac 12Drexel at Towson 3:30 p.m. NBCSNArkansas at LSU 4 p.m. ESPNUMississippi State at Vanderbilt 4 p.m. FSSW+Massachusetts at Saint Joseph’s 5 p.m. CBSSNWashington at Washington State 5 p.m. Pac 12Duke at Syracuse 5:30 p.m. ESPNWright State at Green Bay 6 p.m. ESPN2Colorado State at San Diego State 6 p.m. ESPNUIowa at Illinois 6:30 p.m. Big TenBoise State at UNLV 7 p.m. CBSSNSouthern California at Oregon 7 p.m. Pac 12Tennessee at Alabama 8 p.m. ESPN2Central Florida at Louisville 8 p.m. ESPNUPennsylvania at Harvard 8 p.m. NBCSNArizona at California 9:30 p.m. Pac 12Saint Mary’s (Calif.) at BYU 10 p.m. ESPN2UC Irvine at Cal Poly-SLO 10 p.m. ESPNUCollege Basketball: WomenMinnesota at Michigan 11 a.m. Big TenOklahoma State at Oklahoma 2 p.m. FSSWKansas at Texas Tech 4 p.m. FSSWTexas at Baylor 6:30 p.m. FSSWPro Basketball: NBAMiami at New York 7:30 p.m. ESPNGolfPGA Tour: Phoenix Open, third round, at Scottsdale,Ariz. noon GOLFPGA Tour: Phoenix Open, third round, at Scottsdale,Ariz. 2 p.m. CBSEuropean PGA Tour: Dubai Desert Classic, final round,at Dubai, United Arab Emirates 3 a.m. GOLFCollege HockeyWisconsin at Michigan 5:30 p.m. NBCSNSoccerPL: Sunderland at Newcastle 6:40 a.m. NBCSNPL: Manchester U. at Stoke City 8:55 a.m. NBCSNExhibition: United States vs. South Korea, at Carson, Calif.

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TODAY’S RADIOJunior College Basketball: Men, Tyler at Navarro, 3:45p.m. (ESPN East Texas 92.1-FM, Tyler)

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TODAY IN SPORTS

1913 — Jim Thorpe, star of the1912 Olympics, signs to play baseballwith the New York Giants.

1914 — The Chicago White Soxand New York Giants play an exhibitiongame to promote baseball in Egypt. The

game ends in a 3-3 tie.1956 — Hayes Alan Jenkins leads the United States in

a sweep of Olympic men’s figure skating in Cortina d’Am-pezzo, Italy. The silver goes to Ronald Robertson, and Jenk-ins’ younger brother, David, wins the bronze.

2004 — The New England Patriots win their secondSuper Bowl in three seasons after Adam Vinatieri kicks a fieldgoal with 4 seconds left to lift his team to a 32-29 victory overthe Carolina Panthers. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady sets aSuper Bowl record with 32 completions and earns his secondMVP award at Super Bowl XXXVIII, held at Reliant Stadium inHouston.

2009 — Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh offenseend a Super Bowl of incredible swings with a final-minutetouchdown for a historic victory, 27-23 over the Arizona Car-dinals. Santonio Holmes makes a brilliant 6-yard catch deepin the right corner of the end zone with 35 seconds remain-ing, lifting the Steelers to a record-setting sixth Super Bowlwin. They broke a tie with the Dallas Cowboys and San Fran-cisco 49ers. Super Bowl XLIII was held at Raymond James Sta-dium in Tampa, Fla.

1February

World Record!

GRIFFIN ELE-MENTARY ANDFIRST TEE stu-dents used16,000-plus golfballs to build apyramid Friday.Clockwise fromtop, fourth-grader AnthonyViramonteswatches his golfballs slide down aramp onto thebase of the golfball pyramid; oth-ers taking part arefourth-gradersJalin Santibanez,Shakyra Jacksonand Jose Morales.Below, First Teeofficials and vol-unteers view thefinished product.

Photos by Sarah A. Miller& TISD

Griffin, First Tee studentsbuild golf ball pyramid

Staff Reports

Students at Griffin Ele-mentary School, with assis-tance from The First Tee ofGreater Tyler, constructedthe world’s largest golf ballpyramid on Friday.

They hope now it goesinto the Guinness Book ofWorld Records.

Using approximately16,000 golf balls, studentscame to the gym during thefirst 15 minutes of their regu-larly scheduled class periodsto help build the structure.

Students also participatedin activities and lesson plansin science, mathematics, his-tory and language arts to en-hance the meaning of theevent.

A majority of the golf ballshave been donated by Hide-away. Cal Shipman, a retiredresident of Hideaway, helpedcoordinate the efforts.

“I wanted to do somethingspecial and fun for the chil-

dren of Tyler in bringing theGuinness Book of WorldRecords and its meaning toan area school campus,”Shipman said.

Griffin and the Tyler Inde-pendent School District werea huge part in reaching over9,000 students in 2013through The First Tee Na-tional School Program. TheWhitehouse IndependentSchool District also partici-pates in The First Tee Na-tional School Program.

“The relationship betweencharacter education and aca-demic success is incrediblyimportant, as high-qualitycharacter education leads toscholastic achievement,” saidMichael Harrison, executivedirector of The First Tee ofGreater Tyler. “The learningenvironment is optimal whenchildren are involved in anactivity-based setting andwhen the character educa-tion exists side-by-side withthe academic program.”

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Denverwas walloped 40-10 by Seattle in the presea-son with Ronnie Hillman fumbling, MonteeBall stumbling and Peyton Manning grum-bling.

The Broncos are a much different teamnow, one that should return to Colorado onTuesday for a victory parade clutching theirthird Lombardi Trophy.

Chewed out by boss John Elway afterthat spectacle in Seattle last summer, theBroncos responded with a season for theages, scoring more points than any team inNFL history (606) with Manning throwing formore touchdowns (55) and yards (5,447)than anyone ever had.

They’re not always the prettiest of passes,as Seahawks star talker and cornerbackRichard Sherman pointed out, but Manning’salways won with his brain, not his arm.

Manning didn’t disagree with Sherman’sassessment that he “throws ducks.”

“I do throw ducks,” he said. “I throw for alot of yards and TD ducks, so I’m actuallyquite proud of it.”

Manning’s “Duck Dynasty” consists of anunprecedented five players who caught 60 ormore passes and scored 10 or more touch-downs: Demaryius Thomas, Eric Decker,Wes Welker, Julius Thomas and KnowshonMoreno.

This could be the difference Sunday nightat MetLife Stadium, where the forecast isn’tfor weather as frigid as so many feared.

The Broncos boast enough pick-your-poi-son talent in their five-receiver sets to befud-dle even the stingiest of secondaries likeSeattle’s. Including the playoffs, Manning hasthrown for an astonishing 59 touchdowns

this season.“I think they had a heck of a

season,” Sherman said. “I don’tknow if they’re going to score 59touchdowns in one game. I thinkthat would be a record, too. ...We’ve got our own accolades andawards and none of it means any-thing when you get between thoselines.”

No, what matters is executionand Manning has had his team ona no-nonsense mission for monthsand he’s only ratcheted up hisfocus and his dogged determina-tion during preparations for thebiggest game of his stellar career.

Manning is the only player inthis game who’s won a SuperBowl, and his top target Sundaycould even be Jacob Tamme or Bubba Cald-well. He doesn’t discriminate, he distributes.He doesn’t often get duped. He deciphers. Hedoesn’t force passes, he finds the bestmatchup.

And he’s got time to do it because theBroncos added size and strength to the mid-dle of their line with the addition of rightguard Louis Vasquez (6-5, 335 pounds), whichmoved Manny Ramirez (6-3, 320) to centernext to left guard Zane Beadles (6-4, 305).

They gave Manning the room to step intoall those throws and he’s also quick enoughin his recognition and release to usuallyavoid the edge rushers who might get pasttackles Chris Clark or Orlando Franklin.

The line’s also opened enough holes forKnowshon Moreno to capitalize on soft un-derneath coverages to amass 1,761 yardsfrom scrimmage, rendering Ball a fresh-legged cohort and Hillman an afterthought.

Making a case for victorySUPER BOWL | DENVER VS. SEATTLE

MARK HUMPHREY/AP

DENVER BRONCOS QUARTERBACK Peyton Manning (18) drops back to pass Fridayduring practice in Florham Park, N.J. The Broncos are scheduled to play the Seattle Sea-hawks in the Super Bowl on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — In themidst of being reclusive for most of theweek leading up to his first Super Bowl, Mar-shawn Lynch spoke a truth about his SeattleSeahawks.

What they might lack with a roster voidof Super Bowl experience, they make up forwith an attitude and approach Pete Carrollhas instilled from the moment he landed inSeattle.

“I stay ready,” Lynch said. “So there ain’tno getting ready.”

If there is an overbearing quality Carrollproduced in his four seasons in charge of theSeahawks, it’s a continuous trend of always

being competitive. They don’tget blown out. They don’t getoverwhelmed. They don’t suc-cumb in the moment. They treateach week as an individual, sin-gular event.

The Seahawks are trained tooperate in this manner and it’swhy even against Peyton Man-ning, even against the mostpass-happy offense in NFL his-tory, Carroll’s team will not beastounded by what they walkinto Sunday night.

“You don’t see nervousnessin guys’ eyes,” Seattle corner-back Richard Sherman said.“You don’t see guys acting anydifferent than they would on anyother day or any other week ofthe season. They’re going outthere and following the sameroutine as they have all seasonlong. You just get the sense thatguys are comfortable in the sit-uation and comfortable in themoment because you don’t re-ally think about the moment.”

Seattle’s been on this stageonce before, eight years agowith a completely different style

of team that was unable to match the physi-cality of Pittsburgh.

Thing is, this version of the Seahawkslook awfully familiar to that Steelers team.

Ben Roethlisberger was in his secondseason as the Steelers’ quarterback, just likeRussell Wilson is with Seattle. Roethlis-berger was less of a passer at that time be-cause the Steelers had a running game ledby Willie Parker and Jerome Bettis that wasin the top five in the NFL during the regularseason. The Steelers also had a defense thatwas No. 4 in the league during the regularseason.

It might be a painful comparison for Seat-tle fans, but the similarities are notable.

Wilson can win the game with his arm ifneeded, but Lynch and the running game isalways Seattle’s priority. The Seahawks de-fense was the best in the NFL in scoring,total yards allowed and turnovers forced.They are unlike anything Manning and theBroncos have seen this season. Denverfaced only two teams all season with totaldefenses that finished ranked in the top 10when the regular season concluded.

“This is something that we’ve been look-ing forward to. Us being the No. 1 defense,them being the No. 1 offense, I think it’s fit-ting,” Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner said.“It’s our time to prove why we’re the No. 1defense.”

Also not to be overlooked it Seattle redzone defense that was the best in the NFL.It’s inevitable that Manning will move Den-ver’s offense. He’s one of the best quarter-backs in NFL history because he’s been ableto find quick solutions to problems defensespresent.

But those drives that he converted into55 touchdown passes during the regular sea-son will be far more difficult to achieveagainst the Seahawks. The Seahawks al-lowed 36 red zone drives during the regularseason and touchdowns on only 13 of thosepossessions. The 132 red-zone points al-lowed by Seattle is the fewest by any teamsince 2006.

Denver Broncos vs. Seattle Seahawks

What: Super Bowl XLVIIIWhen: 5:30 p.m., Sunday Where: MetLife Stadium,

East Rutherford, N.J.TV: FOX

Radio: ESPN East Texas92.1-FM, Tyler-Longview

Pick-your-poisonwith the Broncos

AP

SEATTLE SEAHAWKSQUARTERBACKRussell Wilsonfakes a handoffThursday duringpractice in EastRutherford, N.J.The Seahawksand the DenverBroncos are on aSuper Bowl colli-sion course.

Defense, run gameset Seahawks apart

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Company tied to Ramsowner buys L.A. land

NFL BRIEFS

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NEW YORK — NFLCommissioner RogerGoodell says the Washing-ton Redskins nicknamehas been “presented in away that honors NativeAmericans.”

Goodell said Friday athis pre-Super Bowl newsconference that he’s beentalking to Native Ameri-can leaders in the pastyear. But he says the vastmajority of Americans ingeneral and Native Amer-icans in particular sup-port the franchise keepingthe nickname.

Asked if the term wasappropriate to refer to aNative American, Goodellsaid, “This is the name ofa football team.”

Goodell says Redskinsname honors Natives

NBA TODAY

Mavericks beat Kings, 107-103DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki

scored 34 points and the DallasMavericks held off Sacramento107-103 Friday night, handingthe Kings their sixth straight lossin another game without leadingscorer DeMarcus Cousins.

A night after being named anAll-Star for the 12th time, Now-itzki helped the Mavericks rallyin the fourth quarter after theysquandered a double-digit lead inthe first half and fell behind by14 in the third.

Brandan Wright had his first

double-double of the seasonwith 10 points and 10 rebounds,including a floater in the lanethat put the Mavericks ahead forgood at 96-94.

Rudy Gay scored 35 to leadthe Kings, who have the worstrecord in the Western Confer-ence (15-31) and were withoutCousins for the fifth straightgame because of a sprained leftankle. He is likely to miss hissixth straight in San Antonio onSaturday night.

Dallas was up 102-100 after abucket by Gay with 24 secondsleft. But the Kings didn’t foul

right away, and Vince Carterfound Monta Ellis underneathfor a three-point play.

Sacramento was still withintwo after a 3-pointer by MarcusThornton, but Ellis made a pairof free throws to seal it. Ellisscored 11 in the fourth quarterand finished with 20 after goingscoreless most of the first half.

The Mavericks, who couldn’thold a double-digit lead in thefirst half, went back in front witha 9-0 run capped by a pair of freethrows from Nowitzki for an 89-87 lead midway through thefourth quarter.

TONY GUTIERREZ/AP

DALLAS MAVERICKS’ DIRK Nowitzki (41) positionsagainst Sacramento Kings’ Quincy Acy for an openingto the basket during Friday’s NBA game in Dallas.

NBA | DALLAS VS. SACRAMENTO

STANDINGSEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic DivisionToronto 24 21 .533 —Brooklyn 20 24 .455 3½New York 19 27 .413 5½Philadelphia 15 32 .319 10Boston 15 33 .313 10½

Southeast Division W L Pct GBMiami 32 13 .711 —Atlanta 24 21 .533 8Washington 22 23 .489 10Charlotte 20 27 .426 13Orlando 13 35 .271 20½

Central Division W L Pct GBIndiana 35 10 .778 —Chicago 23 22 .511 12Detroit 18 27 .400 17Cleveland 16 30 .348 19½Milwaukee 8 38 .174 27½

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 33 13 .717 —Houston 31 17 .646 3Dallas 27 21 .563 7Memphis 25 20 .556 7½New Orleans 19 26 .422 13½

Northwest Division W L Pct GBOklahoma City 38 10 .792 —Portland 33 13 .717 4Denver 22 22 .500 14Minnesota 23 23 .500 14Utah 16 29 .356 20½

Pacific Division

W L Pct GBL.A. Clippers 33 16 .673 —Phoenix 28 18 .609 3½Golden State 28 19 .596 4L.A. Lakers 16 30 .348 15½Sacramento 15 31 .326 16½

———Thursday’s Games

Phoenix 102, Indiana 94New York 117, Cleveland 86Golden State 111, L.A. Clippers 92

Friday’s GamesOrlando 113, Milwaukee 102Atlanta 125, Philadelphia 99Memphis 94, Minnesota 90Oklahoma City 120, Brooklyn 95Dallas 107, Sacramento 103Toronto at Denver, (n)Charlotte at L.A. Lakers, (n)Golden State at Utah, (n)

Saturday’s GamesBrooklyn at Indiana, 6 p.m.Oklahoma City at Washington, 6 p.m.Philadelphia at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.Minnesota at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.Cleveland at Houston, 7 p.m.Milwaukee at Memphis, 7 p.m.Chicago at New Orleans, 7 p.m.Sacramento at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.Miami at New York, 7:30 p.m.Charlotte at Phoenix, 7 p.m.Toronto at Portland, 9 p.m.Utah at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesOrlando at Boston, 12 p.m.

FRIDAY’S BOXESMavericks 107, Kings 103

SACRAMENTO (103)Gay 10-16 15-17 35, Thompson 4-7 0-0 8, Gray 2-

2 0-0 4, Thomas 8-21 0-0 19, Thornton 3-9 0-0 9, Acy3-4 2-2 8, Landry 2-2 0-0 4, McLemore 2-4 0-0 4,Williams 1-6 3-4 5, Fredette 3-4 0-0 7. Totals 38-7520-23 103.DALLAS (107)

Crowder 3-8 0-0 6, Nowitzki 11-19 11-11 34,Dalembert 3-4 0-0 6, Calderon 6-14 1-2 14, Ellis 6-10 8-9 20, Blair 1-5 4-6 6, Carter 2-6 0-0 4, Wright 4-6 2-5 10, Larkin 0-1 0-0 0, Harris 2-7 3-3 7. Totals38-80 29-36 107.Sacramento 20 29 32 22 — 103Dallas 24 30 21 32 — 107

3-Point Goals—Sacramento 7-21 (Thornton 3-4,Thomas 3-10, Fredette 1-2, Gay 0-1, Williams 0-2,McLemore 0-2), Dallas 2-19 (Nowitzki 1-3, Calderon1-6, Ellis 0-1, Larkin 0-1, Carter 0-2, Crowder 0-3,Harris 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Sacra-mento 46 (Gay 12), Dallas 43 (Wright 10). Assists—Sacramento 20 (Thomas, Gay 6), Dallas 21(Calderon 7). Total Fouls—Sacramento 26, Dallas18. Technicals—Thomas, Calderon. A—19,614(19,200).

———Thunder 120, Nets 95

OKLAHOMA CITY (120)Durant 10-12 3-3 26, Ibaka 12-12 1-2 25, Perkins

4-9 0-0 8, Jackson 6-15 2-3 14, Sefolosha 5-9 3-4 14,Jones 3-5 4-4 11, Fisher 0-2 0-0 0, Lamb 5-6 2-2 12,Collison 1-3 2-2 4, Adams 2-3 0-0 4, Thabeet 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 49-77 17-20 120.BROOKLYN (95)

Johnson 4-8 0-0 9, Pierce 2-5 6-7 10, Garnett 0-40-0 0, Livingston 6-8 4-4 16, Anderson 2-5 0-0 5,Blatche 3-9 0-0 7, Williams 5-8 1-2 14, Teletovic 1-60-0 3, Evans 0-3 0-0 0, Plumlee 5-6 3-4 13, Terry 4-60-0 11, Teague 3-6 0-0 7. Totals 35-74 14-17 95.Oklahoma City 30 33 26 31 — 120Brooklyn 16 19 24 36 — 95

3-Point Goals—Oklahoma City 5-15 (Durant 3-3,Jones 1-1, Sefolosha 1-4, Fisher 0-2, Jackson 0-5),Brooklyn 11-24 (Williams 3-4, Terry 3-5, Johnson 1-1, Blatche 1-1, Teague 1-2, Anderson 1-4, Teletovic1-5, Pierce 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Oklahoma City 50 (Ibaka 9), Brooklyn 23 (Pierce 5).Assists—Oklahoma City 28 (Durant, Jackson 7),Brooklyn 18 (Teletovic 4). Total Fouls—OklahomaCity 19, Brooklyn 21. Technicals—Ibaka, Garnett,Brooklyn defensive three second. A—17,732(17,732).

———Magic 113, Bucks 102

MILWAUKEE (102)Middleton 5-11 0-0 10, Ilyasova 4-12 0-0 10,

Sanders 4-11 2-4 10, Knight 3-9 2-2 10, Wolters 4-11 0-3 8, Butler 7-12 2-2 20, Antetokounmpo 4-7 5-9 15, Raduljica 3-4 0-0 6, Neal 5-10 3-4 13. Totals39-87 14-24 102.ORLANDO (113)

Afflalo 7-13 6-7 21, Davis 2-6 0-0 4, Vucevic 5-92-2 12, Nelson 1-2 0-0 2, Oladipo 5-10 4-5 15,O’Quinn 3-6 2-2 8, Moore 5-7 0-0 13, Harris 7-18 4-5 18, Harkless 4-8 2-4 10, Lamb 3-3 0-0 8, Price 1-10-0 2. Totals 43-83 20-25 113.Milwaukee 20 26 18 38 — 102Orlando 35 32 21 25 — 113

3-Point Goals—Milwaukee 10-21 (Butler 4-6,Ilyasova 2-3, Antetokounmpo 2-4, Knight 2-5, Mid-dleton 0-1, Neal 0-2), Orlando 7-16 (Moore 3-5,Lamb 2-2, Oladipo 1-2, Afflalo 1-2, Harkless 0-1,Nelson 0-1, O’Quinn 0-1, Harris 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Milwaukee 52 (Sanders 9), Or-lando 51 (O’Quinn 7). Assists—Milwaukee 23(Wolters 9), Orlando 27 (Oladipo 7). Total Fouls—Milwaukee 20, Orlando 22. Technicals—Orlandodefensive three second. A—17,292 (18,500).

———Grizzlies 94, Timberwolves 90

MEMPHIS (94)

Prince 5-11 0-2 11, Randolph 11-20 4-7 26, Gasol4-10 1-1 9, Conley 4-14 4-4 12, Lee 5-7 5-7 16, Ca-lathes 3-5 0-0 7, Davis 3-5 0-1 6, Johnson 1-4 0-0 2,Miller 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 38-80 14-22 94.MINNESOTA (90)

Brewer 2-7 2-2 6, Love 12-20 1-1 28, Turiaf 3-4 1-2 7, Rubio 2-7 2-2 6, Martin 7-17 0-0 14, Dieng 0-10-0 0, Barea 5-11 0-0 12, Budinger 1-5 0-0 3, Shved1-3 0-0 2, Cunningham 6-9 0-0 12. Totals 39-84 6-790.Memphis 30 20 16 28 — 94Minnesota 22 15 30 23 — 90

3-Point Goals—Memphis 4-12 (Lee 1-1, Calathes1-1, Miller 1-2, Prince 1-4, Johnson 0-2, Conley 0-2),Minnesota 6-22 (Love 3-7, Barea 2-5, Budinger 1-5,Shved 0-1, Rubio 0-1, Brewer 0-1, Martin 0-2).Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Memphis 45(Randolph 12), Minnesota 51 (Love 16). Assists—Memphis 19 (Conley 8), Minnesota 18 (Rubio 8).Total Fouls—Memphis 11, Minnesota 20. Techni-cals—Memphis defensive three second, Rubio.A—17,429 (19,356).

NBA LEADERSTHROUGH JAN. 30

Scoring G FG FT PTS AVGDurant, OKC 46 467 405 1441 31.3Anthony, NYK 43 411 262 1168 27.2James, MIA 44 421 253 1153 26.2Love, MIN 44 360 281 1101 25.0Aldridge, POR 46 459 201 1120 24.3Curry, GOL 44 365 182 1057 24.0Harden, HOU 40 287 295 948 23.7Griffin, LAC 49 420 279 1127 23.0George, IND 45 354 219 1035 23.0Cousins, SAC 40 327 248 902 22.6DeRozan, TOR 43 331 234 936 21.8

ST. LOUIS — A com-pany tied to St. LouisRams owner Stan Kroenkehas purchased a primepiece of land in the LosAngeles area amid specu-lation the NFL franchise isconsidering a return to thecity it left for the Midwestnearly two decades ago.

Team officials on Fridayprovided a written state-ment confirming the recentpurchase of a 60-acre sitenear the Forum indoorarena in Inglewood, Calif.,and adjacent to the shut-tered Hollywood Park race-track. The Los AngelesTimes first reported the pur-chase.

Associated Press

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PRO HOCKEY

National Hockey LeagueBy The Associated Press

All Times CSTEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GABoston 53 34 16 3 71 160 119Tampa Bay 54 31 18 5 67 160 136Toronto 56 29 21 6 64 164 173Montreal 54 29 20 5 63 135 135Detroit 54 24 19 11 59 139 152Ottawa 54 24 20 10 58 155 170Florida 54 21 26 7 49 132 170Buffalo 53 15 30 8 38 104 154

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAPittsburgh 54 38 14 2 78 175 129N.Y. Rangers 56 30 23 3 63 145 140Carolina 54 25 20 9 59 137 151Columbus 54 27 23 4 58 159 153Philadelphia 55 26 23 6 58 150 163New Jersey 56 23 21 12 58 132 140Washington 55 24 22 9 57 158 167N.Y. Islanders 57 21 28 8 50 159 191

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAChicago 56 33 10 13 79 199 156St. Louis 53 36 12 5 77 181 122Colorado 53 34 14 5 73 158 141Minnesota 56 29 21 6 64 137 140Nashville 56 25 23 8 58 139 168Dallas 54 24 21 9 57 156 160Winnipeg 56 26 25 5 57 159 165

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAAnaheim 56 40 11 5 85 189 137San Jose 55 34 15 6 74 166 133Los Angeles 56 30 20 6 66 134 120Vancouver 56 27 20 9 63 142 147Phoenix 54 25 19 10 60 156 163Calgary 54 20 27 7 47 128 170Edmonton 56 18 32 6 42 147 190

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for over-time loss.

Thursday’s GamesMontreal 4, Boston 1Toronto 6, Florida 3Columbus 5, Washington 2Ottawa 5, Tampa Bay 3New Jersey 3, Dallas 2, OTColorado 5, Minnesota 4Calgary 4, San Jose 1Buffalo 3, Phoenix 2Anaheim 5, Philadelphia 3Pittsburgh 4, Los Angeles 1

Friday’s GamesDetroit 4, Washington 3, SON.Y. Rangers 4, N.Y. Islanders 1Carolina 3, St. Louis 1Nashville 3, New Jersey 2, OTWinnipeg 4, Vancouver 3

Saturday’s GamesEdmonton at Boston, noonTampa Bay at Montreal, noonBuffalo at Colorado, 2 p.m.Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.Ottawa at Toronto, 6 p.m.Florida at Columbus, 6 p.m.Nashville at St. Louis, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at Phoenix, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Calgary, 9 p.m.Dallas at Anaheim, 9 p.m.Chicago at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

JUCO BASKETBALL

Region XIVWomen

Conference All GamesW L PCT W L PCT

Trinity Valley 10 0 1.000 21 1 .955Tyler 7 2 .778 18 3 .857Blinn 7 2 .778 17 4 .810Paris 6 3 .667 12 9 .571Jacksonville 5 4 .556 11 9 .550Angelina 4 5 .444 8 12 .400Kilgore 5 5 .500 11 8 .579Panola 1 8 .111 8 13 .381San Jacinto 1 8 .111 3 18 .143Bossier Parish 0 9 .000 1 18 .053

———Tuesday’s Games

Jacksonville 72, Panola 54Wednesday’s Games

Tyler 107, Bossier Parish 71Trinity Valley 89, Blinn 66Kilgore 61, Angelina 52Paris 60, San Jacinto 54

Saturday’s GamesJacksonville at Trinity Valley, 2 p.m.Tyler at Angelina, 4 p.m.Blinn at Kilgore, 4 p.m.San Jacinto at Bossier Parish, 4 p.m.Panola at Paris, 4 p.m.

MenEast Zone


Trinity Valley 10 1 .909 20 2 .909Kilgore 9 2 .818 18 2 .900Paris 9 2 .818 16 5 .762Navarro 7 4 .636 14 8 .636Tyler 4 7 .364 11 8 .579Panola 4 7 .364 11 11 .500Bossier Parish 2 9 .182 4 17 .190

South Zone Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCTSan Jacinto 8 2 .800 17 4 .810Lamar State-PA 8 3 .737 18 4 .818Lee 6 4 .600 13 8 .619Blinn 4 8 .333 13 9 .591Angelina 4 8 .333 10 13 .435Jacksonville 2 9 .182 7 14 .333Coastal Bend 0 11 .000 7 12 .368

———Wednesday’s Games

Tyler 89, Bossier Parish 52Trinity Valley 75, Paris 70Kilgore 65, Navarro 54Lamar State-Port Arthur 101, Lee 81Angelina 72, Jacksonville 63San Jacinto 90, Blinn 78

Saturday’s GamesTyler at Navarro, 4 p.m.Coastal Bend at Blinn, 4 p.m.Lamar State-Port Arthur at Jacksonville, 4 p.m.San Jacinto at Lee, 4 p.m.Trinity Valley at Bossier Parish, 6 p.m.Panola at Paris, 6 p.m.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

WomenAmerican Southwest Conference


UT Tyler 13 2 .867 15 3 .833UT Dallas 12 3 .800 15 3 .833Howard Payne 11 4 .733 12 6 .667M. Hardin-Baylor 11 4 .733 11 7 .611Louisiana College 9 5 .643 11 6 .647

Mississippi College 6 8 .429 8 9 .471Concordia 6 9 .400 8 10 .444Hardin-Simmons 6 9 .400 6 12 .333LeTourneau 5 9 .357 7 10 .412Ozarks 5 10 .333 6 12 .333East Texas Baptist 4 10 .286 6 11 .353Sul Ross State 0 15 .000 1 17 .056

———Monday’s Games

UT Dallas 77, Hardin-Simmons 61 Thursday’s Games

UT Tyler 84, East Texas Baptist 62Ozarks 62, LeTourneau 61UT Dallas 85, Sul Ross State 55Mississippi College 77, Concordia 65Howard Payne 76, Hardin-Simmons 66Mary Hardin-Baylor 99, Louisiana College 85

Saturday’s GamesUT Tyler at LeTourneau, 1 p.m.Ozarks at East Texas Baptist, 1 p.m.Howard Payne at UT Dallas, 1 p.m.Sul Ross State at Hardin-Simmons, 1 p.m.Louisiana College at Concordia, 1 p.m.Mississippi College at Mary Hardin-Baylor, 1 p.m.

Big 12 Conference Conference All Games W L Pct. W L Pct.Baylor 7 1 .875 17 3 .850Oklahoma State 7 2 .778 18 2 .900West Virginia 7 2 .778 18 3 .857Texas 5 3 .625 14 6 .700Oklahoma 4 4 .500 13 8 .619Iowa State 4 5 .444 15 5 .750TCU 3 5 .375 12 8 .600Kansas 3 6 .333 10 11 .476Kansas State 3 6 .333 9 11 .450Texas Tech 0 9 .000 6 14 .300

———Wednesday’s Games

Baylor 92, Texas Tech 43Kansas State 86, Oklahoma 78Oklahoma State 49, TCU 48West Virginia 67, Iowa State 56

Saturday’s GamesOklahoma State at Oklahoma, 2 p.m. (FSSW)Kansas at Texas Tech, 4 p.m. (FSSW)Texas at Baylor, 6:30 p.m.West Virginia at TCU, 7 p.m.Kansas State at Iowa State, 8 p.m.

Southeastern Conference Conference All Games W L Pct. W L Pct.Texas A&M 7 1 .875 17 5 .773South Carolina 7 1 .875 19 2 .905Tennessee 6 2 .750 17 4 .810LSU 6 2 .750 17 4 .810Vanderbilt 5 3 .625 16 5 .762Florida 5 3 .625 15 6 .714Kentucky 4 4 .500 16 5 .762Georgia 3 5 .375 15 6 .714Missouri 3 5 .375 14 7 .667Alabama 3 5 .375 10 11 .476Arkansas 2 6 .250 15 6 .714Mississippi State 2 6 .250 13 8 .619Auburn 2 6 .250 11 10 .524Ole Miss 1 7 .125 10 12 .455

Thursday’s GamesFlorida 75, Alabama 67Tennessee 70, Arkansas 60South Carolina 99, Ole Miss 70Texas A&M 71, Auburn 54Missouri 59, Vanderbilt 54LSU 65, Mississippi St. 56Georgia 58, Kentucky 56

Sunday’s GamesLSU at Kentucky, 11 a.m. (FSSW)Texas A&M at Vanderbilt, 1 p.m.Florida at Ole Miss, 1 p.m. (FSSW)Missouri at South Carolina, 2 p.m.Arkansas at Auburn, 2 p.m.Georgia at Mississippi St., 2 p.m.Tennessee at Alabama, 3:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

MenAmerican Southwest Conference


UT Dallas 14 1 .933 16 2 .889Concordia 11 4 .733 14 4 .778Hardin-Simmons 11 4 .733 11 7 .611Louisiana College 9 5 .643 9 7 .563UT Tyler 9 6 .600 10 8 .556Mary Hardin-Baylor 8 7 .533 10 8 .556Sul Ross State 7 8 .467 8 10 .444Mississippi College 5 9 .357 7 10 .411East Texas Baptist 4 10 .286 6 11 .353Ozarks 4 11 .267 6 12 .333Howard Payne 4 11 .267 4 14 .222LeTourneau 2 12 .143 3 14 .176

Thursday’s GamesUT Tyler 76, East Texas Baptist 71Ozarks 74, LeTourneau 62UT Dallas 97, Sul Ross State 80Concordia 103, Mississippi College 98Hardin-Simmons 83, Howard Payne 73Mary Hardin-Baylor 76, Louisiana College 56

Saturday’s GamesUT Tyler at LeTourneau, 3 p.m.Ozarks at East Texas Baptist, 3 p.m.Howard Payne at UT Dallas, 3 p.m.Sul Ross State at Hardin-Simmons, 3 p.m.Louisiana College at Concordia, 3 p.m.Mississippi College at Mary Hardin-Baylor, 3 p.m.

Big 12 Conference Conference All Games W L Pct. W L Pct.Kansas 7 0 1.000 16 4 .800Oklahoma 6 2 .750 17 4 .810Texas 5 2 .714 16 4 .800Kansas St. 5 3 .625 15 6 .714Oklahoma St. 4 3 .571 16 4 .800West Virginia 4 4 .500 12 9 .571Iowa St. 3 4 .429 15 4 .789Texas Tech 2 6 .250 10 11 .476Baylor 1 6 .143 13 7 .650TCU 0 7 .000 9 10 .474

Tuesday’s GamesKansas State 66, Texas Tech 58West Virginia 66, Baylor 64

Wednesday’s GamesKansas 92, Iowa State 81

Saturday’s GamesTCU at Texas Tech, 12:30 p.m.Kansas State at West Virginia, 12:30 p.m.Baylor at Oklahoma State, 1 p.m. (ESPN)Oklahoma at Iowa State, 3 p.m.Kansas at Texas, 3 p.m. (ESPN)

AREA GOLFPeach Tree Seniors

Format: Scramble; Field: 35 PlayersPeach Tree Golf Club, Bullard

1, Chris Frederick, Gary Grover, Tom Perrin,Charlie Rinehart, Ken Sanders, minus 12; 2, (tie)Jim Watkins, Jim Rae, Royce Jordan, SteveJenkins, Ardene Hendley, minus 5; Len Teague,Marc Ritthaler, Bill Whatley, Bud Cargo, minus5; 4, Wayne Carter, Wayne Thigpen, Bill Elam,LeRoyce Jones, Al Baker, minus 4; 5, (tie) RonEthridge, Eitel Hahn, Jim Anderson, JerryMatthews, minus 2; Mike Danielson, JamesBrice, Bob Craig, Ernie Gordon, minus 2.

SCOREBOARD

LOCAL BRIEFSStaff Reports

Wierick, 82, fires a 76Glen Wierick, 82, shot six

strokes under his age on Fri-day at Pine Springs GolfCourse.

Wierick carded a round of76.

Playing the round with Wi-erick were Dave Pierson, TimFaulkner and Ken Wheeler.

TJC teams on the roadFor the second straight

Saturday, the Tyler Junior Col-lege basketball teams will beplaying at different locations.

The No. 18 Apache Ladies(18-3, 7-2) travel to Lufkin tomeet Angelina (8-12, 4-5).Tipoff is 4 p.m.

The Apaches (11-8, 4-7) goto Corsicana to play Navarro(14-8, 7-4). Tipoff is also 4p.m.

Both TJC teams will behome on Wednesday, hostingrival Kilgore College atWagstaff Gymnasium. Thewomen play at 5:30 p.m., fol-lowed by the men at 7:30p.m.

Patriots meetLeTourneau

LONGVIEW — The UTTyler Patriots make a shortjourney to the east today tomeet rival LeTourneau in anAmerican Southwest Confer-nece basketball doubleheaderat Solheim Arena.

The women play at 1 p.m.,followed by the men at 3 p.m.

If you bring a canned fooditem to the game, you will re-ceive a free bag of popcorn.

The Patriot women (15-3)continue to lead the ASC witha 13-2 record, one game aheadof UT Dallas and two ahead ofHoward Payne (11-4) andMary Hardin-Baylor (11-4).

The Yellowjackets (7-10)are a half-game out of eighthplace with a 5-9 mark.

The top eight teams makethe playoffs.

In the men’s game, UTTyler (10-8) is fifth at 9-6,while LeTourneau (3-14) is12th at 2-12.

The Patriots return homeon Thursday to host HowardPayne at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Goodell said “there’s a lot of bene-fits” to increasing the postseason fieldfrom 12 to 14 clubs.

“We think we can make the leaguemore competitive. We think we canmake the matchups more competitivetoward the end of the season. There willbe more excitement, more memorablemoments for our fans. And that’s some-thing that attracts us,” Goodell said. “Wethink we can do it properly from a com-petitive standpoint. So this will continueto get very serious consideration by thecompetition committee.”

That sort of proposal would require“Yes” votes from 24 of the 32 owners.

At least one who attended Goodell’sspeech, Jeffrey Lurie of the PhiladelphiaEagles, sounded in favor of the idea,with a couple of caveats: He wouldn’twant to let too many teams into thepostseason, and he’d like to hear moreabout scheduling.

“We don’t want to become like someother sports, where it’s too easy tomake the playoffs,” Lurie said. “Addingone team would not put us in a coun-terproductive situation. But when youwould play the games, I think, is veryimportant, so that the following games,

you have virtually an equal time to pre-pare.”

Making a not-so-subtle reference tomistakes by game officials this season,Goodell said that committee also willmake recommendations to the 32 own-ers about having replays from all gamesoverseen by the league office.

Major League Baseball recentlyjoined the NHL as sports that have cen-tralized replay systems.

“We think there’s plenty of room forus to improve the game of football, andofficiating in particular. What we allwant is consistency and fairness in ourofficiating,” Goodell said.

NFLCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1D

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NFL COMISSIONER Roger Goodell speaks at a news conference as artificial snow fallson the stage Friday in New York. The Seattle Seahawks play the Denver Broncos inSuper Bowl XLVIII on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

coming together. I think we’ll have agood team this year.”

The team finished the 2013 seasonranked No. 7 in the NJCAA polls and isranked second coming into the 2014season. Head coach Doug Wren said heis excited about the freshmen coming inthis year.

“We had a lot of guys on the moundwho left, so our goal was to bring insome arms that can throw strikes andget outs, which was a big goal of ours,”Wren said. “We tried to bring in guyswho can do multiple things and replaceguys from last year’s team. We think weput together a talented squad that’s ca-pable of doing what we need to do. It’sjust a matter of going in the right direc-tion.”

That direction will also be shaped byveteran players stepping up to the plateto become leaders on the team — a re-sponsibility Monsour takes seriously.

“Being a leader is really important. We

try to encourage the freshmen and uselast year as motivation,” Monsour said.“They weren’t part of the team then butwe use that to let them know that noth-ing is given. We have to earn it and showeverybody that we deserve to be wherewe are.”

This will be the second season for as-sistant baseball coach Travis Chick.Wren said having a season under his beltwill strengthen the team even further.

“We’re in our second year now so heknows a little more of what to expect,”Wren said. “We have such a great friend-ship and kind of know each other’s ten-dencies now.”

Whitehouse native and current Cleve-land Indians pitcher Josh Tomlin threwduring the first inning of TJC’s intrasquadscrimmage at media day. He has beenfriends with Chick for a long time andsaid it’s cool seeing him coach for TJC.

“He’s got so much to offer these kids.He’s got baseball knowledge that is un-speakable,” Tomlin said. “He’s been inthe big leagues before and knows whatit’s all about. They can learn so muchfrom him.”

Coming into the 2014 season, there

will also be an addition to Region XIVbaseball with Coastal Bend Collegefrom Beeville joining Division III, mean-ing independent teams are no longer re-quired to have a record above .500 tomake the playoffs. Despite no longerhaving to maintain a winning record,Wren said it won’t change how theApaches play throughout the season.

“We approach it one game at a time.Not being in a conference, I think youhave to do it that way,” Wren said. “Upuntil this year, the games haven’t beenas meaningful although the .500 recordwas looming, but the big games werethe play-in games and the district tour-nament. It’ll be nice to have somemeaningful games throughout the yearthat will get our guys ready for the tour-nament.”

And for Monsour and the rest of theApaches, that’s the ultimate goal.

“We just want to win baseball games.We’re not concerned with individualawards or accolades. We want to getback to the World Series.”

The Apaches open their season Mon-day against East Texas Baptist Univer-sity in Marshall.

TJCCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1D

Texas acquired Young fromToronto in July 2000, alongwith reliever Darwin Cubil-lian, for pitcher EstebanLoaiza. Young made his majorleague debut playing twice thefinal weekend of that season.

Young became a regular inthe Rangers lineup afterbeing called up in late Maythe next season. Texas wentfrom being a last-place teamto consecutive World Seriesin 2010 and 2011. He wastraded last winter to Philadel-phia, then to the Dodgers atthe end of August before theplayoffs.

Young has three youngsons, ages 17 months to 8years old, who were all bornin Dallas, where he and hiswife still live. Playing awayfrom home for the first time

last season was difficult forYoung, even though he lovedhis time with the Phillies andhometown Dodgers.

“My boys are the drivingreason why my playing daysare done,” Young said. “You’vegot to be there with them, youhave to be there for every suc-cess, every failure. If some-thing doesn’t go right, I wantthem to see me first.”

Had Young wanted to keepplaying, he said the Dodgersmade him a tempting offerthat would have provided sig-nificant playing time.

Young definitely wants toget back in baseball at somecapacity in the future, butisn’t in a rush to do so.

Rangers general managerJon Daniels, who got emo-tional at one point during hisopening remarks, said theteam certainly wants to haveYoung involved in some way.

“The game of baseball isgoing to miss you, and I cer-

tainly hope you don’t stayaway from the game,” saidTexas manager Ron Washing-ton, describing Young as theultimate teammate. “I don’tthink this game will be ableto survive without a MichaelYoung in it.”

Among the handouts Fri-day was a listing of all 2,375of Young’s career hits — itwas almost all of 11 triple-columned pages. The firstwas a single at Baltimore onMay 27, 2001, and the lastwas a double in a home gamefor the Dodgers against Col-orado last Sept. 29.

Originally a second base-man for Texas, Young volun-tarily moved to shortstopafter Alex Rodriguez wastraded before spring trainingin 2004. Young was an All-Star each of his five seasonsat shortstop and won a GoldGlove in 2008.

Young switched to thirdbase in 2009 and earned an

All-Star nod at that position.He made that move when theRangers promoted Elvis An-drus, then 20 years old andwithout ever playing abovethe Double-A level, to the bigleagues.

When third basemanAdrian Beltre signed withTexas before the 2011 season,Young became a utility player.He started at five different po-sitions, made another All-Stargame, led the AL with 213 hitsand was part of the team thattwice in Game 6 came withina strike of winning the WorldSeries against St. Louis.

“What sticks in my headmost is the 2011, what I feltwas a championship teamthat doesn’t have a champi-onship,” he said. “It still eatsat me — a lot, actually. I’mover it, but I’m not. I don’twant to spend too much timethinking about it. When I do,I still get a sick feeling in mystomach.”

YOUNGCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1D

be Texas Tech QB signee rocked JT for24 points and 11 rebounds on Friday —identical numbers to the ones he put upin the teams’ first meeting on Jan. 15, a68-60 win.

Mahomes also had a couple assists,the last to Jaylon Dews for White-house’s only overtime bucket to give theWildcats a 44-43 lead with 0:50 left.Spencer Shaw added two free throws —Whitehouse scored six of its eight inovertime at the line — and the Wildcatshung on against the Lions once again.

Shaw finished with 13 points forWhitehouse (22-5, 6-1), which playedthe fourth quarter and overtime withoutstarting guard Jake Parker, who re-ceived two technicals. His second indis-cretion gave John Tyler (12-10, 4-3) a30-27 lead after Jordan Caldwell hit twotechnical free throws after time had ex-pired in the third quarter.

Caldwell led the Lions with ninepoints while Rodney Bendy andKeaunte Humber scored eight apiece.Bendy added four blocks, three stealsand a powerful alley-oop that gave JT itsfirst lead early in the second quarter at12-10.

In the low-scoring affair with 14 leadchanges, neither team was able to buildmore than a two-score lead.

JT had its largest lead at 37-31 with 3minutes left in regulation, before Ma-homes led a 7-0 run with five points, thefinal three coming after a steal and athree-point play despite heavy contact.

“That’s a big play,” Kelley said of themomentum-swinging event. “Big play-ers make big plays in big games.

“He’s our guy and he stepped up rightthere.”

Caldwell tied the game with a freethrow with 1:14 to play and Bendy tal-lied his fourth block to give the Lions achance to win it in regulation. However,

the Whitehouse defense held firm, deny-ing the Lions at the buzzer for the fourthstraight quarter and sending the Wild-cats to fourth overtime in eight games,Kelley said.

“It’s going to make an old man of mefast,” Kelley said. “It’s nerve-racking. Itold our kids going into overtime: ‘Heywe’ve been in this situation.”

Down 46-43 in the final minute ofovertime, John Tyler air-balled a 3-pointer with six seconds left. Bendymade a steal near the Whitehouse freethrow line but the Lions couldn’t get afinal shot off.

GIRLSAfter not attempting a shot in the

second quarter, JT junior Amia Wick-ware drove to the basket for the open-ing basket less than 20 seconds into thesecond half, setting the tone for thingsto come.

Soon after, Wickware snagged a stealand sent the ball ahead to Tameal Jonesfor two. Jones soon grabbed her ownsteal and made a nice dish to AshtynBeal and just like that a five-point half-time lead had swelled to 11 a little morethan a minute into the second half.

Yet again, JT’s three starting guardsled the way, and on Friday it gave theLady Lions (21-9, 8-1) a District 16-4Achampionship.

“They came through when we had tohave them,” JT coach Mike Smith said.

Wickware, Beal and Jones combinedfor 41 points, led by Wickware who tal-lied 17 points, seven boards and sixsteals. She scored 11 in the second halfto spark JT.

Beal added 14 points and 11 boardsand Jones had 10 points and four as-sists.

Ashton Ates had a game-high 14 re-bounds scored all seven of her points inthe second half to keep the LadyCats(11-14, 2-7) close. Whitehouse pulledwithin 38-34 after three quarters butBeal drained a 3-pointer early in thefourth to restore a more comfortable

lead.Kaitlyn Anderson led the LadyCats

with 10 points, all coming in the firstquarter, and added nine rebounds.Brooke Stewart scored nine before foul-ing out in the final minute.

Leading by nine in the final minute,Smith put in all five of his seniors, whowere honored at halftime of the boysgame. Charde Young, Kayla Webb, T.J.Thomas, Tiara Raney and KeyanaTatum closed out the game in their finalappearance at the Lions Den.

“We were able to do that and theyheld the game together for us and got tobe on the floor when the game was overthat final second,” Smith said. “Theymean a lot to us and I hope that meanta lot to them.”

———District 16-4A Girls

John Tyler 50, Whitehouse 43Whitehouse 16 7 11 9 — 43John Tyler 15 13 10 12 — 50

WHITEHOUSE — Kelly Walker, 4; Morgan Tauscher, 0; AmandaDimon, 5; Morgan Downs, 0; Brooke Stewart, 9; Cati Heredia, 4;Kaitlyn Anderson, 10; Deja Austin, 0; Madyson Wilkins, 4; AshtonAtes, 7. FG: 18-55. FT: 4-9.

JOHN TYLER — Amia Wickware, 17; Charde Young, 0; Jer-monique Ward, 0; Kayla Webb, 6; T.J. Thomas, 0; Tiara Raney, 0;Kaleigh Hackett, 2; Tameal Jones, 10; Ashtyn Beal, 14; ShakendraTilley, 0; Keyana Tatum, 1; Ramey Duncan, 0; Daz Johnson, 0. FG:19-71. FT: 11-21.

THREE POINT GOALS — WH (3-23): Walker, Dimon, Stewart.JT (1-14): Beal. REBOUNDS — WH 43 (Ates 14); JT 49 (Beal 11).STEALS — WH 6 (Stewart 2, Ates 2); JT 17 (Wickware 6).TURNOVERS — WH 21; JT 11.

RECORDS — Whitehouse 11-14 (2-7); John Tyler 21-9 (8-1)NEXT UP — Lindale at Whitehouse, 6 p.m. Tuesday; John Tyler

at Corsicana, 6 p.m. Friday. ———

District 16-4A BoysWhitehouse 46, John Tyler 43 (OT)

Whitehouse 10 7 10 11 8 — 46John Tyler 8 10 12 8 5 — 43

WHITEHOUSE — Jaylon Dews, 2; Calvin Vaugh, 0; DevonMiles, 5; Patrick Mahomes, 24; Jake Parker, 0; Bryce Hand, 0; BradyHill, 2; Isaiah Clark, 0; Spencer Shaw, 13. FG: 14-46. FT: 16-19.

JOHN TYLER — J’Khari Lewis, 3; Jordan Caldwell, 9; TavianTeal, 0; Isaac Warren, 6; Patrick Williams, 0; Rodney Bendy, 8; Jay-lon Stewart, 0; Keaunte Humber, 8; Jacob Owens-Bush, 0; KevronJackson, 7; Darren Farmer, 0; J’Michael Jasper, 2. FG: 16-56. FT:10-17.

THREE POINT GOALS — WH (2-12): Miles, Mahomes. JT (1-6):Lewis. REBOUNDS — WH 34 (Mahomes 11); JT 36 (Jackson 6,Jasper 6). STEALS — WH 6 (Mahomes 2, Parker 2); JT 10 (Bendy3, Caldwell 3, Jackson 3). TURNOVERS — WH 15; JT 10.

RECORDS — Whitehouse 22-5 (6-1); John Tyler 12-10 (4-3).NEXT UP — Lindale at Whitehouse, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday; John

Tyler at Corsicana, 7:30 p.m. Friday.

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Associated Press

FRISCO — Sydney Leroux scored inthe 77th minute and the U.S. women’ssoccer team earned a 1-0 victory Fridaynight.

The Americans extended their homeunbeaten streak to 78 games (67-0-10).Canada has not defeated the U.S. since2001.

Leroux, a Canadian-born U.S. citizen,broke the deadlock with a left-footed fin-ish 3 yards out after a Becky Sauerbrunnpass got through two defenders and goal-keeper Erin McLeod inside the 6-yardbox.

Hope Solo preserved the U.S. win inthe 87th minute with a diving save of aJonelle Filigno shot.

The U.S., ranked No. 1 in the world,also remains undefeated under second-year coach Tom Sermanni (14-0-3), and isa perfect 11-0 in Texas.

The 20,862 fans at FC Dallas’ homestadium were the largest crowd since2003.

The Americans outshot Canada 15-7,forcing McLeod to make four saves —but took more than 70 minutes to scoreagainst the seventh-ranked Canadians forthe second straight meeting.

The win marks a strong start to aWorld Cup qualifying year for the Ameri-cans.

CONCACAF qualifying is at the end ofthe year, and the U.S. should be favoritesto emerge out of the region.

Canada, the host for the 2015 WorldCup, is the host and is automatically qual-ifies.

While the U.S. had the more dominantgame, it was Canada that had the bestchance of the scoreless opening half.

Moments after U.S. defender WhitneyEngen had a goal disallowed for an off-side call in the 39th minute, Canadian

midfielder Josée Bélanger took posses-sion and sent the ball through two Amer-ican defenders to Diana Matheson.

Solo, who did not handle the ball inthe first half, cut down the angle andMatheson’s cross-body chip from about 6yards trickled past the far post to pre-serve the scoreless half.

This came after a stretch whereCanada picked up three yellow cards innine minutes, as the Americans con-trolled possession after a sloppy first fewminutes.

Engen’s disallowed goal came off aspot kick after the third yellow card, thatwas headed about 12 yards, with Engen 6yards offside as the defender buried across-body shot. The U.S., which hadbeen off since Nov. 10, continues playwith two games against Russia on Feb. 8in Boca Raton, Fla.

SPORTS 5DTYLERPAPER.COMSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2014

FRIDAY’S GOLF SCORESPGA Tour

Waste Management Phoenix OpenThe Associated Press

At TPC ScottsdaleScottsdale, Ariz.

Purse: $6.2 millionYardage: 7,152; Par: 71

Partial Second Rounda-denotes amateur

Matt Jones 65-65—130Bubba Watson 64-66—130Greg Chalmers 65-67—132Harris English 65-67—132Hideki Matsuyama 66-67—133Pat Perez 65-68—133Kevin Stadler 65-68—133William McGirt 65-69—134Brandt Snedeker 70-64—134Patrick Reed 67-67—134Scott Piercy 67-67—134Morgan Hoffmann 69-66—135Martin Laird 67-68—135Jason Kokrak 66-69—135Nick Watney 69-68—137Ken Duke 70-67—137Kiradech Aphibarnrat 66-71—137Nicolas Colsaerts 69-68—137James Driscoll 67-70—137Hunter Mahan 66-71—137Ryan Moore 66-71—137Bill Haas 69-68—137Jhonattan Vegas 71-66—137Y.E. Yang 64-73—137Chris Stroud 70-67—137Cameron Tringale 71-67—138David Hearn 68-70—138Chris Kirk 65-73—138David Lynn 72-66—138Ricky Barnes 71-67—138Bryce Molder 67-71—138Phil Mickelson 71-67—138Aaron Baddeley 68-70—138John Peterson 68-70—138Ben Crane 69-69—138Matt Every 72-66—138John Rollins 72-67—139Brendon de Jonge 66-73—139Graham DeLaet 67-72—139John Mallinger 67-72—139

Kevin Streelman 71-68—139Gary Woodland 67-72—139Jonas Blixt 68-71—139Chris Smith 70-69—139Charles Howell III 70-69—139Erik Compton 67-72—139Fred Funk 69-71—140Brendan Steele 66-74—140John Merrick 75-65—140Kevin Na 70-70—140Brian Gay 69-71—140Ben Curtis 68-72—140Robert Garrigus 70-70—140David Lingmerth 72-68—140Martin Kaymer 69-71—140Webb Simpson 68-72—140Michael Thompson 72-68—140Sang-Moon Bae 67-73—140Ryan Palmer 76-64—140Steven Bowditch 71-69—140Roberto Castro 72-69—141Geoff Ogilvy 71-70—141K.J. Choi 71-70—141Vijay Singh 69-72—141Derek Ernst 72-69—141Mark Calcavecchia 70-71—141Brian Davis 72-69—141Brian Stuard 73-68—141Charley Hoffman 70-71—141Camilo Villegas 70-71—141Justin Hicks 71-70—141J.B. Holmes 73-68—141Scott Langley 71-70—141Jonathan Byrd 68-73—141Padraig Harrington 73-69—142Luke Guthrie 71-71—142Lee Westwood 67-75—142Charlie Beljan 73-69—142Daniel Summerhays 70-72—142Martin Flores 72-70—142Josh Teater 73-69—142Richard H. Lee 71-72—143Kris Blanks 71-72—143John Huh 70-73—143Retief Goosen 72-71—143Justin Leonard 72-71—143Charlie Wi 72-71—143Kevin Tway 74-69—143Nicholas Thompson 71-72—143Kevin Chappell 72-71—143Rickie Fowler 71-72—143

Billy Horschel 71-72—143D.A. Points 70-73—143Russell Henley 68-75—143Scott Verplank 70-74—144Ted Potter, Jr. 73-71—144James Hahn 72-72—144Danny Lee 73-71—144Scott Stallings 70-74—144Marc Leishman 72-72—144Ian Poulter 69-75—144Angel Cabrera 72-72—144Lucas Glover 79-66—145Brian Harman 74-71—145Tommy Gainey 66-79—145Mike Weir 75-70—145Paul Goydos 72-73—145Bo Van Pelt 76-70—146Rory Sabbatini 72-74—146Robert Allenby 76-70—146Jeff Overton 72-74—146D.H. Lee 73-73—146Keegan Bradley 66-80—146Woody Austin 73-73—146George McNeill 72-74—146David Toms 74-72—146Carl Pettersson 72-74—146a-Ki Taek Lee 73-74—147J.J. Henry 75-72—147Jeff Maggert 75-73—148Stephen Ames 76-72—148Mark Wilson 74-74—148Ryo Ishikawa 71-78—149Andres Romero 73-78—151Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 78-74—152Kyle Stanley 78-75—153Paul Trittler 79-74—153Joey Snyder III 76-83—159

Failed to complete second roundSpencer Levin 67Michael Putnam 67Jason Bohn 70Joe Ogilvie 71

———Leaderboard at time of suspended play

SCORE THRU1. Matt Jones -12 F1. Bubba Watson -12 F3. Greg Chalmers -10 F3. Harris English -10 F5. Hideki Matsuyama -9 F5. Pat Perez -9 F

5. Kevin Stadler -9 F8. Brandt Snedeker -8 F8. Patrick Reed -8 F8. Scott Piercy -8 F8. William McGirt -8 F

———European Tour

Omega Dubai Desert ClassicAt Emirates Golf Club (Majlis Course)

Dubai, United Arab EmiratesPurse: $2.5 million

Yardage: 7,316; Par: 72

Second Rounda-amateur

Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland 63-70—133Brooks Koepka, United States 69-65—134Julien Quesne, France 66-70—136Damien McGrane, Ireland 66-70—136Danny Willett, England 71-65—136Stephen Gallacher, Scotland 66-71—137Jamie Donaldson, Wales 69-68—137Edoardo Molinari, Italy 65-72—137Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand 68-69—137Henrik Stenson, Sweden 70-67—137Robert Rock, England 67-70—137Justin Walters, South Africa 69-68—137Simon Dyson, England 69-69—138Roope Kakko, Finland 69-69—138Magnus A. Carlsson, Sweden 69-69—138Emiliano Grillo, Argentina 71-67—138Soren Hansen, Denmark 67-71—138Francesco Molinari, Italy 69-69—138Morten Orum Madsen, Denmark 71-67—138

AlsoPaul Lawrie, Scotland 68-71—139Joost Luiten, Netherlands 70-69—139Colin Montgomerie, Scotland 70-70—140Tiger Woods, United States 68-73—141Fred Couples, United States 70-71—141Thomas Bjorn, Denmark 72-70—142Paul Casey, England 70-72—142

Missed cutPeter Uihlein, United States 75-68—143Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain 75-69—144Ernie Els, South Africa 74-70—144John Daly, United States 70-74—144Mark O’Meara, United States 70-74—144Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain 74-71—145a-Javier Ballesteros, Spain 74-71—145

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER SOCCER

TENNIS

GOLF

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Lee’s Munoz helps lift Red Raidersto 1-0 win over Rockwall-Heath

BY CHRIS [email protected]

Robert E. Lee senior Eric Munoz providedthe ideal start and the Red Raiders turned itinto the perfect result Friday in their District12-5A soccer opener.

Munoz scored in the opening minute ofthe game against Rockwall-Heath and Leemade it stand up for a 1-0 victory at RedRaider Field.

“This one is important and I told them thatbefore the game,” said REL coach Marty Ger-many as the Red Raiders increase their over-all record to 3-5-1 and start 12-5A at 1-0 and 3points in the standings.

“This was by far the best we’ve played allyear and we just have to keep improving.”

Rockwall-Heath (3-5, 0-1 0 points in 12-5A)outshot the Red Raiders 7-6, but only three ofthem were on target. The Hawks producedfive scoring opportunities in the closing min-utes of the game, but all of them were eithershot high over the bar or wide.

It was the first game for REL in 10 daysand the Red Raiders seemed anxious to startfast, winning a free kick just seconds afterthe game began.

Erick Vargas took the free kick and theball swerved toward Case Carnes, but it wasa little too high for REL’s senior captain.

But that made it perfect for Munoz, whohad made a run in at the back post.

“Case jumped up in the air and I thoughthe was going to get it, but then it came to meand that’s when I was like, ‘All right, just putit on goal,’” Munoz said.

Heath keeper Corey Gray raced over tomake the save, but the rebound came rightback to Munoz and he made sure his secondattempt hit nothing but the back of the net.

“It was a great start. I didn’t expect a startlike that. Especially since I haven’t playedforward in a while,” Munoz said.

The Red Raiders, benefiting from playing

with a gusting wind in the first half, nearlyhad a second goal when Carnes’ long freekick forced a diving punch away by Gray.

Heath’s chances were few in the opening40 minutes until two Hawks found posses-sion in the box, but Vargas blocked shot, soit never troubled REL keeper Allan Gilliam.

The Red Raiders had two chances to dou-ble their lead in the early minutes of the sec-ond half. The first was on a breakaway withRobert Arroyo beating Heath’s offside trap,but Gray was able to race out and block Ar-royo’s shot. The second came on a free kickwith Carnes narrowly missing the top rightcorner from 28 yards away.

In the end, one goal was enough and nowthe Red Raiders face Longview at home onTuesday at Red Raider Field.

John Tyler 3, Waco 0Jose Paz, Jose Perez and Luis Duran each

scored goals to lead the John Tyler Lions toa 3-0 win over Waco High in a non-districtsoccer match on Friday at Trinity MotherFrances Rose Stadium.

Perez and Duran each scored off a cornerkick and Paz added two assists.

The Lions improved to 11-1-2 on the sea-son and meet Jacksonville on Monday at TMFRose Stadium. The contest has a 7 p.m. start.

Brook Hill 4, Dallas Lutheran 3DALLAS — Michael Omini scored two

goals to help lift Bullard Brook Hill to a 4-3win over Dallas Lutheran in a TAPPS Div. II-District 2 soccer match on Friday.

The win moves the Guard to 8-0-2 on theseason and 3-0 in league play.

Pasha Zapolsky and Michael Nwossu eachscored goals for the Guard and Victor Looloand Hunter Scammahorn each added assists.

Scrammahorn was also in goal.Brook Hill plays host to McKinney Chris-

tian at 7 p.m. Monday at Herrington Stadium.

U.S. women stop Canada

Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — James Ward won 10 ofthe last 11 games to take a stunning five-set victory against Sam Querrey and giveBritain a 2-0 lead against the UnitedStates in the first round of the Davis Cupon Friday at Petco Park.

Ward was two games from losing thematch when he began his rally that gavehim a 1-6, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory.

With dusk approaching and the lightson at the downtown baseball park, Wardwon the match with an overhand smashthat brought his teammates to their feetin celebration.

Ward’s victory in 3 hours, 11 minutes,followed Wimbledon champion AndyMurray’s easy straight-set victory againstDonald Young on the temporary red claycourt in left field at the home of the SanDiego Padres.

Britain can clinch the match on Satur-day if it wins the doubles match. Murray

and Colin Fleming are scheduled to faceBob and Mike Bryan.

Querrey, the United States’ No. 1 sin-gles player in this tournament, had a 4-2lead in the fourth set after winning thesixth game at love.

But Ward rallied to win the next fourgames and the set to force a deciding fifthset.

He jumped to a 4-0 lead in the fifth setbefore Querrey broke serve with ableeder over the net to pull to 4-1. Wardthen closed out the match.

Murray overwhelmed Young in 1:38 inthe opener of the World Group match.

Murray was barely challenged byYoung. The two-time Grand Slam winnertook leads of 5-0 in the first set and 5-1 inthe second set.

Young never broke serve but took thesixth game of the third set to four deucesbefore the British star had an ace andthen won when Young netted a back-hand.

Associated Press

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — PhilMickelson made it to theweekend in the PhoenixOpen. Another popular left-hander and a fellow formerArizona State player set thepace.

A week after withdrawingfrom Torrey Pines because ofback pain, Mickelson shot a4-under 67 in his afternoonround Friday at cool andbreezy TPC Scottsdale. Thedefending champion waseight strokes behind leadersBubba Watson and MattJones.

“I’m not totally out of it,”Mickelson said. “Obviously,heading into the weekend, I’dlike to be closer, but as wehave seen in the past, there isthat 8-, 9-, 10-, in some cases11-under par round outthere.”

Indeed, the three-timechampion has shot 11-under60 twice in the event, in thesecond round in his 2005 vic-tory and last year in the firstround.

Watson, the long-hitting

left-hander who won the 2012Masters, followed his open-ing 64 with a 66 to reach 12under. Jones, the Australianwho played at Arizona Stateand lives in Scottsdale, hadhis second straight 65.

DUBAI DESERT CLASSICDUBAI, United Arab Emi-

rates — Rory McIlroy hit awedge into 5 feet for birdieon the 18th hole for a 2-under70 to regain the outright leadin the Dubai Desert Classic.

The chief challenge forMcIlroy came from an Amer-ican — but it wasn’t TigerWoods.

Brooks Koepka, whoearned his European Tourcard last year by winningthree times on the ChallengeTour, made seven birdiesagainst no bogeys for a 65that left him one shot behindMcIlroy going into the week-end.

Woods, meanwhile, hitonly four fairways and had torely on some key putts to sal-vage a 73. He was in a tie for44th, eight shots out of thelead.

Ward stuns Querrey to giveBrits a 2-0 lead over U.S.

LANG WHITE/CORRESPONDENT ROBERT E. LEE’S Case Carnes(10) draws a tripping call on Rockwall-Heath’s Jose Rico duringFriday’s District 12-5A soccer match at Red Raider Field.

LM OTERO/AP

UNITED STATES forward AbbyWambach (left) and Canada defenderKadeisha Buchanan (14) fight for controlof the ball during the first half of a soc-cer match Friday in Frisco.

LANG WHITE/CORRESPONDENT

DAJAH THOMPSON scoreson a jumper late in the thirdquarter for the Robert E. LeeLady Raiders againstMesquite Horn on Friday atthe REL Varsity Gymnasium.

Watson, Jones lead in Phoenix

Staff Reports

Robert E. Lee’s ShreecePryor and DaJah Thompsonwere two of several seniorshonored prior to tip off ofFriday’s game.

Pryor scored a season-high eight points withThompson finishing with 14points, but it wasn’t enoughto knock off Mesquite Hornin a 53-42 loss at Lee VarsityGymnasium.

Also honored on “SeniorNight” for REL was EmemIbokette, who finished withtwo points.

Other seniors recognizedwere Dominique Thomas, Je-

nessa Hall and BreannDaniels.

The Lady Raiders willclose their 2013-14 season onthe road at 7 p.m. Tuesday atRockwall Heath.

———District 12-5A

Mesquite Horn 53, Robert E. Lee 42

Mesquite Horn 18 8 9 18 — 53Robert E. Lee 14 6 12 10 — 42

MESQUITE HORN — L. Bradshaw, 11;C. Lamb, 9; J. J. Vanderwood, 18; H. Davis,9; N. Hayes, 6.

ROBERT E. LEE — Shreece Pryor, 8;Alex Thorne, 2; DaJah Thompson, 14; ErinBrinkley, 6; Emem Ibokette, 2; Betty Allen,6; Berjae Lewis, 4.

THREE POINT GOALS — MH: Lamb,Vanderwood, Davis. REL: None.

RECORDS — Mesquite Horn 20-9(10-1); Robert E. Lee 7-19 (2-9).

NEXT UP — Robert E. Lee Lee atRockwall-Heath, 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Lady Raiders fall to Horn

BY MONTGOMERY [email protected]

At a packed Haddad Gym,Bishop Gorman and AllSaints split a TAPPS 2-4A bas-ketball doubleheader Fridaynight.

In the first game, theBishop Gorman Lady Cru-saders, led by Courtney Fer-gerson’s 21 points andBrooke Lee’s 17, scored a 60-26 win over the Lady Trojans.Lee also had 10 assists andfive steals in the contest.

In the second game, AstonFrancis hit for 17 points tolead the Trojans to the 74-58win over the Crusaders.GIRLS

Bishop Gorman openedthe game with a 12-0 scoringrun and finished the firstquarter with a 21-4 lead. Leehad 11 first quarter points tohelp stretch the lead, whileFergerson contributed 13first half points of her own.Mandie Vander Vorste hadfive rebounds and three as-sists in the half as well as abucket, and she finished thegame with 5 points, eight re-bounds, and four assists.

All Saints’ Kendall Rhodusand Kelcee Harwood bothfinished with 11 points, whileSarah Bracken and HannahHuckabee both had five re-bounds.

The win gives the LadyCrusaders a season record of15-12 (3-4) going into nextweek’s game hosting WacoReicher. All Saints goes to 9-15 (1-6) and will host ParishEpiscopal next Tuesday at 6p.m.BOYS

Francis led the way scor-ing, which included three 3-pointers. Jaired Maddoxadded 12 points and MathewBrunson and Luke Leescored 10 points apiece.

All Saints won the tip-offand the game went back andforth throughout the firstquarter with the Trojans lead-ing 15-11 going into the sec-ond.

Bishop Gorman outscoredthe Trojans 17-16 in the sec-ond with Judah Bell scoringall of his 10 points in thequarter. Maddox hit a 3-pointer as time expired in thehalf giving the Trojans a 31-28advantage.

The Trojans were able tosustain that momentum witha strong second-half perform-ance, outscoring the Cru-saders 43-30.

Garrett Thibodeaux ledthe Crusaders with 19 points,while Christian Watkinsadded 16.

All Saints was 15 of 24from the free throw stripe, in-

cluding 8 of 11 in the fourthquarter.

The Trojans record im-proves to 27-4 (5-2) and theywill be hosting Parish Episco-pal Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.Bishop Gorman falls to 10-14(3-4) and will be hostingWaco Reicher Tuesday.

GirlsBishop Gorman 60, All Saints 26

All Saints 4 7 11 4 — 26Bishop Gorman 21 18 16 5 — 60

ALL SAINTS — Kendall Rhodus, 11;Kelcee Harwood, 11; Jillian Bradford, 1;Sarah Bracken, 3.

BISHOP GORMAN Brooke Lee,17; Colleen Allare,6; Abbie Guevara, 2;Mandie Vander Vorste, 5; SavannahReeves, 3; Jordan Phillips, 6; Courtney Fer-gerson, 21.

Three Point Goals — AS: Harwood.

BG: Lee (4), Allare, Fergerson.Records — All Saints 9-15 (1-6);

Bishop Gorman 15-12 (3-4).Next Up — Dallas Parish Episcopal at

All Saints, 6 p.m. Tuesday; Waco Reicher atBishop Gorman, 6 p.m. Tuesday.

BoysAll Saints 74, Bishop Gorman 58

All Saints 15 16 23 20 — 74Bishop Gorman 11 17 17 13 — 58

ALL SAINTS — Brad Luzietti, 4;Aston Francis, 17; Gill Clements, 5;Mathew Brunson, 10; Clayton Smith, 8;Sean Phillips, 8; Jaired Maddox, 12; LukeLee, 10.

BISHOP GORMAN — Judah Bell, 10;Christian Watkins, 16; Sean Goforth, 13;Garrett Thibodeaux, 19.

Three Point Goals — AS: Francis (3),Brunson, Smith, Phillips (2), Maddox (2).

Records — All Saints 27-4 (5-2);Bishop Gorman 10-14 (3-4).

Next Up — Dallas Parish Episcopal atAll Saints, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday; Waco Re-icher at Bishop Gorman, 7:30 p.m. Tues-day.

SPORTS6D TYLERPAPER.COM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2014

VICTOR TEXCUCANO/STAFF CARLY DYESS, a four-year varsity defensive specialist for the Troup Lady Tiger volleyball team, signs with Panola Collegesurrounded by her high school teammates in the Troup High School library on Friday morning.


RIVALS ALL SAINTS AND BISHOP GORMAN hit the hardwood Friday night at Haddad Gymnasium. Above, All Saintssophomore Luke Lee (center) is fouled by Bishop Gorman’s senior Adam Aucar and Garrett Thibodeaux. Below, Bishop Gor-man senior Courtney Fergerson (35) moves past All Saints freshman Hanna Jennings.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

VOLLEYBALL SIGNING | TROUP

District 15-3ACanton 35, Brownsboro 19

Canton 5 11 13 6 — 35Brownsboro 12 2 2 3 — 19

CANTON — T. Tidwell, 3; M. McCaf-fity, 5; H. Raitz, 2; P. Williams, 5; K. Wilker-son, 8; L. Nelson, 3; C. Roberts, 9.

BROWNSBORO — Walter, 2; High-tower, 4; Montgomery, 6; Deed, 3; Warren,4.

THREE POINT GOALS — C: Tidwell ,Williams, Roberts (3). B: Montgomery (2).

RECORDS — Canton 23-6 (8-1);Brownsboro 22-7 (8-1).

JV SCORE — Canton 41, Brownsboro38.

NEXT UP — Canton at Van, 5 p.m.Tuesday.

———TAPPS 2-4A

Dallas Christian 53, Grace 32Dallas Christian 16 13 8 16 — 53Grace 8 8 10 6 — 32

DALLAS CHRISTIAN — Hunter, 10;Addison, 17; England, 3; Poynor, 7; Pangle,4; Miles, 12.

GRACE — Kimmey, 8; Raborar, 5;Daughtry, 7; Kingsley, 12.

THREE POINT GOALS — DC: Addi-son, England, Poynor. G: Daughtry.

RECORDS — Dallas Christian (6-0);Grace Community (3-4).


Alba-Golden 63, Grand Saline 24Alba-Golden 28 19 6 10 — 63Grand Saline 6 4 2 12 — 24

ALBA-GOLDEN — Shelby Wright, 2;Corlie Lennon, 4; Jessika Barnhart, 4;Tetara Carter, 6; Kaylee Bizzell, 8; CaitlynLennon, 14; Gracie Pendergrass, 6; GraciePeacock, 2; Macie Arrington, 17.

GRAND SALINE — Amaya, 2; Gard-ner, 8; Denton, 5; Stanley, 2; McGary, 1;Gaspar, 4; Milan, 2.

THREE POINT GOALS — AG: Ca.Lennon. GS: Denton.

RECORDS — Alba-Golden 24-3 (12-1).

NEXT UP — Quitman at Alba-Golden, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.


Edgewood 39, Quitman 36

Edgewood 7 9 16 7 — 39Quitman 8 13 6 9 — 36

EDGEWOOD — Demya Warren, 15;Sydney Taylor, 1; Paige Parker, 11; KaylaDoresey, 12.

QUITMAN — Gilliland, 6; T. Houck,10; D. Houck, 4; K. Daniel, 7; E. Sanders, 4;A. Harris, 4; Wharton, 1.

THREE POINT GOALS — E: Warren,Parker. Q: Gilliland (2), Harris.

RECORDS — Edgewood 17-10 (9-4);Quitman (7-5).

JV SCORE — Edgewood 52, Quitman6.

NEXT UP — Winnsboro at Edge-wood, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

———Troup 49, Hawkins 46

Hawkins 8 7 17 14 — 46Troup 13 12 12 12 — 49

HAWKINS — Haley Boyd, 2; AllysonEdwards, 2; Bre Lemons, 6; Keiara Lemons,13; Alisha Taylor, 23.

TROUP — Nolan, 13; Ross, 21; Kin-cade, 7; Krueges, 4; Hampton, 4.

THREE POINT GOALS — H: Taylor(2). T: Kincade.

———17A

Martins Mill 50, Big Sandy 8Martins Mill 20 11 7 12 — 50Big Sandy 2 0 2 4 — 8

MARTINS MILL — Weatherford, 3;Pate, 8; Bennett, 3; McCoy, 3; Caldwell, 6;Brown, 16; Daniel, 3; Greenlee, 8.

BIG SANDY — Thompson, 4; Dupre,2; Woods, 2.

THREE POINT GOALS — MM:Weatherford, Pate (2), Bennett, McCoy,Daniel. BS: None.

RECORDS — Martins Mill 28-2 (11-0). NEXT UP — Martins Mill at Overton,

6:30 p.m. Tuesday. ———

District 16-4A Girls JVJohn Tyler 43, Whitehouse 23

Whitehouse 4 4 6 9 — 23John Tyler 17 9 8 9 — 43

WHITEHOUSE — Burton, 3; Caldwell,4; Hood, 0; Harris, 2; Gonter, 4; Maae, 3;Thacker, 7.

JOHN TYLER — Bellott, 0; Jackson,20; Crowder, 0; Freeman, 0; Evans, 4;Mayflower, 6; Johnson, 9; Preston, 4.

Mesquite Horn 49,Tyler Lee 30

Staff Reports

MESQUITE — Robert E.Lee started slow and neverrecovered in a 19-point 49-30loss Friday to Mesquite Horn,

The Red Raiders had justone player, Caleb Johnston,finish in double figures andtrailed 26-13 at halftime.

“They shot the ball ex-tremely well early on and wewere lingering from a heart-breaking loss (we had Tues-day),” said Lee coach AlanJohnston.

“We only had one playerhit a field goal in the first half.The effort was not what ittypically has been throughthe year. We dug ourselves ahole and couldn’t respond orrebound our way out of it.”

Lee (15-11, 3-7) is elimi-nated from playoff con-tention with this loss.


Mesquite Horn 49, Robert E. Lee 30Robert E. Lee 9 4 8 9 — 30Mesquite Horn 17 9 13 10 — 49

ROBERT E. LEE — Rico Major, 2; De-modrick Barker, 3; Jack Calhoun, 1; KevinRamsey, 4; Caleb Johnston, 14; John Brat-tlof, 2; Amier Wilson, 4.

MESQUITE HORN — Underwood, 3;Henry, 4; Harris, 2; Cummings, 8; Price, 14;

Strange, 2. THREE POINT GOALS — REL: John-

ston (2). MH: Underwood, Price (2).RECORDS — Robert E. Lee 15-11 (3-

7); Mesquite Horn 8-17 (4-5).NEXT UP — Rockwall-Heath at Lee, 7

p.m. Tuesday.———

TAPPS 4-3ABrook Hill 63, Canyon Creek 22

Canyon Creek 3 11 4 4 — 22Brook Hill 15 28 11 9 — 63

CANYON CREEK — Russell, 2; Pen-dergrass, 2; Schroeter, 7; Shrill, 7; Schulz,4.

BROOK HILL — Alex Hale, 9; GrantHanks, 9; Josh Heingartner, 6; Chase Mc-Dermott, 9; Jake Anderson, 3; Phillip Kitt,9; Clayton Engel, 11; Jonathan Cox, 1;Bryant Robinson, 4; Malik Alley, 2.

THREE POINT GOALS — CC:Schroeter. BH: Hale, McDermott, Kitt (2),Engel (2).

RECORDS — Canyon Creek (0-7);Brook Hill 16-11 (6-1).

NEXT UP — McKinney Christian atBrook Hill, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

———15-3A

Canton 59, Brownsboro 51Brownsboro 14 7 14 16 — 51Canton 11 10 13 25 — 59

BROWNSBORO — Bailey, 4; Pace, 19;McCoy, 16; Bragdon, 3; Richardson, 2;McKenzie, 7.

CANTON — Nixon, 29; Conrado, 2;Adams, 11; Malone, 4; Wiggins, 5; Frosch,8.

THREE POINT GOALS — B: Bragdon.C: Nixon (2), Adams (2), Wiggins, Frosch.

RECORDS — Brownsboro (6-2); Can-ton 11-13 (6-2).

JV SCORE — Canton 44, Brownsboro41.

NEXT UP — Canton at Van, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday.

———15-3A

Van 38, Mabank 35Van 12 6 10 10 — 38Mabank 5 5 2 20 — 35

VAN — Layton Myers, 12; Nick Wilk-

erson, 10; Rucker, 8; Koru, 6; Drew Bor-oughs, 2.

MABANK — Miller, 11; Johannesen,10; Lee, 5; Smith, 5; Thompson, 4.

THREE POINT GOALS — V: Myers,Rucker. M: Johannesen, Lee, Smith.

RECORDS — Van 14-13 (3-4); Ma-bank (1-6).

NEXT UP — Canton at Van, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday.

———15-3A

Athens 79, Mineola 34Mineola 4 12 7 11 — 34Athens 33 16 17 13 — 79

MINEOLA — K. Sinches, 5; J.Goldthorn, 2; R. Fisher, 1; L. Fisher, 5; B.Melo, 5; J. Dean, 6; R. Ogner, 10.

ATHENS — Alec Koehler, 4; Ryan Jef-ferson, 22; Kynden Crist, 10; AnthonySanders, 14; Chris Givens, 3; CourtlandLyons, 9; Pedro Alanis, 2; Josh Garrett, 6;Traven Fuller, 6; Chris Jefferson, 3.

THREE POINT GOALS — M: Dean (2).A: Lyons.

RECORDS — Athens 24-1 (7-0). NEXT UP — Athens at Brownsboro,

7:30 p.m. Tuesday. ———

District 18-2AArp 53, Frankston 45

Frankston 10 9 18 8 — 45Arp 9 16 11 17 — 53

FRANKSTON — Ozzie Buckner, 6;Caleb Whitehurst, 4; Dillon Hollit, 3; MarkAllen, 2; Kendrick Rogers, 15; Gunner Mur-phy, 15.

ARP — Justin Johnson, 11; ClaySieber, 7; Easton Ferguson, 2; Garet Allen,5; JaKeithon Medlock, 2; Kaspar Holland,3; Mykel Frost, 1; Tyrone Hunt, 14; Mar-calas Johnson, 4; Thomas Reese, 4.

THREE POINT GOALS — F: Buckner(2), Hollitt. A: J. Johnston (3), Allen, Hol-land.

RECORDS — Frankston (7-4); Arp 12-11 (7-4).

NEXT UP — Troup at Frankston, 7:30p.m. Tuesday; Arp at Sabine, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday.

———18-2A

Hawkins 59, Troup 53Hawkins 21 11 17 10 — 59Troup 7 17 13 16 — 53

HAWKINS — Demyrion Francis, 1;Noah Burwell, 19; Lavon Davis, 17; Demar-cas Wesley, 9.

TROUP — Braxton Kincade, 6; Mar-cus Kincade, 11; Brandon Hearton, 11; An-fernee Ross, 20; Lou Roberson, 4; MarquisDavis, 1.

THREE POINT GOALS — H: Francis(3); Burwell (4), Wesley. T: B. Kincade, (2),Kincade, Hearton Ross (4).

RECORDS — Hawkins (10-1); Troup(8-3).

JV SCORE — Troup 35, Hawkins 29. NEXT UP — Troup at Frankston, 8

p.m. Tuesday. ———25-2A

Laneville 53, Douglass 44Laneville 9 17 11 16 — 53Douglass 4 14 5 21 — 44

LANEVILLE — Tiarel Franklin, 10; TraAlexander, 18; Donta Harris, 2; Ty Johnson,10; Kendrick Anderson, 12; AnthonyRoberts, 1.

DOUGLASS — Wallace, 3; James, 7;Westbrook, 13; Burton, 7; Carriggan, 1;Lee, 3; Ham, 8; Garner, 2.

THREE POINT GOALS — L: Franklin,Alexander (2). D: Wallace, James, Burton,Lee.

NEXT UP — Laneville at AppleSprings, 2 p.m. today, makeup game dueto weather.

———District 16-4A JV

John Tyler 59, Whitehouse 56Whitehouse 11 11 20 14 — 56John Tyler 6 14 11 28 — 59

WHITEHOUSE — Bates, 8; Lee, 3;Coonter, 0; Camahan, 9; Mayo, 6; Bullard,3; Williams, 7; Hollie, 14; Rogers, 6; Bulling-ton, 0.

JOHN TYLER — Henderson, 2; Chris-tian, 15; Hill, 0; Gross, 21; Gray, 6; Sanford,3; Bridges, 0; Hoard, 0; Tate, 10; Miller, 2.

THREE POINT GOALS — WH: Lee,Camahan. JT: Christian (2), Gross, Sanford,Tate (2).

GIRLS BASKETBALLBOYS BASKETBALL

All Saints, Gorman split doubleheader

BY SHANE [email protected]

BULLARD — Bullardcoasted to a pair of victoriesagainst Chapel Hill in a Dis-trict 16-3A basketball double-header Friday night at theBHS Gymnasium.

In lopsided fashion, thePanthers pulled away in thesecond half for a 72-53 in theboys game and the Lady Pan-thers dominated from start tofinish to prevail 68-30 in thegirls matchup. BOYS

Bullard took a 10-pointlead into the break andcruised the rest of the way,improving to 15-8 on the sea-son and 5-3 in district andsending Chapel Hill to 14-13overall and 8-2 in league play.

The Panthers used theirlong-range shooting to sparktheir victory, making nine 3-pointers and sinking six inthe first half alone to carry a42-32 lead into halftime.

Landon Beckham finishedwith a game-high 19 pointsand provided four 3-pointers,while Hunter Landrumscored 16 points and EricBarb provided 11 points andseven rebounds.

Keith Minor led ChapelHill with 13 points and six re-bounds while Keilon Mooreprovided 10 points. GIRLS

Bullard outscored ChapelHill 25-8 in the second quar-ter to take a 37-13 lead intohalftime and never lookedback, improving to 23-6 onthe season and 8-2 in district.

Bridgette Taylor finishedwith 23 points and eight re-bounds to lead the Panthers,plus set up teammates withcrafty passes and assists.Lexi Kirgan added 12 pointsand eight boards, while LexiAbercrombie contributed 12points as well.

Shayy Moore scored 11points for Chapel Hill, whichfell to 21-12 overall and 7-4 indistrict.

Bullard outscored theLady Bulldogs 19-5 in thethird quarter to increase thelead to 36 points, 56-20, enter-ing the fourth.

GirlsBullard 68, Chapel Hill 30

Chapel Hill 7 8 5 10 — 30Bullard 12 25 19 12 — 68

CHAPEL HILL — Shayy Moore, 11;Schuyler Wages, 6; Kadeja Warfield, 4;Kayla Battles, 2; Gabby Brooks, 1; KyiaMoore, 3; Shay Ross, 3.

BULLARD — Lexi Abercrombie, 12;Madison Slayter, 5; Lexi Kirgan, 12; John-son, 3; Brittany Hinton, 9; Taylor Frederick,4; Bridgette Taylor, 23.

THREE-POINT GOALS — Chapel Hill:Warfield. B: Abercrombie, Taylor (3), Fred-erick, Slayter.

RECORDS — Chapel Hill 21-12 (7-4);Bullard 23-6 (8-2).

NEXT UP — Kilgore at Chapel Hill, 6p.m. Tuesday; Bullard at Henderson, 6p.m. Tuesday.

Boys Bullard 72, Chapel Hill 53

Chapel Hill 8 14 18 13 — 53Bullard 11 21 21 19 — 72

CHAPEL HILL — Gabe Robinson, 2;D.D. Mumphrey, 5; Keilon Moore, 10; KeithMinor, 13; Austyn Fendrick, 8; Andrew An-derson, 3; Obed Rios, 6; Jeff Minor, 6.

BULLARD — Major Tennison, 7; Lan-den Beckham, 19; Andrew Thomas, 5;Hunter Landrum, 16; Eric Barb, 11; ZachEschberger, 9; Kyler Whatley, 5.

THREE-POINT GOALS — CH: Rios (2).B: Eschberger, Beckham (4), Whatley, Lan-drum (2), Thomas, Barb.

RECORDS — Chapel Hill 14-13 (8-2);Bullard 15-8 (5-3).

NEXT UP — Kilgore at Chapel Hill,7:30 p.m. Tuesday; Bullard at Henderson,7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Bullard captures twowins over Chapel Hill

Staff Reports

ROCKWALL — For thesecond year in a row, RobertE. Lee must start the District12-5A slate at the bottom ofthe standings.

The Lady Raiders wereblanked 2-0 by Rockwall-Heath Friday at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium. The LadyHawks edged REL 1-0 inovertime last year with thatgame-winner coming nearthe end of the extra sessionto break a scoreless stale-mate.

On Friday, Heath went infront 1-0 early and quicklyadded a second goal.

The Lady Raiders were de-nied goal-scoring opportuni-ties by Alex Bice and

Adrianna Perez, thanks tosaves by Heath’s keeper.

“Both of those shotslooked to be going in,” Leecoach Chris Woodard said ofREL’s missed opportunities.“We didn’t play well in thefirst half and got down early.We tried to get back in it, butnever could.”

The loss snaps a five-gameunbeaten run for the LadyRaiders (5-4-3, 0-1, 0 pts),who now have to rebound onTuesday on the road atLongview. The game is sched-uled for 7 p.m. at Lobo Sta-dium.

In the JV game, Lee de-feated Heath 4-1. ClaireCarnes and Yelsi Rosalesscored two goals each in thewin.

Staff Reports

Grace Community clinched the No. 2 seed in the TAPPS2-4A District tournament by outslasting Dallas Christian 72-69 on Friday at Grace Gym.

The game needed two overtimes before the Cougars (24-4, 7-1) were able to emerge with a three-point win.

Grace thought it had the game sewn up in regulation, butthe visitors hit a 3-pointer with one second remaining to tiethe game and send it to OT.

The same thing occurred in the first extra session with an-other trey by Dallas Christian with six seconds remainingtied the game.

Finally, in the second OT, a turnover forced by Grace inthe closing seconds took away Dallas Christian’s chance totie the game again.

Trevor Gunter scored 26 points for the Cougars withPhillip McKinney (19) Verlo Levels (13 points, 10 rebounds)and Andrew Melhard (12 points) all turning in double-figureefforts in the win.

Lady Raiders fall to HeathSOCCER

Grace clinches No. 2 seed

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