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HARKER HEIGHTS — It was a matter of sharing.
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HARKER HEIGHTS — It was a matter of sharing.
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The Harker Heights Knights traveled to Shoemaker High School on Tuesday seeking redemption for their loss from earlier in the season.
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BELTON — When defeats pile up instead of wins, a season can start to feel more and more like a burden. However, Temple senior Joseph Stewart said the Wildcats aren’t giving into that mindset in the least. In fact, Stewart believes he and his teammates are having more fun now, even with a ste…
TEMPLE — After seeing a key game get away from them last Friday against Copperas Cove and finding themselves trailing at halftime to Belton, the Temple Tem-Cats found that a steady diet of Aniah Hall would right the ship.
TEMPLE — Temple coach Matt Corley is keen on telling his team it doesn’t matter how the goals go in. It matters that they go in.
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BELTON — Kirsten Bush has been on a tear for the Belton Lady Tigers. The senior forward’s ability to put the ball into the goal with regularity so far this season has made the already formidable Belton attack that much more so.
Junior post Juliana Dwamena scored 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead Lampasas in a crucial 62-40 win over visiting Brownwood on Tuesday.
Josh Goings scored 33 points and Salado’s perfect 19-4A season continued with the Eagles’ 62-55 win at Jarrell on Monday.
Salado keeper Avery Wright posted her fourth shutout of the tournament in regulation, then stopped two Brownwood penalty kicks before delivering the decisive PK herself as the host Lady Eagles won the third-place game of the 10th annual Salado Eagles Classic on Saturday.
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GATESVILLE — Defense defines them.
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TEMPLE — Three nights after eking out an exciting overtime victory, Temple couldn’t wrap its hands around a similar result in another tightly contested District 12-6A tilt Friday night and missed its first chance to clinch a playoff spot.
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Javon Walker scored 28 points and 14th-ranked Ellison completed a season sweep of the Grey Wolves with a 74-50 win at Shoemaker on Friday.
COPPERAS COVE — With six of the eight teams in District 12-6A ahead of them, the Temple Wildcats know that to make playoffs they would have to turn things around in the second half of district play.
Josh Goings scored 22 points and Salado remained perfect in 19-4A with a 51-31 home rout of Taylor on Friday.
Jeremiah Smith scored 18 points with a nearly perfect shooting night to lead Memorial Christian to an 80-43 rout at Waco Methodist Children's Home on Thursday.
Lampasas powerlifter Alyssa Ayers set a school record on the way to winning the 123-pound division Thursday in the Burnet meet.
Jaxson Bonnett and Logan Frishman averaged 218 and 206, respectively, to lead the Killeen boys bowling team to a 14-3 victory over the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs on Tuesday at Hallmark Lanes.
Belton's Kayden Downs (35) drives to the baseline against Harker Heights' Khalial Young (5) on Tuesday at Harker Heights.
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HARKER HEIGHTS — It is the ideal scenario, but Celneque Bobbitt was forced to wait for it.
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TEMPLE — Aaliyah Thomas generally doesn’t show a lot of emotion on the court. So, it wasn’t necessarily a surprise that Temple’s guard shook off what essentially was a head-on collision at midcourt with no more than a grimace and quick check for blood then stepped to the line for two free th…
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Shayna Cook and Jamesha Reece each scored 12 points and the Shoemaker Lady Grey Wolves took a big step toward clinching a playoff spot with a 63-19 home win over Bryan on Tuesday.
Salado post players Lorena Perez, Katie Law and Kenslee Konarik each recorded double-doubles in the Lady Eagles' 64-56 home win over Jarrell in District 19-4A action Tuesday.
Josiah Escoffery scored 15 points, Jeremiah Smith added 14 and the Memorial Christian Warriors rolled to a 62-11 victory over Leander's Sterling Classical.
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Javon Walker was not hesitant to shoot, and his coach did not want him to be.
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BELTON — Putting up big numbers is nothing new for Belton’s TJ Johnson. On Friday night he put up his biggest points when his team needed him most.
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COPPERAS COVE — Sierra Brooks and Emri Lovell each scored 13 points and the Harker Heights Lady Knights opened the second half of District 12-6A play with a 53-37 victory at Copperas Cove.
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TEMPLE — Learning makes up a significant part of what teams like to refer to as "the process," and it’s not just the players who are absorbing the information. One thing Temple head coach Michael Thomas apparently now knows about Jaylon Hall that he didn’t prior to Friday night is that the s…
Salado's Noah Self scored 21 points and the Eagles defeated Georgetown Gateway Prep 60-49 on Friday to improve to 3-0 in District 12-4A play.
If Thursday's season opener was any indication, Lampasas senior powerlifter Alyssa Ayers will be updating her school records in short order.
Jayce Borja and Leo Solis averaged 213 and 212, respectively, to lead the Harker Heights boys bowling team to a narrow 9-8 victory over the Killeen Kangaroos on Tuesday at Killeen Bowlerama.
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HARKER HEIGHTS — Sierra Brooks did not make her first field goal until 5 minutes remained in the third quarter, and it would not be her last.
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TEMPLE — Temple spent Tuesday night chipping away at a double-digit deficit and willed its way to nine points down 3 minutes into the third quarter before Harker Heights pulled away once more and eventually collected an 82-67 victory at Wildcat Gym.
BELTON — After losing sole possession of first place in the District 12-6A standings on Friday, the Belton Tigers were on a mission Tuesday to at least stay tied for the lead.
Henry Sanchez scored 23 points and the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs won an action-packed game on the road at Shoemaker 76-73 on Tuesday.
Josh Goings scored 30 points and the Salado Eagles rolled to a 71-57 District 19-4A road win at Burnet on Tuesday.
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It was a banner year for Shoemaker, and the reasons why are obvious.
The Ellison boys powerlifting team won five divisions and finished second in two to cruise to a victory Saturday in the Lehman Lobo Starter Meet, hosted by Lehman High School in Kyle.
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Gatesville is living in a time of uncertainty, and the Hornets are thriving.
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Gatesville could not miss early, and it led to a comfortable victory.
Josiah Escoffery and Erick Armstrong each scored 14 points and Memorial Christian Academy rolled to a 63-43 win over Georgetown Grace Academy in their TCAF Division II District 5 opener on Friday.
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The Belton Tigers knew that no matter what happened in their game Friday night, they would still be atop the District 12-6A basketball standings.
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It never gets any easier.
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HARKER HEIGHTS — Sierra Brooks scored 21 points and the Harker Heights Lady Knights beat the rival Killeen Lady Roos 63-36 on Friday in District 12-6A action.
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TEMPLE — Senior Nyteria Colbert scored 10 fourth-quarter points before fouling out, including six in a key 2-minute stretch that helped Temple regain a much-needed double-digit lead against comeback-minded Shoemaker, and the Tem-Cats held on for a hard-fought 45-42 victory Friday night at Wi…
Josh Goings scored 22 points and the Salado Eagles cruised to a 59-42 win over Lake Belton on Friday in the teams' District 19-4A opener in Salado.
Josiah Escoffery led three Warriors in double figures with 14 points and Memorial Christian Academy outlasted Allen Academy of Bryan 56-51 on Wednesday in Bryan.
The Harker Heights Knights opened defense of their district crown by running away from the Ellison Eagles with a 13-4 victory Tuesday at Hallmark Lanes.
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The Ellison boys basketball team lost only one game in 2020. The ninth-ranked Eagles matched that number in their 2021 debut, falling 41-35 at Harker Heights on Tuesday.
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The opportunity to make a statement was there, and in the second half, Harker Heights pounced on it.
TJ Johnson led three Tigers with at least 20 points and Belton pulled away in the second half for an 82-67 win at Copperas Cove.
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