Weatherford Democrat Sports

Local sports news- March 9, 2010

2010-03-08T22:50:11-06:00

Weatherford linksters card second place at Sugar Tree

Staff Report

The WHS varsity boy’s golf team finished third at the Kangaroo Classic tournament played at the Sugar Tree Golf Club last weekend.

Mavericks top T'wolves for twelfth straight win

2010-03-08T22:48:22-06:00

(AP) — Shawn Marion had a season-high 29 points and 14 rebounds and the Dallas Mavericks stretched the league’s longest active winning streak to 12 straight games with a 125-112 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.

WC Rodeo deemed success

2010-03-08T22:43:57-06:00

College rodeo athletes converged on Weatherford this past weekend for the Weatherford College NIRA Rodeo at the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Grounds.

WC splits with Hill, NTJCAC play afoot

2010-03-07T15:08:10-06:00

Weatherford College opened its 2010 North Texas Junior College Athletics Conference campaign in explosive fashion Saturday, ripping Hill College pitching for nine runs in six innings.

WHS boys bounce back to beat Haltom, still in 3-5A mix

2010-03-07T15:05:25-06:00

Paxton Lanning turned a hat trick Friday, including a penalty kick goal against the Haltom Buffalos, as the Roos got back on the winning track with a 4-2 District 3-5A soccer victory. WHS had lost their last two matches and needed the win to stay abreast with other district playoff contenders.

Seeing double: Brock girls defend state title

2010-03-06T19:31:02-06:00

AUSTIN — Reminiscent of a Region II playoff game, the Brock Lady Eagles faced a worthy opponent Saturday, against Wall High’s Lady Hawks, in the Class 2A Girls Basketball Championship game, played at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin. Although Brock enjoyed a nine-point halftime lead, Wall’s defense closed the gap to set up a nailbiter toward the end of the contest, but the Lady Eagles prevailed to take the 2A crown in a low-scoring title game, 38-33.

Brock boys fall in semifinal

2010-03-06T19:04:51-06:00

STEPHENVILLE — The Brock Eagles faced their toughest foe yet, Saturday, squaring off with Ponder for the Class 2A Region II crown, and a trip to the state tournament.

It was the Eagles that came out on the short end, falling 65-42.

Lady Eagles cruise to Class 2A final over outmatched Jewett Leon

2010-03-05T14:38:42-06:00

AUSTIN — From the opening tip in Friday’s Class 2A semifinal game, the Jewett Leon Lady Cougars encountered too much defense, committed too many fouls, but most of all, was greeted to their first experience in the state playoffs with way too much of Brock’s Kenisha Harris.

WC Rodeo Results

2010-03-05T08:24:04-06:00

Brock heads to state, again

2010-02-27T18:18:55-06:00

The atmosphere at the Class 2A Region II final game at Tarleton State University was almost too much for the gymnasium to handle.