Pictured deploying a stiffarm is Express running back Lance Cooper (44). COURTESY PHOTO/TAMMY SILVEY
WEATHERFORD —
The Weatherford Express junior high six-man team is off to a good start in their 2012 season. After dropping their opener against Lucas Christian, the home-school football team topped Westlake Academy, 44-13 and beat Granbury Corner stone on Friday, 47-12. The Express plays its next game on Friday against Irving Universal Academy at the Lake Worth Sports Complex, its home field.
WC alumnus finishes second at College National Finals Rodeo
Former Weatherford College rodeo athlete Clayton Shaw won the reserve national championship in tie-down roping at the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Casper, Wyoming Saturday night.
Sports briefs - June 19, 2013
DETROIT (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles were planning to start left-hander Zach Britton in place of ailing right-hander Jason Hammel on Tuesday night against the Detroit Tigers.
Williams slugs way to APC’s Most Valuable
About the only negative you could conger from the season Roos Dustin Williams had was that the senior first baseman did not get to finish it. Helping Weatherford get back to yet another postseason, a clock-work occurrence for the Kangaroos after district baseball is done, Williams’ mishap in a late-district contest took him out of the lineup.
It has been a relatively long time since Rangers fans have seen such a drought ... and I’m not referring to the incessant lack of rain, and solar baking we are in the beginning throes of experiencing for the next three, four or perhaps even five months.
WHS seniors go 8-for-8 on All-State Academic rolls
Despite eight out-going seniors on the 2012-13 version of his Lady Roos, Weatherford girls soccer coach Tyler Kernan has reason to feel relatively positive about next season.
Summer athletic camps — June/July
July camp information has been added to the roster of athletic offereings for Parker County. Interested parties should not that many of the camps offer pre-registration advantages to make the camps more cost effective for parents.
MLB squads draft four Coyotes, two Weatherford College exes
Like many talented players, Hunter Lockwood opted to play junior college baseball in hopes of being taken in the Major League Baseball draft. He transferred to Weatherford College after one season at the University of Oklahoma, where he tied for second in the Big 12 with 11 home runs, and was named to the All-Freshman Team.
CWS opening ceremony set for Friday, tourney begins Saturday
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The College World Series opening ceremonies are set for 8:30 p.m. Friday at TD Ameritrade Park.
Roos land 11 slots on All-District roster
Arlington Martin’s Warriors made a good showing for District 3-5A, earning a berth at the state tournament before bowing out to Fort Bend Dulles in the semifinals. The deep run by Martin bodes well as an affirmation of the level of competition for District 3.
Parker has mild hamstring strain; hopeful for Game 4
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tony Parker, along with all of San Antonio, really, spent a restless night worrying about a gimpy right hamstring that hampered him in Game 3 of the NBA Finals and threatened the momentum the Spurs seized with a drubbing of the Miami Heat.
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