Defending home turf, new home turf to be precise, is in the offing for a second consecutive week for the Weatherford Kangaroos, as they host Arlington Lamar Friday. Last week, the Roos looked to be well on their way to a successful defense of home field until the second half, when fortunes changed. And not for the better.
“I can’t complain about our effort [last week],” said Weatherford head coach Kenny Wheaton. “I think we had a great effort, but we didn’t have great concentration. I think that’s the best way to put it.”
Weatherford dominated The Colony in the first half Friday, quickly putting a special teams lapse behind them to control the game on both sides of the ball.
“Mistakes are just part of the game,” Wheaton said, “but you have to overcome them, like we did in the first half.”
The spectre of turning fortunes around this week looks to be a challenge, as the Vikings come to town sporting a 1-0 record at the expense of the Fossil Ridge Panthers, who may still be licking their wounds after giving up six touchdowns to Lamar.
Weatherford’s defenders will try to neutralize a running attack that gained more than 200 yards, with most of that production coming from Vikings’ running back Ja’Terian Douglas, who rushed for 150 yards in 27 attempts. The passing game will also garner attention from the Roos defenders, as Lamar quarterback Michael Poynter connected for more than 190 yards using six different receivers.
“[Lamar] is good and they’ve got some confidence right now,” Wheaton said. “Fossil Ridge was a very good team.”
Still, the Roos know that putting together drives, and stopping them on the other side of the ball, are both things that were accomplished last week, and repeating those performances are well within their grasp. With concentration, execution follows. A point that Wheaton couples with a positive aspect.
“We don’t have to play the perfect game [to win],” he said. “We always trying to attain that, like everybody else. But we definitely have to cut down on the mistakes and play more consistent. The good part is, these are all fixable things.”
As for the players, after seeing a very winable contest slip away from them last week, all signs point to an eagerness to put the loss, and the mistakes, behind them.
“I think [the kids] are anxious, and I know we are as coaches,” Wheaton said, “ready to go out and play better to redeem themselves.”
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Weatherford College cagers in mix at conference mid-point
While Saturday's wins over Temple College by the Weatherford College men and women provided Nos. 759 and 800 in the record book for WC head coach Bob McKinley, they also provided a boost for the Coyotes squads as they head into the last half of North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference (NTJCAC) play.
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Sports briefs - Feb. 8, 2012
Aledo closes out Azle for perfect District 5-4A run
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The Ladycats, with a district championship secured and a bi-district match against Southwest already scheduled, took care of business in Azle on Tuesday, cruising past the Lady Hornets, 34-23.
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McKinley nets 800th win
Bob McKinley hit a major coaching milestone Saturday afternoon.
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WHS wrestlers see success at district meet
The Weatherford wrestling team traveled to Springtown Saturday to compete in the District 8 Wrestling Championships.
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New designation, same foes for WHS
Despite rumblings of a major shake up in the Class 5A infrastructure for the next two years, the University Interscholastic League (UIL), for good or bad, chose indifference regarding plans to create a Class 6A. As alignments for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 UIL seasons were announced Thursday, most area schools were affected in varying degrees, but none less than Weatherford High School.
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Paschal edges WHS teams on Senior Night
With nothing to lose and an opportunity to play spoiler, Paschal's Lady Panthers took the floor loose and energetic on Friday, and did indeed put a crimp in Weatherford's plans for a postseason spot at Kangaroo gymnasium.
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WC recovers, wins late over Navarro
Not to be outdone by the Lady Coyotes late-inning heroics in their opener last week, the Weatherford College baseball team had plenty of drama in its opener, as well, as it launched a final-inning 3-run barrage to beat defending national champion Navarro College, 8-7.
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Area sports schedules — Week of February 6
It is official. With the start of area prep baseball and softball scrimmages in the coming week, as well as Weatherford College playing its baseball season-opener on Saturday last, the busiest time of year, sports-wise for Parker County, has emerged.
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Weatherford College Baseball Preview
When Jeff Lightfoot started the Weatherford College baseball program almost a decade ago, he wasted no time in building a winner — and fans have gotten used to the Coyotes being a part of the postseason.
So with the start of each season comes high expectations, all with the hopes of getting that elusive first Junior College World Series berth. Lightfoot has a JUCO World Series title as a coach at Eastfield College in Mesquite in 2001.
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WC snags WHS diamond standout
It is not the first time, and certainly will not be the last that a metaphorical baton, in this case, a baseball student-athlete has been passed from Weatherford High School to Weatherford College. Groomed on the diamond for the past four years by WHS head coach Terry Massey and assistant Jason Lee, senior Trooper Reynolds confirmed his scholastic and athletic intentions at the next step on Friday, signing a national letter-of-intent to Weatherford College.
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