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November 22, 2008

Staff Report The Weatherford Democrat Sat Nov 22, 2008, 02:33 PM CST

WHS drops decision to Bowie

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A sparse-scoring third quarter dropped Weatherford’s boys off the pace Friday in a 61-44 non-district loss to Arlington Bowie.

Lady Roos fall to Granbury

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Weatherford’s Mack Lankford scored 19 points in a losing effort Friday as the Lady Pirates offense caught fire early and beat the WHS girls, 63-26.

Eagles slip by Lipan

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The Brock Eagles boys varsity improved to 2-0 Friday with a 60-54 win over Lipan. Leading by seven at the half, the Eagles maintained the margin in an early-season battle against their former 1A basketball rival.

Brock girls lose close contest to Horn at Flower Mound

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The Lady Eagles fought back from a first quarter deficit to tie 5A Mesquite Horn at the end of the third period, but fell just short in the contest, losing 43-42 in their second game at the Flower Mound basketball tourney.

Brock’s Kenisha Harris led he Lady Eagles’ scoring with 14 points, while Paige Parliament added 13. The loss set up a meeting with Trinity on Saturday.

Tison girls mix it up with Joshua

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The eighth-grade girls basketball team took on Joshua in three exciting games, Thursday. The C team won, 23-21. Ashley Mohr led all scorers with 13 points, followed by Julia Arenz with eight and Erin Hailey with two. The B team lost a very close game 24-22. Zayna Richardson led Tison scoring with eight points, followed by Jessica Stults, Madison Mullins and Hailey Reed with four each. Karley Robertson added two points. Emily Rich and Camille Carry put in a fine defensive effort. The A team capped the night with a 40-31 win. Melissa Hawkins led all scoring with 22 points. Hayley Wellen added six, with Remi Reynolds and Lauren Leach scoring four points each. Kelsey Allen added a two. The defense was led by Nicole Carr.

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McKinley nets 800th win
Bob McKinley hit a major coaching milestone Saturday afternoon.

February 7, 2012 1 Photo
WHS wrestlers see success at district meet
The Weatherford wrestling team traveled to Springtown Saturday to compete in the District 8 Wrestling Championships.

February 7, 2012 1 Photo
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.

February 5, 2012 1 Photo
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.

February 5, 2012 1 Photo
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.

February 5, 2012 1 Photo
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.

February 5, 2012
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.

February 2, 2012 1 Photo
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.

January 29, 2012 1 Photo
Softball era begins at WC
The crowd on hand Saturday at the Weatherford College Softball Complex was already standing-room only for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, a full 30 minutes before the first pitch was thrown to open the inaugural regular season of the WC Lady Coyotes softball team. Fans and well-wishers were strewn from the concessions mezzanine behind the first-base line, through the packed stands and even into the Lady Coyotes dugout.

January 29, 2012 2 Photos
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Arlington Lamar hill too steep for Roos

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Weatherford found some offensive punch in the fourth quarter of their District 4-5A match at Arlington Lamar on Friday, but the hole was too deep by then, as Weatherford dropped the contest to the Vikes, 57-39.

January 29, 2012 1 Photo
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