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Area six-man football playoffs net mixed results
The Willow Park Trinity Christian Academy Eagles defeated the Dallas Academy Bulldogs 58-28 in the first round of the TCAF Division I play-offs in a game played Friday, November 6, 2009 at Aledo Middle School.
The Eagles offense jumped out to an early lead scoring on its first three possessions as Jernigan scored or runs of runs of 1 and 43 yards coupled with a 65 strike from Pike to give the Eagles an 18-0 lead after the first period.
The Eagles defense was led by the senior Pike who recorded 17 tackles on the evening including three tackles for losses and a fumble recovery that he returned for 10 yards and a score.
The Eagles travel to the Abilene area to play defending state champion Midland Trinity Saturday, in the next round of the play-offs.
With the Mineral Wells Community Christian School win over Irving Faustina Academy. the Warriors move to the next playoff round. MWCC will meet up with District 2 champions, Fort Worth Glenview Christian School Cowboys.
FW Glenview is 9 - 1 coming off Round 1 Playoff win 76 to 19 over Joshua Christian.
Game time is set for Saturday, 11 a.m., at the Old ISD Stadium which is in downtown Aledo.
Weatherford Christian lost their first-round playoff game Saturday, 52-0 to Arlington St. Paul.
WCS finishes its season with a 2-2 district record, and 5-6 overall.Next year looks good for the Lions, who only lose two seniors, gaining 5 from its JH team, and any transfers we may get in.
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Weatherford linksters card second place at Sugar Tree
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The WHS varsity boy’s golf team finished third at the Kangaroo Classic tournament played at the Sugar Tree Golf Club last weekend.
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Mavericks top T'wolves for twelfth straight win
(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.
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WC Rodeo deemed success
College rodeo athletes converged on Weatherford this past weekend for the Weatherford College NIRA Rodeo at the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Grounds.
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WC splits with Hill, NTJCAC play afoot
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.
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WHS boys bounce back to beat Haltom, still in 3-5A mix
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.
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Seeing double: Brock girls defend state title
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.
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Brock boys fall in semifinal
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.
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Lady Eagles cruise to Class 2A final over outmatched Jewett Leon
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.
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Brock heads to state, again
The atmosphere at the Class 2A Region II final game at Tarleton State University was almost too much for the gymnasium to handle.
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