High School Soccer has its own Bracketology
from Dallas Morning News HS Game Time
The University Interscholastic League's Class 4A state soccer tournaments feature an unusual bracketing twist this season: Some district champions played first-round matches while some fourth-place finishers received byes. Byes were awarded based on geography, not performance. The brackets also created a sectional round, meaning a team might need to win eight matches to earn the state title. More

UT Star’s Dad Might Apply for Churchill Coaching Job
from San Antonio Express-News
Graham football coach Brad McCoy, the father of Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, acknowledged that he could become a candidate to fill Churchill's vacant coaching job. Former Roosevelt and current Caney Creek coach Glenn Hill is another name that has surfaced as a possible candidate, sources said. More

Trading Places
from Corpus Christi Caller-Times
The state baseball tournament still is more than two months away, but Moody and Calallen gave fans an early taste of what could be the battle for the regional championship.In a non-district matchup featuring the state’s top two teams in Class 4A, the Trojans held on for a 7-4 victory in front of 2,689 fans at Whataburger Field. Moody, ranked second behind Calallen, improved to 17-1 and is sure to vault past the Wildcats (17-2) in the next Top 10 poll. More

Flower Mound Marcus Seeking Another Soccer Celebration
from The Dallas Morning News
About the time when winter loses its grip on North Texas, the most heated soccer games begin. "It's the best time of the year," Flower Mound Marcus coach John Gall says with a smile. That's certainly the case at Marcus, where the boys team hasn't lost a playoff game since 2006. Now Marcus is trying to become the first boys team to win three straight soccer titles since Plano did it from 1991 to '93. More

Lubbock Area Well-represented by Teams of Young High School Athletes
from Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
A total of five teams from the South Plains advanced to the UIL State Tournament this year. When's the last time that happened? In the past five or six years, the closest thing that comes to mind is the 2005 baseball season, says Adam Zuvanich, one of our in-house sports experts. Monterey (Class 5A), Cooper (3A) and New Deal (1A) advanced to the UIL state tournament - with Cooper being a finalist - and Lubbock Christian High reached the TAPPS 3A state tourney. More

Jeff Nelson Named Ozen High School Head Football Coach
from KBMT
Jeff Nelson now owns the title of Head Football Coach at Ozen High School. Beaumont I.S.D. announced. Nelson is a Beaumont native, played at BCP High School and has been an assistant coach for the West Brook Bruins the last four years under Craig Stump. More

Locker Room–acquired MRSA
from Ortho Supersite
Many risk factors for MRSA infections have been identified. While these are not specific to athletic populations, athletes may encounter them more frequently than the general population. Among these risk factors, skin abrasions and the sharing of training equipment or personal hygiene items are commonly identified as potential risks for developing MRSA infections in athletes. More

Wylie Baseball Team has Climbed the Ranks Together
from Dallas Morning News HS Game Time
To give his players room to stretch out on a recent trip to Georgetown, Wylie baseball coach Dustin Toth arranged for use of a 52-passenger bus. But when Toth got on board, he noticed a lot of empty rows up front. "The players were all bunched up in the back," he said. Stretching out, it seems, wasn't as important to the players as hanging out together. Especially for the seniors, who might be the tightest-knit group you'll find. Here's one reason: Eight of them have been teammates for so long, they remember playing on the same T-ball team. More