Week of Nov. 24-30, 2013

WEEKLY BOYS BASKETBALL REPORT: Voks grab fifth place in Border Olympics

December 1, 2013 // 0 Comments

Churchill’s fourth-quarter push edges East Central TEAMS INCLUDED:Central Catholic, East Central, Edison, Fox Tech, Harlandale, Holy Cross, Lanier, South San, Southside, Southwest. Lanier won four of five games over the weekend to finish in fifth place at the Border Olympics. The Voks (4-2) smashed Laredo Martin [...]

FOOTBALL: Rouse second-half comeback takes down Harlandale

November 30, 2013 // 0 Comments

Indians built halftime lead in second region-round game Brandon Ramon’s Harlandale career lasted long enough for it to come full circle, if only for a fraction of one play. As a sophomore, Ramon started at wide receiver. He became a receiver again in the first quarter of the Indians’ Class 4A Region round game [...]

FOOTBALL: Area playoff results 2013 (complete)

November 30, 2013 // 0 Comments

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of Nov. 15-16 Friday’s games CLASS 5A Division I Bi-district round Warren (9-2) 48, East Central (5-6) 44 O’Connor (8-3) 31, Southwest (5-6) 6 CLASS 4A Division I Bi-district round Hays (9-2) 45, Brackenridge (7-4) 20 Harlandale (9-2) 37, Gregory-Portland (4-7) 35 Division [...]

BOYS BASKETBALL: This week’s results (updated Nov. 30)

November 25, 2013 // 0 Comments

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of Nov. 25-30 Tuesday’s results Non-district Southwest (1-3 ???) 67, Marshall (3-5) 61 South San (2-2) 60, Southside (3-6) 59 Holmes (6-6) 70, Jefferson (1-6) 32 Edison (2-5) 65, Harlandale (2-2) 57 McCollum (6-2) 58, Burbank (2-4 ???) 55 Antonian (7-1) 68, Highlands (3-6) 53 [...]

GIRLS BASKETBALL: This week’s results (updated Nov. 30)

November 25, 2013 // 0 Comments

NOTE: teams we cover are in boldface Games of Nov. 25-30 Monday’s results Non-district Memorial (4-5) 35, Pearsall (5-10) 29 Tuesday’s results District 28-4A Brennan (9-0, 1-0) 73, Young Women’s Leadership Academy (1-6, 0-1) 4 Brackenridge (13-4, 1-0) 55, Fox Tech (3-8, 0-1) 14 Highlands (8-5 ???, 1-0) 62, Burbank [...]

FOOTBALL: Holy Cross seniors silenced naysayers, kept tradition intact

November 24, 2013 // 0 Comments

Knights’ second-half comeback falls short in state quarterfinals When they were freshmen, observers weren’t all that impressed with Holy Cross’ football class of 2014. Think of 2012 Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney and her dour expression after receiving a medal that wasn’t gold. This season [...]