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Senior Night on Tap For Lady Scots
The Highland Park girls basketball team will take on Rockwall-Heath at 7:30 tonight in its final home game of the season.
Seniors Libby Ethington, Amanda Goodwin, Sydney McDaniel, Savanna Taylor, and Sarah Werner will be honored prior to the game.
The Lady Scots (20-7, 8-4) are in a three-way tie for second place in the District 10-4A standings with McKinney North and Wylie. McKinney is just one game behind those three teams. Rockwall has already wrapped up the district title, so one of those four teams in the log jam for second place will not make the playoffs.
Highland Park wraps up the regular season on Tuesday at McKinney.
By Chuck Cox Feb. 3, 2012 | 6:00 am | 7 Comments | Comments RSS -
Scots Tentatively Set 2012 Football Schedule
The Scots have tentatively set their 2012 schedule. (Staff photo: Chris McGathey)
Every two years, when the University Interscholastic League unveils its realignment and reclassification of districts, tons of football coaches gather at Birdiville ISD Fine Arts/Athletics Complex the morning the new districts for the next two years are released.
Once that happens, coaches from the new districts meet and set their district football schedules. Coaches also finalize their non-district schedules, once they know how many district games they’ll have. It’s always a madhouse. And it’s always a blast.
This morning, I got to go out and cover that very event, which is always one of my favorite things to do. As Dan posted earlier, Highland Park found out which teams will be in its new district for football, basketball, baseball and several other sports.
We already knew Highland Park’s football team opens next season against Aledo in the Tom Landry Classic. The rest of the schedule has the Scots hosting Tulsa Northeast Oklahoma Association of Home Schools and going to Sherman to round out non-district play. Highland Park will then have a bye week before opening District 10-4A play at home against Forney. The Scots will then play back-to-back road games at North Forney and Mesquite Poteet. Highland Park then hosts West Mesquite, travels to Carrollton Creekview, and then hosts Carrollton Newman Smith and Terrell to close out the regular season.
The non-district schedule will be the same in 2013, with the exception of Sherman coming to Highlander Stadium. The District 10-4A schedule will be the same with the home teams reversed from the 2012 schedule.
By Chuck Cox Feb. 2, 2012 | 12:09 pm | 4 Comments | Comments RSS -
Putting Up Zeroes
Chase Fletcher shows his disbelief after a scoreless overtime period. (Staff photo: Chris McGathey)
As a sports writer, you never know what you might see when you go to cover a game. If you attend enough games, you’ll witness just about everything that could possibly unfold. That’s why when you see something you’ve never seen before, it can be pretty cool.
Such was the case on Tuesday night at the Highland Park-McKinney North boys basketball game at Highlander Fieldhouse. After a rough first half, the Scots found themselves trailing by 12 early in the third quarter. Highland Park was able to whittle that lead away and tie things up on an Andrew Barnes layup with 21 seconds left in regulation.
The game ended up going to overtime. And that’s when the weirdness ensued. Neither team scored in the first extra frame. That’s right, zero points in five minutes. Making things even more astonishing is the fact neither team scored in the second overtime until Chase Fletcher gave the Scots a lead on a layup with one minute left.
Although quite a bit of it had to do with the Bulldogs stalling the ball on offense, we went 9:21 of game clock without a single point. Crazy.
The Scots ended up winning, 48-45, to wrap up a playoff spot and extend their winning streak to 10 games.
By Chuck Cox Feb. 1, 2012 | 12:11 pm | 3 Comments | Comments RSS -
Six Scots Earn All-State Nods
Highland Park guard Tanner Stone (72) earned third-team all-state honors. (Photo: Jeremy Chesnutt)
Highland Park’s football team was well-represented on the 61st Annual Collin Street Bakery/Texas Sports Writer’s Association’s Class 4A All-State Team, which was released today.
Guard Tanner Stone, who is set to sign his national letter of intent with Duke on Wednesday, was named to the third team. The other five Scots — quarterback Brady Burgin, defensive back Mark Gottsacker, running back/kick returner Preston Miller, wide receiver William Morris, and linebacker Mason Shaw — were all honorable mention.
Aledo running back Johnathan Gray was named the Offensive Most Valuable Player, while Denton Ryan defensive lineman Mario Edwards Jr. was named the Defensive MVP.
By Chuck Cox Jan. 30, 2012 | 2:07 pm | No Comments | Comments RSS -
Rivalry Night For Basketball Teams
Highland Park's Andrew Barnes (4) goes up for a shot between a pair of defenders. (Photo: Mike Wallis)
The Highland Park basketball teams will square off with Pearce in what could be the final meeting as district rivals between the schools for the foreseeable future. Pearce is expected to jump up to Class 5A for at least the next two seasons.
The Lady Scots (18-7, 6-4) will face the Lady Mustangs (14-13, 4-6) at Highlander Fieldhouse. Highland Park is tied with Wylie and McKinney for third place in the District 10-4A standings with four games left in the regular season. Pearce won the first meeting, 55-54, on a buzzer-beater.
Meanwhile, the Scots (21-2, 8-0) look to stay perfect in district play when they visit the Mustangs (12-11, 3-5). Highland Park held off Pearce, 65-63, in the first meeting.
Both games are at 7:30 p.m.
By Chuck Cox Jan. 27, 2012 | 6:00 am | 2 Comments | Comments RSS -
SMU Football Schedule Set For 2012
SMU running back Jared Williams fights for extra yardage. (Photo: Kendall Webb/RoadTripSports.com)
The SMU football team released its 2012 schedule today.
The Mustangs, who are coming off an 8-5 season that included a bowl win over Pittsburgh, will open up at Baylor on Sept. 1. The Bears went 10-3 last year, but they will not have Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III back at quarterback next season. He is headed to the NFL.
SMU’s home opener will be one week later against Stephen F. Austin. That game will be the first of three straight at home. The Mustangs will take on Texas A&M on Sept. 15 and TCU on Sept. 29 at Ford Stadium.
The Conference USA opener for SMU is Oct. 6 at UTEP.
By Chuck Cox Jan. 26, 2012 | 1:05 pm | No Comments | Comments RSS -
LAX at SMU?
With SMU heading to the Big East Conference, talk of the school adding lacrosse as a sport has come up.
Athletic director Steve Orsini told ESPN that “lacrosse, as you know, is growing here, and the Big East represents the footprint of the best lacrosse in America … Those are all things we’ll discuss and see at the presidential level here.”
As Orsini said, adding lacrosse would make total sense for SMU. Dallas/Fort Worth is a hotbed for lacrosse, and several of the state’s top high school programs — Highland Park, Hillcrest, Jesuit, and St. Mark’s — are all a stone’s throw from the Hilltop.
By Chuck Cox Jan. 23, 2012 | 3:45 pm | 6 Comments | Comments RSS -
Football Team Holds Annual Banquet
Scots running back Preston Miller (7) takes a handoff from Brady Burgin. (Staff photo: Chris McGathey)
The Highland Park football team held its annual banquet on Thursday night inside the cafeteria.
Head coach Randy Allen, still on crutches following his car accident following his team’s last playoff game on Nov. 26, and his coaching staff handed out team awards and recognized players, parents, coaches, and supporters.
Running back Preston Miller received the “Fightn’est Scot Award.” Linebacker Ian Hayashi and offensive linemen Barker Carlock and Tanner Stone shared the “Conscientious Scot Award.” Tanner Hutt got the “Forgotten Lineman Award.” Tyler Rentfro was the “Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year,” and Stephen Modory was the “Defensive Scot Team Player of the Year.”
By Chuck Cox Jan. 20, 2012 | 1:44 pm | No Comments | Comments RSS -
SMU To Celebrate Move, Bowl Win on Thursday
A member of the SMU band gets fired up for the BBVA Compass Bowl. (Photo: Kendall Webb/RoadTripSports.com)
SMU is hosting a celebration to honor its move to the Big East Conference and its convincing win in the BBVA Compass Bowl at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center.
The event will feature members of the SMU band, cheerleaders, players, coaches, Peruna, and the BBVA Compass Bowl championship trophy. Big East Commissioner John Marinatto, school president R. Gerald Turner, and athletic director Steve Orsini will also be on hand.
By Chuck Cox Jan. 18, 2012 | 12:18 pm | No Comments | Comments RSS -
Lady Scots Look to Continue Hot Start
Highland Park's Megan Gittins (left) dribbles the ball past Lovejoy's Rebecca Gleason. (Staff photo: Alana Harrison)
The Highland Park Lady Scots dominated their own tournament last week to open the regular season.
Not only did Highland Park win all four games against quality opponents Austin Lake Travis, Lovejoy, Wichita Falls Rider, and Longview, the Lady Scots allowed just one goal in the process. Highland Park outscored those four opponents by a combined total of 21-1. Lovejoy was the only team that scored on the Lady Scot defense.
Highland Park (4-0-0) will look to build on that torrid start when it hits the road to take on Arlington Martin at 7:15 tonight.
By Chuck Cox Jan. 17, 2012 | 1:02 pm | 2 Comments | Comments RSS
