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Wild horses: Lady Wildcats unable to muzzle prolific Lady Mustangs

Sometimes a team leaves the field following a playoff loss reflecting on missed opportunities, unfortunate bounces and feeling as though the better team didn't win.

But that wasn't the case over the weekend when the Plano Senior softball team (20-17) was swept by Humble Kingwood in their best-of-3 regional semifinal series at Round Rock Cedar Ridge High School.

"Our girls fought hard, we just ran into a better team," said Cynthia Zea, Plano head coach. "Kingwood is a great team; one of the best I've seen."

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:54 PM CDT
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The sting of defeat: Timely hits elude Wildcats in season-ending loss to Yellowjackets


HIGHLAND PARK -- Plano Senior baseball nearly doubled up Rockwall in the hit column, 9-5, during Saturday's series-deciding game in a best-of-3 regional quarterfinal set.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:54 PM CDT

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2013 Camp RYAA youth football registration now open


RYAA Eagles, in its 20th year of youth football 1993 -2013, announces its football camp and drill team registration now open online.  
Thursday, May 16, 2013 6:27 PM CDT

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The sting of defeat: Timely hits elude Wildcats in season-ending loss to Yellowjackets


HIGHLAND PARK -- Plano Senior baseball nearly doubled up Rockwall in the hit column, 9-5, during Saturday's series-deciding game in a best-of-3 regional quarterfinal set.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:56 PM CDT

Coming home: Boyd tabs Burton as new boys basketball coach


McKinney Boyd's new boys basketball coach Jason Burton is returning home to District 10-5A.
Monday, May 20, 2013 2:02 PM CDT

Softball: Null blanks Keller, Marcus headed to regional finals


Marcus starting pitcher Hannah Null was at her best when her team needed her most Saturday, throwing a one-hit shut out victory over Keller, 1-0, at Colleyville Heritage to send the Lady Marauders to the UIL Class 5A Region I Final where they will meet rival Lewisville.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 9:35 PM CDT

Frisco ISD wrap: Liberty baseball advances to regional semifinals while Centennial and Wakeland fall


The Liberty and Centennial baseball teams went back and forth during the first two games of a regional quarterfinals matchup between the District 9-4A rivals.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 7:00 PM CDT

Mad Men: Draper and Co. propel Plano West past Allen, into regional finals


The Plano West baseball team never seems to make it easy.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 6:40 PM CDT

Web Exclusive: The Finals Countdown-Lovejoy softball advances by sweeping Centennial


Six runs and nine hits in a game is usually enough to satisfy a softball coach.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 6:40 PM CDT

Softball: Lewisville advances to regional finals


Lewisville’s softball team is one round away from competing at the UIL Class 5A State Softball Tournament.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 3:29 PM CDT

Baseball: Marcus’ postseason perfection continues


GRAPEVINE — Three playoff series are complete and Marcus’ baseball team is yet to drop a game in the postseason.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 2:24 AM CDT

Softball: Still alive: Hardin’s clutch hit forces Game 3 for Marcus


Down to its last out, Marcus’ softball team staved off elimination Friday as Ashley Hardin continued her torrid postseason with a two-run single in the top of the seventh inning to propel the Lady Marauders past Keller, 3-2, in Game 2 of its Class 5A Region I Semifinal series.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 2:24 AM CDT

Softball: On a roll: Lewisville continues winning ways in opener of regional semis


Lewisville’s softball team stayed red-hot Friday night, inducing the run-rule en route to taking Game 1 of its Class 5A Region I Semifinal against Lubbock Coronado, 11-1, at Abilene Christian University.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:58 AM CDT

Do or die: Titans force decisive Game 3 against Liberty


FRISCO -- A 6-2 Game 1 loss during Thursday's regional quarterfinal matchup put the Centennial baseball team in a win-or-go-home situation on Friday against Liberty.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:29 AM CDT

Yellowjacket racket: Rockwall upends Plano in series-opening shootout


HIGHLAND PARK -- A pair of sevens may not go a long way as a poker hand, but it can be more than enough to win a baseball game.
Friday, May 17, 2013 11:48 PM CDT

Get a Gripp: West pitcher hurls 3-hitter in 1-0 series-opening win over Allen


ALLEN -- After a leadoff double by Allen senior Tom Phillips in the bottom of the seventh inning and Plano West clinging to a 1-0 lead in Game 1 of a best-of-3 regional quarterfinal series, Wolves senior pitcher Nick Gripp had a simple reaction.
Friday, May 17, 2013 11:33 PM CDT

One that got away: Late mistakes costly as Sunnyvale is eliminated from baseball playoffs


SAGINAW--Sunnyvale was hoping this year's playoff road was leading to the program's first state tournament, but its postseason journey came to an abrupt end on Friday in heartbreaking fashion.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:39 AM CDT

Falling behind: Lone Star falls to Mineola in fourth round opener


ROCKWALL -- A smattering of hits snowballed as Lone Star lost, 11-1, in a run-ruled game to Mineola Friday night from Rockwall High School in the first game of the best-of-3 regional semifinals matchup.
Friday, May 17, 2013 11:23 PM CDT

Extra inning heartache: Boyd falls to No. 5 The Woodlands


GEORGETOWN -- All good things must come to an end.
Friday, May 17, 2013 11:23 PM CDT

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