Abilene Cooper grad Spears beefs up for starting role on ACU football team
When Blake Spears first joined the Abilene Christian University football team in the fall of 2009, the 6-foot-6 Cooper graduate weighed just 220 pounds — quite a bit light for a college offensive...
View ArticleAbilene Cooper's Churchman, Abilene High clean up at home during third round...
Those Abilene boys did what they had to do playing on their home course. Abilene High's Alex Warr shot a even-par 71 for the low round of the day, helping his team vault within four strokes of...
View ArticleWylie softball team has easy time with Sweetwater
SWEETWATER — This is the way Heather Collier wanted her Wylie team to start the second half of district. The Lady Bulldogs pounded out 15 hits, and Brianna West tossed six strong innings in relief as...
View ArticleSan Angelo Central wins 3-5A girls golf title
San Angelo Central shot a low round of 333 on Monday at Maxwell Municipal Golf to win the District 3-5A girls golf tournament with a four-round total of 1,364 — 35 strokes better than Odessa Permian.
View ArticleACU Wildcats split doubleheader with Javelinas
Somewhere in the space of 30 minutes between games, Abilene Christian University's bats must have cooled off. After chasing Texas A&M-Kingsville starter Amanda Arriaga from the first game with a...
View ArticleBaird cousins Churchman, Grant make golf a family affair
James and Janice Grant will be busy today and Thursday in Lubbock. The two Baird residents will be switching golf courses — and caps — as they try to keep up with their grandsons Cory Churchman and...
View ArticleCooper Cougars end baseball season with 5-0 loss to Midland High
This wasn't the way Sierra Sudberry wanted her senior softball season to end.
View ArticleAbilene golfers struggle on opening round of regional
LUBBOCK — The jackrabbits prowling Texas Tech's The Rawls Course might have had a better day than the Abilene ISD crew did Wednesday.
View ArticleAbilene Cooper, Moebes begin spring football drills along with Abilene High
The Cooper football team had its first spring practice Monday with first-year coach Todd Moebes running things, but Moebes — the Coogs' defensive coordinator the previous four seasons — said it was...
View ArticleDraft Notebook: Abilene High, Texas Tech grad Potts hopes to get chance in NFL
Taylor Potts isn't about to lose any sleep during the three-day NFL draft, which begins today with the first round. The former Abilene High and Texas Tech quarterback could be a late-round pick, but he...
View ArticleAbilene Christian University softball, baseball teams seek LSC tournament...
Who would have thought, back when the season was just getting started, that the Abilene Christian softball team would have a better chance of making the postseason than the baseball team? Yet the ACU...
View ArticleCooper baseball in playoffs despite loss to Midland High
This is one the Cooper Cougars would rather put behind them and forget. Fortunately, they can look forward to the playoffs.
View ArticleFootball, wife kept Bullington in Abilene and onto sports greatness in Big...
Ah, the best laid plans of mice and football players. When Wally Bullington drove his 1928 Model A into Abilene in 1949, he intended to play football at Abilene Christian for four years, then return...
View ArticleCooper Coogs, Arlington High Colts promise plenty of offense in 5A baseball...
The Cooper Cougars and Arlington High Colts could wear out the scoreboard when they meet in the first round of the Class 5A baseball playoffs today and Saturday at Weatherford High School's Curtis Field.
View ArticleEwing, Arlington High stifle Cooper in baseball
WEATHERFORD — Arlington High senior Skyler Ewing delivered the big punch and the punch outs to leave the Cooper Cougars reeling after Game 1 of their best-of-three Class 5A bi-district baseball playoff...
View ArticleACU's Walker keeps family tennis tradition going
It's only natural some youngsters want to get away from their parents and their hometown, when it comes to choosing a college. After graduating from high school, they're ready go out in the world and...
View ArticleHaskell blasts Roby 10-0 in quarterfinal softball playoff opener
The Haskell Maidens found the perfect way to Klose out a game.
View ArticleHaskell sweeps past Roby into region semifinals
Dads usually know all the details about their youngster's achievements on the field. But Haskell coach John Foster didn't realize his daughter Cailey Foster went 3-for-3 at the plate with 2 RBIs in...
View ArticleCrosbyton baseball team puts Winters on ice
SNYDER — What started out as a cool Winters' day at Moffett Field soon turned into an Indian summer.
View ArticleSnyder baseball team sails into regionals
SNYDER — The Snyder Tigers used a hot finish to keep their season alive in Game 1 of a doubleheader Saturday at Moffett Field, and the Tigers rode a hot start in Game 2 to sail past Mineral Wells and...
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