Texas High School Sports News

Fort Worth Democrat Tom Schieffer announced today he is quitting his bid for governor, clearing the way for Houston Mayor Bill White to enter the race.

There's an adage that states, "It's not how you start, it's how you finish." Nowhere is that more true than in high school football, where the season is sliced into three distinct sections - nondistrict, district and, for those lucky enough to get there, playoffs.

Once again it is fall, the colors of November change to a brilliant glow and a week before Thanksgiving the Wimberley Texans volleyball team will be headed to a familiar setting - San Marcos - to be part of the UIL State tournament.

Former Wimberley High School and Texas A&M volleyball standout Courtney McCrocklin recently pulled in a prettty prestiguos award, even though she is no longer playing.

Erin Fisher is ready to be in the eye of the storm again today, which won't be any different than the last few months.

The Diablo Valley College football team brought the 2009 season to a close on Nov.

Out of all the Class A volleyball teams in Texas that hit the gym in August with big dreams, only four teams have earned the right to keep that dream alive.

Kansas coach Mark Mangino insists he hasn't lost control of his team, even after the school's athletic director held a meeting with the team Tuesday.

With only four days of practice, the Tucumcari Rattlers start the season with seven wrestlers placing in the top four at Dumas.

With the final goal scored, the final serve made, the final putt completed and the final run over, athletes, parents, coaches and fans at Prospect Mountain had nothing left to do but honor the accomplishments.

By KIRK DOOLEY Kirk Dooley is a University Park writer. The Highland Park tennis team and boys and girls cross country teams are lighting up Interstate 35 between Dallas and Austin this month.

Ultimate Fighting heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, a former University of Minnesota wrestler, is still sick, weeks after withdrawing from his title defense match.

It will be a Freak-y Friday, Saturday and Sunday in New Braunfels. That is because the Tennis Freaks from North Galveston County are headed back for the USA Team Tennis State Championships, to be held at the John Newcombe Tennis Ranch.

Research projects in the areas of materials science and mathematics scored top marks this evening, as Peter Hu of Denton, Texas and the team of Sean Karson of Winter Park, Florida, Dan Liu of Austin, Texas and Kevin Chen of Missouri City, Texas received the highest honors at the Region Two Finals of the 2009 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & ...

Jack Harris, a member of the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame and one of the truly nice guys of this city's athletic scene, passed away Saturday after a long illness.

RIO RANCHO Throughout the season, the Texico High volleyball team lived by the acronym of COAOC.

On the scale of Texas tall tales, Margus Hunt's story rates as the most outlandish since Hakeem Olajuwon curled out of a cab in front of the University of Houston nearly 30 years ago.

Lehigh coach Pat Santoro can relate to what Penn State's Cael Sanderson has experienced the past seven months.

Gordon Wood wasn't always right. The legendary high school football coach knew how to win state championships, but marriage counseling was another matter.

From tweets to stats, Express-News staff writers Chad Peters and Terrence Thomas take a look back and a look ahead at the high school sports landscape.