High school confidential

Competition will resume at 8:50 p.m.

The PA announcer just informed the crowd that competition is scheduled to resume at 8:50 p.m. with the 5A girls 300 hurdles.

Argyle boys and girls finish in top 10

The Argyle boys team finished four the in the 3A team standings with 38 points. Cuero won the championship with 62 points, followed by Atlanta (52) and Dallas Madison (42).
Canyon won the 3A girls team title with 72 points. Texarkana Liberty-Eylau and Abilene Wylie finished second and third, respectively. Argyle placed seventh with 22 points.

Rowlett star has been standout so far

Rowlett's Marquise Goodwin has won three golds, a silver and a bronze. Goodwin won the gold in the triple and long jumps. He also helped Rowlett win the 4x100 and take the bronze in the 4x200. He took the silver in the 100, trailing Fort Bend Hightower's Isaiah Sweeny (10.32).

Check that...fans are now leaving again

After about 50 fans had reclaimed their spots -- or stole better ones -- they are now headed back under the grandstands. It was most likely the scary lightening flashing in the sky that freaked them out. Smart move. 

Rain subsiding, track resuming momentarily

About 40 minutes after the meet was suspended due to a thunder storm, fans are beginning to trickle back into their seats and UIL officials are beginning to pepper the infield lawn. But the thunder is sill echoing above the stadium so it still could be a good 20 minutes before action resumes.

State meet suspended until intense storm passes

The UIL State Track and Field meet was suspended at 7:02 p.m. just minutes before an intense rain storm drenched Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of UT-Austin.
Competition may resume in a minimum 30 minutes. But it looks like the delay could be longer. The rain is still coming down steadily 15 minutes after it began.
The 5A boys 400 had just finished when the PA announcer instructed the packed house to evacuate the stadium. The crowd was instructed to seek shelter at Royal Memorial Stadium, home of the Longhorns football team.
Eight events remain -- all Class 5A. They are the boys and girls 300 hurdles, 200 meter dash, the mile run and mile relay.

Hodges takes silver in 1600

Paradise's James Hodges took the silver in the boys 2A 1,600. Hodges finished with a time of 4:29.16, three seconds behind winner Cody Hughes of Anna.

Hightower wins silver in the triple jump

Arlington Sam Houston sophomore Alexius Hightower picked up her second medal of the day after taking the silver in the 5A triple jump.

Weygandt wins again but not to her liking

Mansfield's Shade Weygandt won her third consecutive gold medal in the 5A pole vault but she remained a tad disappointed. Weygandt, who cleared 13-7 at least year's meet, routinely clears 13-4 but couldn't today in three attempts.
  The junior won the gold with a mark of 13 feet, three inches better than the second-place finisher.

Grandview girl takes 400 silver

Grandview's Marissa Cooksey took second place in the girls 2A 400 meter dash with a time of 57.93. Alvord's Paige Klein took fifth place with a time of 57.63.

Hicks, Childers compete in long jump

Senior Antione Hicks (Mansfield Timberview) finished fourth in the boys 5A long jump with a mark of 7.20 meters. Mansfield junior Matt Childers finished seventh with a mark of 6.69 meters.

Alvord girl takes 100 silver

Paige Klein won the girls 2A silver medal in the 100 meter dash. Klein clocked in at 12.18. The winner, Elydia Farwell, from Lexington, finished at 11.98.

Chico takes boys discus bronze

Chico's Hayden Eubanks took third place in the boys 2A discus. Eubanks tossed for 54.2 meters. The winner threw for 56.10 meters.

Meridian athlete wins triple jump

Meridian's Torrence Allen won the Class A boys triple jump title with a mark of 14.31 meters.

Brock girl takes 800 title

Brock's Payton Shoush won the 2A gold in the 800 meter dash. Shoush finished with a time of 2:18.73. Boyd's Kathrine Mark finished sixth at 2:25.68.

Hightower takes long jump bronze

Arlington Sam Houston’s Alexius Hightower took the bronze in the 5A long jump. The sophomore jumped for 18 feet, 10 3/4 inches. Friendswood Clear Brook’s Erica Alexander won the gold with a mark of 19-6 1/2.

Heritage freshman takes silver in 3,200

Colleyville Heritage's Alyssa Nielson took the silver in the 5A girls 3,200. The freshman finished with a time of 10:54.48.
Southlake Carroll junior Tara Upshaw finished sixth place with a time of 11:17.50.

Colby Lowe takes 3,200 title

Southlake Carroll's Colby  Lowe won his third consecutive 5A gold medal in the 3,200 this morning. The senior was just a second behind the all-time state record with a time of 8:53.32. Lowe finished 22 seconds in front of the second-place finisher.
Teammate Chris Brown finished sixth.

Joshua even area series with Western Hills

Joshua’s Austin Neal hit a two-run single past a draw-in infield to break a 3-3 fourth inning tie and the Owls tacked on three more runs in the fifth to win Game 2 of the Class 4A best-of-three series with Fort Woth Western Hills, 9-3. The series is tied at 1-1. Game 3 will be played at 4 p.m. at North Crowley on Saturday. The winner of this best-of-three series will face Fort Worth Southwest or Birdville in the regional quarterfinals. Colton Turner (7-2) struck out eight in a complete-game five-hitter. “He composed himself well and did a great job today,” Owls coach Jason Bourgeois said. Stuck gave up four hits and walked five in 3 1/3 innings. Three errors from his defense didn’t help. Joshua’s Colton Joshua improved to 26-7 while Western Hills fell to 20-15. Jordan Allen was was 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, one RBI and two runs scored for the Owls.
- William Wilkerson

Fossil Ridge sweeps Arlington Heights

Brendan Alvey hit a two-run homer in the first inning and went the distance to earn the win as Keller Fossil Ridge defeated Fort Worth Arlington Heights 6-1 to complete a sweep in the Class 4A area-round matchup. The Panthers (26-8) now move on to the regional quarterfinals, where they will meet the Cleburne-Denton Ryan next week. It is the first time Fossil Ridge has advanced past the area round. Alvey's homer staked Fossil Ridge to a 2-0 lead, and he added an RBI single during a four-run third inning. Carlos Rodriguez contributed an RBI double and Brace Dunham had a run-scoring single. Chris Vaughan went the distance for Arlington Heights and suffered his first loss of the season. For a complete report, see www.star-telegram.com/highschools -- Lori Dann

Fossil Ridge sweeps Arlington Heights

Brendan Alvey hit a two-run homer in the first inning and went the distance to earn the win as Keller Fossil Ridge defeated Fort Worth Arlington Heights 6-1 to complete a sweep in the Class 4A area-round matchup. The Panthers (26-8) now move on to the regional quarterfinals, where they will meet the Cleburne-Denton Ryan winner next weekend. It is the first time Fossil Ridge has advanced past the area round. Alvey's homer staked Fossil Ridge to a 2-0 lead, and he added an RBI single during a four-run third inning. Carlos Rodriguez contributed an RBI double and Brace Dunham had a run-scoring single. Chris Vaughan went the distance for Arlington Heights and suffered his first loss of the season. For a complete report, see www.star-telegram.com/highschools -- Lori Dann

Birdville's Gipson wins second silver

Whitney Gipson finished off her stellar high school athletic career in style by winning two silver medals.
Gipson took second in the 4A triple jump with a personal best jump. Her 40 foot jump is the longest she has jumped at Birdville. She jumped 40-1 two years ago in a summer club track meet.

Gipson also took second in the long jump earlier in the day. In both events Gipson lost to Beaumont Ozen's A'Lexus Brannon.

Gipson takes silver in 4A long jump

Birdville's Whitney Gipson won the silver in the 4A long jump at the UIL state track and field meet Friday. The senior jumped for 19 feet, 10 inches. Beaumont Ozen's A'Lexus Brannon took the gold with jump of 20-0 1/2.

Stephenville's Elliot takes 4A discus gold

Makayla Elliot of Stephenville won the gold medal in the 4A discus throw of the UIL state track and field championships Friday. Elliot threw for 140-2, more than 5 inches longer than the second-place competitor. Arlington Seguin's Ashlee Smith took fourth place with a throw of 132-7.

Kennedale's Newton takes silver

Stacia Newton of Kennedale won the silver medal in the Class 3A discus throw this morning at the UIL state track and field meet. Martin threw 133 feet, 8 inches. Sharae Robinson, of Corpus Christi West Oso, took the gold with a throw of 137-7.

Colleyville softball drops Game 1 against Flower Mound

Flower Mound knocked off Colleyville Heritage 5-0  in the opening game of a three game series in the Class 5A Region I regional quarterfinals.

Game 2 moves to Colleyville Heritage on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Game 3 if necessary is scheduled for noon Saturday at Grapevine.

Softball: Coll. Heritage finishes sweep over Trinity

Both games went down to the final inning, and Colleyville Heritage held off a ninth-inning Euless Trinity rally to win 5-4 and win the Class 5A Region I are-round series Saturday. The Lady Panthers (26-11) move on to face Flower Mound (24-6), who beat them in the bi-district round last season.

"It was intense, just really intense," said Colleyville Heritage senior Kerilyn Kerestine, who singled home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning and later scored. "We knew we couldn't relax. We just had to keep going and going."

Colleyville Heritage scored all four of its runs to beat Trinity 4-3 in the series opener Friday, and hit around in the ninth inning Saturday to go up 5-1. The Lady Trojans (17-17) made it interesting though, scoring three runs and having the winning run left at second base.

Trinity missed on a chance to take a lead in the sixth inning. Stacy Haxel doubled and pinch runner Alyssa Gamboa stole third base. With one out, Amanda Birkheimer hit what looked like a sacrifice fly, but Trinity coach Jeff Lemons said he sent Gamboa home too early and she was doubled off to end the inning.

Frost freezes Duncanville hitters, leads Bell to area round

Brett Frost allowed one hit on nine strikeouts in seven innings to lead Hurst L.D. Bell to a 5-0 win over Duncanville in the second game of a best-of-three bi-district series with Duncanville at Duncanville High on Saturday. The Blue Raiders swept the series after a 12-2 six-inning win on Friday. Bell coach Paul Gibson got his 300th career victory in 15 seasons at Bell with the win. Ryan Zietz’s RBI bunt single in the sixth was all the run support Frost would need. He was perfect through four until he walked the first batter of the fifth. He gave up a single to the lead off hitter in the sixth. Bell tacked on four more runs in the sixth on heads up base running by Zietz, a run-scoring fielding error on a routine pop fly, an RBI single from Darrious Polk and some more nifty base running.
Bell will face either Flower Mound or Grapevine in the area round on May 10.
- William Wilkerson

Final (softball): Coll. Heritage 4, Trinity 3

It took Colleyville Heritage seven innings, but the Lady Panthers finally adjusted to Euless Trinity pitcher Rebekah Shockey and rallied for four runs in their final at-bat to beat the Lady Trojans 4-3 in the opener in their Class 5A Region I area playoff series at Colleyville Heritage. The series continues at 5 p.m. Saturday at Trinity, with a third game to follow if needed.

Like the Lady Panthers, Trinity (17-16) needed a few innings before adjusting to the opposing pitcher. Kayla English struck out seven Lady Trojans through four innings before Trinity got her for three runs in the fifth and sixth innings. The Lady Trojans did however, leave the bases loaded in the sixth.

Elizabeth Webster tripled home Jordan Keller to start the Lady Panthers' rally. Taylor Brookshire followed with a single to score Sarah Wilson, running for Webster. Colleyville Heritage then had three singles to load the bases and tie the game. Jessica Smith walked and forced home Mac Christensen for the win.

Batts leads Western Hills past Joshua 3-0 in Game 1 of 4A area round series

Matt Batts threw a complete-game three hitter and also had two timely hits to lead Western Hills to a 3-0 road win over Joshua on Thursday at Glen Holley Memorial Park.
Batts doubled off the right field wall in the fourth inning before Kyle Privette pinch ran for him. Privette, who moved to third on a single from Warren Schroeder, scored after Todd Harlan missed a squeeze bunt. Privette was caught in a hot-box and when he slid into third an errant throw went into left field that allowed him to score. The leftfielder slipped trying to get the ball and Schroeder came all the way around to make it 2-0. Ryan Stuck hit a ground ball through the legs of Joshua’s second baseman and right fielder in the sixth. He scored from second on Batts single. Austin Neal stuck out 12, including the first five of the game, for Joshua. Stuck will get the start for Western Hills in Game 2, which is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday at Western Hills (20-14). If needed, Game 3 will be played at 4 p.m. at North Crowley High on Saturday. The winner of this best-of-three series will face either Fort Worth Southwest or North Richland Hills Birdville in the regional quarterfinals on May 17.
- William Wilkerson