Arlington softball coach Tommy Edmondson has announced his retirement.
Edmondson, 60, led the Lady Colts for 14 seasons. He guided Arlington to five playoff appearances, including the past four years. Arlington won three district titles with Edmondson at the helm.
--Milenko Martinovich
Arlington survives a huge scare from a spirited Irving squad and advances to the area round.
Rogelio Funes scored midway through the first overtime session.
--Milenko Martinovich
This one is surprisingly close after one half of play, but Arlington is beginning to take control.
Irving scored first when Arlington's defense misplayed a loose ball in its end resulting in a foul and an ensuing successful penalty kick.
Arlington tied the score late in the first half on a beautiful chip shot by Jose Funes.
--Milenko Martinovich
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Liz Perez hit a two-out, three-run triple in Arlingtonâs six-run fourth inning to help the Lady Colts defeat Arlington Bowie 10-4 on Friday at Workman Field. Perez (3-1) was so sick that head coach Tommy Edmondson was afraid she might throw up on the mound. However, she persevered to strikeout six in 4 1/3 innings for the Lady Colts (6-9, 3-1 in District 8-5A). Bowie (6-3-1) dropped to 3-1 in district after it couldnât capture a win against the team that handed them its only two district loses a year ago. Victoria Veyna fell to 3-1 after four innings of work one start after her first no-hitter on Tuesday in a 15-0 win over Sam Houston.
- William Wilkerson
The Tarrant County area knows full well about Rogelio and Jose Funes of the District 8-5A leading Colts.
However, the duo got some extra exposure this weekend as part of FC Dallas' open tryouts as part of the Sueno MLS program. The duo is featured on FC Dallas' site in a profile of the participants that included 2,000 players, which will be cut to 60 for next weekend's next leg.
Some of Texas’ finest baseball teams and storied programs will participate in the Rawlings Lake Cities Tournament in Lewisville Thursday through Saturday. The 16-team tournament, which features 12 2007 playoff teams, will be played between Lewisville HS, Hebron HS, Marcus HS, The Colony HS, and Carrollton Smith HS.
Headlining the field will be Midland Lee, who came one game short of competing in the 2007 5A state championship game. Arlington Martin, who lost to Lee in the regional quarterfinals, will join Arlington (area round qualifiers) and Lamar in the tournament.
Other playoff teams include: Lewisville (lost in first round), Irving (lost in first round), Amarillo (lost in first round), Odessa Permian (lost in first round), Flower Mound Marcus (Lost in area round to Martin), Plano East (lost in first round), North Mesquite (reached the regional quarterfinals), Frisco (first round) and Wichita Falls Rider (first round).
Arlington opens up against Lewisville at Lewisville on Thursday at 5 p.m. The Colts will then face Lee at 2:30 p.m. (Lewisville HS) on Friday followed by a 5 p.m. game against Irving.
Lamar gets The Colony at 5 p.m. Thursday (The Colony HS) followed by a 2:30 p.m. first pitch against Rider (Colony HS) and a 5 p.m. start versus Newman Smith (Colony).
Martin faces Amarillo at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Hebron HS and will face Frisco at 5 p.m. (Hebron) and Hebron at 7:30 p.m. (Hebron).
- William Wilkerson
The Arlington boys soccer team finished out the first half of District 8-5A with a perfect record after defeating Arlington Sam Houston 3-0 on Tuesday.
Colts forward Rogelio Funes scored once and assisted on the other two goals to improve to 17-1 and 7-0 in District 8-5A.
Sam Houston dropped to 12-2 and 5-1-1 in district.
The Arlington school district, which features perennial volleyball powers Arlington, Arlington Lamar and Arlington Lamar, added two more playoff qualifers in Mansfield and Mansfield Summit.
Five of the seven teams in the new District 4-5A reached the postseason last year, with Arlington advancing to the 5A Region I finals and Martin reaching the regional semifinals.
Three of the teams posted more than 30 wins, including Arlington (35-8), Martin (38-8) and Mansfield (33-7).
The five Class 5A Arlington schools and Mansfield and Mansfield Summit will form District 4-5A as announced by the UIL on Friday.
Arlington, Arlington Bowie, Arlington Lamar, Arlington Martin and Arlington Sam Houston had shared District 8-5A with Cedar Hill, DeSoto and Duncanville. DeSoto was sent out east with the Mesquite and Tyler schools while Cedar Hill and Duncanville joined the Grand Prairie and Irving schools.
Mansfield and Summit are the only holdovers from the original District 4-5A.
"It's kind of what I thought it would be," Bowie football coach Kenny Perry said. "It's good for neighborood rivalries, but I'm going to miss playing the big 3 [Cedar Hill, DeSoto and Duncanville]."
--Milenko Martinovich
The Arlington Colts captured the Arlington Seguin Cougar Cup with an impressive 5-0 run through the tournament. The Colts knocked off South Grand Prairie (3-2), Fort Worth Paschal (4-2), Mesquite (5-0), then Arlington Lamar 6-1 in the semifinals and host Seguin 5-1 in the championship.
Arlington's Rogelio Funes scored two and earned two assists in the championship and finished the tournament with 10 goals.
"He played exceptionally well," Arlington coach Jeff Waldrop said. "He scored 10 goals all last year as a sophomore. He told me this year he wants to score at least once per game. He has high expectations and so do I."
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