FOOTBALL: Troy product Anthony Avila makes a rushed 42-yard field goal as time expires to give No. 1-ranked Mary Hardin-Baylor a dramatic 15-14 win over rival and No. 14 Hardin-Simmons. The Crusaders never led the Cowboys until the game ended.
@TDTSports
@crufootball
#UMHB
Golf has many traditions. One of its best new traditions is Max Homa’s post-tournament call-in to the
@NoLayingUp
podcast/wrapup show. His personality and insights make him a refreshing, admirable figure in the sport. He’s one of the world’s top players — and still a regular guy.
FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS:
#Holland
coach Brad Talbert does a celebratory cartwheel after his Hornets (13-0) beat reigning state champion Mason 26-0 in a Class 2A Division I Region IV semifinal at Buda Hays.
@TDTSports
#txhsfb
BASEBALL:
@TempleCollege
head coach/athletic director Craig McMurtry just confirmed he’s received word that his Leopards (35-23) will represent
@NJCAARegion5
in the Junior College World Series, May 26-June 2 in Grand Junction, Colorado. It’ll be TC’s third
@JUCOWorldSeries
trip.
FOOTBALL: Congratulations to Mary Hardin-Baylor
@CruFootball
and head coach Pete Fredenburg on going 15-0 and winning their second NCAA Division III national championship in four years with a blowout of North Central. The dominance continues in Belton, Texas.
@UMHB
@CruSports
BASEBALL:
@templewildcats
junior pitcher Aaron Wagaman speaks about his team’s 2-0 win at rival
#Belton
in the season and District 12-6A opener. Wagaman pitched a no-hitter with eight strikeouts and drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning for
@THighBaseball
.
@TDTSports
Mary Hardin-Baylor football coach Pete Fredenburg has been elected to the Texas Sports Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2018. He guided the Crusaders to their first Division III national championship in 2016 and they’re 10-0 and ranked No. 1 this season.
#UMHB
@TXSportsHOF
Congrats to
@CruSports
HC Pete Fredenburg on his election to the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, among others, including Michael Young and UT great Vince Young.
@TXSportsHOF
#Temple
Wildcats wide receiver Xavier Johnson said in September that his goals this season included at least 1,000 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns. The senior speedster finished with 64 catches for 1,212 yards and 17 TDs, plus one score each on kickoff and punt returns.
#txhsfb
FOOTBALL:
@templewildcats
coach Scott Stewart said Tuesday that freshmen Mikal Harrison-Pilot (free safety) and Taurean York (linebacker) have earned varsity starting positions for Friday’s opener at R.R. Cedar Ridge. More details in the
#Temple
notebook in Thursday’s
@TDTSports
.
BASEBALL:
@TempleCollege
stuns No. 3 Chattahoochee Valley (Ala.) 8-7 on Seth Spinn’s run-scoring single that also brings in the winning run after the ball gets past the left fielder for an error. TC (36-24) fights off elimination and will play Monday.
@JUCOWorldSeries
@TDTSports
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: The
@TempleCollege
Leopards are national champions. They defeated Chipola (Fla.) 6-1 in the winner-take-all championship game of the
@NJCAA
Division I National Tournament in St. George, Utah. Coach Kristen Zaleski and third-ranked TC finish 47-8.
#Temple
(9-3) will play Port Arthur Memorial (9-1) in a Class 5A Division I Region III semifinal at 7:30 p.m. next Friday at Prairie View A&M’s Panther Stadium. Rematch of the Wildcats’ 39-7 win in the same round in 2016.
#txhsfb
Proud of our son Lance Wille for graduating today from Academy High School. He had a lot of good teachers and coaches, developed great friendships and played basketball and baseball all four years. Thanks to Academy ISD. On to the next step.
@LanceWille
@glowbeltx
@ChrisWilleGolf
Here’s the walk-off winner for
@TempleCollege
, 8-7 over No. 3 Chattahoochee Valley (Ala.) at the
@JUCOWorldSeries
in Grand Junction. Joey Orsak and Reece Easterling scored after Seth Spinn’s two-out single plus an error in left field.
@TDTSports
BASEBALL:
@TempleCollege
coach Craig McMurtry said he received phone calls Tuesday from
#Cisco
coach David White and
#McLennan
coach Mitch Thompson to congratulate the Leopards and wish them good luck in the
@JUCOWorldSeries
.
BASEBALL:
@TempleCollege
sophomore players who recently committed to NCAA Division I programs are (seated from left) pitcher Cody Wolf (
#Salado
) with Sam Houston State, outfielder Ty Condel with Texas A&M and shortstop/third baseman Joey Orsak with Sam Houston State.
FOOTBALL: Interesting story about former
@templewildcats
star Chad President. He plans to graduate from
#Tulsa
in May and then become the receivers coach at Rockwall-Heath for new Hawks head coach Mike Spradlin, who coached him at
#Temple
.
#txhsfb
@TDTSports
Former
#TulsaFB
QB Chad President on having a coaching job lined up after graduation: “It’s just a blessing. A lot of kids come out of college looking for a job. I’m still in college and I’m for sure going to have a job when I’m done.”
@ChadPres10
Hearing multiple rumors late this evening that former Dillon and East Dillon head coach Eric Taylor has emerged as a prime candidate for the job at Texas A&M. Source: nobody.
FOOTBALL:
@templewildcats
sophomore quarterback Mikal Harrison-Pilot on the first day of practice: “It feels pretty good. It’s been 6 months that we were out. First day coming back, everybody had a lot of energy. We’re ready to play football.”
#TempleBeltonSports
#txhsfb
FOOTBALL: Temple
@templewildcats
product and Texas A&M linebacker Taurean York
@TaureanYork5x
completed his freshman season with 74 tackles (39 solo, 8.5 for loss) and three sacks. He made eight tackles in the Aggies’ Texas Bowl loss vs. Oklahoma State.
@Temple_QB_Club
@TempleISD
#TEMPLE
WILDCATS 2018 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
8/31 Round Rock Cedar Ridge
9/7 Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León
*9/14 Harker Heights
*9/20 at Kil. Shoemaker, 7
*10/5 Belton
*10/11 at Killeen, 7
*10/19 Kil. Ellison
*10/26 at Waco
*11/2 Waco Midway
*11/9 at Copperas Cove
*District 12-6A
FOOTBALL: This is
#Temple
’s fourth straight season playing 13 games or more — a program record. The Wildcats played 13, 16 and 15 games from 1991-93. Also, Temple’s Class 5A Division I Region III semifinal vs. Port Arthur Memorial on Friday is its 58th game in four years.
#txhsfb
FAST TIMES AT TC: Top-notch speed, increased power make Leopards shortstop, Tennessee signee Seth Stephenson an intriguing pro prospect
To read the feature story, click on Area Sports Blog at
@TC_Leopards
@Sethstephenson9
Proud of our son Lance Wille for completing his high school basketball career for Academy
@LRAcademyHoops
, helping the Bumblebees finish 25-10. He hit two clutch free throws late in Friday’s playoff game and made 38 3-pointers as a senior. A good season for him and his teammates.
FOOTBALL: Texas A&M
@AggieFootball
freshman linebacker and Temple
@templewildcats
graduate Taurean York has 60 tackles (31 solo), three sacks and five quarterback hurries entering the 7-4 Aggies’ regular-season finale at LSU on Saturday.
@TaureanYork5x
@Temple_QB_Club
FOOTBALL:
@TempleISD
announced the hiring of Thomas Rocco as the Wildcats’ defensive coordinator. Rocco, a former head coach at Tyler Junior College, was Sam Houston State’s cornerbacks coach and special teams coordinator the last two seasons.
@Temple_QB_Club
@TDTSports
#txhsfb
FOOTBALL: Here’s the victory-sealing interception at the goal line with no time left by Temple
@templewildcats
senior defensive back Naeten Mitchell against Hutto, the New Mexico State commitment’s fourth pick this season.
@NaetenMitchell
@Temple_QB_Club
GOLF:
#Belton
alum Andrew Paysse, who turned pro after completing his four-year career at Texas A&M this spring, collected $22,500 of the $205,000 purse for his second-place finish in the Texas State Open.
@TDTSports
#Texas
freshman defensive lineman and former
#Temple
Wildcats standout Taquon Graham (top right) celebrates with teammates and coach Tom Herman near the end of the
#Longhorns
’ 33-16
@TexasBowl
win over Missouri in Houston.
#txhsfb
Academy head coach James Holt cuts down the net and tosses it to his players after the Bumblebees
@LRAcademyHoops
defeated Winnie East Chambers 68-58 in Saturday’s Class 3A Region III final in Madisonville. It’s Academy’s first state semifinal berth since 2002.
#txhshoops
FOOTBALL: Among its growing list of accomplishments, Mary Hardin-Baylor
@crufootball
now has three wins over perennial power Mount Union: NCAA Division III semifinals in 2004 and 2016 and tonight’s 24-16 Stagg Bowl win for a second national title in three years.
@TDTSports
#UMHB
Not a huge fan of having to pay a $1.49 “processing fee” on top of a $5 online-only ticket to go watch a high school baseball game. How about just 3 bucks cash at the gate?
#LifeIn2022
Temple
@templewildcats
head coach Scott Stewart and
@TempleISD
superintendent Dr. Bobby Ott present Dunbar High School graduate “Mean” Joe Greene with his No. 75 jersey that was retired in a pregame ceremony. The Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive lineman’s family joined him.
FINAL:
#Temple
beats Class 5A Division I No. 3-ranked Longview 40-13 in the season opener at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. The Wildcats avenge their 31-point playoff loss at Longview last year. Lobos’ first regular-season loss since 2017.
#txhsfb
@templewildcats
#TempleBeltonSports
A long inbound pass by Kollin Mraz of Academy
@LRAcademyHoops
leads to a buzzer-beating layup by Jaylin McWilliams, sending the Class 3A Region III semifinal into overtime. The No. 16 Bumblebees beat No. 7 New Waverly 70-69 in double OT to reach Saturday’s regional final.
Saturday’s Class 6A Division II Region IV final in the Alamodome is a battle of former Mary Hardin-Baylor
@crufootball
teammates: San Antonio Brandeis second-year head coach David Branscom and Austin Westlake fifth-year defensive coordinator Tony Salazar.
#txhsfb
@TDTSports
#UMHB
BASEBALL: Peyton Flanagan drops a soft run-scoring single into right field in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Lake Belton
@LBBBaseball
a 2-1 victory over rival Belton
@BTigerBaseball
, clinching the District 22-5A championship for the Broncos.
@BeltonISDAth
@BeltonISD
BASEBALL: Temple College
@TC_Leopards
rises three spots to No. 12 in the
@NJCAABaseball
Division I national rankings. Coach Craig McMurtry’s Leopards (29-6) are 12-4 in the Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference, tied for first place with rival McLennan.
#JUCObaseball
Wabash Valley remains at the top of the
#NJCAABaseball
DI poll, with Walters State moving to No. 2 after previously holding steady in the third spot.
San Jacinto-North, Central Arizona and Crowder round out the top-five.
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Seen a lot of folks criticizing the
@templewildcats
football team and taking potshots from afar. That’s pretty easy from wherever you’re sitting. What you don’t know is how your OWN coach would have handled the same situation. You might think you do, but really you don’t.
#txhsfb
Vance Willis is the fourth consecutive
@templewildcats
senior quarterback to win his district’s offensive player of the year award. He joins Reid Hesse (2016), T.J. Rumfield (2017) and Jared Wiley (2018).
#txhsfb
@TDTSports
FOOTBALL:
@TempleISD
’s Christine Parks, chief of communications and community relations, on Friday evening said superintendent Dr. Bobby Ott approved the hiring of ex-Temple QB Chad President as
@templewildcats
offensive coordinator. Expected to be finalized next week.
@TDTSports
DISTRICT 19-3A BASEBALL: Junior Lane Ward hits a two-run, walk-off home run to right-center in the seventh inning to give 15th-ranked Academy
@LRA_Baseball
a 9-7 win over Caldwell. The Bumblebees (22-2 overall) are 8-1 in district. Academy plays at No. 11 Cameron Yoe on Friday.
Mesquite Horn (4-7) produced 613 yards total offense against
#Temple
(8-3). Led by dynamic QB Jermaine Givens’ 286 yards passing and 215 yards rushing, the Jaguars threw for 300 and ran for 313. Horn wore down Temple’s defense by getting off 76 snaps to the Wildcats’ 59.
#txhsfb
PRETTY STINKIN' GOOD: TC coach McMurtry earns 700th career win as surging Leopards sweep North Central Texas
To read the story and box scores, click on Area Sports Blog at
@TC_Leopards
@TempleCollege
@nathan_train
FOOTBALL:
@templewildcats
sophomore quarterback Mikal Harrison-Pilot fires a touchdown pass during the team’s first practice Monday morning at Wildcat Stadium.
#TempleBeltonSports
#txhsfb
BASEBALL: Temple College
@TC_Leopards
left-handed pitcher/outfielder Dylan Blomquist, a Belton
@BTigerBaseball
product, commits to attend and play for the NCAA Division II University of Texas-Tyler Patriots
@uttylerbaseball
of the Lone Star Conference starting next school year.
A standout day for Taurean York (
@TaureanYork5x
) for the
#Aggies
- 11 tackles (team-high), 2 TFL, his first collegiate sack in A&M's 27-10 win over Auburn.
@templewildcats
Jimbo Fisher: "He's only going to get better and better."
#GigEm
FOOTBALL: The Mary Hardin-Baylor machine keeps on rolling as the top-ranked Crusaders (13-0) record their 28th consecutive win. Defending national champion
#UMHB
gets to stay in
#Belton
for the semifinals.
#d3fb
OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION: Stephenson slugs three of TC's eight homers as No. 15 Leopards ride wind to sweep vs. Cisco for 3-1 series win
To read the story and box scores, click Area Sports Blog at
@TC_Leopards
@nathan_train
FOOTBALL: Senior receiver Quentin Johnston led the
@templewildcats
vs. unbeaten Longview with three catches for 128 yards and a 44-yard touchdown. The
@TexasFootball
commitment finished his Temple career with 78 catches for 1,735 yards and 24 TDs in 22 games.
@TDTSports
#txhsfb
Academy eighth-grade athlete Claire Wille, my daughter, won her 100-meter dash heat in 14.04 seconds and placed second overall in the Taylor track and field meet Wednesday night. She also ran on the 4x200 relay team that placed third.
@glowbeltx
FOOTBALL: In his first year as a head coach, Mary Hardin-Baylor
@CruFootball
product Tony Salazar guides 14-0 Austin Westlake vs. 14-0 Galena Park North Shore in a Class 6A Division I state semifinal today at 3 p.m. at Houston’s Rice Stadium. Westlake has won 54 straight.
@CruFAA