Monterey had a productive Spring Break, from beating Lubbock-Cooper 17-0, to downing No. 15 Abilene High 8-2, to walking it off in 8 innings to No. 9 Abilene Wylie 4-3.
Playing in their 6th straight State Championship game, the No. 1 Hobbs Lady Eagles beat No. 3 Volcano Vista 52-45 to win the 5A State Championship at the Pit in Albuquerque Saturday.
In a great game that needed overtime, No. 1 Graford edged No. 2 Jayton 49-44 to win the 1A Boys State Championship game Saturday morning at the Alamodome In San Antonio.
The New Home Leopards sensational season came to an end in the Class 2AD2 State Semifinals with a 53-25 loss to No. 6 Albany in the Mustang Bowl in Sweetwater on Thursday night.
The New Home Leopards scored a touchdown with 1:26 left and then made a two-point conversion to top Sunray 22-21 in the Area Round of the Playoffs to earn End Zone Team of the Week honors.
Sixteen area athletes put pen to paper at seven different schools on Wednesday, signing to play nine different collegiate sports on National Signing Day.
Friday night a special moment took place in the final seconds of Andrews 64-14 win over Lubbock High. On the final play of the game, 5′3 100 pound Senior Evan Sparks of Andrews, who has special needs, came in and made a big tackle to end the game.
After trailing 14-0 at the half to the Eagles, it seemed like the win streak would end, but the Bulldogs proved to “have that dog in them” as Tahoka outscored Ropes 22-3 in the second half to win 22-17 and extend the win streak to three games.
The Lubbock ISD Athletics Department announced today the hiring of Monique Garcia as the new head coach of the Lady Mustang softball program at Coronado High School.
Playing in their first ever UIL Baseball State Championship game, the Nazareth Swifts came up on the losing end 4-0 to D’Hanis in the 1A Title game in Round Rock.
The New Home Leopards battled back from a 3-0 deficit, but they came up short dropping a 4-3 2A State Semifinal game to Valley Mills in Round Rock, Wednesday afternoon.
Gomez has spent the last six seasons serving as an assistant baseball coach at Estacado High School, where he graduated in 1994. Coach Gomez will replace Josh Bobbitt who left to become an assistant coach at Melissa HS.
“We are excited to name Coach Ramon as the fourth baseball coach in Monterey High School history, " said Lubbock ISD Executive Director of Athletics Mike Meeks. “His leadership, integrity and dedication to the Plainsmen baseball program is top notch.”