Frisco Wakeland about to make its state debut
We’re about 20 minutes from the start of the first 4A state semifinal featuring Frisco Wakeland against Del Valle. Wakeland is making its first state appearance, and a month ago, it didn’t look like...
View ArticleUpdate: Wakeland defeats Del Valle, 39-34
Congrats to Wakeland for the victory. It will play in the 4A state final on Saturday. I’ll have a wrapup later. – Fourth quarter – Wakeland 39, Del Valle 34, FINAL: After a Del Valle basket, Haley...
View ArticleWakeland’s great playoff run reaches 4A final
This is the lead to my column for tomorrow. The rest will post later tonight. AUSTIN – When the Frisco Wakeland girls arrived at the Frank Erwin Center, nobody climbed a ladder to measure the 10 feet...
View ArticleTimberview-Wakeland final should be fun
Mansfield Timberview vs. Frisco Wakeland in Saturday’s 4A final (3:30 p.m.). I always like to see an all-area final, and I hope it’s a good one. I’ll give Timberview the edge going in because it is so...
View ArticleFrisco Wakeland javelin thrower coaches himself
I wrote a column today about Nick Soefje, an athlete few people know about despite the fact that he could be competing for an NCAA title in a few years. People don’t know about the Frisco Wakeland...
View ArticleLocal softball power could be on the upswing
Lovejoy moved up from No. 2 to No. 1 in this week’s Texas Girls Coaches Association Class 3A state rankings, giving the Dallas area three teams that are ranked No. 1 in the state in softball. Coppell...
View ArticleThree area softball teams ranked nationally
Coppell (19-1), which has 10 players going on to play college softball, is No. 6 in ESPN RISE’s first national rankings of the softball season. Coppell is one of three area teams ranked nationally....
View ArticleFrisco Wakeland girls No. 1 in state golf rankings
The Frisco Wakeland girls are No. 1 in the latest Highschoolgolfscoreboard.com state rankings, which rank teams of all classes together. Wakeland is a 4A school, while the other two area teams in the...
View ArticleFrisco Wakeland boys, McKinney Boyd girls advance to soccer region finals
The Frisco Wakeland boys soccer team defeated Richardson Pearce, 1-0, on Friday afternoon, sending to the Wolverines to the 4A region II finals. Wakeland (24-2-3) will play Kilgore, who defeated Mount...
View ArticleFrisco Wakeland defeats Kilgore 2-0
Goals by Casey Cantor and Deven Carillo carried Frisco Wakeland to a 2-0 victory over Kilgore in the Class 4A Region II final at Standridge Stadium. The Wolverines dominated the match and earned the...
View ArticleFrisco Wakeland soccer playing in memory of coach’s father
The past month been bittersweet for Frisco Wakeland’s Rusty Oglesby. Last Saturday, he achieved his most significant coaching achievement when he guided the fledgling program to its first state...
View ArticleState soccer wrapup: Great final day for goalkeepers
The 4A and 5A boys titles went to shootouts Saturday at the UIL state soccer tournament. That put a lot of pressure on goalkeepers, but it also gave them a chance to shine. Jesuit’s Ryan Aubrey and...
View ArticleFrisco Wakeland’s Nick Hinton signs with Texas State
Frisco Wakeland senior Nick Hinton, a 6-8 post player who was an all-District 9-4A selection this year, signed with Texas State this morning. Hinton averaged 16.2 points and 7.3 rebounds this season....
View ArticleFrisco Wakeland’s Jackie Patterson signs with Wichita State
Frisco Wakeland’s Jackie Patterson will play basketball at Wichita State, the school announced Wednesday. Patterson, a 6-1 forward, averaged 11.7 points and 6.9 rebounds per game for Wakeland, which...
View ArticleDallas area could have most softball teams at state since 2007
The esteemed Greg Riddle picks three area teams in 4A and 5A to make the UIL state tournament: Coppell in 5A and Denton Guyer and Frisco Wakeland in 4A. If that happens, it would be the first time in...
View ArticleFrisco Wakeland softball team no longer undefeated, but still the favorite
Frisco Wakeland suffered its first loss of the season last week in Game 2 of a best-of-3 series against Hallsville. Wakeland rebounded from that loss to beat Hallsville in Game 3 and move into a 4A...
View ArticleFrisco Wakeland will face Waco Midway team hoping to give coach one more ride...
The Frisco Wakeland softball team begins its best-of-3 series tonight against Waco Midway, a school that has been a softball power for years. Wakeland will be facing a tough team with good hitters, a...
View ArticleInning-by-inning replay: Frisco Wakeland 14, Rockwall-Heath 6, Final
Rockwall-Heath (39-1) will face Frisco Wakeland (29-10) at Dr. Pepper Ballpark tonight in Frisco in the series opener of the Class 4A Region II final. Hayden Nixon will take the mound for the...
View ArticleFrisco Wakeland baseball team continues school’s great sports year
Frisco Wakeland’s baseball team will have a tough challenge Wednesday when it takes on Corpus Christi Calallen on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the 4A semifinals. But if Wakeland (31-10) can take down...
View ArticlePlano West, Frisco Wakeland are only state qualifiers in 4A and 5A that...
The baseball playoffs were unpredictable this season, but that was mainly in the regions with our local teams. Outside of the Dallas area, there were a lot of top seeds that made it to this week’s...
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