Nov 14 sports coverage

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Nov. 14 Boys Basketball 7th/8th: at Van Alstyne, 4:30/5:30/6:30/7:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball 7th/8th: vs Van Alstyne, 4:30/5:30/6:30/7:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball JV: at Farmersville Farmers Tournament (Nov. 14-16), TBA

Nov. 15 Girls Basketball JV: at Farmersville Farmers Tournament (Nov. 14-16), TBA

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Cross Country

Running to history FHS set a new standard for future teams

By David Jenkins Staff Writer

sports@farmersvilletimes.com Before even making the threehour bus ride on Nov. 9 to Round Rock, Farmersville had already made history.

The Lady Farmers made the programs first appearance in a state meet and Ty Rolen became the second Farmer in seven years to run at state.

“I think competing at state is a moment that they will never forget. It was great for our program,” head coach Jennifer Crawford said. “Our slogan allyear long has been “it’s our time to shine.” These kids worked so hard year around to improve and

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Girls Basketball JV: at Farmersville Farmers Tournament (Nov. 14-16), TBA

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Runners that made the trek to Round Rock were from left, Ty Rolen, Linsey Laube, Kyleigh Kasper, Berenice Arcos, Lauren Laisure, Jordan Jackson, Hailey Cooper, manager McKenna Honea, Jordan Conley and Panda Green.

Volleyball

Nov. 18

Boys Basketball

Boys Basketball 7th/8th: vs Sunnyvale, 4:30/5:30/6:30/7:30 p.m.

Seeking additional success

Nov. 19 Girls Basketball: at Howe, 7:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball JV: at Howe, 6:15 p.m.

Boys Basketball: at Brock, 7:30 p.m.

Boys Basketball JV: at Brock, 6:15 p.m.

Boys Basketball 9th: at Brock, 5 p.m.

Nov. 21 Boys Basketball: at Trenton Tigers Tournament (Nov. 21-22), TBA Boys Basketball JV: at Trenton Tigers Tournament (Nov. 21-22), TBA

FHS looks to build on last year under new head coach

Nov. 22 Boys Basketball: at Trenton Tigers Tournament (Nov. 21-22), TBA Boys Basketball JV: at Trenton Tigers Tournament (Nov. 21-22), TBA Girls Basketball: at Rains, 6:15 p.m.

Girls Basketball JV: at Rains, 5 p.m.

By David Jenkins Staff Writer

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Nov. 25 Girls Basketball: vs Whitewright, 6 p.m.

Girls Basketball JV: vs WHS, 5 p.m.

Nov. 26 Girls Basketball: vs Bells, 6:15 p.m.

Girls Basketball JV: vs Bells, 5 p.m.

Boys Basketball: vs Lone Oak, 8 p.m.

Boys Basketball JV: vs Lone Oak, 6:30 p.m.

Boys Basketball 9th: vs Lone Oak, 5 p.m.

Nov. 29 Boys Basketball: at Rains, 8 p.m.

Boys Basketball JV: at Rains, 6:30 p.m.

Boys Basketball 9th: at Rains, 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 3 Girls Basketball: at Aubrey, 6:15 p.m.

Girls Basketball JV: at Aubrey, 5 p.m.

Boys Basketball: vs Arlington Sam Houston, 8 p.m.

Boys Basketball JV: vs Arlington Sam Houston, 6:30 p.m.

Boys Basketball 9th: vs Arlington Sam Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 5 Boys Basketball: at Farmersville Tournament (Dec. 5-7), TBA Girls Basketball: at Farmersville Tournament (Dec. 5-7), TBA

Sports briefs Texas Alumni Football will be organizing an alumni football game between the Farmersville Farmers and Princeton Panthers coming early in 2014.

The game is open to alumni from both schools, ages 18 and up.

Full pads, full contact and all equipment supplied by Texas Alumni Football.

Quarters are 12 minutes each with TASO certified referees, just like a high school football game.

If you or someone you know is interested in playing, you can sign up at www.AlumniFootballUSA.com or call Melissa Manzellman at 512-809-8765 or Jeff Mullins at 501-908-0360, for more details.

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Odds overcome

Arianna Brooks goes up to block a shot by Amanda Goode, as Karlee Young assists on the play during a Class 2A Region II bi-district contest at Bells High School. Additional photos www.farmersvilletimes.com.

Lady Farmers bounced back, made playoffs

By David Jenkins Staff Writer

sports@farmersvilletimes.com Qualifying for the Class 2A Region II playoffs was no easy task.

After starting off the District 12-2A slate 1-5, the Lady Farmers had to win as many matches as possible in the second round.

They did just that, going 4-2 and beating Van Alstyne 19-25, 25-17, 2519, 25-20 in a fourth-place tiebreaker

game.

Farmersville finished the season 1716 overall, which was an improvement over the 16-19 record in 2012.

“I am very proud of the girls and how far they have come this season. We fought back from the bottom of our district to make it in and then played the No. 9 team (Callisburg) as close as we did was a great accomplishment,” head coach Harold Davis said. “We are going to miss our seniors Haven Neal and Brittany Ortiz.”

Caddo Mills won district at 11-1, followed by No. 23 Gunter and Pilot Point, both tied for second at 9-3.

Left out of the postseason were Van Alstyne, Sunnyvale 3-9 and Leonard 0-12.

A week ago on Nov. 5, Farmersville returned to the playoffs to take on No. 9 state-ranked Callisburg in bi-district at Bells High School.

“They are a good team. They are 35-4

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Last season the Farmers put together one of the programs best campaigns in more than 10 years.

They won their first district title (12-0 in 12-2A), since they took 14-2A outright in 2000’01.

By taking the top spot, Farmersville picked up the Class 2A Region II bi-district trophy.

Overall, Farmersville went 28-5 and finished at No. 19 in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Top 25.

Although the Farmers lost several key players to graduation, new head coach Kendrick Broadus expects his team to continue to have success on the hardwood.

“I think we can still have a great season with the guys we have returning,” he said. “I think we have the ability to repeat, if not go further than last season. I watched a lot of film on what they did last year and I’m just trying to put the missing pieces in with the puzzle. I think we can go much further than last year.”

Broadus, who previously coached at Austin LBJ (4A school) takes over for Grapevine floor general Courtney Christenson.

“I wanted to be part of a system that wanted to build the athletic program as a whole and Farmersville is doing that,” Broadus said.

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Football

Farmersville loses district finale Take third in 6-2A Div. I; Pilot Point waiting in Friday’s playoff opener

By David Jenkins Staff Writer

sports@farmersvilletimes.com If you were to pick a theme for the Farmersville and Van Alstyne season finale it would have to be a tale of two halves at Panthers Stadium.

After being dominated the first two quarters, the home team Panthers flipped the script in the second portion and came away with a 35-24 win in District 6-2A Div. I. “Our philosophy is we felt like we had to score as many points as we could early, because they wind up wearing you down late in the third quarter and into the fourth, and that has been their history,” head coach Sammy Burnett said. “They came out in the third quarter and started doing what they do best, which is run the ball behind those big lineman and that wore out our smaller defensive line.

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Darrin Pennington finds some running room on Nov. 8 during the District 6-2A Div. I finale at Van Alstyne. Pennington finished with 174 yards a pair of touchdowns.

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Pilot Point took second in 5-2A Div. I

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You have to give them (Van Alstyne) credit for playing a great second half.”

With the loss the Farmers moved to 6-4 overall and third in the standings at 4-2.

They open the playoffs 7:30 p.m. Friday against Pilot Point at McKinney’s Ron Poe Stadium.

Pilot Point enters the 2A Div. I Region II bi-district contest with a record of 7-3 overall and a second-place finish at 5-1 in 5-2A Div. I. “I think they are a very talented football team,” Burnett said.

“The quarterback (Travis Garrett) and they have good skill kids across the board on offense and defense. They are big upfront on the offensive and defensive lines. I feel like we match of pretty well against them. If we can execute offensively and cut out some of the mistakes that we made at Van Alstyne on offense and play sound on defense we have a good chance of winning the game.”

The Bearcats were last part of the postseason in 2009 when they won the 2A Div. I state title over Kirbyville.

Last week at Van Alstyne, Farmersville held a 17-7 lead at halftime.

Scoring were Darrin Pennington on a 50-yard pass from Cole Anderson, Anderson went in from 1-yard out and Erik Patino nailed a 39-yard field goal.

quarter.

Van Alstyne pulled out the come from behind win with the games final score near the end of the fourth.

Phillips found Kearon Redmon in the corner of the end zone for the score and Riley Sprowl ran in the two-point conversion for the 35-24 win.

In the second half behind the running game the Panthers put up 216 total yards and finished with 341 on the game off 16 first downs.

Farmersville had a total of 96 yards after intermission and ended up with 270 total off six first downs for the game.

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Kyle Ravsten makes a lunging tackle on Van Alstyne quarterback Alex Phillips in the second quarter. Farmersville held the Panthers offense in check in the first half.

At intermission the Farmers defense held the Panthers runheavy offense to 125 yards on five first downs.

Farmersville had 174 allpurpose yards on one less first down conversion.

The Farmers forced Van Alstyne to punt the ball away to start the third quarter.

After an incomplete pass, Pennington broke loose for a 79-yard scoring run and Patino tacked on the point after.

Van Alstyne answered with a score of their own on an Alex

Phillips 18-yard scamper.

The ensuing Collin Fagan kick cut the Farmers lead to 10 points at the 5:17 mark.

After forcing a Farmer fourand-out the Panthers offense put together a seven-play drive that ended on an 18-yard scoring run from Dont’e Kehler.

They took the lead on their next drive on a second score from Phillips, this time from 16 yards out.

Fagan’s extra point attempt gave the Panthers a 27-24 lead at the 10:50 mark of the fourth

Subvarsity report Farmersville’s junior varsity closed out the year with a 37-34 loss to Van Alstyne in district action.

Leading the way in scoring was A’Brae Booker-Currin, who scored five touchdowns and the same amount of two-point conversions.

Emmanuel Castillo and Drake Clark led the defense.

Farmersville finished the year 3-6 overall.

Junior high report Farmersville’s seventh- and eighth-grade teams closed out the year at home against Van Akstyne in district.

The seventh-grade A and B combined for a 12-6 win. The eighth A came out on top 20-14 and B won 32-26.

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FHS picked to win 12-2A championship

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Back in the mix are starters Jaleon Clark (Newcomer of the Year), Jason Luke (honorable mention), Andrew Simons (first-teamer) and Spencer Grzywacs (honorable mention), Carson Campbell and Cole Anderson.

Campbell is expected to step into the starting lineup, after coming off the bench last season.

The remaining spots are still up in the air, as the football team is still in the running for a playoff spot.

“We’re still kind of looking, because the guys are still in football,” Broadus said. “We will be depending a lot on the guys from last year.”

According to the TABC Farmersville is projected to win a second district title, ahead of Sunnyvale, Leonard and Van Alstyne.

“It (winning district) is possible. Like I said with the guys returning I don’t see why we would go backwards,” Broadus said. “As far as I’m concerned these guys have the ability and potential to go far into the playoffs and challenge for a district title.”

Games on the predistrict slate are against 2A No. 4 state-ranked Brock, Lone Oak, Emory Rains, Arlington Sam

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Spencer Grzywacs is back for his senior season after being selected as a District 12-2A honorable mention last season by the Farmersville coaching staff.

Houston and Commerce.

“It (schedule) is going to be a good challenge,” Broadus said. “The way I see it is I want to play the best early, so we can know what we have to do to be a playoff-caliber team.”

In tournament action they travel to Trenton and Leonard, and host the Farmersville Invitational.

Final Score: Panthers 35 Farmers 24

Offensive Darrin Pennington

Defensive Kyle Ravsten

Special Teams Erik Patino

Volleyball J’Kaylee Clark

Girls Cross Country Lauren Laisure

Boys Cross Country Ty Rolen

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Lady Farmers ended with a 16-19 record

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for a reason. They make few unforced errors,” Davis said. “We played great in sets one and two.

I felt like we passed the ball as good as we have all season long in sets one and two. When you pass the ball that good your offense is able to execute more efficiently and that was why we played as well as we did.”

The Lady Farmers held their own during the first two sets, losing by the margins of 25-20 and 25-20.

During the second match they got two within three points

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J’Kaylee Clark and Karlee Young teamup to block Callisburg Amanda Goode hit at the net. Additional photos www.farmersvilletimes.com.

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Chloe Wall gets ready to set up an offensive play. Additional photos www.farmersvilletimes.com.

Brittany Ortiz goes up against Callisburg’s Sesalie Satterwhite at the net during a Class 2A Region II bidistrict match at Bells High School. Additional photos www.farmersvilletimes.com.

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on three separate occasions on J’Kaylee Clark kills in a packed Bells gym.

Callisburg closed out the five-point win with a double block and a kill.

The Lady Wildcats controlled a large portion of the third set and came away with the 5-1 run to end the game.

Junior high report Farmersville closed out the season on Nov. 4 with Sunnyvale in district action.

The seventh-grade A won 2-0 and B fell 2-0. The eighth A fell 2-0 and B split 1-1.

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Jennifer Callaway gets ready to control a hard serve.

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get better. I think our program is getting where we want it to be. When people think of Farmersville, they will say hey they have good cross country teams.

I think exactly what we did at state was what we needed to do to get our name out there. They went out there will confidence and ran with the most elite runners in the state of Texas.”

She added, “This team was like one big family. They had the work ethic of a state champion. For them to go to the state meet was just icing on the cake.

It was a true pleasure for me to walk beside them and see all the success they had. It was a true pleasure to be apart of.”

Old Settlers Park, the Lady Farmers finished in ninth-place out of 12 teams that had seven runners competing in the Class 2A division.

Leading the way was Lauren Laisure, who took eighth in a time of 12:06.91.

The seniors’ finish was a 12-place improvement over the 20th-place finish in the 3A meet last year.

Rounding out the field for the Lady Farmers were Kyleigh Kasper (62nd in 13:13.92), Berenice Arcos (85th at 13:45.15), Linsey Laube (91st in 13:51.54), Jordan Jackson (102nd at 14:08.24), Panda Green (103rd in 14:19.14) and Hailey Cooper (112th at 16:00.73).

Also making history for Farmersville was Ty Rolen, who became the first boy since Zach Brooks back in 2006 to run at state.

Brooks ended up finishing 33rd in the 2A division.

Rolen in the same division crossed the finish line in 35thplace out of 108 runners.

A week earlier, Farmersville made the trip to Grand Prairie’s Lynn Creek Park to compete in the 2A Region II meet.

The Lady Farmers finished in third-place behind Eustace and Paradise.

Finishing in the Top 10 individually were Lady Farmer Laisure (third in a time of 12:07.15) and Farmer Rolen (eighth at 17:17.59).

Also running for the girls team were Kasper (32nd), Arcos (39th), Laube (44th), Jackson (70th) and Green (77th).

Rounding out the field for the Farmers was Kelcey Kasper, who finished in 26th.

Farmersville made it to regionals after a strong showing in the District 12-2A meet at Old Celina Park.

The Lady Farmers finished in second-place and the Farmers ended up sixth.

Moving to run as individuals for the girls were Laisure (first in a time of 12:13.50) and Kasper (eighth at 13:19).

For the boys were Rolen (second at 17:23.50) and Kasper (fifth in 17:59).

Also competing for the Lady Farmers Arcos (20th), Jackson (22nd), Green (31st), Laube (34th) and Cooper (37th).

Rounding out the field for the Farmers were Carson Campbell (23rd), Josh Young (36th), Dylan Devine (40th), Josh Laube (41st) and Jordan Early (42nd).

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Harold Davis talks to his team during a time out.

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Lady Farmers’ on the awards podium following a thirdplace finish at the Class 2A Region II meet. Pictured were Lauren Laisure (from left), Kyleigh Kasper, Jordan Jackson, Berenice Arcos, Panda Green, Hailey Cooper, Linsey Laube and Jordan Conley.

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Ty Rolen (center) on the podium following an eighth-place finish in the Class 2A Region II meet at Grand Prairie.