Football: Turf at C.H. Collins replaced
After years of being stepped on, trampled and rejected, the turf on the field at C.H. Collins Athletic Complex could no longer bear the abuse.
Baseball: Kinzy, Gooch headline honorees
In a year when remarkable pitching was scattered throughout the Denton area, Guyer senior pitcher Jud Kinzy and Argyle junior pitcher Drew Gooch took home their respective districts’ top honors when the all-district teams were released.
Baseball: Dodgers select Guyer product Rhame
Jacob Rhame waited a little longer than he’d hoped to hear his name called during the second day of baseball’s First-Year Player Draft on Friday afternoon.
Softball: Cagle named district MVP
After she put up eye-popping numbers for four years and earned Class 2A state championship game MVP honors on Thursday, it came as no surprise to see Pilot Point’s Skylar Cagle earn District 12-2A MVP honors when the all-district team was released following the Lady Cats’ championship win over Kingsville Santa Gertrudis Academy.
Football: Heard receives invite to Elite 11 QB camp
Jerrod Heard has established himself as one of the top high school quarterbacks in the country over the course of more than a year, leading Guyer to a state title and earning all-state honors.
Put a ring on it
The Guyer Wildcats girls soccer team received their UIL Class 4A state championship rings on Wednesday after a ceremony in the school auditorium.
Pair of Wranglers
Guyer’s Reid Battles, left, and Chris Monroe sign national letters of intent to play baseball for Odessa College as Guyer coach Johnny Kinzy looks on.
Football: Scrimmages seal spring
David Haynes had a good showing as the quarterback for the Silver team during Thursday night’s Guyer spring game, throwing two touchdown passes to Erik Ramon and leading his team to a 21-17 win in the spring finale.
Football: Guyer, Denton wrap up spring
The two Class 4A football programs in Denton have a lot of differences and have had different levels of success over recent years, but today marks a new beginning for both.
County athletes to be honored tonight
Several area high school senior student-athletes will be honored tonight and have a chance to earn money for college at the Greater Denton Sports Commission annual awards banquet.
Soccer: 4 Guyer players named all-state
This year’s Guyer girls soccer squad accomplished a lot on their way to winning the Class 4A state championship, most notably ending state powerhouse and defending champion Highland Park’s 49-game unbeaten streak in the championship game.
Baseball: Cleburne puts end to Guyer’s season
FORT WORTH — The way Guyer’s final game of the 2013 season ended could not have been more frustrating for head coach Johnny Kinzy or his program. But given the way Saturday’s Game 2 of a 4A Region I area-round series with Cleburne had gone, it also could not have been more fitting as Guyer’s season came to an end with a 13-1 loss to the Yellow Jackets, last year’s Class 4A runners-up.
Baseball: Guyer drops series opener
FORT WORTH — Judging by the way Friday night’s series opener between Cleburne and Guyer started, it seemed as though Cleburne, the No. 6 team in the Class 4A state poll, was just destined to chalk up an easy win over the Wildcats in a Class 4A Region I area round game at Saginaw.
Baseball, softball playoffs resume
When the baseball and softball playoffs resume today after a week-long hiatus, several area teams will continue their journeys to the state tournament.
Track and field: Triple threat
It did not take long for Jalen Hunter to realize the best route for him to take in his high school athletic career. As the younger brother of former Guyer wide receiver Cameron Hunter, who went on to play football for a short stint at the Air Force Academy, the younger Hunter could have chased his dream of playing football when he was a running back as a freshman.
Baseball: Efficient Kinzy takes mound as Guyer wins playoff series
Senior pitcher Jud Kinzy was in the dugout the last time Guyer won a baseball playoff series, but he played no part in those victories when the Wildcats went a few rounds deep in 2009.
Baseball: Wildcats dominate Saginaw
FORT WORTH — In its two games prior to Friday’s playoff opener, Guyer saw its bats come to life after a couple of one-run losses had put its playoff chances in minor jeopardy.
Softball: Ladycats oust Guyer
In a short amount of time, a game, a best-of-three playoff series and the season all got away from Guyer in the top of the sixth inning against Aledo on Friday night.
Softball: Aledo breaks through late to beat Guyer in playoff series opener
ALEDO — In typical playoff fashion, Guyer and Aledo played toward a pitchers’ stalemate for much of Wednesday night’s Class 4A area-round series opener. After not scoring despite getting at least one hit per inning, the Ladycats finally broke through with a one-out, two-run single from third baseman Ally Gabbert in the bottom of the sixth to give Aledo a 2-0 win and a 1-0 series advantage heading into Game 2, which is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday at Guyer.
Boys golf: Wildcats finish ninth at state
Kyle Hodges finished his high school career — not to mention a historic season for the Guyer golf team — on a high note Tuesday at the UIL Class 4A state tournament.
Softball, baseball playoff action resumes
Due to possible inclement weather in store for Thursday, the Guyer softball team will open the week’s playoff schedule today when the Lady Wildcats travel to Aledo to open a best-of-three Class 4A area-round series at 7:30 p.m.
Golf: Guyer boys sit in seventh at state tournament
AUSTIN -- Golf is known as a game of skill, but a little luck is always nice. For the Guyer boys, and specifically senior Kyle Hodges, the luck was all bad on Monday during the first day of the UIL Class 4A state tournament at Austin’s Onion Creek Club’s North Course.
Tennis: GHS girls doubles team falls
The Guyer tennis team’s first trip to the UIL state tournament did not last as long as the Wildcats had hoped, as their girls doubles team ran into a tough Highland Park duo and fell in their first-round match 6-2, 6-1.
Tennis: Mix and match
Ron Rogers has had his fair share of state tournament appearances as a head coach prior to coming to Guyer in 2005 when the school opened.
Boys golf: Building a history — Guyer set for first state tournament
As the lone senior on Guyer’s top boys golf team, Kyle Hodges has developed quite the reputation among his head coach and teammates. That was further solidified at the Class 4A Region I tournament in Abilene nearly two weeks ago when Hodges lined up a putt that would go down in Guyer golf history.
Softball: Guyer ousts Saginaw
FORT WORTH — After jumping out to an early lead and cruising to a Game 1 victory in a best-of-three Class 4A bi-district playoff series against Saginaw on Friday, Guyer looked poised to do the same thing in Game 2 and stroll to a series win.
Baseball: Guyer beats Azle for second seed
JUSTIN — A two-out, bases-clearing double from Chris Monroe in the bottom of the sixth inning of a tied game gave Guyer a comfortable lead in a come-from-behind 9-5 win over Azle in a game to determine seeding in the state playoffs, which begin this week.
Softball: Dynamic senior duo
There wasn’t much Saginaw pitcher Mary Kate Lenth could do to contain the Guyer offense in Friday’s playoff opener, and it all started with two veterans in the middle of the Lady Wildcats’ order.
Baseball: Wildcats dominate Brewer
It was exactly the type of game the Guyer Wildcats wanted going into the Class 4A state baseball playoffs.
Guyer Lady Wildcats soccer team to be honored
The Guyer Lady Wildcats, the Class 4A state champions, will be honored Monday afternoon in a ceremony at Guyer’s main gymnasium. The rally will feature performances by the Guyer cheerleaders, band and drill team as well as recognitions from state, local and school officials.
Track notebook: Injuries can’t keep Ryan from regional
Throughout the track and field season, Ryan coach Janson Head has penciled in different names for the boys 1,600-meter relay.
Soccer: Guyer players lead all-district selections
After bringing home Guyer’s first state championship in a girls team sport, the Guyer Lady Wildcats were well represented when the all-district teams were released.
Girls soccer: Lady Wildcats take state
GEORGETOWN — The Guyer Lady Wildcats added more hardware to the school’s growing collection Saturday afternoon. Guyer held off a late and frantic Highland Park attack for a 2-1 victory over the Lady Scots in the Class 4A state championship game at Birkelbach Field.
Girls soccer: Guyer faces streaking Highland Park today for state title
GEORGETOWN — Three years ago, the Guyer Lady Wildcats were nowhere close to a playoff appearance, much less a state championship. That season was Guyer head coach Kenny Blevins’ first year with the school, and his team finished sixth in an eight-team Class 5A district. That team had six freshmen in its starting lineup.
Softball: Guyer pulls even with Brewer with 5-2 victory
When Guyer and Fort Worth Brewer’s district schedules came to an end on Friday, each team was standing on level footing after 14 games with just a coin flip left to decide their playoff-seeding fates.
Girls soccer: Semifinal surge
GEORGETOWN — Based on the way the first half of their Class 4A state semifinal was going, it was apparent Guyer was determined to pull ahead of Magnolia before halftime.
Soccer: State-bound!
Guyer head girls soccer coach Kenny Blevins said his forward duo of sophomore Brittany Crabtree and Hannah Alspach come around as often as a state championship.
Tennis: Guyer girls heading to state
Guyer’s Ron Rogers has been to the state tournament as a coach several times, but his current program has never been.
Golf: Wildcats sneak into state berth
The Argyle boys won the Class 3A Region II tournament in Pottsboro after entering the second day in second place to claim the school’s first regional crown and its second consecutive state berth.
Golf: Area teams at region tourneys
With two days to earn a trip to the UIL state golf tournament in two weeks, several area athletes are vying for berths in the state tournament at this week’s regional tournaments. The Guyer boys are in second place in the Class 4A Region I tournament while the Ponder girls are in a tie for fourth in the Class 2A Region II tournament . The Argyle boys find themselves in second in the Class 3A Region II tournament heading into the second round.
Tennis: Denton’s Clerihew advances to final
Some of the area competitors at the Class 4A Region I tennis tournament at Abilene’s Rose Park Tennis Center did what they were expected to do on the tournament’s first day Monday.
Boys golf: Guyer shooting for first state berth
Guyer golf coach Roddy Adams compared the mentally agonizing sport he coaches to pulling the big, enticing lever on a slot machine. In his analogy, the golfer and the gambler are the same. Most of those on the course hope everything lines up, scores are lowered and new heights are achieved.
Tennis: Five local players off to regionals
Opportunities abound for the five local players headed to the Class 4A Region I tournament at Abilene’s Rose Park Tennis Center. Guyer is sending two doubles squads to the tournament slated for today and Tuesday — Guyer’s first apparence at regionals and Denton High's Alex Clerihew will be competing in the boys singles event.
Soccer: Guyer to face Magnolia in state semifinals
The Guyer Wildcats, fresh off their Class 4A Region I soccer championship, now must turn their attention to the Class 4A state tournament and their first round opponent, Region III champion Magnolia.
Soccer: Lady Wildcats head to state semifinals
WICHITA FALLS — Brittany Crabtree has scored 37 goals for Guyer this season, but none were bigger for her or the Lady Wildcats’ program than the one she scored in the 43rd minute of Saturday’s Class 4A Region I final.
Girls soccer: Guyer one win from state
WICHITA FALLS — Guyer coach Kenny Blevins was a little disappointed his team didn’t capitalize on more scoring opportunities in Friday’s Class 4A Region I semifinal against Canyon Randall. But fortunately for the Lady Wildcats, they scored more than enough and rolled to a 3-0 win over Randall — holding the Lady Raiders without a single shot on goal and advancing to the regional final at 1:30 p.m. today
Baseball: Wildcats top Falcons
There’s just something about the Lake Dallas-Guyer baseball rivalry that brings out the best in both teams. When the two teams played less than a month ago at Lake Dallas, it was a classic pitcher’s duel between Guyer’s Jud Kinzy and Lake Dallas’ Keenan Wingfield. The Falcons won the game when Wingfield scored the game’s only run in the bottom of the 10th inning. Wingfield factored into Friday’s District 5-4A rematch at Guyer as well, but with a different outcome. Pitching in relief of a stellar performance by starter Michael Cox, Wingfield’s wild pitch to pinch hitter Luke Cullum allowed Kyle Walsh to score from third base in the bottom of the seventh to lift the Wildcats to a 2-1 win.
Girls soccer: Battling expectations
Kenny Blevins has been in his fair share of playoff games in his 13 seasons of coaching girls high school soccer. Prior to this season, each of those playoff games was equally fun.
Track and field: Guyer girls, boys take 5-4A titles
First-year Guyer girls coach Megan Hardesty had a great opportunity during Tuesday’s conclusion of the District 5-4A track meet.
Boys golf: Wildcats advance to regional
WEATHERFORD — Two weeks ago, the Trophy Club Nelson girls swept the top two positions at the District 5-4A tournament, and the Nelson boys were attempting to do the same thing Monday and Tuesday.
