Gymnastics: Cochefski earns All-District honors
TWU junior gymnast Courtney Cochefski has been named to the 2013 Capital One Academic All-District Women’s at-large first team. She will now qualify for Academic All-America consideration.
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Sailing: Local yacht club sets annual flagship regatta
In 1956, a small group of sailboat enthusiasts who had been members of the Dallas Yacht Club at White Rock Lake decided to start a new club on Lewisville Lake, and the Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club was established. Now, 57 years later, the club is still going strong and preparing to play host to its biggest event of the year, the annual flagship regatta with a new name and a different direction for the proceeds.
Top-10 cowboys to battle in Denton
Two members of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s top 10 in tie-down roping will square off at the eighth annual Gordie Moore “Bubblegum” Memorial Roping event Saturday at Diamond T Arena.
Motor sports: Team shows Army vet its appreciation with special treat
FORT WORTH — Fabian Hall served his country overseas as a staff sergeant in the Army, and this weekend Richard Petty Motorsports showed its appreciation.
Two skills camps for quarterbacks offered at Little Elm High School
Little Elm High School and Armed & Dangerous Football will co-sponsor two offensive skills camps for quarterbacks April 13 and 14 at Little Elm.
Area gymnasts shine at state
Six members of Achievers Gymnastics Center have qualified for the USA Gymnastics regional championships after last weekend’s state meet.
Baseball: Ryan grad Javy Guerra pitching for Mexico
Ryan alumnus and Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Javy Guerra will pitch for Mexico in the World Baseball Classic. Guerra, who was drafted by the National League team out of Ryan in 2004, is one of six Dodgers who will join their respective teams in the WBC. Play in the Arizona bracket begins today.
Football: Denton native Jarvis Moss tries out for Cowboys
After a one-year hiatus, Jarvis Moss isn’t ready to give up his chance at playing football at its highest level. Moss, a Ryan graduate and Denton native, tried out for the Cowboys on Wednesday, according to a news release on the team’s website.
Motor sports: Fast with fenders
Cole Glasson’s life has taken a left turn — one the racer from Corinth hopes to steer right into NASCAR’s winner’s circle. Never mind that he’s 12 years old and weighs only 75 pounds.
Combat and camaraderie
Whistles echoed off the walls and collided with the cheers of the fans who packed the House of Quad for some highly competitive roller derby action. On the track, four teams would face off in two bouts — skating, blocking, scoring points for their respective teams.
Racquetball: Denton’s White wins national title
Dotti White of Denton entered the 2013 Women’s Seniors/Masters Racquetball Association National Championships ranked as the top seed and left the tournament with a title.
Swimming: Calhoun student qualifies for State Games of America
Seth Herrmann, a seventh-grader at Calhoun Middle School, has qualified for this summer’s State Games of America after capturing two gold medals and one silver at the Texas Amateur Athletes Federation Winter Games last weekend.
Rodeo: Armes earns big money at National Finals Rodoe
LAS VEGAS – It was an emotional conclusion to the 2012 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo for steer wrestler Bray Armes. In his first qualification to Pro Rodeo’s grand championship, Armes put on quite a show. He placed in five go-rounds and put his stamp on the NFR with a 3.5-second run to finish second in Saturday’s 10 go-round. He also placed fourth in the average with a 10-round cumulative time of 55.2 seconds.
Rodeo: Armes makes move at NFR
Gruver’s Bray Armes has moved up the rankings at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
Rodeo: Steer wrestler living out his dream
Tonight, Bray Armes will step onto the dirt at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, accomplishing a goal seemingly far from his grasp a few years ago.
Turkey Roll marks changing of seasons
Nearly 1,000 bicyclists gathered at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on Saturday morning for the Denton Breakfast Kiwanis Club’s 30th annual Turkey Roll.
Motor sports: Patrick earns first lead-lap finish
FORT WORTH — Danica Patrick finished 24th Sunday in the AAA Texas 500, notching her first lead-lap finish in the Sprint Cup Series.
Officials certification clinic scheduled
The Southwestern Track and Field Officials Association will hold a certification/recertification clinic for people interested in officiating track and field at 7 p.m. Tuesday on the Club Level of Apogee Stadium.
Rodeo: Decatur cowboy wins Blowout buckle
The annual Bull Blowout at the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo came to an exciting conclusion Saturday night in front of a record-setting, standing-room-only crowd.
Rodeo: Stephenville rider tops field
The place to be for bull riding this week is the North Texas State Fairgrounds arena.
Rodeo: Aubrey cowgirl wins breakaway roping
The second night of the 21 and Under Rodeo on Wednesday at the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo again featured some of the most talented up-and-coming cowboys and cowgirls.
Rodeo: Youth rodeo begins first of two performances
The future of rodeo was featured Tuesday night in the first of two performances of the 21 & Under Youth rodeo at the North Texas State Fair & Rodeo.
Rodeo: Working cowboys take to rodeo arena
Working ranch cowboys from around the region gathered at the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo arena Monday night for the annual Invitational Ranch Rodeo. Events based on everyday ranch tasks tested the skills of the cowboys and the horses.
Rodeo: Record crowds return to NTSF rodeo
The third and final PRCA rodeo performance at the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo saw temperatures in the 70’s that brought a record crowd out to the fairgrounds for a Sunday night. The arena conditions were also improved by Saturday’s rains leading to some near record times and some stellar performances by both the stock and the cowboys.
Rodeo goes on despite weather
Thunderstorms rolling through the area cooled temperatures for the second performance of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association rodeo at the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo on Saturday night.
Rodeo: NTSF rodeo opens with international winner
The opening performance of the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo featured the cowboys and cowgirls of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association on the first of three nights of pro rodeo action.
Pro baseball: Barnett takes indefinite leave
ARLINGTON — Rangers television announcer Dave Barnett says he doesn’t expect to return this season after an on-air incident in which he gave a rambling, incoherent description that confused viewers.
Baseball: Austin on time
ARLINGTON — Following Detroit’s 7-5 loss to the Rangers on Tuesday, Tigers center fielder Austin Jackson sat at his locker in the visitors’ clubhouse.
Baseball: 10 Ks, 10th win
ARLINGTON — For the seventh time this season, highly touted Japanese rookie Yu Darvish took the mound at home. And for the seventh time this season, Darvish added a victory to his record to remain blemish-free in Arlington.
Baseball: Diagnosis for Dave Barnett is 'complicated migraine'
One week after the 15 seconds that made Dave Barnett part of the national conversation, the Rangers television broadcaster says he has no memory of the incident. “Surreal,” he said Monday afternoon, is the best way to describe the blip in a stellar 31 years of calling play-by-play.
Baseball: Denton's Aaron Baker named player of week
Former Denton standout Aaron Baker was named the Carolina League Player of the Week for June 18-24.
Motor sports: Wilson takes advantage of late Rahal scrape to grab win
FORT WORTH — Justin Wilson scooted into the lead with 1 1/2 laps to go Saturday night after Graham Rahal scraped the wall, and the Englishman won the Firestone 550K at Texas Motor Speedway.
Motor sports: Dario breaks down last lap of Indy victory
FORT WORTH — Dario Franchitti doesn’t think Takuma Sato had much choice but to make his failed attempt at a pass for the lead on the last lap of Sunday’s Indianapolis 500.
Rugby: Tourney features faster version of sport
The Denton Rugby Football Club is hosting the Grand Poobah 7s men’s and women’s tournament from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at the North Lakes Park soccer complex.
Rodeo: White leads Denton-area entrants into rodeo finals
Dillon White will lead a large group of Denton-area competitors into the North Texas High School Rodeo Association Finals this weekend but he won’t be feeling the pressure the other competitors will be under.
Rugby: Local club to play host to tournament
The Denton Rugby Club is preparing to play host to the fourth annual Grand Poobah 7’s Tournament on May 26 at the North Lakes Soccer Complex.
Track: Liberty athletes win events at state meet
WACO — Going for their third straight state championship, the Liberty Christian Warriors had two athletes win events in the field portion of the TAPPS Class 5A state meet Friday.
Gymnastics: Two Achievers gymnasts headed to national meet
Brianna Richardson of Corinth and MacKenzie Packer of Lewisville have qualified for the USA Gymnastics Western National Championships this weekend in Boise, Idaho.
Pilot Point’s Miller wins gold at state
Pilot Point’s Hannah Miller, 15, competed last weekend in the Texas State Power Tumbling and Trampoline meet in Brownwood and finished first in double mini, second in tumbling and sixth in trampoline. The win earned Miller her sixth gold medal in state competition.
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Motor sports: Team trying to improve through ‘start-and-park’
FORT WORTH — Pilot Point resident Robert Richardson Jr. is a Nationwide Series racer, but he was at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night as his father’s R3 Motorsports team fielded a car in the Samsung Mobile 500.
Benefit tournament set for Saturday
A youth softball tournament benefiting Children’s Medical Center Dallas will be held Saturday at North Lakes Park.
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Bowling: Double Oak’s Barnes rolls 300
Chris Barnes of Double Oak rolled a perfect 300 game in the the second round to advance to Sunday’s final, where he lost to Jason Blemonte at the PBA Geico Shark Open in Las Vegas.
Motor sports: Pilot Point’s Richardson making run at Daytona
Pilot Point resident Robert Richardson Jr. is attempting to make his third consecutive Daytona 500, and his quest begins today with two laps of pole qualifying in Daytona Beach, Fla.
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