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News & notes about Central Texas sports happenings — Baylor, high schools and more. Email sports @wacotrib .com. IG:

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3 years
The city of Waco will partner with Baylor University to fund a $185 million home for the university's basketball teams on the downtown riverfront, one that would double as a city-run performance venue and anchor a larger development.
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"I was so touched by the humility and generosity of this young man. I wanted to tell people something positive that a #Baylor football player had done. " A very nice column from today's Opinion page: #sicem
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7 years
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Midway (15-0) vs. Cypress Fairbanks (14-0), 7 p.m. Saturday, AT&T Stadium #txhsfb #TribFridayNight
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6 years
The numbers are mind-boggling: Clyde Hart has coached 34 national champions and 566 All-Americans, including 9 Olympians.
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6 years
“I heard about (my height) a lot,” the 5-8, 190-pound senior said. “I didn’t have any other Division I offers. I’ve got a chip on my shoulder, and I’m ready to go.”
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7 years
Baylor is providing free rent of @McLaneStadium for Friday's Sam Houston State-Richmond game, with free admission to fans.
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5 years
Baylor passes Texas, moves up to No. 14 in latest college football polls
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2 years
Try this hypothetical headline on for size: “Wrongfully detained American freed from Russian prison, returning home.”
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5 years
Baylor freshman Jenson Brooksby beats former No. 4 player in the world, advances at U.S. Open
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5 years
John Werner: Baylor-Kansas hottest ticket in the country
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8 years
What Matt Rhule has done with his 2017 recruiting class in a little over a month is remarkable
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5 years
Midway ISD announces the hiring of Jordan (Vannatta) Williams as head softball coach and Keith Mikeska as head boys golf coach. Williams was a high school standout at West before going on to play at Baylor.
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7 years
Gregarious and outgoing, there hasn’t been a more popular athlete on the #Baylor campus since RG3.
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2 years
Sunday Trib: We're preparing to begin a football season without Dave Campbell for the very first time.
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6 years
Baylor's Jobson named Big 12 soccer coach of year: #sicem
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5 years
Crown 'em queens: Baylor volleyball completes Big 12 title coronation:
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2 years
Baylor running back Richard Reese was named Freshman All-America by the Football Writers Association of America, as announced by the organization on Thursday afternoon.
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7 years
That championship feeling.
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4 years
Sweet.
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5 years
FINAL: Baylor 72, Oregon 67. What a game! The Baylor Lady Bears will play for another national championship Sunday. #sicem #Baylor
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Although UMHB @crufootball posted 690 yards of total offense, the defense may have been more impressive, holding Sul Ross to 26 yards on the grounds and 112 overall:
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The Lady Bears gave a performance worthy of the Harlem Globetrotters on Wednesday, with Juicy Landrum leading the way with an NCAA record 14 of 23 from beyond the arc and a personal high of 42 points:
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5 years
What a season for those state champs of @FairfieldISD , who are well-represented on the Super Centex team by Coach of the Year Sally Whitaker, Newcomer of the Year McKinna Brackens, and first teamers Jada Clark and Braden Bossier.
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Meet the monsters of the @MidwayFB defense: Marcus Johnson, Trevius Hodges ( @TreTomlinson ) and Parker Nall ( @nall__2 ), all well-deserving Super Centex honorees. Congrats on a great year.
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. @MidwayISD Athletic Hall of Fame to honor Kent Bachtel & wife Jamie, the 2009 champion Pantherettes, Brian Lane:
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5 years
He would start for most Top 25 teams across the country — but Devonte Bandoo gives his Baylor Bears instant impact off the bench: “Playing for the No. 1 team is something everyone dreams about. It’s a great feeling. Sometimes you just don’t believe it.”
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8 years
West becomes the first Central Texas school to sweep softball and baseball state titles in the same year.
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8 years
The journey at LSU hasn't always been easy for @KramerR3 , but he knows it's been worth it.
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4 years
China Spring head football coach Brian Bell has been named the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Coach of the Week for Class 4A, announced on Tuesday.
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8 years
Hope you had Robinson's Chase Allison (542 passing yds, 8 TDs) and Braxton Ashcraft (12 rec, 323 yds, 7 TDs) in your Centex fantasy league.
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5 years
Davion Mitchell brings tenacity to Baylor D, where he might be the best defensive point guard in the country: #Big12MBB #Baylor #SicEm
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CJ Williams of @MidwayFB made a school-record 23 touchdown catches on his way to being named first-team Super Centex.
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This state champion had to sit out her senior year due to some UIL transfer drama. Now a sophomore at Baylor, she's blown to become one of the top triple jumpers in the country. #Baylor #sicem #uilstate
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These kids are growing up, folks. Leaders are emerging — It’s not just business for these #Baylor Bears. It’s personal. And that’s not a bad thing, writes @BriceCherry : #SicEm
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7 years
Lake Air is the World Series champion!
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4 years
Midway's Ant Scott signs with A&M-International
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7 years
What a year for @jaxon_player , who made 125 tackles and 9 sacks for @MidwayFB on his way to first-team Super Centex recognition. Be happy, @TulsaFootball , you got a good one.
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Preach. Proud of Waco's first Hall of Famer.
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Ladies and Gentlemen… @LT_21 . An inspiration to all. 🙌 #PFHOF17
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FINAL: Lake Air 7, North Carolina 2. The title is coming home to Waco.
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5 years
Congratulations to Super Centex OL Trent Pullen of Connally! Check our the whole team here:
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TORONTO -- Freshman Keyonte George exploded for 37 points to lead Baylor to a 93-87 win over Canada on Saturday night to reach the championship game of the GLOBL JAM.
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6 years
Congrats to @Lady_Leopard_BB on being named Super Centex Coach of the Year.
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7 years
Avery Archibald of @FairfieldISD made 133 tackles on his way to making first-team Super Centex.
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Congrats to @Brayd3nfaulkner of @CS_Baseball_ on being the Super Centex Player of the Year!
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No player in @MidwayHoops history ever won more games than four-year starter @antsctt -- congrats on a great career, capped with another Super Centex honor.
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6 years
The. Streak. Is. Over. Give it up for the U-Dawgs.
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It was quite a night for the University High Trojans who broke their losing streak by dominating Austin Travis 37-0! Congratulations Trojans! #OnceaTrojan
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Baylor senior guard Moon Ursin has been cleared to return to practice for the Lady Bears as they prepare for their season opener versus Central Arkansas on Nov. 23 at the Ferrell Center.
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5 years
The Los Angeles Sparks selected Baylor's Kalani Brown with the seventh overall pick of the WNBA Draft.
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6 years
He was born to be a QB — for the Longhorns: Charlie Brewer's dad, grandfather and uncle were all Texas signal-callers. For the Austin native, a win over No. 9 UT on its own turf would be monumental for him and a rebuilding #Baylor program: #SicEm
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Before every China Spring football game, they huddle up, resplendent in their powder blue jerseys. They take one another by the hand, then bow their heads and begin to pray.
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"There were times when he'd score where we'd look at each other and laugh, 'Well, that was good coaching.' But it has nothing to do with us." Congrats to Eli Stephens of @cscougarsports on being the 2019-20 Super Centex Player of the Year.
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7 years
RUNNING TO A TITLE: Panthers shake off early deficit to run past Refugio, grab sixth state title
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9 years
So-called Baylor "fans" have grown spoiled, fickle and are taking a Top 25 team for granted:
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“It was a near death experience”—every day Johnathan Motley spends on the court is a joy for the All-American #sicem
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ICYMI - The Baylor board of regents has approved $8.6 million for phase 1 of the Baylor Basketball Pavilion, which includes a 150,000-square-foot fieldhouse and an arena with a seating capacity of 7,000.
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So, if you're Tim Tebow and you have an off day from baseball, what do you do? You visit the Silos, of course.
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State semifinalists in a banner local #txhsfb year: China Spring (14-0) Lorena (12-2) Marlin (11-3) Mart (14-0) Abbott (14-0) State champs: Live Oak Classical State runners-up: Methodist Children's Home #TribFridayNight
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3 years
MARLIN — Derion Gullette can see just how good his Marlin Bulldogs team can be.
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6 years
Do not kick it to this man. Not everyone got the memo, and @GBTFootball star Ameer Lee stood out as the top returner in Central Texas. Congrats on your Super Centex honor.
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Former Baylor defensive tackle Siaki Ika and offensive lineman Connor Galvin are among 319 prospects that have been invited to attend the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis Feb. 28 through
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7 years
Snell, who averaged 14 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and 6 steals per game while shooting 52 percent from the floor and 34 percent from 3-point land, is the @WacoTribSports Super CenTex Player of the Year.
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4 years
Like every coach in District 18-4A, La Vega’s Marcus Willis Sr. is prone to praising the toughness of the district’s other teams and the competition they provide twice a week.
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5 years
545 yards and 5 touchdowns: That’s an all-time Central Texas single-game record for China Spring's Emmanuel Abdallah and ranks 6th all-time in the state, according to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football. #txhsfb #TribFridayNight
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6 years
Congrats to the multi-sport standout @Mightyy_K2 of @CCadetHoops on making Super Centex first-team in basketball.
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3 years
Baylor junior forward NaLyssa Smith claimed the Katrina McClain award, given to the nation’s top power forward, on Sunday.
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7 years
Congrats to @t_mordecai on a terrific season that culminated with him being the Super Centex Offensive Player of the Year.
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Relentless effort for Robinson: Once the Rockets started stringing touchdowns together, the Ducks had no answer. And it all started in practice. #TribFridayNight #txhsfb
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7 years
McGregor's Michael Irons (Cornell), Johnathan Phenix (Houston) and Joanly Martinez (Tarleton State) all playing football at the next level.
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A highly familiar face will take the helm for the McLennan Community College women’s basketball team as athletic director Shawn Trochim recommended a promotion for assistant coach Candice Thomas at
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8 years
Robinson QB Chase Allison ranks among nation's best—81-of-117 passing for 1,437 yds, 19 TDs.
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6 years
As backcourts go, they don't get much more dangerous than the Super Centex combo of @stephens_antwan and @thekideli3 of @cscougarsports
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7 years
Waco ISD Stadium is a natural place to kick off 2017 in style: it's the most popular playoff site in Texas. #txhsfb
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7 years
Grayland Arnold isn't afraid to call out his #Baylor teammates. Only a sophomore, he's commanding respect. #sicem
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2 years
From 1992: the Man, the Myth, the Legend. Ray Biles.
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6 years
Kaegan Walker of @RRocketsVball was not only the District 18-4A Hitter of the Year, but first-team Super Centex as well. Great job representing @robinsonisd
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3 years
Baylor offensive lineman Grant Miller announced Thursday that he will return in 2022 for his fifth season of collegiate eligibility.
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7 years
Sheer dominance: No. 3 Lady Bears overwhelm No. 6 Texas.
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8 years
Catch him if you can: @robinsonisd WR Braxton Ashcraft is a once-in-a-generation athlete. @risdHS #txhsfb
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7 years
Cornell University football signee @michaelirons10 of @MHSDogs can play a little hoops, too. Congrats on your Super Centex selection.
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2 years
Baylor has named highly successful McLennan Community College coach Mitch Thompson as its new baseball coach, a spokesperson at the university confirmed.
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2 years
Valley Mills Baseball = STATE CHAMPS
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5 years
La Vega alum DeGrate transferring to Lady Bears: The 6-foot-6 former Super Centex Player of the Year is returning to Waco and will be immediately eligible to play. #sicem @lvpirates
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"It's unbelievable that others would see what you go through, how you go about trying to get it done, hopefully doing it the right way," said Quinton Snell of @CCadetHoops on being recognized as Super Centex Coach of the Year.
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