Texasâ Nate Boyer named college footballâs most inspirational figure
Texas deep snapper Nate Boyer, who spent six years in active duty as a Green Beret, was named as the 2012 recipient of the Disney Spirit Award,...
View ArticleA salute to the first college football award winner of the year
Most major individual awards for college football have taken the next step, announcing small groups of finalists. Most winners wonât be identified until after the conference championship weekend....
View ArticleNo hype, just honor for Texas' Boyer
Most major individual awards for college football have taken the next step, announcing small groups of finalists. Most winners won't be identified until after the conference championship weekend. One...
View ArticleUT Beat: Boyer honored
Football writers honor Boyer AUSTIN — Texas deep snapper Nate Boyer, who was awarded the Bronze Star during his service as a...
View ArticleUT women get pledge from highly ranked guard
Coach Karen Aston apparently has lured one of the top high school prospects in the country to play basketball for the University of Texas women's team. Lashann Higgs, a 5-foot-9-inch combo guard who...
View ArticleGirls' basketball playoffs: first-round wrap-up / second round matchups
Observers of the girls’ high school basketball playoffs this weekend would probably excuse the Channelview Lady Falcons and the Friendswood Lady Mustangs if either saw their weekend contest as a bit...
View ArticleReagan gets no bounces in state semis
AUSTIN — A Reagan player would gracefully cut through defenders toward the hoop and spin off a finger roll — only to watch the ball go in and out of the cylinder. Another would fire off an open...
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UIL GIRLS CLASS 5A REGION I SEMIFINALS Irv. MacArthur........... 76 Lub. Coronado............. 62 Duncanville ...............60 Amarillo .................... 29 REGION I FINAL Irv. MacArthur (35-2)...
View ArticleUIL girls' basketball playoffs: third-round results/schedule
The Dekaney Lady Wildcats basketball team continued their winning streak to get the third round of play in the UIL girls’ basketball playoffs underway on Monday night. Dekaney knocked off Atascocita,...
View ArticleESPN College Sports Update – Nov. 7 (ESPN Inc)
College Baseball: Thursday Night SEC Schedule College football is three-quarters complete and basketball tips off Friday but planning for the college baseball season is already underway. ESPNU's third...
View ArticleGirls hoops playoff roundup: Summit wins in four overtimes
SNYDER — Shayna Jackson made four clutch free throws — two with 20 seconds remaining in the first overtime and the deciding two points of the game — as Mansfield Summit beat defending Class 4A state...
View ArticleGirls high school basketball season preview
By Angel Verdejo | November 3, 2012 | Updated: November 3, 2012 10:01pm Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 1 Can two Class 5A teams return to the state tournament this season? The Region II...
View ArticleFor UT's Green Beret, football is a snap
AUSTIN — Nate Boyer won't give them the details, so his teammates just have to guess. They hear he was a Green Beret in the U.S. Army Special Forces, that he was awarded the Bronze Star for his...
View ArticleFootball's a snap for UT's Boyer after stint as Green Beret in Iraq
Monday, September 10, 2012 | Updated: Monday, September 10, 2012 9:13pm Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 AUSTIN - Nate Boyer won't give them the details, so his teammates just have to...
View ArticleCarlton: How UT long snapper, ex-Green Beret Nate Boyer went from a Bronze...
AUSTIN — Nate Boyer’s improbable football story has turned into something far, far more inspiring for his coaches and teammates at Texas. At 31, the redshirt sophomore won the snapping duties for...
View ArticleFrom Green Berets to Burnt Orange, color Boyer a Horns hero
Nate Boyer's telephone rang in Los Angeles, shattering the pre-dawn silence of Sept. 11, 2001, and he immediately knew something was horribly wrong. His mother breathlessly told her 20-year-old son to...
View ArticlePoint guard picks Longhorns
A highly ranked recruit made a verbal commitment to play for the University of Texas over the weekend, raising incoming coach Karen Aston's summer haul to four players. Brianna Taylor is a 5-6 point...
View ArticleWomen's basketball: Point guard picks Longhorns
A highly ranked recruit made a verbal commitment to play for the University of Texas over the weekend, raising incoming coach Karen Aston's summer haul to four players. Brianna Taylor is a 5-6 point...
View ArticleTouted hoops recruit Taylor picks Longhorns
A highly ranked recruit made a verbal commitment to play for the University of Texas over the weekend, raising incoming coach Karen Aston's summer haul to four players. Brianna Taylor is a 5-6 point...
View ArticleBrigance honored by Touchdown Club of Houston
Their son has been honored numerous times and across the country. But for Barbara and Marcus Brigance, watching their son O.J. be honored in his hometown meant a little more. "No matter where you go,...
View ArticleBowie relies heavily on defense to knock off Cedar Ridge in girls playoffs
Nah-Jai Taylor scored 15 points for Bowie, which held Cedar Ridge scoreless for the entire first quarter of a 51-48 victory in the opening round of the Class 5A girls basketball playoffs. Bowie, the...
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Basketball with an expert and the area’s ‘Lucky Seven’ Tuesday, January 29, 2013 Comments | E-mail | Print As we started a week ago, Jim Hicks, the founder and editor of RCSsports.com, is joining us...
View ArticleLate steal cinches Trimble Tech win over Granbury
Special to the Star-Telegram Fort Worth Trimble Tech sophomore guard Erin Backus came up with a huge steal with seconds to play, capping a seesaw finish as the Lady Bulldogs beat Granbury 43-41 Monday...
View ArticleSaturday's Texas Relays results: High school division
BOYS 3,200: 1, Connor Hendrickson, Southlake Carroll, 9:10.77 seconds. 2, Austen Dalquist, Keller, 9:11.53. 3, Jose Martinez, Weslaco East, 9:12.58. 4, Austin Wells, San Antonio Clark, 9:13.41. 5,...
View ArticleLonghorns Q&A: Nate Boyer
Throughout this season, we will present a question-and-answer interview with a key member of the Texas football team. This week, here are selected questions and answers with Longhorns sophomore deep...
View ArticleDekaney, Woodlands roll in first round of girls playoffs
By Corey Roepken | February 11, 2013 | Updated: February 11, 2013 11:33pm Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 The Dekaney girls basketball team turned some heads the wrong way by losing three...
View ArticleWeather a problem at Texas state meet
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The weather was a recurring problem at the state high school meet Friday as lighting and thunderstorms rolled across the Austin area in the morning and evening. The start of the...
View ArticlePreviews of Fort Worth-area holiday basketball tournaments
Boys Fort Worth ISD Coca-Cola Tournament At Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center, Fort Worth Teams to watch Arlington Bowie: Jeremy Senglin isn't the only dominant presence for the Volunteers. This team...
View ArticleHoliday HS basketball all-tournament teams: Dallas ISD/Coca-Cola, Plano...
Here are the all-tournament teams from some of the biggest Dallas-area holiday basketball tournaments: Plano Wildcat Holiday Classic Brandon Scott - Richardson (MVP) Josh King - Richardson Jordan...
View ArticleGirls basketball playoff preview
Jason McDaniel | February 9, 2013 | Updated: February 9, 2013 10:41pm Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 Key questions 1Who wants another shot? No Houston-area team has won a UIL state...
View ArticleNate Boyer to receive 2012 Disney Spirit Award at Disney World
University of Texas football player Nate Boyer has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the Disney Spirit Award, Disney Sports announced on Nov. 19. Given each year to college football’s most...
View ArticleOzen senior Jones earns shot put gold while focusing on basketball glory
From the time she grabbed her first rebound in the fifth grade, Nekia Jones has never resembled a typical basketball player. That didn’t stop Texas coach Karen Aston from recruiting her to be a...
View ArticleTexas’ Boyer to receive Armed Forces award
Texas deep snapper Nate Boyer, a former Green Beret staff sergeant who was a member of an elite special operations unit, today will be named the first recipient of the Armed Forces Merit Award...
View ArticleAston: Young Horns gained experience in humbling season
On the night that Texas’ women’s basketball season ended with a two-point loss to Kansas State in the Big 12 tournament, point guard Celina Rodrigo logged 36 minutes, center Imani McGee-Stafford 32...
View ArticleBig 12 honors Longhorn Boyer with sportsperson award
Nate Boyer, a junior deep snapper on the Longhorn football team, was named as one of the Big 12 Conference’s sportspersons of the year on Monday. Kansas State golfer Whitney Pyle, a senior, also was...
View ArticleLonghorn women’s basketball preview: Texas vs. Idaho
Texas vs. Idaho 2 p.m. Saturday, Erwin Center, LHN, 1300 Probable starters Texas (8-3) No.;Player;Pos.;Ht.;Cl.;Pts.;Reb. 3;Nneka Enemkpali;F;6-1;Jr.;13.6;8.3 40;Kelsey Lang;P;6-5;Fr.;7.5;4.0 32;Brady...
View ArticleQuotes from the 56th NFF Annual Awards Press Conference (The National...
(Source: The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Inc) NFF Major Award Recipients, College Football Hall of Famers and NFF National Scholar-Athletes NEW YORK (Dec. 10, 2013)- The...
View ArticleTUESDAY’s NFF CHALKTALK – Nov. 19, 2013 (The National Football Foundation and...
(Source: The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Inc) TUESDAY's NFF CHALKTALK - Nov. 19, 2013 Catch up with the latest news and notes from the world of college football for the week...
View ArticleRegional Digest: Walter Camp Foundation Honors Theismann
Walter Camp FoundationHonors Theismann Former University of Notre Dame and Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann is the 2013 recipient of the Walter Camp Football Foundation "Distinguished...
View ArticleDekaney finds the range, ousts The Woodlands
THE WOODLANDS - When the season began, senior guard Joseph Kilgore wasn't sure how far Dekaney could go. If the Wildcats keep shooting like this, they could go all the way to Austin. The Wildcats shot...
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View ArticleUT running back Gray undergoes surgery
AUSTIN – Texas tailback Johnathan Gray underwent surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon on Wednesday and is hoping to be ready for next...
View ArticleJones, Texas reserves provide spark in easy victory over Northwestern State
Karen Aston has so many capable players on her roster, it hardly matters who is in the starting lineup. Such was the case in a 90-60 victory over Northwestern State Friday night at the Erwin Center....
View ArticleAston looks to fit new pieces into Longhorns puzzle
Karen Aston has been working with an intriguing puzzle this fall, but the Texas women’s basketball coach still doesn’t know what the final product will look like. Aston’s quite familiar with three of...
View ArticleNate Boyer Named 2013 NFF Legacy Award Recipient (The National Football...
(Source: The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Inc) War hero, First Team Academic All-Big 12 selection and Texas long snapper will be recognized Dec. 10 at the 56th NFF Annual...
View ArticleNate Boyer - NFF Scholar-Athlete of the Day, Presented by Fidelity...
(Source: The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Inc) Boyer, the long snapper at Texas, has a 3.83 GPA in physical culture and sports. Each NFF Scholar-Athlete of the Day is selected...
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