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Local Football Players Honored for Sportsmanship

Seventeen football coaches and their respective team captains recently shared the podium for the Sterling Bank High School Sportsmanship of the Year awards.

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Runners Cross Finish Line at Regionals

The area's best runners were off and running at the Region III Cross Country Championship.

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Willowridge Football Team's Amazing Turnaround

At Willowridge, there's a renewed sense of enthusiasm since the Eagles have won more games this season than the previous three seasons combined.

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Texas's Top High School QB Prospect: Connor Wood

As the Second Baptist Eagles prepared for the 2009 football season, they did so once again behind the leadership of quarterback Connor Wood, who amazingly enough has started every game for the Eagles since his freshman season.

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Klein's Matt Purke Drafted by Texas Rangers

Within two hours after his first round selection in the Major League Baseball draft, Klein Bearkat pitcher Matt Purke was already getting a taste of the Big Leagues – albeit as a spectator at the Chicago Cubs v. Houston Astros game. But it's the Texas Rangers who are first and foremost on the mind of Purke after the team made him the 14th overall selection in the 2009 draft.

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Westbury Girls Relay Team Runs Circles Around Competition

The need for speed is alive and well for the tradition-rich Westbury Rebels track and field program. This year's girl's team entered the State meet having won the 4A Region III championship.

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Strake Jesuit Lacrosse Earns Berth to State

Facing a perennial statewide power from St. John's, Strake Jesuit was pretty powerful in their own right. The Crusaders defeated St. John's 17-12 to win the Division 1 South Regional Championship of the Texas High School Lacrosse League.

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Former Area H.S. Players Drafted by NFL

Just a couple of weekends ago, the National Football League held its annual draft in New York City. College-aged football players from around the country found out if their dreams of playing professional football were about to come true.

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Channelview Retires Jerseys

At Channelview High School, the Sampson jerseys were out in full force. The crowd on hand turned out to see the school retire the jerseys of two of its former stars – Houston Astros' Chris Sampson (class of '96) and former Astro slugger Glenn Wilson (class of '77).

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Queen of the Pins: Katy Student Brings Home Bowling Championship

Katy Tigers senior Madison Williams is now the Texas State Bowling Champion averaging a score of 232 in the state championship. In round two of the championship Madison scored 260, striking 11 times, but it wasn't quite as high as her final round of 279, which is now the highest scoring championship final in state history.

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