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Denton-Guyer High School football booster club treasurer arrested for stealing nearly $16k from organization
DENTON, Texas — The former treasurer of the Denton-Guyer Wildcats Football Booster Club is facing a state jail felony after admitting to investigators with Denton Police that she stole $15,826.48 from the organization for personal use, according to arrest documents. Shauna Martin, 43, is now charged with property theft...
Grapevine High grad David Fry's long but remarkable journey to MLB All-Star
ARLINGTON — Former Grapevine High star David Fry's journey to Tuesday's MLB All-Star game has been both surprising and remarkable.After four years in college and five years in the minors, the versatile 28-year-old Cleveland Guardians player made the All-Star team in his first full season in the big leagues. The moment is especially poignant for the Fry family, as his path to the big leagues has been long and arduous.Reflecting on his journey, Fry expressed gratitude for the opportunity given to him last year, which allowed him to stick around and prove his worth."I spent four years in college, five,...
UNT community remembers football great Abner Haynes after his death at age of 86
Ken Bahnsen was standing with the North Texas freshman football team’s bus driver before a game against Navarro in Corsicana in 1956 when the challenge two of his young stars would face that season came into focus.
Wednesday's Child 14-year-old Deandre wants to make football and a forever home a reality
FRISCO, Texas — Starting high school is a pivotal moment in a teenager's life and 14-year-old Deandre wants more than anything to find a forever family who will help guide him through it. Deandre is today's Wednesday's Child. His caseworker describes Deandre as energetic, fun, and a sports lover....
Kerens, Cross Roads softball players named All-State
Rylee Spivey of Kerens, shown pitching against LaPoynor in April, makes the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 2A All-State softball team. Cross Roads’ Brook Locke (throwing ball) is named Second Team All-State for Class 2A softball on the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association’s list of players.
From the Vault: Flower Mound's Triple-Overtime Thriller Against Plano East in 2015
For the seventh installment of our "From the Vault" series, we're taking a trip back to the hardwood for a classic showdown between the Flower Mound Jaguars and the Plano East Panthers. On a fateful night in February 2015, these two teams battled for their playoff lives in a District 6-6A boys basketball contest that took three overtimes to decide.
Riders to host Dodgers-affiliated Drillers for a week featuring Military Appreciation Night, Frisco Corny Dogs and an appearance from John O’Hurley
FRISCO, Texas (July 18 , 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders, Double-A affiliate of the World Series champion Texas Rangers, host their ninth homestand of the season with a stacked week full of promotional events spanning from Tuesday, July 23rd through Sunday, July 28th against the Dodgers-affiliated Tulsa Drillers. Buy...
PGA of America Unveils State-of-the-Art Multimedia Studio
The PGA of America has completed an expansion of PGA of America Studios, an innovative production facility with plug-and-play production services for all audio and video content needs. Located inside the Association’s home office in Frisco, Texas, the studio is turnkey for live shows and sets for national and local broadcast productions, streaming, commercials, photo shoots and remi-style coverage spanning the 660-acre PGA Frisco campus and beyond.
Olympic swimmer who trains in North Texas hopes to make history on Mexico's swim team
FRISCO, Texas — All eyes are on Gabriel Castano headed to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The 26-year-old broke his own 2021 Mexican national record twice in the last three days during the last prelims session of the 2024 Pro Swim Series in San Antonio. He currently leads the men's 50 free prelims with a 21.67, a narrow one one-hundredth over American Ryan Held (21.68).
The Comeback Journey for Tyshawn Rose: “It felt surreal to be back”
Frisco, Texas – A little over a year ago, left back Tyshawn Rose played his final game of the 2023 season with North Texas SC. In a standout rookie season, the former Boston College Eagle featured 19 times and led the team with five assists. All that came to a premature end though, as he suffered a torn ACL against Portland Timbers2 on July 29, 2023.
Naturals Split an Up and Down Series
The Naturals still need help to keep opponents from scoring runs as they split with the Frisco RoughRiders. It was a game-to-game series as neither team managed to win two games in a row. Consistency was certainly not a strength of either squad this week, but the pitching staff specifically couldn’t keep runs off the board. The pitching staff gave up seven or more points in games where the Naturals lost. There were three games where the winning team scored 10 runs, one for the Naturals and two for the RoughRiders. The offenses were more than capable of putting up some numbers, allowing for the team to remain competitive on the week.
So, about that National Anthem performance in the Home Run Derby.
We wish her well in getting the help she needs. Dallas Morning News examines previous Fair Park audits. At the time, the audit found that the two entities didn’t monitor the revenue from parking and merchandise, food, and beverage sales, relying mostly on unverified vendor gross sales reports for three separate events: a Coldplay concert, a Rolling Stones Concert, and the World Food Championship.
The American Announces 2024-25 Women’s Basketball Schedule Pairings
IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference announced its pairings for the 2024-25 women's basketball season on Thursday afternoon. Each team will play an 18-game AAC slate, facing six teams twice and six more teams once each. In the two-play setup, Temple squares off against Charlotte, East Carolina, Memphis,...
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