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Weatherford's Mitchell wins national bull riding title
A late surge lifted Weatherford's Jack Mitchell to a national championship in bull riding at the National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs, Wyoming recently. The Texas champion posted a three-ride aggregate score of 230.5 points to win by a single point in an exciting finish. Mitchell was ninth...
‘The sport of Fort Worth’: Cutting horse competition strengthens family bonds, community
One of the first big purchases Mel Blount made after getting drafted to the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1970 was not just one horse but three. Blount grew up on a farm in Georgia where he worked with plow horses and mules in the field, but he didn’t learn about cutting horses until he was in college at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Oklahoma State football loses 2025 QB commit Adam Schobel to TCU
STILLWATER — Oklahoma State is back on the market for a quarterback in the 2025 recruiting class. Four-star senior Adam Schobel announced his decommitment from the Cowboys and immediately committed to TCU on Monday. ...
Locals compete in NTPGA events
Four golfers from Aledo each won their age groups for boys and girls in recent tournaments at Squaw Creek on the Northern Texas PGA Junior Golf Medalist and Prep Tours. Ford Hill won the Boys 15-18 division on the Medalist Tour, shooting 78 over 18 holes. Korbyn McBride, competing in...
Matiscik on Patrick Mannelly Award Watch List
FORT WORTH -- TCU's Brent Matiscik has been selected to the watch list for the Patrick Mannelly Award, presented to the nation's top snapper. The award is named after longtime NFL snapper Patrick Mannelly, who played 16 years (1998-2013) with the Chicago Bears. Matiscik will be in his third season as the Horned Frogs' starting snapper. The McKinney, Texas, native has started all 27 games the last two years. In his sixth season at TCU, he is the elder statesman on the Horned Frogs. Matiscik, whose brother Ross snaps for the Jacksonville Jaguars, is a three-time Academic All-Big 12 recipient....
Countdown to Kickoff 2024: 31 Days
31 | P Jordy Sandy (2019-2023) A five-year starting punter for the Horned Frogs, Jordy Sandy booted over 10,000 yards worth of punts, pinning 91 kicks inside the 20-yard line (35%) with only 16 rolling into the endzone for a touchback (6%). The Australian had 35 career 50+-yard kicks, with two coming in the Fiesta Bowl College Football Playoff win over the Michigan Wolverines. Sandy would be named to the All-Big 12 Second Team in 2020 with Honorable Mention recognition in 2022 & 2023.
2023-24 TCU Women’s Swimming and Diving Season Recap
TCU Women’s Swimming and Diving had a very solid 2023-24 season which culminated in a third-place finish at the Big 12 Championship and a National Invitational Championship win. The season started with a trip to Tallahassee for the FSU Classic where Anna Kwong earned the first win of the...
Texas Tech, Texas A&M set for December matchup in Fort Worth
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Texas Tech and Texas A&M are set to meet for a 2 p.m. tipoff on Dec. 8 in Fort Worth inside the Dickies Arena. The matchup is one featured game in the US LBM Coast to Coast Challenge. TCU and Vanderbilt will play at 11 a.m. then TCU’s women’s team meets up with South Carolina at 6 p.m.
Coyotes/Lady Coyotes have honored as NJCAA All-Academic
The National Junior College Athletic Association has announced its 2023-24 All-Academic Teams, recognizing student-athletes across the country for their dedication in the classroom. Weatherford College topped the all-academic list in the Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference and is the fourth highest ranked among the 23 institutions in NJCAA Region...
WC's Britez All-American
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has named Weatherford College’s Bruno Britez to its NJCAA Men’s All-America Team for the 2023-24 season. The ITA recognizes the top 10 players in its final National Singles Rankings as All-Americans. Britez finished with the No. 4 ranking. The native of San Lorenzo,...
TCU Men's Basketball Set for Exhibition vs. Arkansas
TCU men's basketball is setting the table for an exciting 2024-25 campaign, and they're kicking things off with a bang. The Horned Frogs are scheduling an exhibition game against the Arkansas Razorbacks for Nov. 1 at Dickies Arena. Details are still being worked out, but the exhibition will be open to the public.
2024 TCU Football Preview: Quarterbacks
TCU football is roughly one month away from kicking off the 2024 season. The Horned Frogs, who are entering their third campaign under head coach Sonny Dykes, will travel to face Stanford in a Big 12-ACC clash on Friday, Aug. 30. In the first installment of our season preview series, we’ll examine the quarterbacks who are back in the fold and who TCU fans could expect to step up from under center when the Horned Frogs take the field this fall.
Olympians from Dallas-Fort Worth to watch this week
Working from home will be extra distracting this month — we're living vicariously through the hundreds of Americans competing in the Paris Olympics.The Texas contingent includes 43 athletes, at least 14 of whom are from Dallas-Fort Worth.The latest: Gymnastics, swimming, basketball, soccer and tennis were among the competitions that began over the weekend — with Team USA winning 12 medals, more than any other country so far.North Texan Nic Fink tied for a silver medal in the men's 100m breaststroke. His wife won a gold medal in the 2016 Olympics and coaches swimming at SMU.Texan Simone Biles crushed it over...
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