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GHS, EV Make 2015 State-ments

Patriots Reach State Soccer Title Contest

by Allan Shiflet Advocate Correspondent

East View had a solid 2015 in sports highlighted by outstanding team and strong individual performances. The achievements and their diversity exemplify the quality and vision of the student/athletes, coaches, administrators and parents.

The highlight of the year was the Patriots (26-1-1) reaching the Class 5A finals of the UIL State Soccer Tournament at the GISD Athletic Complex in April. Coach Frank Litterst’s senior-ladden squad won their first six playoff starts before falling to Lufkin, 3-1, in the state championship game.

East View, which shut out 16 of its 28 opponents and only allowed more than one goal in four matches, marched through District 25-5A with a perfect 14-0-0 record (42 points, giving it 14 more points than runner-up Vandegrift). They outscored their district opponents, 47-6, including a 29-0 run through the first round.

In the playoffs, the Patriots bested Austin Crockett, 4-0; San Antonio Jefferson, 2-1; 25-5A rival Leander, 1-0; Brownsville Porter, 1-0; Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest, 4-2, in the Region IV finals in Corpus Christi; and Clint Horizon, 4-2, in the state semifinals.

Lars Matthews sends a header into the Lufkin goal for the Patriots lone goal during their 2015 state championship match against the Panthers.

Photo Russell Rinn

East View cont. on B5

Eagles Gain Baseball State Finals Berth

by Jon Whittemore Advocate Correspondent

The calendar year 2015 was a period of accomplishment for Georgetown athletics with coach Adam Foster’s baseball team highlighting the accomplishments by reaching the Class 5A finals of the UIL State Baseball Tournament.

The Eagles, who completed the campaign with a 27-14 record, besting traditional power Corpus Christi Calallen in a best-of-three playoff to win the Region IV-5A title and a berth at state. GHS won its state semifinal with an 8-2 victory over Aledo behind the five-hit pitching of Blake Anderson before dropping an 8-0 decision to Prosper (34-3) in the championship contest at the Dell Diamond.

“It was a great feeling to be here,” Foster said. “We got everything we could out of this team. I’m very proud of them.”

The Eagles started slowly, winning their season opener and then falling to 1-5 before finishing non-district play with a 5-6 mark. The Eagles built momentum with Georgetown cont. on B4

Eagle coach Adam Foster awards silver medals following Georgetown’s loss to Prosper in the 2015 5A state championship game.

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GHS, EV Soccer Teams To Open Season

By Galen Wellnicki Sports Editor

As in most sports in Region IV, District 25-5A has made its mark on competition at the upper levels of the UIL state soccer playoffs.

Girls teams from the Leander ISD have made the UIL State Tournament, which is played each April at the GISD Athletic Complex, a permanent residence for the past five campaigns.

It stands a good chance of annexing its sixth consecutive state berth this season.

Vandegrift, again a solid favorite to win 25-5A, has swapped state titles with Wylie East each of the past two seasons. East won last year by a 1-0 count after losing to the Vipers by the same score in 2014.

Prior to Vandy’s run, Cedar Park reached the big dance in 2012 and 2013, and Vista Ridge made the finals in 2012 before losing to Frisco Wakeland, 2-1.

East View’s Patriots finally ended the GISD’s drought at state this past season before losing to Lufkin, 3-1, in the finals after topping Clint Horizon, 4-2 in the semifinals. For most of the season, Frank Litterst’s Patriots were dominant with a 26-1-1 record, shutting out 16 of their 28 opponents, including a run in which they outscored their first seven district foes, 29-0.

Georgetown reached the regional finals in 2013 and 2014 only to be thwarted

by Pharr Valley View, 6-0 and 3-1.

This year’s races again look highly competitive with coaches indicating that they didn’t feel this season’s titlists being quite as dominate as last year -East View boys (14-0) and Vandegrift girls (13-0-1).

Vandegrift, Vista Ridge, Georgetown and East View are expected to finish at the top of the boys race in an order that will be determined by the 14-game double-round-robin schedule.

The Texas Association of Soccer Coaches preseason rankings for Region IV5A boys have Vandegrift second behind Brownsville Porter and ahead of Alamo Heights and Pharr-San Juan-Alamo. East View is listed fifth ahead of (in order) San Antonio Jefferson, Bastrop Cedar Creek, Boerne Champion, Corpus Christi Calallen, and Austin LBJ. On the girls side, Vandegrift, Cedar Park, Georgetown and Vista Ridge are getting most of the early

props in the district race, but TASCO has six 25-5A teams listed in its Region IV preseason rankings -- 1.

Vandegrift, 3. Cedar Park, 5. Vista Ridge, 6. Georgetown, 8. East View, 9.

Leander. The space holders are Alamo Heights, No. 2; Boerne Champion, No. 4; Austin LBJ, No. 7; and Brownsville Porter, No. 10.

The regular season will open on Thursday, Jan. 7, with the GHS and East View boys playing in the Kilt Cup at The Woodlands, the GHS girls competing in The Highlander Invitational at The Woodlands and the East View girls kicking things off at the Blue Bell Invitational in Brenham. All three events run through Saturday.

The annual Governor’s Cup is set for Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 1416, with the Lady Governor’s Cup to follow on Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 21-23.

District 25-5A action will kick off on Tuesday, Jan. 26. GHS and EV will collide on Feb. 5 and March 1. On Feb. 5, the girls will play at Georgetown and the boys at East View. The sites will be reversed on March 1.

A preseason look at the four GISD teams as seen by their coaches:

BOYS TEAMS EAST VIEW PATRIOTS Head coach: Frank Litterst 2015 record: 26-1-1 (Class 5A state finalist).

2015 District 25-5A record: 14-0.

2016 outlook: “It will be a totally different looking team,” Litterst said. “We graduated 20 seniors and 10 starters from last year’s state final team. There are only six seniors on this year’s team. Right now there are three freshmen, one sophomore, and the rest are juniors.”

Patriots strength: “I believe that we have some good attacking talent,” Litterst said.

Patriots concerns: “I am concerned with our team’s lack of experience,” Litterst said. “There are only four returning letterman and only one that started.

Top returning players: Oscar Deleon jr. midfielder; Miuller Avila, jr. forward; Dillon Luterek, sr. forward; Jason Martin, jr., midfielder.

Top newcomers: Roberto Avila, fr., forward; Manuel Zavala, sr., defender; Daniel Orozco, sr., defender.

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many of its players, but they had a very good JV team. In this district, as in all sports, every team is a good team!”

Sophomore keeper Miles Motakef, last year’s 25-5A Newcomer of the Year, hopes to help lead the Eagles back to the state playoffs.

Photo: Russell Rinn

upcoming 25-5A race: “Once again one of the toughest districts in the state,” Litterst said. “I think every team has a chance to finish in the top four, with Vandegrift, Vista Ridge and Georgetown leading the way.”

GEORGETOWN EAGLES Head coach: Wesley Kidd 2015 record: 12-5-5 (lost in bi-district). 2015 District 25-5A record: 8-33 (third on tie-breaker).

2016 outlook: “We have a lot of promise,” Kidd said. “The team last year was primarily a young team with most of them returning this year. We had a talented JV team and I am expecting a few to make the jump to the varsity.”

Eagles strength: “I think this team is a very close team,” Kidd said. “The chemistry is very good with this team. I am hoping that playing so many sophomores last year will help with experience this year.”

Eagles concerns: “Working towards this team peaking at the right time,” Kidd said. “Playing our best soccer once we get into district and continually improving throughout the season. Things out of our control, injuries.”

Top returning players: Carlitos Ramirez, sr., midfielder (injured, might be out for the season); Javier Carrillo , sr., forward; Jessie Zavala, jr., defender; Brian Soto-Mendez, jr., midfielder; Christian Soto-Mendez, jr., midfield-

er; Luis Diaz, jr., defender; Miles Motakef, soph., keeper.

Top newcomer: Khristian Mumford-Hollis, jr., defender.

How do you see the upcoming 25-5A race: “I think East View and Vandegrift are the teams to beat,” Kidd said. “East View was in the state finals last year and Vandegrift was in the regional tournament with a lot of returning players to this year’s team. Vista Ridge will have a very good team. Many of their talented players are returning and should make a run for the district playoffs.

“Cedar Park has a new coach that will be a spark to their team. Dripping Springs is retuning its head coach from a few years ago. He went over to coach the girls side and is back with the boys. He is a very good coach and they are retuning many young players. Leander is a very wellcoached team with some talented players returning.

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GIRLS TEAMS GEORGETOWN LADY EAGLES Head coach: Sam McCutchen 2015 season record: 13-5-3. 2015 District 255A record: 8-4-2 (fourth place).

2016 outlook: “We are very optimistic,” McCutchen said. ““We believe that we are further along in our systems of play than we were at this time last year.

We continue to develop the depth of our program with excellent numbers feeding Georgetown from our middle schools. Our players who are playing both club and high school balance their responsibilities well.

We hope to continue our progression of improvement and success in a very tough 25-5A.” Lady Eagles strengths: “Experience and speed,” McCutchen said. “The team is returning nine starters. The anchor positions on defense are in their second year with senior Alexis Barrientez and Baylee Ford in her third year as our center back. The midfield has multiple players with extensive experience and skill. Brandi Lugo, Amy Lucroy, Kayla Fithian welcome newcomers; Sarah Elston and Lauren Samford. Our squad is so lucky to have both Sabrina Pescatore and Peyton Nunez leading the Lady Eagle attack at the forward positions. Another newcomer, Nadia Gomez will bring excitement and recovery time at the forward position. Our Bench has six returning and experienced upper-class players that will give us depth for success. I love the work and effort generated by Caitlin Anderson, Shawna High, Ashley Thiel, Amanda Montgomery and Mackenzie Pruitt.”

Lady Eagles concerns: “We work every day on strength, conditioning and injury prevention,” McCutchen said. “I hope that our girls have a chance to rest and rejuvenate themselves during the winter holidays while maintaining their fitness. We have a couple of players that have nagging injuries that need a bit of recovery.”

Top returning players: Brandy Lugo, sr., midfielder (committed to Our Lady of the Lake); Amy Lucroy, sr., midfielder; Sabrina Pescatore, sr., forward (committed to Trinity); Katrina Buck, sr., keeper (committed to Incarnate Word); Baylee Ford, jr., defender (committed to Sam Houston State); Kayla Fithian, jr., midfield/forward.

Top newcomers: Annika Brandenburg, fr., defender; Lauren Samford, fr., midfield; Nadia Gomez, fr., forward.

How do you see the upcoming 25-5A race: “Very similar to last year as the top teams have so many ECNL club players (making up most of their teams), while we have only two,” McCutchen said.

“I see it probably being -- No. 1 Vandegrift, No. 2 Cedar Park, No. 3/No. 4 Vista Ridge /GHS, No. 5/ No. 6 Dripping Springs/ East View, No. 7 Leander and No. 8 Marble Falls.

There won’t be much of a spread in the first four or five slots, and I don’t see any team going undefeated or winless in District 25-5A this season.”

EAST VIEW LADY PATRIOTS Head coach: Jim Donahue.

2015 season record: 5-14-1. 2015 District 255A record: 3-11-0 (sixth place).

2016 outlook: “We are very optimistic,” Donahue said. “We look for continued improvement. The core SOCCER, ON PG B7

2016 GISD SOCCER SCHEDULE GEORGETOWN BOYS SCHEDULE Coach: Wes Kidd DECEMBER Scrimmage 30 -- Georgetown 4-team scrimmage, TBA JANUARY Scrimmages 2 -- at New Braunfels Canyon scrimmage, TBA. 5 -- Round Rock, 7:30 p.m.

Non-District 7-9 -- at Kilt Cup, The Woodlands (Thursday -- College Station A&M Consolidated, Bear Branch No. 1, 5 p.m. Friday -- LaPorte, 10 a.m., Bear Branch No.3. Saturday -- Katy Cinco Ranch, Woodlands auxiliary, 11 a.m.

12 -- Austin Travis, 8 p.m. 14-16 -Governor’s Cup, GISD Athletic Complex (Thursday -- Friendswood, 4 p.m. Friday -- Highland Park, 3 p.m.

Saturday -- Beaumont West Brook, 1 p .m. 20 -- at Elgin, 7:15 p.m.

District 25-5A 26 -- Leander, 7:15 p.m. 29 -- at Cedar Park, 7:15 p.m.

FEBRUARY 2 -- Marble Falls, 7:15 p.m. 5 -- at East View, 7:15 p.m. 9 -- Vista Ridge, 7:15 p.m. 12 -- at Dripping Springs, 7:15 p.m. 16 -- Vandegrift, 7:15 p.m.

19 -- at Leander, 7:15 p.m. 23 -Cedar Park, 7:15 p.m. 26 -- at Marble Falls, 7:15 p.m.

MARCH 1 -- East View, 7:15 p.m. 4 -- at Vista Ridge, 7:15 p.m. 8 -- Dripping Springs, 7:15 p.m.11 -- at Vandegrift, 7:15 p.m.

Playoffs 24-26 -- Bi-district, TBA. APRIL 1-2 -- Area, TBA. 4-6 -- Regional IV-5A quarterfinals, TBA. 8 -- Region IV-5A semifinals, Corpus Christi. 9 -- Region 1V-5A finals, Corpus Christi. 15-16 -- UIL State Tournament, Georgetown.

EAST VIEW BOYS SCHEDULE Coach: Frank Litterst JANUARY Scrimmage 5 -- at Rouse, 8 p.m.

Non-District 7-9 -- at Kilt Cup, The Woodlands (Thursday -- Corpus Christi Ray, Bear Branch No. 3, 5 p.m. Friday -Spring Westfield,Bear Branch No. 1, 4 p.m. Saturday -- Smithson Valley, Woodlands No. 3, 9 a.m.). 14-16 --

Governor’s Cup (Thursday -- College Station A&M Consolidated, East View, 4 p.m. Friday -- El Paso Burges, GISD Athletic Complex, 1 p.m.

Saturday -- Humble Kingwood, East View, 3 p.m. 19 -- Temple, 8 p.m.

District 25-5A 26 -- at Vandegrift, 7:15 p.m. 29 -Vista Ridge, 7:15 p.m.

FEBRUARY 2 -- at Dripping Springs, 7:15 p.m.

5 -- Georgetown, 7:15 p.m. 9 -- at Leander, 7:15 p.m. 12 -- Cedar Park, 7:15 p.m. 16 -- at Marble Falls, 7:15 p.m. 19 -- Vandegrift, 7:15 p.m. 23 -- at Vista Ridge, 7:15 p.m. 26 -Dripping Springs, 7:15 p.m.

MARCH 1 -- at Georgetown, 7:15 p.m. 4 -- Leander, 7:15 p.m. 8 -- at Cedar Park, 7:15 p.m. 11 - Marble Falls, 7:15 p.m.

Playoffs 24-26 -- Bi-district, TBA. APRIL 1-2 -- Area, TBA. 4-6 -- Regional IV-5A quarterfinals, TBA. 8 -- Region IV-5A semifinals, Corpus Christi. 9 -- Region 1V-5A finals, Corpus Christi. 15-16 -- UIL State Tournament, Georgetown.

GEORGETOWN GIRLS SCHEDULE Coach: Sam McCutchen DECEMBER Scrimmage 30 -- Blue vs. White scrimmage, TBA. JANUARY 2 -- Georgetown four-way scrimmage (Austin Bowie, Round Rock, Belton), TBA. 5 -- Alumni reunion, TBA. Non-District 7-9 -- at Lady Highlander Invitational, The Woodlands (Thursday -- The Woodlands College Park, Bear Branch No. 4, 3 p.m. Friday -- Katy Tompkins, Bear Branch No. 5, noon. Saturday -- San Antonio Brandeis, Woodlands No. 4, 9 a.m.

12 -- Round Rock, 6:30 p.m. 21-23 -- Lady Governor’s Cup, GISD Athletic Complex (Thursday -- Conroe Oak Ridge, 8 p.m. Friday -- Coppell, 8 p.m. Saturday -- San Antonio Johnson, 5 p.m.)

District 25-5A 26 -- at Leander, 7:15 p.m. 29 -Cedar Park, 7:15 p.m.

FEBRUARY 2 -- at Marble Falls, 7:15 p.m. 5

-- East View, 7:15 p.m. 9 -- at Vista Ridge, 7:15 p.m. 12 -- Dripping Springs, 7:15 p.m. 16 -- at Vandegrift, 7:15 p.m. 19 -- Leander, 7:15 p.m. 23 -- at Cedar Park, 7:15 p.m.

26 -- Marble Falls, 7:15 p.m.

MARCH 1 -- at East View, 7:15 p.m. 4 -- Vista Ridge, 7:15 p.m. 8 -- at Dripping Springs, 7:15 p.m. 11 -- Vandegrift, 7:15 p.m.

Playoffs 24-26 -- Bi-district, TBA. APRIL 1-2 -- Area, TBA. 4-6 -- Regional IV-5A quarterfinals, TBA. 8 -- Region IV-5A semifinals, Corpus Christi. 9 -- Region 1V-5A finals, Corpus Christi. 15-16 -- UIL State Tournament, Georgetown.

EAST VIEW GIRLS SCHEDULE Coach: James Donahoe JANUARY Scrimmages 1 -- Liberty Hill, 12:30 p.m. 2 -- at Round Rock Westwood, TBA. 5 --Pflugerville, 6 p.m.

Non-District 7-9 -- at Blue Bell Invitational, Brenham, TBA. 12 -- Pflugerville Connally, 7 p.m. 21-23 -- Lady Governor’s Cup, East View (Thursday -Austin Bowie, 2 p.m. Friday -- Round Rock Westwood II, noon. Saturday -- Uvalde, 3 p.m.).

District 25-5A 26 -- Vandegrift, 7:15 p.m. 29 -- at Vista Ridge, 7:15 p.m.

FEBRUARY 2 -- Dripping Springs, 7:15 p.m. 5 -- at Georgetown, 7:15 p.m. 9 -- Leandrr, 7:15 p.m. 12 -- at Cedar Park, 7:15 p.m. 16 -- Marble Falls, 7:15 p.m. 19 -- at Vandegrift, 7:15 p.m.

23 -- Vista Ridge, 7:15 p.m. 26 -- at Dripping Springs, 7:15 p.m.

MARCH 1 -- Georgetown, 7:15 p.m. 4 -- at Leander, 7:15 p.m. 8 -- Cedar Park, 7:15 p.m. 11 -- at Marble Falls, 7:15 p.m.

Playoffs 24-26 -- Bi-district, TBA. APRIL 1-2 -- Area, TBA. 4-6 -- Regional IV-5A quarterfinals, TBA. 8 -- Region IV-5A semifinals, Corpus Christi. 9 -- Region 1V-5A finals, Corpus Christi. 15-16 -- UIL State Tournament, Georgetown.

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players in things like life skills,” Austin said.

Another item that makes Southwestern different in recruiting is the size of the program and the reason for those dimensions.

“This will be our fourth recruiting class,” Austin said. “We’re developing talent and there is no limit on that. We aren’t a school that’s going to bring in 180 to 220 people every year (to select a team). We’re into retention. It’s important for us to offer our student/athletes a four-year experience.

We’re more in the 120 (player) range.”

NCAA Division III schools have a 10game regular-season limit. In addition to their home-and-home series with current conference rivals -- Trinity, Texas Lutheran and Austin College -- the Pirates will play home games with Hardin-Simmons and McMurry, along with road games with East Texas Baptist and Wisconsin-Rivers Falls. TLU will be making the 2017 move with Southwestern to the ASC. With Austin and SU’s philosophies meshing together, the Pirates plan to take another step up the competitive ladder this coming fall -- a reason that more seats will be filled on certain Saturday afternoon’s at the GISD Athletic Complex. Southwestern’s values build character and a successful future, but winning builds a following that buoys its existence.

Sports Editor

Starting a non-scholarship college football program probably is not one of the easiest things in athletics -- especially at an academically oriented university where GPA is as or more important than points scored or points allowed per game in Saturday’s 100-yard wars.

Southwestern University, with head coach Joe Austin at the helm, is in the midst of such a project. The Pirates, who returned to competitive football in 2013 after being dormant for 63 years, has won three of 29 games in their first three seasons -- 0-10 in the 2013 debut, 1-8 in the 2014 campaign and 2-8 in the recently completed season.

The historic first victory was a 27-20 victory over Sul Ross State on Sept. 13 in 2014, and then this year the Pirates beat McMurry, 7-6, and Austin College, 35-28.

Both of this season’s wins were on the road.

Austin is a youthful, energetic head coach with a midwestern background. He is schooled in the ins-and-out of Division III football where players must pay their own way to do something they love with the only aid being grants and scholarships not attached to athletics. An NFL career is a rarity, but a high-paying career is quite possible from a school with academic chops.

At Southwestern, prospective athletes must compete academically for admission on a level playing field with other candidates. There are no shortcuts or presidential overrides for perspective student/ athletes. Admission requirements are admission requirements. It’s about intellect, personal skills and human potential. A 4.3 40-yard dash time and a 2.24 GPA isn’t going to open the door. Five-star recruits no; genuine student/athletes yes.

How much progress does Austin feel his Pirates have made in their three seasons?

“We are where we want to be,” Austin said recently in his office in SU’s new on-campus football field house. “We doubled our win total this year, and were in six other games in the fourth quarter.

We scored more and gave up less. The progress we wanted is there.

“We’d like to finish in the fourth quarter.

We had a lot of injuries. We lost (junior receiver) Matt Gillen and used four centers in our first five games. We played the last game without our three starting linebackers. We’re not old enough (as a program) to have the depth to overcome things like that. We will develop that depth in the future. We had a chance this year to win six or seven games.”

Although some people have questioned Southwestern’s move from the Southern

Southwestern Notebook

After a 63 year absence from collegiate football, third year Southwestern head coach Joe Austin believes his football program is headed in the right direction, playing within the strict academic dictates of his school.

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Collegiate Athletic Conference to the more-athletically leaning American Southwest Conference in 2017 with big-bad national powers like Mary Hardin-Baylor and Hardin-Simmons as being too big a step for what they feel is a fledgling program.

However, Austin disagrees.

“It will be a big boost,” Austin said.

“It’s the best conference in the region.

Our coaches out recruiting will have more credibility. It gives us a chance to differentiate from other programs. By any measure, we (Southwestern) are academically different. We are where smart players should be.

“We’ll recruit from a smaller player pool than other schools in the conference.

Our situation is a double-edged sword.

We make no (academic) exceptions for football players.”

SU has increased its maximum student

body size from 1,250 in recent years to 1,550 with about 100 of those spots being reserved for football players who meet the school’s exacting academic standards.

“Having a football program also tends to make a school more attractive to other prospective students,” Austin added.

While many would expect Austin to point in a different direction when asked what the toughest position to recruit with SU’s standards, he does not go to the “skill positions.”

“The offensive line,” Austin answered.

“The combination of large athletes with the desired academics is in considerable demand. They have tons of options.”

Coaching on the small college level also means coaches have to work in the lecture halls if they have the correct academic background.

“There’s plenty of pressure to succeed, but we have the ability to do more with our

FOOTBALL: Southwestern University’s head football coach Joe Austin helped Team Stars & Stripes to a 15-14 victory over CONADEIP All-Stars in the seventh annual Tazon de Estrellas en Baja on Saturday, Dec. 19, at CETYS Universidad in Tijuana, Mexico.

Austin, who served as the offensive coordinator, guided Stars & Stripes to a thrilling win after trailing by 14 points in the final quarter. The victory gave Stars & Stripes a 4-3 edge in the series.

Team Stars & Stripes was made up of selected NCAA Division III student-athletes.

SOCCER: The National Soccer Coaches Association of America released the women’s soccer Scholar All-Region teams Thursday and Southwestern’s Audrey Silver and Hayley Miesse were named in the report.

Silver, a junior defender from Allen, holds an impressive 3.75 GPA in communications with the Pirates. She played in 20 games this season, making 19 starts. She helped a Pirates’ defense that posted six clean sheets on the season.

Miesse, a junior midfielder from Austin, has a 3.57 GPA, majoring in Kinesiology.

She ranked second on the team with four goals this season, while playing and starting in all 20 games.

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GEORGETOWN, FROM PAGE B1 an 11-3 record in District 25-5A. Prior to besting Calallen for the regional crown, GHS’s playoff journey included a two-game sweep of Austin LBJ and San Marcos, a best-of-three win over Boerne Champion and Mission Veterans Memorial.

There were many notable efforts during the season.

Senior pitcher Ben Bottlinger pitched a no-hitter in district competition against Cedar Park on March 27. The team was led in hitting by senior TJ Raguse with a .536 average. Raguse signed with Baylor University.

The top pitcher was senior Blake Anderson with an 11-4 record. Shortstop George Janca was the key defensive player and signed with Texas A&M to play baseball in College Station. Also earning the opportunity to continue on the college level were CF Jack McDonald (Navarro College) and catcher Wyatt Smith (Temple College).

Raguse, Janca and Smith also were named to the 5A All-State Tournament team.

Raguse also was selected to the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association 5A All-State first team at first base.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: The Lady Eagles posted an outstanding 31-6 season record and advanced to the Region IV-5A finals in San Antonio before ending their season against District 25-5A foe Vista Ridge 5340. GHS and Cedar Park tied for second at 11-3 in district competition with the Lady Eagles entering the playoffs as the second seed.

En route to the regional finals GHS posted playoff wins against Bastrop Cedar Creek, San Antonio Highlands, Cedar Park and Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway.

It marked the Lady Eagles 25th consecutive season in the state playoffs under Hall of Fame coach Rhonda Farney.

Among the many individual honors received, Amanda Johnson was named 25-5A Offensive MVP. Junior Kendrick Clark won the Defensive MVP and soph point guard Brooke Elliott was named Newcomer of the Year.

Also making the all-district squad were senior Taylor LaCour (first team) and soph Taylor Green (second team).

Advancing to participate on the college level were Johnson (Houston Baptist), LaCour (West Texas A&M) and Maddie Anderson (Hendrix College).

Georgetown pitcher Blake Anderson warms up before the Eagles’ 8-2 state semifinal victory over Aledo.

FOOTBALL: The Eagles surged, stumbled and surged again. The team was incorporating a replacement for two-year starter at quarterback (Bottlinger) in junior Chandler Herman. They won their three non-district games against 6A competition, then lost their opening 25-5A game to Leander, an opponent that was 0-10 the season before. To compound the slide, GHS lost to eventual state champion Cedar Park in the second week of district. After an open week in early October, the Eagles surged to two straight victories at Marble Falls and in their homecoming game against East View.

Against Vista Ridge in week eight, the Eagles lost a hard-fought battle 30-25 where they fumbled once going into the end zone, missed an extra point and outgained the Rangers, 512 yards to 350. That loss left the Eagles with a 2-3 district record and placed them in a virtual must-win situation against Dripping Springs and Vandegrift to have a chance at the playoffs.

GHS beat Dripping Springs at home 44-37, and then prevailed over stateranked Vandegrift, 42-28, qualifying for the playoffs when Leander lost to Dripping Springs in the closing seconds on the final night of the regular season. The Eagles beat Austin Reagan 44-17 in bi-district, and they then lost to Boerne Champion, 70-66, in the area game at Alamo Stadium in San Antonio. In the Champion game, the teams combined for 1,355 yards in total offense and scored a total of 19 touchdowns.

They finished the season with an 8-4 record.

squad often starting three sophomores. The only upperclassmen that received extended playing time were postman Mookie Walton and guard Josh Cruz. Both were seniors. The Eagles won 19 games while losing 14, and qualified for the state playoffs for the eighth year in a row. They lost to Austin LBJ, 46-40, in the bi-district round.

The team had successes in addition to qualifying for the playoffs. They were runners-up in the Pride of Texas Tournament in Corpus Christi. They also set a school defensive efficiency record by allowing only 42.7 points per game.

Sophomore Beau Corrales was named Co-Defensive Player of the Year in District 25-5A. Cruz and Herman were named firstteam all-district. Walton and Corrales were named to the second team. Cruz was named the team MVP.

Individual leaders were senior Dakota Cahill in rushing with 1,355 yards.

Herman manned the quarterback position completing 219 of 330 passes (66 percent) for 2,726 yards.

Senior receiver Jo’Vonta Grimble caught 86 passes for 1,238 yards.

Five Eagles were named first-team All-District 255A -- Cahill, Grimble, tight end Logan Olson, junior kicker Luiz Diaz and senior defensive lineman Hunter Creasey. Second-team choices were Herman, junior wide receiver Beau Corrales, senior center Kade Clapper, senior defensive lineman Cole Northcutt, senior defensive end Will May, junior inside linebacker Matt May and senior outside linebacker

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Diaz and Creasey were honorable mention selections on the Texas Sports Editor’s Class 5A All-State team.

VOLLEYBALL: The Lady Eagles finished the season 29-18 and posted a 9-5 record in district.

Their fourth place finish in 25-5A qualified them for the postseason playoffs. They beat Bastrop in bi-district, Boerne Champion in the area round and then lost to district rival and eventual state champion Dripping Springs in the Region IV-5A quarterfinals.

Individually, senior Caroline Furrer was named 25-5A Offensive MVP and Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State. She signed to continue her career at the University of Pennsylvania. Senior Maddie Douglas was also named first-team all-district and signed with Texas A&M. Second-team all-district selections were senior Riane Pope, junior Georgia Quiroz, senior Shay Haas and senior Zoe Saavedra. Haas announced she will continue her career at NCAA Division III Hardin Simmons and Saavedra signed with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Lady Eagles coach Jenny Richardson continually expressed her pleasure in working with this group.

She was especially pleased that all 18 varsity players were academic all-district selections.

BOYS BASKETBALL: The Eagles were an underclassman-heavy

SOFTBALL: The Lady Eagles had an unusual season. “We had a losing record overall,” explained new head coach Jessica Bond, who was the assistant coach last season.

“However, we played four rounds into the playoffs.

I guess you could say we peaked at the right time.”

GHS finished 15-16 on the year, and qualified for the playoffs as the thirdplace team from 25-5A. They eventually lost in the Region IV-5A semifinals to Corpus Christi Flour Bluff. They bested Austin Crockett, San Marcos and Leander to reach the showdown with the Lady Hornets.

Notable performers were 25-5A Defensive MVP, sophomore catcher Taylor Ellsworth, already committed to Texas. Additional first-team all-district selections were shortstop Ashley Goetz, second baseman Megan McGuire and center fielder Megan McDonald. Goetz signed with Sam Houston State, McGuire with Clarendon College and McDonald singed early this fall as a senior with Sam Houston.

Utility player Avery Kelly, a junior, was a second-team all-district selection.

BOYS SOCCER: The Eagles finished the season 12-5-5. They finished tied for third in district competition and entered the playoffs as the district’s No. 3 seed on the tie-breaker. They lost in bi-district to Austin LBJ High.

Head coach Wes Kidd posted the 400th victory of his 29-season career with a 1-0 shutout of Smithson Valley in the Kilt Cup at

Photo: Russell Rinn The Woodlands.

Key contributors were freshman keeper Miles Motakef, who was named District 25-5A Newcomer of the Year. Also on All-District 25-5A firstteam were senior defender Darrin Speer, junior midfielder Carlitos Ramirez, and sophomore defender Jessie Zavala. Second-team all-district picks were three sophomores -- defender Luiz Diaz, midfielder Brian Soto-Mendez and midfielder Christian Soto-Mendez.

GIRLS SOCCER: The Lady Eagles soccer team produced a record of 15-6-3, including an 8-4-2 mark in 25-5A. GHS was bi-district champion, beating Bastrop. They then topped San Marcos in the area round before being eliminated in the Region IV-5A quarterfinals by 255A champion and eventual state runner-up Vandegrift.

They also posted a 3-0 record in the annual Lady Governor’s Cup. Individual team accolades included Offensive MVP Sabrina Pescatore, Defensive MVP Baylee Ford and team MVP Bailey Fithian.

First-team all-district performers were Fithian, Kyleigh Ellis and Ford and Caylee Kidwell and Sabrina Pescatore on the second team. Fithian, Ellis, Kidwell, Sarah Holder and Norma Montanez were seniors, who all committed to play on the college lever.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY: Coach Andrew Braun’s Eagles won the Region IV5A title for the second year in a row and finished 12th in a 16-team field at the UIL State Meet at a muddy bog called Old Settler’s Park in Round Rock. The Eagles’ top finisher at state was sophomore Jonathan Parks, who finished 46th overall with a 17:42.60 for 5,000 meters.

The biggest downer for GHS was having its string of five consecutive district championships snapped

by Cedar Park. However, the regional title at Corpus Christi marked the first back-to-back regional titles in school cross-country history.

The Eagles scored five team victories including a perfect score (15 points with all five runners finishing in the top five) in the ProFit Meet in Killeen.

Key performers were Joseph Proctor, Parks, Collin Turner, Sam Needler, freshman Carter Smith, Ryan Thiele and Mason Motakef.

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EAST VIEW, FROM PAGE B1 athletes to the area, regional, state meets and the Texas Relays in East View track history. . . . the boys and girls teams collectively broke 15 school records in one season. We also had our very first college track commitment (Watts),” said coach Emily Durell.

Bailee Broddick qualified for the area and regional meets in the discus, while the boys 4x100 relay of Justin Salazar, Josh Covey, Hester and Adrian Contreras also qualified for both the area and regional meets.

Four Patriots were named to the Texas Association of Soccer Coaches All-State team -- senior defender Caleb Vandergriff, senior keeper Brendan Soto, and senior midfielder Leonel Jaramillo were first team choices, and senior midfield Tommy Ketterhagen on the second team. Vandergriff also was the District 25-5A MVP and the Outstanding Player on the Austin American-Statesman’s All-Centex team. Soto was the keeper of the year in both 255A and on the All-Centex squad.

Also, senior Shawn Moynihan shared the 25-5A Defensive MVP nod, and Ketterhagen shared the Midfield MVP. Litterst was the district’s coach of the year.

Seven other East View players earned spots as either first-team or second-team all-district choices. Seniors Ricky Aviles, Elrick Bonner, Eduardo Zuluaga and Jaramillio were first-team picks, and seniors Bryan Argueta and Lars Matthews and junior Dillon Luterek were voted to the second team.

BASEBALL: East View finished sixth in District 25-5A with a 4-10 mark.

The Patriots placed two athletes on the all-district squad -- junior Corbin Neffendorf was a firstteam choice at a designated hitter, and sophomore outfielder Mason Tyndall was placed on the second team.

“The high point of our season was coming off a tournament in which we beat some good people, and then sweeping Vandegrift in out opening district series,” head coach Matt Pullin said.

GIRLS SOCCER: The Patriots finished sixth in 255A in Jim Donahue’s first season at the helm with a 3-11-0 record.

They were 5-14-1 for the season.

First-team all-district selections were Kenyon Rabadon and junior Taylor Marquez, while sophomore Bailey Aleman and senior Alyssa Luna were placed on the second team.

WRESTLING:

GIRLS BASKETBALL: The young Lady Patriots played six 6A teams and the state’s two top ranked 5A teams (Georgetown and Vista Ridge) four times during district play. They finished the season with a respectable 1120 overall record and 6-8 in 255A games. They fell to Leander in a one-game showdown for the district’s fourth spot in the state playoffs.

Junior Abby Holland and sophomore Emily Daniel were selected to the all-district first team, while freshman Rachel Wisian was named to the second team. Freshman guard Diamond Morrison was the district’s newcomer of the year.

“We had a lot of near misses,” veteran coach Dave Walla said.

“Abby was out early in the year and we started two freshman and a sophomore, so we learned a lot early on. We didn’t achieve as high a level as we would have liked, but I was proud of our kids almost making the playoffs in our tough district.”

VOLLEYBALL: The Patriots started the year with two-time All-District 25-5A second-team selection and TCU signee Calli Novak injured. Her sister, Corrine, was lost for the year halfway through district play. Despite a slow start the Patriots’ season was marked by steady improvement to the point where they were playing on a par with some of the playoff-bound teams in arguably the state’s strongest district that included state titlist Dripping Springs.

They finished strong with a 5-9 record in 25-5A. In addition to Novak, Miranda Klein and Mady Heald named all-district second-team.

“We have grown so much this year and I couldn’t be more proud,” coach Justeen Coulson said. “We improved each match.

Our girls overcame a lot of adversity, especially when it came to injuries. I think the life lessons these young women learned this season are invaluable. I have no doubt that we have come out stronger and even hungrier to make the playoffs next year.”

SOFTBALL: The Patriots, 22-13 for the season and finished fourth in 25-5A.

Tommy Ketterhagen and the Patriots became the first East View sports team to take part in a state championship game.

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They lost their bi-district series with Bastrop Cedar Creek, 2-1 (3-2, 3-6, 5-4). First-year coach Jolene Volek was in a rebuilding phase after heavy graduation losses from the 2014.

East View’s junior threesome of Shelby Edwards, Bailey Garrett and Emily Jones were honored with first-team all-district selections, with seniors KyLeigh O’Daniel and Holly Callahan making second team.

“The season was an amazing ride for all the East View family,” Volek said. “This team has overcome so much adversity and stood out.”

FOOTBALL: The Patriots -- in a rebuilding phase after losing considerable talent from the 2014 team that advanced to the second round of the 5A playoffs -- gained experience and had success early, winning their season-opening non-district contests with Austin Travis (40-13), Waco University (34-28) and Austin Crockett (56-14). Injuries and youthful mistakes made for a 0-7 25-5A mark and 3-7 overall record.

East View ran a wide open, imaginative offense but couldn’t match up with the brutal district competition. East View Coach Rob Davies said, “Tough year for us. Injuries mounted up to the point we just could not overcome.

I appreciate the efforts of our players and coaches.”

Senior defensive lineman Corbin Truslow was a first-team all-district selection.

BOYS BASKETBALL: The Patriots were 3-11 in 255A last season and 8-20 for the campaign. Sam Campbell was a second-team all-district selection last year.

“The guys worked hard and improved as the year went on,” said new head coach Jason Jones, who was the varsity assistant last season.

TEAM TENNIS/ SPRING TENNIS: In the spring, Jeffrey Watts and Alex Yeager were District 25-5A finalists and Region IV-5A quarterfinalists in mixed doubles.

During the fall team tennis season, EV was 0-7 in the district round robin and lost in the opening round of the 25-5A Tournament. They were 2-14 overall.

District honors included: Jeffrey Watts, second-team boys singles; Watts/Tyler Williams, second-team boys doubles. Varsity eam awards: Most improved -Danielle Halter/Quincy Sorenson.

MVP -- Watts, Sam Albertson.

Patriot Award -- Jordyn Finkenkeller, Dominic Jackson.

CROSS COUNTRY: The East View boys finished fifth in the 25-5A District Meet at Old Settlers Park with 112 points and the Patriots girls were eighth with 206 points. Sophomore Guillermo Carrillo led the boys with an 11th-place finish with a time of 16:41.6 over the 5,000-meter course, and sophomore Isabell Zane topped the EV girls finishers in 31st with a 20:58.3.

“I’m very pleased with the direction our team is head,” said coach Michael Burton, who shares the coaching duties with wife Sarah Burton. We increased our team size from 35 runners to more than 60 this year. The boys and girls teams earned nearly 50 medals throughout the season, which is an increase from less than 10 last season. The boys team took over two minutes off of their average time at the district meet (17:12 in 2015, 19:25 in 2014).”

Boys school records set: Sophomore 5,000 -- Carrillo, 16:41.6; Freshman 5,000 -- Luis Andana, 16:51.8. Overall school and sophomore 3-mile -- Carrillo, 16.36.9. Senior 3-mile -- Daniel Rowe, 16:42.0. Junior 3-mile --

RJ Simmons, 16:41.2. Freshman 3-mile -- Andana, 16:41.9.

Girls school records set: Sophomore 5,000 --Zane, 20:40.2.

Sophomore 3-mile -- Zane, 20:36.6.

GOLF: The East View boys placed fifth in District 25-5A. The top individual was Cale Cantu, a second-team all-district selection.

The Patriots girls were eighth with freshman Paighton Corley being the top finisher in 30th in a 50-played field with a 106-98-204 in the 36-hole district meet.

The top score by an East View girls golfer for the season was a 90 at the Georgetown Country Club by team VP Kiana Hines, who had a hole-in-one at Hancock Park in Lampasas. Corley was the newcomer of the year.

“The EVHS team was comprised primarily of beginner-level players learning the game and becoming tournament competitors,” girls coach Kris Inman said.

TRACK: According to coaches, the 2015 team was the strongest in the four-year history of the program with two individuals advancing to state -- senior high jumper Annie Watts and senior 110-meter high hurdler Apollos Hester. Watts finished third with a leap of 5 feet, 7 inches in the big show at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, while Hester was seventh with a time of 14.58 seconds.

As a team the boys finished sixth in 25-5A with 46 points and the girls were eighth with 31 points.

Watts, who signed to attend NCAA Division I Weber State, also was the 25-5A runner-up 5-7 1/2), first in the area meet( 5-8), first in the regional meet (5-6) and second in the Texas Relays (5-7 1/2).

Hester won the 25-5A title in 14.69, was second at area (14.69) and third at regional (14.60).

“In 2015 we took the most

The Patriots tied Cedar Park for fifth place in the District 13-5A Meet and advanced five wrestlers to the Region IV-5A Meet, including state qualifier sophomore Alex Velazquez at 285 pounds.

Velazquez finished fourth in both the district and area meets. He was eliminated at state in the first consolation round.

Other East View athletes advancing to regional were junior Devin O’Keefe at 170, freshman Michael Guerrero at 106, junior Dalton O’Keefe at 160 and sophomore John Kiem at 182.

POWERLIFTING: The East View girls advanced two entries to the Region II Division I Meet at Kyle Lehman and Kelsey White and Do Leuyen combined to placed 15th in the 23-school field with three points.

Leuyen placed fourth at 106 pounds with a three-discipline total of 538 pounds, while White was fifth at 97 pounds with a total of 410 pounds.

In the Region II Division I boys meet at East View, Anthony Ortegon placed a non-scoring seventh at 148 pounds with a total lift of 1,005 pounds.

SWIMMING: The Patriots boys finished in a three-way tie for 14th in the Region V-5A Meet with 38 points with Hutto and Georgetown Gateway, while the girls team ended up 16th with 30 points.

The boys scored their points on a 14th in the 200 medley relay (Noah McBee, Caleb Gober, Josiah Florczykowski and Daniel Rowe) in 1:51.68; a 16th in the 200 free John Pugh in 1:58.22; a ninth in the 50 free by Florczykowski in 22.64; a ninth in the 200 free relay (Gober, Pugh, Rowe and Florczykowski) in 1:35.50 and a 15th in the 400 free relay (McBee, Tiger Koster, Devin Rardin and John Pugh) in 3:48.38.

The girls’ points came on a 14th in the 200 medley relay (Lauren Glenn, Elizabeth Bissonett, Emily Breckenridge and Kira Shaw) in 2:06.88; a 10th in the 200 free by Lauren Glenn in 2:03.10; a 15th in the 50 free

by Shaw in 27.16; a ninth in the 500 free by Glenn in 5:30.58; and 14th in the 400 medley relay (Breckenridge, Erin Carruth, Ashley Sargeant and Bissonett) in 4:43.09.

Sports Editor Galen Wellnicki contributed to this report.

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Loyal Aggie Hubenak Gets His Chance

Former Eagle QB Jake Hubenak gets his first collegiate start against Louisville in the Music City Bowl in Memphis.

Photo: Russell Rinn

To say I’m not a fan of sports talk -- electronic, internet or print -- is an understatement. It may sound somewhat conceded, but after 53-plus years in this business I feel confident that I can walk into any stadium or arena and understand what I’m watching and place it into the proper context.

I prefer watching Hallmark Chanel movies, reading good books, and listening to several types of music to watching talking heads like Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith pontificate. Somewhere along the way I have failed miserably in developing a taste for the inflated infatuation with celebrity. I don’t care whether Rousey or Kobe wear boxers or briefs, or that actor so-and-so spent a week in a Monahan’s motel with singer so-and-so.

I’m not trying to trash your interest in such things; I’m just trying to express my philosophy on such things as we prepare

for former Georgetown standout quarterback Jake Hubenak’s starting role against Louisville in Texas A&M’ s Wednesday’s 6 p.m. Music City Bowl battle at 69,000-seat Nissan Stadium in Memphis.

I have dodged most of the pre-game hype, gnashing of teeth and varied opinions on a once thirdstring quarterback starting a bowl game. Hubenak is someone I know and covered. I consider his parents Coco and Trish Hubenak my friends. He helped take the Georgetown Eagles to the ultimate game in their history -- the Class 4A state championship game.

I want to sit down in

front of the television Wednesday night and watch the game with no overload of speculation which after kickoff will mean about as much as last Friday’s turkey bones.

Hubenak will take the field with the chance to establish an identity as an Aggie in a family of fiercely loyal Aggies.

He moved up the ladder when two highly recruited quarterbacks -- sophomore Kyle Allen and freshman Kyler Murray -- decided the aura of the 12th Man was not in their futures.

Hired guns acting like hired guns. Having been sports editor of the Bryan-College Station Eagle for more than

four years in the days Kyler’s father Kevin shined during the Jackie Sherrill years at Kyle Field, I know that the departees lacked the prime quality of the A&M Community -- loyalty.

For some, obviously, the grass is greener outside College Station, but for others like Jake and his family, it is home.

Statistically in five games, Hubenak (a 6-foot3, 195-pound sophomore) has completed just 12 of 27 passes for 92 yards and one touchdown for the 8-4 Aggies. What he did at GHS and Blinn, and what he wasn’t allowed to do at Oklahoma State, also don’t matter.

But these numbers are in the past. The only statistics that matter will be the ones against the 7-5 Cardinals.

The important thing a true Aggie will be starting for Texas A&M. He has his chance -- something everybody who puts in the prerequisites deserves.

GEORGETOWN, FROM PAGE B4 were the only seniors.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY: For coach Kellye Richardson’s Lady Eagles, the top performer was sophomore Jazmin Hernandez, who was second in the 25-5A Meet, sixth Region IV-5A meets showdown and 24th in the 5A division of the UIL State Meet with a 20:07.32 for 5,000 meters.

The Lady Eagles were third in both the 25-5A meet and the Region IV-5A race and 11th in the 16team field at state.

In addition to Hernandez, the varsity runners were Natalie Parks, McKenzie Hargrove, Hope Shannon, Madison Schacherl, and Maryn Demaio. Parks, Hargrove and Shannon were the only seniors.

BOYS TRACK: The Eagles came in fifth in the 25-5A after being district champs the prior four years under coach Kyle Gandy. The team did have individual successes.

Senior JaQwae Ellison was the district champion in the 800 meters. He ran second at regional and won the gold medal in the 800 at the UIL State Meet with a time of 1:53.55. Also performing well on the state and regional level was senior Darren Medrano who qualified for regional in the 800 and the 1,600.

At state, he was third in the 1,600 with a 4:17.61. Ellison will run collegiately at Texas A&M and Medrano at Texas.

Hunter Creasey qualified

for the regional meet in the shot put, as did the 4X400 relay team of Ellison, Medrano, Beau Corrales and Shon Washington.

GIRLS TRACK: The Lady Eagles were in a rebuilding year in their initial season under Braun.

They carried only eight athletes on the varsity, preferring to load up on the JV level, which won its division at the 25-5A Meet.

Hannah Newman qualified for regional in the pole vault. Destiny Wright qualified for the postseason in the 100-meter hurdles and Jazmin Hernandez, then a freshman, qualified for the regional meet in the 1,600 and the 3,200. Hernandez placed sixth in the 3,200 at state with an 11:24.53.

WRESTLING: In his final season at GHS, Paul Muck coached his Eagles to the district and regional championships and advanced 10 athletes to the UIL State Tournament in Garland where the Eagle finished 12th in Class 5A. State qualifiers were Cameron Wenzel (113); Dax Olsen (120); Marshall Gansheimer (132); Devin Cruse (145); Brkyan Vasquez (152); Jacob Quick (160); Derek Bradenburg (170); Ethan Blankenship (182); Ryland Gentz (195) and Sam Purser (285).

Muck resigned after the 2015 season to accept a similar post at Vandegrift.

He was replaced by Randall Madsen.

SPRING TENNIS: Erika Wong and Paige Sheridan played girls doubles and finished third at the Region IV-5A Tournament in San Antonio. Other key contributors were TJ Fischer and Hannah Waldon in mixed doubles, and Ashley Brooks and Amber Cornman in girls doubles.

Brooks and Cornman finished third in district competition and were Regional tourney alternates.

TEAM TENNIS: The Eagles finished with a 23-9 season record. They placed second in both the district and area tournaments after finishing third in the district round-robin.

They reached the weather-hampered Region IV-5A tournament in San Antonio where they were eliminated in the first round by Sharyland.

Key contributors included Ashley Brooks, Amber Cornman, Justus Aarhus, Lena Arndt, Sam Clark, Mary Blake Windham, Hannah Walden, Rachel Maloy and Bethany Wilson. Their key match was a 10-8 victory over Dripping Springs in the district tournament, reversing a loss in the district round robin.

BOYS GOLF: At the 25-5A District Tournament in April, 2015, the team finished fourth with a starting five of Taylor Kaye, Lucas Garza, Corey Scully, Davis Northcutt and Calvin Price. Kaye and Garza were named All-District.

Veteran coach Vernon

Killen’s team won first place in the 2015 Pflugerville Tournament. They placed fourth in the Burnet Invitational where Garza was named to the all-tourney team, and placed first in the Pflugerville Connally Tournament with Garza, Davis, Northcutt and Will Dietlein being named all-tourney.

GIRLS GOLF: The Lady Eagles competed well at the District 255A Tournament, finishing in third place. Now-graduated senior Brynna Bunte finished sixth individually and was a regional and state qualifier along with being first team all-district.

Also seniors last spring were Bailey Pehl (11th in district) and Jenna Patel (14th in district), who were both named second-team all-district. Rounding out the varsity team at district were sophomores Cailey Scully and Emma Dooley.

Bunte also was named the team MVP and Emma Dooley was chosen as the most improved player.

SWIMMING: Behind the efforts of sophomore Rehgan Hartsell, the GHS girls finished 17th among 52 scoring teams in the 5A girls division of the UIL State Swimming at Diving Meet at the Lee and Joe Jamal Swim Center on the UT-Austin campus. Hartsell was fourth in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:06.86, 14th in the 200 individual medley with a 2:12.41, and handled a leg on the Lady

Eagles’ ninth-place 4x200 medley relay that posted a 1:52.61 in winning the consolation heat. She was joined on the relay team by sophomore Hannah Ignacio, junior Rylan Slocum and junior Grace Innis.

The boys finished 43rd among 53 scoring teams at state with eight points on a 13th in the 4x200 medley relay by a team of sophomore Marc True and seniors Nathan Wyman, Luke Shepherd and Jack McLean. The Eagles had a chance to place in the final event -- the 4x400 freestyle -- but the team was disqualified in the preliminaries.

Tim Pukys serves as head coach for both the GHS and East View swim teams.

POWER LIFTING: The Eagles won four of the five meets in which they participated. Competing in the 123 -pound class of the girls division, senior Bailey Hill placed second at regional and finished ninth at the Texas Women’s Powerlifting Association’s State Meet. Hill was the first state qualifier from GHS in several years.

She squatted 265 pounds, benched 120 pounds and dead lifted 315 pounds.

Bailey’s brother Ty Hill competed in the 181 pound class and qualified for regionals with lifts of 255 (bench), 475 (squat), and 500 pounds in the dead lift. In the 270 pound class, GHS qualified Aaron Johnson for regionals with lifts of 385 (bench), 585 (squat

and 485 (dead). Cody Ullested (270 pound class) rounded out the varsity participants having best lifts of 305 (bench), 500 (squat) and 495 (dead).

Sports Editor Galen Wellnicki contributed to this report.

Gandy Leaves GHS Position Georgetown assistant head football coach and receiver coach Kyle Gandy resigned his position effective the end of the fall semester to enter private business.

“I will be joining Ty Gipson and his team at Water Boy Graphics as a member of the sales team,” Gandy said. “Our main focus will be Texas high schools and/or anyone that wants some quality color on their walls. Getting to visit with and help coaches should be fun and rewarding. I am very excited about the opportunity Ty has given me. January 4th is my official start date.

“I am truly blessed to have been able to serve as a teacher and coach at GHS for the past 11 years.

Countless athletes, teachers and coaches have impacted me and my family and I am very grateful.”

Gandy, who was in coaching for 31 years, has served as an assistant for 20 years at multiple schools.

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Lady Eagles’ Clark Georgetown Sports Menu Signs With Wayland (DEC.30-JAN. 9)

Kendrick Clark, flanked by parents Cheryl and Kelly signs her letter of intent to play basketball for Wayland Baptist University in Plainview.

Photo: Russell Rinn Georgetown senior Kendrick Clark, a 5-foot11 guard, has signed to continue her academic and basketball career at Wayland Baptist University. Wayland is an NAIA school in the Sooner Athletic Conference. The Flying Queens were one of the pioneer women’s college programs in Texas.

The Plainview school has two former GHS players on its roster this season -seniors Brianna Bogard and Krystal Forthan.

GHS coach Rhonda Farney said: “I can remember watching Kendrick play Dribblers and middle school basketball. There was something about her then that made one think.

She is a natural talent that is reinforced by a mighty work ethic and a gentle soul backed by a fierce competitor -- a non-assuming spirit tied to a mature leader.

“Kendrick can take over a game if she needs to; yet she is quiet and reflective.

Another anomaly is that her teammates say she is chatty and funny around them, but her coaches would describe her as a player of few words. One thing that we would all agree on is that she is the consummate team player -- always putting her team above herself and that she has been a big part of arguably the most-successful three years of our program.

I’m looking forward to witnessing her final chapter and know it will be something special.”

Kendrick Clark’s resume: 25-5A Defensive MVP, Lady Eagles MVP, Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-State 5A, first team All-District 25-5A, All-Region TABC and academic all-district as a junior. District 17-4A Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore, All-District 174A first team and academic all-district.

The Kendrick Clark File Why did you pick Wayland Baptist?

“I really liked the coaches and the school has a lot of majors and provides a good education.”

How do they plan to use your talents?

“My length as a guard and my versatility with the 3-pointer, jump shot and drive, as well as my length on defense.”

What do you feel you will add to the school’s program?

“Hard work and good ethics.”

How would you describe yourself as an athlete?

“Determined and hard working.”

What motivates you?

“I love winning and I am very competitive and always wanting to do my best.”

personal skills.”

How has GHS prepared you for the next level?

“I’ve gained mental toughness and dedication.”

What has been the highlight of your career to date?

“Being awarded District 25-5A Defensive MVP (as a junior).”

What are your long-range goals both personally and athletically?

“Athletically, I hope to help (Wayland) win a national championship.

Personally, my goals are to make sure I balance good grades with basketball.

I’m thinking -- as of now -- to graduate with either a degree in nursing or child development/psychology and be able to get a job right out of college.”

Who have been the most important people in your development?

“My parents and all my coaches through the years.”

What makes you the person you are?

“My relationship with God has been a major influence on me as a person and all my interests and passions to pursue in my life.”

Compiled by Galen Wellnicki

In what areas do you feel you have to improve for the next level?

“I will need to get stronger and improve on

GIRLS BASKETBALL Wednesday Georgetown in final round of Bertha Frank Teague Mid-America Classic, Ada, Okla., TBA. Saturday, Jan. 2 Pflugerville Connally at East View, 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 5 Georgetown at Cedar Park, 7:30 p.m.; Vista Ridge at East View, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 8 Marble Falls at Georgetown, 7:30 p.m.; East View at Dripping Springs, 7:30 p.m.

BOYS BASKETBALL Wednesday Georgetown and East View in final rounds of MT Rice Tournament, Waco Midway, TBA Saturday, Jan. 2 East View at Austin St. Andrews, 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 5 Cedar Park at Georgetown, 7:30 p.m.; East View at Vista Ridge, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 8 Dripping Springs at East View, 7:30 p.m.; Georgetown at Marble Falls, 7:30 p.m.

SOUTHWESTERN BASKETBALL Wednesday Men at Texas-Tyler, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 31 Women at Hardin-Simmons, Abilene, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 2 Doubleheader with Texas Lutheran in Seguin (men at 4 p.m., women at 6 p.m.)

Friday, Jan. 8 Doubleheader with Austin College, Robertson Center (men at 6 p.m., women at 8 p.m.)

Saturday, Jan. 9 Doubleheader with University of Dallas, Robertson Center (men at 4 p.m., women at 6 p.m.)

WRESTLING Saturday, Jan. 2 East View at Austin Reagan duals, 9 a.m.

Friday-Saturday, Jan 8 -9 Georgetown and East View at CenTex Invitational, Delco Center, Austin, TBA. SOCCER (Scrimmages) Wednesday Georgetown boys four-way scrimmage, GISD Athletic Complex (GHS vs. McNeil, noon; GHS vs. Austin Bowie, 1 p.m.; GHS vs. Killeen Ellison, 2 p.m.); GHS girls Blue and Gray scrimmage, 5 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 1 Liberty Hill at East View girls, 12:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 2 GHS girls four-way scrimmage, GISD Athletic Complex (GHS vs.

Round Rock, 11 a.m.; GHS vs.

Bowie, 1 p.m.; GHS vs. Belton, 3 p.m.); Georgetown boys at New Braunfels Canyon, 2 p.m.; East View girls at Round Rock Westwood scrimmages (EV vs.

New Braunfels Canyon, 11:30 a.m.; EV vs. Austin Lake Travis, 2 p.m.; EV vs. Westwood, 3:15 p.m.).

Tuesday, Jan. 5 Georgetown boys vs. Round Rock, GISD Athletic Complex, 7:30 p.m.; East View boys at

Rouse, 8 p.m.; Pflugerville at East View Girls, 6 p.m.

(Regular Season) Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 7-9 Georgetown at The Kilt Cup, The Woodlands (Thursday -College Station A&M Consolidated, Bear Branch No. 1, 5 p.m. Friday -- LaPorte, 10 a.m., Bear Branch No.3. Saturday -- Katy Cinco Ranch, Woodlands auxiliary, 11 a.m.); East View boys at The Kilt Cup, The Woodlands (Thursday -- Corpus Christi Ray, Bear Branch No. 3, 5 p.m. Friday -- Spring Westfield, Bear Branch No. 1, 4 p.m.

Saturday -- Smithson Valley, Woodlands No. 3, 9 a.m.); Georgetown girls at The Lady Highlander Invitational, The Woodlands (Thursday -- The Woodlands College Park, Bear Branch No. 4, 3 p.m. Friday -- Katy Tompkins, Bear Branch No. 5, noon. Saturday -- San Antonio Brandeis, Woodlands No. 4, 9 a.m.); East View girls at the Blue Bell Invitational, Brenham, TBA. SWIMMING Saturday, Jan. 2 Georgetown and East View at GISD Winter Invitational, Georgetown Recreation Center, 9 a.m.

Friday, Jan 8 Southwestern vs. West Florida and Birmingham Southern, Pensacola, Fla., 3 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 9 Georgetown and East View at Temple’s Wildcat Winter Classic, Hardin Swim, Center, Temple, 9:30 a.m.

SOCCER, FROM PAGE B7 of the team is returning.”

Lady Patriots strengths: “We are returning a large number of letterman,” Donahue said. “Another year of experience and working together.”

Lady Patriots concerns: “Tough, tough district,” Donahue said.

Top returning players: Jenna VerColen, sr., defender; Taylor Marques, sr., midfielder; Cassie Riebe 11 defender; Michaela Myhre, sr., midfielder; Tara Abraham, jr., midfielder; Macy Johnson, jr., defender; Kaylee Oswald, sr., defender.

Top newcomers: Bren-

da Granados, jr., midfielder; Misty Gonzales, fr., keeper.

How do you see the upcoming 25-5A race: “Very tough, very close,” Donahue said. “The favorites are probably still Vandy, Cedar Park and Vista Ridge.”

2015 25-5A SOCCER STANDINGS BOYS Team W-L-T Pts East View 14-0-0 42 Vandegrift 9-4-1 28 Georgetown 8-3-3 27 Leander 9-5-0 27 Drip. Spr. 3-9-2 11 Marble Falls 2-8-4 9 Cedar Park 1-10-3 6 Bi-District East View 4, Austin Crockett 0; Austin LBJ 3, Georgetown 0.

Area East View 2, San Antonio Jefferson 1

Region IV-5A Quarterfinals East View 1, Leander 0 Region IV-5A Semifinals East View 1, Brownsville Porter 0 Region IV-5A Finals East View 4, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo South 2 State 5A Semifinals East View 4, Clint Horizon 2 State 5A Championship Lufkin 3, East View 1

GIRLS Team W-L-T Pts Vandegrift 13-0-1 40 Cedar Park 11-2-1 34 Vista Ridge 9-4-1 28 Georgetown 8-4-2 26 Drip. Springs 4-8-2 14 East View 3-11-0 9 Marble Falls 2-10-2 8 Leander 0-11-3 3 Bi-District Georgetown 1, Bastrop 0 Area Georgetown 1, San Marcos 0 Region IV-5A Quarterfinals Vandegrift 3, Georgetown 0

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