SPORTS YEAR IN REVIEW

Written by Don Brubaker

Monday, 31 December 2007

CUERO TAKING SECOND AT THE STATE TRACK MEET, THE VIPER SOFTBALL TEAM MAKING IT TO THE REGIONAL FINALS, JUST TWO OF THE GREAT LOCAL SPORTS STORIES OF 2007. HERE ARE SOME MORE. THE FAITH ACADEMY BASKETBALL GIRLS MADE THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, AND THEIR TOP PLAYER, HANNAH DAVIS, IN THE SPRING WON THE FIRST STATE GOLD TRACK MEDALS FOR FAITH ACADEMY. MICKEY FINLEY WAS HIRED BY THE VISD TO BE THE NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT MEMORIAL. IN HIS FIRST SEASON, FINLEY'S VIPERS FINISHED 2-8. IN GIRLS POWERLIFTING, THE CALHOUN SANDIES WON THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, WHILE THE VIPER GIRLS TOOK SECOND AT STATE, THEIR HIGHEST PLACING EVER. THE ST. JOE GIRLS GOLF TEAM, LED BY SARAH DAVIS, CAPTURED ITS SECOND STRAIGHT TAPPS STATE TITLE. BRONZE MEDALS AT THE STATE UIL GOLF TOURNAMENTS WERE TAKEN BY THE EDNA COWGIRLS IN 2A, AND BY THE YOAKUM LADY BULLDOGS IN 3A. MEMORIAL SPORTS HISTORY MADE IN THE SPRING BY COLIN HOOVER. THE VIPER SENIOR WON THE 5A STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP, BECOMING THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL VIPER ATHLETE TO WIN A UIL STATE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP, AND JUST THE SECOND VISD INDIVIDUAL TO BRING HOME A UIL STATE TITLE. SACRED HEART TEAMS WON THREE STATE TAPPS TEAMS TITLES, TAKING THE SOFTBALL AND GIRLS TENNIS CROWNS, THEN ADDING THE FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE FALL. TWO MORE AREA SOFTBALL TEAMS GOT VERY CLOSE TO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. ST. JOE IN THE TAPPS STATE FINALS TO FORT BEND BAPTIST, WHILE SHINER FELL IN THE 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO BOSQUEVILLE. IN FOOTBALL, ST. JOE SENIOR BRETT STANFORD BECAME THE ALL-TIME CITY SINGLE SEASON RUSHING RECORD HOLDER. WITHOUT THE INJURED STANFORD, THE FLYERS LOST IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS. THE ONLY OTHER LOSS SUFFERED BY THE FLYERS CAME AGAINST PALACIOS. THAT HIGH SCHOOL HAD A TREMENDOUS FALL SEASON. THE SHARKS FOOTBALL TEAM MADE THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 43 YEARS, AND THE SHARKETTES VOLLEYBALL TEAM WON A PLAYOFF MATCH FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, AND THEN ADVANCED TO ITS FIRST EVER TRIP TO THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT. AND THEN THERE WERE THE CUERO GOBBLERS. AFTER LOSING TWO GAMES IN MID-SEASON, THE GOBBLERS WERE KNOCKED OUT OF THE STATE RANKINGS. THE MEAN GREEN BOUNCED BACK BEHIND ITS EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE AND MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE 3A DIVISION TWO STATE SEMIFINALS.

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