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Monday, February 22, 2016
Denton Record-Chronicle
UNT beats Baylor again
to win Getterman Classic
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Mavericks
HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL
PLAYOFFS
Basketball
Second-place finisher Pilot
Point (22-7) will face Nocona
(22-11) at 8 p.m.
Nocona beat Holliday 47-41
on Friday night to determine
third and fourth place in 9-3A.
On Tuesday night, the Dis-
trict 5-6A title holder Guyer
Wildcats (29-2), goes up
against Flower Mound (24-8)
at 8 p.m. in Coppell. The Den-
ton Broncos (17-11), runners-up
in District 6-5A, faces Birdville
(16-14) at 7 p.m. at Keller Tim-
ber Creek.
District 9-4A champions, the
Argyle Eagles (26-4) meets Up-
lift Hampton Prep at 7:30 p.m.
at Richland High School.
The Argyle Lady Eagles and
the Sanger Lady Indians will try
to secure berths in the Class 4A
Region II tournament on Friday
and Saturday in Commerce with
wins on Tuesday in the quarter-
final round.
Defending Class 4A state
champion Argyle (30-1) will go
up against Dallas Wilmer-
Hutchins (16-10) at 7 p.m. at
Carrollton Creekview. The Lady
Eagles coasted into this round
with a 70-19 rout of Melissa.
Wilmer- Hutchins
with a 49-40 win against
Carrollton Ranchview.
The Lady Indians (30-4)
hope to punch their ticket into
the regional tournament when
After a Robert Covington 3
only 9 seconds into the game,
Okafor scored 18 of the 76ers’
next 20 points. He finished the
first half with 23 points on 10-
of-13 shooting.
Nowitzki went over 29,000
career points with a 3-pointer in
the third quarter. He is sixth in
scoring in NBA history.
Tip ins
76ers: Forward Jerami
Grant played despite being
poked in the eye for the third
time this season on Friday night.
Coach Brett Brown, when asked
what Grant has shown him this
season, quipped: “He’s shown
me that he needs goggles.” ...
The Sixers have lost their last
seven games against Dallas.
Mavericks: If the Mavericks
plan to sign forward David Lee,
they weren’t confirming any-
thing on Sunday. “Until some-
thing’s signed, it’s not signed. We
learned that this summer,” own-
er Mark Cuban said, referring to
the team’s verbal agreement
with DeAndre Jordan before he
re-signed with the Clippers. Lee
was waived by the Celtics earlier
in the day. ... Devin Harris re-
turned to the lineup after miss-
ing the past 10 games with a left
big toe strain. Deron Williams
started for the Mavericks despite
a right calf strain.
Today
BOYS
Class 4A playoffs: Aubrey (18-12)
vs. Dallas Triple A Academy, 6
p.m., Lake Dallas
Class 4A playoffs: Krum (16-15)
vs. Carrollton Ranchview, 7:30
p.m., Lake Dallas
Class 3A playoffs: Ponder (24-7)
vs. Holliday (21-10), 6:30 p.m.,
Bridgeport
Class 3A playoffs: Pilot Point
(22-7) vs. Nocona (22-11), 8 p.m.,
Bridgeport
Craine retired the first two bat-
ters, before Baylor loaded the
bases on a walk and a fielding er-
ror. Craine, however, ended the
threat with a fly out to right for
the final out of the inning.
In the bottom of the inning,
with a runner placed at second,
freshman outfielder Hannah
Gerecke laid down the sacrifice
bunt to advance the runner to
third. And then after walks to se-
nior catcher Bryana Wade and
Schkade, North Texas had the
bases loaded with one out in the
inning.
Two batters later, Gregory
worked a 3-1 count and then
looked at ball four to score the
game-winning run.
“I’m so proud of her and the
things she has been doing for
us,” Kee said of Gregory. ‘We felt
that the pitcher got a little errat-
ic, so with the 3-1 count, we put a
take sign on it and force her to
take it a full count, and it worked
to our benefit.”
UNT returns home to host its
first of two nonconference tour-
naments in consecutive weeks,
starting with a doubleheader
Saturday against Sam Houston
State at 1 p.m. and Creighton at
3:30 p.m. in the North Texas In-
vitational.
From UNT sports information
WACO — The late-inning
magic continued in Waco.
After winning each of its Sat-
urday games in the final at-bat,
North Texas rallied late to tie No.
21 Baylor and send the game in-
to extra innings.
Freshman Lauren Craine left
the bases loaded in the top of the
eighth, and in the bottom of the
inning, junior outfielder Dan-
ielle Gregory drew abases-load-
ed, walk-off walk to beat Baylor
7-6 and claim the 2016 Getter-
man Classic Championship.
“We’re so proud of our play-
ers,” UNT coach Tracey Kee said.
“They played very hard and they
did not quit until the last out was
made. They competed, and
that’s all you can ask for. We
would get down early, but we
wouldn’t roll over.”
This was the team’s second
walk-off win of the weekend and
their third of the season. It also
clinched the season series
against the Bears (5-3), their
first series win since 2010.
Gregory, as well as junior Kel-
li Schkade, freshman Harley Pe-
rella and senior Karly Williams
earned all-tournament honors.
The Mean Green scored six
of their seven with two outs, in-
North Texas softball
UNT 7, Baylor 6 (8 innings)
eluding the game-tying run in
the seventh and the winning run
in the eighth.
Jessica Elder, Stacey Under-
wood and Lauren Craine
worked a combined 8 innings,
limiting Baylor to six runs on
nine hits with a walk and three
strikeouts. They also stranded
nine runners on base.
Baylor scored four runs in the
first three innings before UNT
got on the board, pushing a run
across in the bottom of third on
a two-out RBI single by Gregory.
UNT got another run back in
the bottom of the inning, again
doing the damage with two outs.
Gregory started things off a with
a two-out triple down the right-
field line, and Perella followed
with an RBI single to center to
cut the Baylor lead to 5-2.
Representing the game-tying
run with runners at second and
third and two outs in the sev-
enth, Williams stepped to the
plate and blasted a three-run
home run down the left-field line
to tie the game at 6, sending
UNT and Baylor to extra innings
for the second day in a row.
In the top of the eighth,
Tuesday
BOYS
Class 5A playoffs: Denton (17-11)
vs. Birdville, 7 p.m., Keller Timber
Creek
Class 4A playoffs: Argyle (26-4)
vs. Uplift Hampton Prep, 7:30
p.m., Richland
Class 6A: Guyer (29-2) vs.
Flower Mound, 8 p.m., Coppell
GIRLS
Class 4A playoffs: Sanger (30-4)
vs. Dallas Lincoln (27-4), 7 p.m.,
The Colony
Class 4A playoffs: Argyle (30-1)
vs. Dallas Wilmer-Hutchins (16-10),
7 p.m., Carrollton Creekview
they meet Dallas Lincoln (27-4)
at 7 p.m. at The Colony High
School.
Sanger defeated Princeton
44-26 on Friday night to ad-
vance, while Lincoln beat Krum
70-47 get earn its spot in the re-
gional quarterfinal game.
advanced
return, but other than that four-
some, the Wildcats, who fin-
ished last season with a 13-10 re-
cord, will have a new look.
Nine players are competing
for two comer outfield spots and
also the center field job when
Herriage is on the mound. It also
includes nine players competing
for pitching roles.
Swarbrick and senior Cameron
Moore — returning from last
season. Swarbrick will be relied
on to pitch this season. Offen-
sively, the Chaparrals will lean
on junior catcher Mike Plybon.
Pilot Point, Ponder
look for more success
In District 10-3A, Pilot Point
hopes to continue what it started
last season while Ponder craves a
change of direction.
The Bearcats took third in
district last season with a 9-5 re-
cord to make the playoffs for the
first time since 2009. They have
nine seniors back, including five
starters.
“We’re excited about this
year,” Pilot Point coach Mike Ga-
llegos said. “This is the first year
that we feel like we have a good
pitching staff going into the sea-
son. We have four or five kids
that can throw and we have a lot
of experience coming back.”
Leading the list of returnees
is all-district outfielder Chris
Patten, who is moving to catcher
for his senior season. Hunter
Balderas, Cade Edland Brandon
Keane, Rylee Heilman and Da-
Coven Bailey also return.
Ponder coach Mark Low fac-
es a different challenge. The
lions missed the playoffs for the
first time since 2009 and have
four starters back from that 12-
12 squad. Two of those starters,
senior Carson Knight and junior
Shane Scott, will be counted on
to carry the pitching load.
Also back is outfielder Clay-
ton Hicks and senior catcher
Riley Low.
Staff writers Adam Boedeker
and Patrick Hay slip contribut-
ed to this report.
STEVE GAMEL can be
reached at 940-566-6869 and
via Twitter at @Newspaper
Steve.
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Baseball
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Boyd and Mushinski com-
bined to hold Abilene Wylie and
West Orange-Stark to seven
runs in the semifinals and finals.
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Griffin said Lundy looks
great and he and Mushinski
should provide a similar 1-2
punch.
Denton building
on playoff season
Denton (16-13 last year) won
six of its final seven games to
make the playoffs for the first
time since 2007. Despite losing
to Birdville, second-year coach
Nick Buck said it was a banner
year and expects to build on that
success.
The Broncos return seven
starters and may have all the
pieces for a longer run.
“They definitely have been
talking about it,” Buck said.
“They’ve been looking at the
preseason [district] polls that
came out and we were picked
fourth. That kind of fueled them
as well. They’re like, ‘Fourth?
Really?’ They’ve got a little chip
on their shoulder with the way
last season ended.”
returns
George Elliot, Dawson Wright,
Malik Minter, Dolan Nicholson,
Josh Boring, Dimitri Cruz and
Caleb Crocket, along with junior
Wyatt Folsom. Minter was a
Class 5A all-region selection last
season and will be counted on —
along with Wright and sopho-
mores Raine Richter and Brant
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“Connor is a big-game pitch-
er and likes being the guy in
those big situations,” Griffin
said. “Brett, too, came in and
pitched in some big win-or-lose
situations for us. I’m excited to
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“But you never know. It’s just
like any time you win a state
championship. Everything has
to fall just right.”
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DRC file photo
Ryan pitcher and outfielder Josh Mears (1) runs toward home April 10 against Keller Fossil
Ridge in Denton. Mears is one of several returning starters who are aiming to help the team
overcome the graduation of pitcher Ryan Burks, who was the ace on staff last season.
Experience key
factor for Falcons
For the past couple of sea-
sons, Lake Dallas coach John
Tompkins has pointed to his
team’s youth and inexperience.
This year, that won’t be an issue.
Lake Dallas, a playoff team a
year ago at 19-11, returns 13 se-
niors and starters at every posi-
tion. The only glaring loss by
way of graduation is left fielder
and pitcher Tristan Tom. Six of
the returning seniors have
signed to play college baseball,
and two — catcher Christian
Boulware and center fielder
Daniel Rivera — are four-year
starters.
offset the loss of last year’s ace,
Ryan Burks.
That includes returning in-
fielder/pitcher Manny Torralba,
pitcher/outfielder Josh Mears,
senior newcomer Jordan Box
and 6-4 sophomore Cole Canu-
teson.
last year. Julius is the third base-
man but also will be a starting
pitcher role once district play
starts. He had three district
saves on the mound last year
with a 0.50 earned run average.
Sophomore pitcher Dawson
Barr, a TCU pledge, also should
see significant playing time.
Krum’s new coach
likes what he sees
New Krum coach Matt
McBrayer said he believes the
Bobcats, a playoff team last year,
could have one of the more po-
tent offenses in the area. He
pointed to the three, four and
five slots in the lineup with Dal-
ton Parrott, Colten Graham and
Tanner Knight, respectively.
Graham, a catcher, hit .383
last year with 12 RBIs, four dou-
bles and a .471 on-base percent-
age. Along with Parrott, Knight
and lead-off hitter Brandon
Reeves, Krum hopes to contend
in a loaded district featuring de-
fending champ Argyle.
Krum lost two pitchers to
graduation, but Colton Knierim
is expected to be the team’s No. \
followed by Parrott.
Raiders have
depth, versatility
Ryan enters 2016 looking to
snap a three-year playoff
drought and will rely on what
coach Brett Wamack hopes is a
mistake-free defense as the rest
of its lineup comes into focus.
And the Raiders have plenty
of options in that department.
Wamack — who returns four
full-time starters — said he’s
working out four catchers. He
also has about 10 pitchers to help
Denton
seniors
Aubrey hoping for
turnaround campaign
Like many teams in the area,
the Aubrey Chaparrals didn’t get
in as many games as they had
hoped due to heavy storms dur-
ing the nondistrict part of their
schedule.
As a result, Aubrey got only
six of its 16 nondistrict games in,
which coach Nate Henry said
contributed to the slow offensive
“It’s fun because we can
coach more of the fine details of
the game,” Tompkins said. “The
kids know the plan. They get af-
ter it in practice and hold each
other accountable. It has the
makings of a good year if we can
solidify our roles in the pitching
staff”
Bennett — to carry the pitching
staff.
Sanger’s Ford has new slate
When the Indians lost in the
third round of the playoffs for the
second straight season, Sanger
coach Steve Ford said goodbye to
a strong core of players.
In all, Ford watched nine se-
niors, all of whom played signif-
icant innings, leave the field as
Indians for the final time. Now,
Ford will have a vastly different
roster as 22 of the 30 players in
the program are freshmen or
sophomores.
“It’s definitely an unknown,
and I love that as a coach,” Ford
said. “Years like this are few and
start for the Chaparrals, who fin-
ished 6-10. Aubrey has only two
starters
sophomore Taylor
Tompkins said the team still
is trying to determine its No. 2
starter behind ace Grant Landry
(6-2 with a 0.62 ERA last year),
as well as some middle-relief
roles, but the Falcons also return
closer Alex Peppard.
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Guyer solid up middle
After its sixth trip to the post-
season in seven years ended
with a loss to state powerhouse
Flower Mound Marcus, Guyer
isn’t bringing back a ton of expe-
rience.
The experience coach John-
ny Kinzy does have, however, is
in key spots.
Back are catcher Luke Cul-
lum, shortstop Willie O’Brien
and center fielder Connor Her-
riage, who likely will see time on
the mound also.
“The middle of the field is al-
ways the most important part,
and we’re going to add sopho-
more Morgan Allen at second
base, and he’s extremely strong
defensively,” Kinzy said. “I feel
good about the core up the mid-
dle. Connor will be one of our
top pitchers, most likely, so we’ll
have to be sure we take care of
center field when he’s on the
mound.”
Dylan Tackman also had sev-
eral innings at first base and will
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hopes on a younger group that,
though talented, saw little to no
playing time last year thanks to a
senior-heavy roster.
The Warriors return four
starters from that 23-9 team.
Leading the charge is Rollins
College signee Christian Julius,
who batted .346 with 19 RBIs
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