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Sunday, November 1,2020
The Colony Courier Leader
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Judelson places seventh at 10-5A meet
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MATT WELCH / STAFF PHOTO
The Colony sophomore Devon Judelson, right, ran to seventh place at Tuesday’s District 10-5A regional meet. He
qualified for the Class 5A Region 2 meet.
BEFORE THE
THE COLONY TAKES MOMENTUM OF WIN
OVER CENTENNIAL INTO BYE WEEK
DAVID WOLMAN
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After a dominant second
half in which The Colony
possessed the ball for more
than 18 minutes and used 28
fourth-quarter points to ral-
ly for a 42-24 win over Frisco
Centennial, Cougars head
coach Rudy Rangel likes
“It’s that time of the season when you
need to be playing your best football.
We’ll take that momentum from the
second half Friday against Centennial
and see how far we go against Ryan.”
RUDY RANGEL,THE COLONY HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
The Colony dodged a huge from taking a 10-point lead.
the momentum that it gave bullet in the first half after Centennial got a 60-yard
his team entering their bye Centennial was only able to interception return from
week.
convert four Cougar turn- Gabriel Price late in the
DAVID
WOLMAN
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localmedia.com
The Colony 2:30 p.m. Nov. 9 at Jesse Owens
head cross coun- Memorial Complex in Dallas,
try coach Tony “He ran a great race,” said Dor-
Doran knew that an. “In those conditions, with how
Devon Judelson wet it was, how cold it was, once
had the potential he knew where he was, he fought
to be a standout hard to maintain that top-10 spot.”
cross country run- In a normal year, The Colony
ner after watching would have qualified its entire
how well he had boys team for the regional meet.
performed in the mile and two The Cougars placed third in the
mile during track season this past district with 93 points. Lovejoy
spring. won with 25 points. Prosper Rock
Judelson was also on the boys Hill was second with 40. But, this
JV soccer team but he gave up soc- year, only the top two teams ad-
cer and pursued running after he vance to the regional.
had looked at his times in track. “It’s a bit frustrating amongst
He was averaging mile splits of 4 the state of Texas because cross
minutes, 45 seconds to 5 minutes, country is the only sport that re-
It has proved to be a seamless alIy suffered from not having as
transition to cross country. many kids participating, said
Running in cold, rainy condi- Doran. “No other sport has sacri-
tions at Myers Park in McKinney ficed the amount of kids that can
on Tuesday morning, Judelson, play and a potential spot going to
a sophomore, placed seventh in regionals from district.
the District 10-5A meet in a time Also participating for The Colo-
of 17 minutes, 31.8 seconds. He ny's boys at the 10-5A meet were:
qualified for the Class 5A Region senior Sean Daugherty (18th,
2 meet based on his top-10 individ- 18:13), senior Noah Witham (20th,
ual finish. The regional is set for
■ See RUN, Page 6A
The Colony
junior Shafiq
Taylor forces
a Wakeland
defender to
whiff on an
attempted
tackle.
PHOTO COURTESY OF
GLENN GUNN
“I’m happy,” he said. “I overs into 10 points. Junior second quarter and a 44- ------------- 9
feel like we’ve made some Shafiq Taylor, who has been yard field goal out of two ony turnovers into 28 points number of yards allowed on Wakeland and Denton more
strides in some areas. We’re converted from a safety to a turnovers, but that was the _ a game that; the Cougars missed tackles. Rangel said than 6.5 yards per carry.
a few turnovers away from shutdown cornerback, came extent of the damage, led 13-3 in h first quarter, his Cougars limited the Ti- "I want us to get to a
being a really good football up with a crucial intercep- That performance comes ;
team. That’s something that tion in the second quarter one week after Frisco Wake- Another reason for opti- tans to just 3 or 4 yards per situation where the other
we’re going to identify.” that prevented the Titans land converted five The Col- mism is the reduction in the gain after allowing Frisco ■ See FOOTBALL, Page 6A
Push for the
postseason
The Colony volleyball in battle for final
playoff spot in 10-5A
PHOTO COURTESY OF GLENN GUNN
The Colony’s Kristen Sueltz (12) and Shayla Luna, right, look to block a kill attempt by Lovejoy
outside hitter Cecily Bramschreiber.
DAVID WOLMAN
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in league play as of Thursday - the next five
days will be crucial for the Lady Cougars.
East hosts The Colony on Friday. Tommy
yth that 1 . di . y n- Thomas Gymnasium will serve as the site
ing rolls around, the playoff picture will for Lady Cougars' next home match
become a lot clearer for volleyball teams in . m ,
District 10-5A against Princeton on Tuesday.
With The Colony tied with Wylie East and Th* Lady Cougars have qualified for th«
Princeton for the fourth and final playoff playoffs in four of the last five seasons and
spot - all of whom had identical 4-5 records
■ See VOLLEYBALL, Page 6A
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