| Denton County sports notebook 01/11/2001 By Paul Corliss / The Dallas Morning News New Year's Classic
The Colony girls swim team won the New Year's Classic Invitational Saturday at the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Natatorium with a score of 305. Lewisville placed second with a score of 126, and Carrolton Turner placed third with 124 points.
Kristen Campbell, Elysia Kracke, Erin MacDonald, Nicki Buford, Angela Edgerton, Alyssa Jones and Amber Magness, helped The Colony dominate the relay events. The Colony won the 200-yard freestyle relay, the 400 freestyle relay and the 200 medley relay.
On the boys side, Lewisville placed second in the meet at 174 points, behind McKinney's 246. Carrollton Creekview placed third, with 157 points.
Marcus girls win
The Flower Mound Marcus girls soccer team, considered one of the top Class 5A teams in the state after advancing to the state semifinals a year ago, opened its season Friday with a 2-0 win over Arlington. Andrea Means and Amy Berend scored for Marcus. The team returns to action Thursday in the Arlington Tournament.
Graves leads The Colony
Tamesha Graves has helped The Colony girls basketball team to a 5-1 start in District 5-5A. Graves scored 20 points in Tuesday's 63-42 win over Carrollton Creekview that moved The Colony to 11-9 this season. For the year, Graves is averaging 17.4 points and 8.5 rebounds.
Ryan wins tourney
The Denton Ryan boys basketball team defeated Skyline on Saturday, 67-53, to win the Durant (Okla.) Lions Classic. Ryan, the defending Class 4A state champion, had never before won an invitational tournament.
Ryan guard Greg Boyd scored 16 points in the win over Skyline and earned tournament most valuable player honors for his all-around play. McDade, who led Ryan with 17 points in the final, joined Boyd as one of only six players chosen to the all-tournament team.
Maxiell dominant
Carrollton Newman Smith forward Jason Maxiell is making a bid to lead Dallas-area Class 5A schools in scoring and rebounding. The 6-8 Maxiell ranks first in the area in rebounds, with 15.2 per game, and second in scoring, with 24.5 per game.
Maxiell, who is ranked among the top 20 power forward prospects in the nation by Rivals.com, has committed to play basketball at Cincinnati next season.
Lewisville evens mark
After beginning the District 6-5A season 0-2, the Lewisville boys basketball team has rebounded to win two straight. On Tuesday, Lewisville (14-7, 2-2) defeated Carrollton Turner (4-16, 0-4) 70-49, behind a 19-6 run to open the game. That effort followed Friday's 46-27 win over McKinney.
SMU signee Brian Miller led Lewisville past Turner with 33 points, while P.J. Hatcher-Smith added 21. Against McKinney, Miller led Lewisville with 11.
Ryan tops Denton in soccer
Denton and Denton Ryan met in a consolation game of the Denton Boys Soccer Tournament, with Ryan winning the game in a shootout, 2-1. Camillo Espinoza and Zach Gutknecht scored goals for Ryan, which improved its record to 1-3 for the season. Denton fell to 2-2.
Plano West won the tournament championship, with Denton and Ryan finishing fourth and sixth, respectively.
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