| 06/08/2001 Driving force
Lindsay Balthrop doesn't like to sit on the bench. First in her graduating junior high class, first chair in band and the only one in ninth grade to move up to L.D. Bell's varsity basketball squad. Golfing is her game
For 61-year-old Kathy Whitworth, golf is a passion. Keller standout Lake dives into hitting
KELLER - It took years of practice for Keller softball player Chelsi Lake to build the foundation of her sharp hitting instincts.
It took $60,000 for a contractor to build the foundation of her personal batting cage. Keller standout Lake dives into hitting
KELLER - It took years of practice for Keller softball player Chelsi Lake to build the foundation of her sharp hitting instincts. Golfing is her game
For 61-year-old Kathy Whitworth, golf is a passion. Driving force
Lindsay Balthrop doesn't like to sit on the bench. 06/07/2001 Stampede fighting to qualify for national tourney
The North Richland Hills Stampede under-18 select softball team hasn't won a tournament. Road to No. 1
The "Year of the Dragon" has come to a close.
Bittersweet
Hoarse, tired and mentally drained, Carroll coach Larry Hughes still managed a wry smile while standing just outside the dugout at Keller Fossil Ridge. 06/03/2001 Women's movement
FORT WORTH - When Teresa Plemmons first started playing hockey, her biggest problem was not learning how to skate. It was learning how to deal with men in the locker room. Davis: QBs pass on tips about how to rebound
SOUTHLAKE - Wearing red workout shirts and dragging tired arms, more than 130 campers participated in Todd Dodge's annual quarterback school at Carroll this week. Waiting to draft a plan
Former Euless Trinity baseball player Brian Bowe didn't know what he was going to do last year. 06/02/2001 Trinity coach has new systematic approach
Bruce Foster had to cancel his wrestling camp last summer because of a lack of interest. Since the Euless Trinity coach could not instruct his athletes anyway, he decided to look for a way to help them and younger wrestlers throughout the area.
Northeast Tarrant County sports notebook
Since retiring from the major leagues in 1989, former Rangers standout Jim Sundberg has tried his hand at several endeavors, including television commentary. Sundberg, who was a six-time Gold Glove catcher, now runs Sports-to-Life baseball camps out of The Parks at Texas Star Baseball Complex in Euless.
America's club
GRAPEVINE - The Cowboys Golf Club is going after the Robin Leach crowd.
The Dallas Cowboys-themed golf course, which opens June 14, resembles an elegant ski resort, with a clubhouse full of Cowboys memorabilia and a layout that begins with rolling hills and a 100-foot elevation drop. 06/01/2001 No run-of-the-mile kid
COLLEYVILLE - Sam Schildgen is the typical 12-year-old with an atypical pastime: competing in triathlons. Schildgen is so dedicated that he enters seven or eight triathlons each year in locations ranging from Tennessee to Florida. Youth minister's hole in one profitable in many ways
First Baptist Church of Colleyville youth minister Barrett Johnson figures he had a little help on his side when he shot a hole in one to help fund a local woman's efforts to secure a liver transplant.
A higher plane
GRAPEVINE - Holly Clark is no stranger to new frontiers.
At Grapevine, she was the only senior on the school's first gymnastics team to advance to the state tournament, which happened in its first year of team competition. Clark is now preparing for college.
05/31/2001 Shockers ready for Fireworks
For some North Richland Hills Shockers players, the end of June could serve as the start of their college softball careers. Title chasers
SOUTHLAKE - Should Southlake Carroll win its first state baseball title this season, senior Brian Capps' bat should get an honorary place inside the trophy case. Briscoe ending on a high point
Midland Lee was driving toward Richland's goal line during the 1984 football playoffs. |
