Family affair
Plano boys soccer coach Bob Weir may not be having flashbacks when he looks in front of the Plano goal and notices a wiry, 5-11 reddish-blonde-haired goalkeeper serving as Plano's last line of defense. Then again, Weir says he often finds himself referring to Plano goalkeeper Bryan Amos by his father's name, Chris.

On life's rebound
Cody Payne doesn't know where he would be without basketball. But, for sure, he knows where he wouldn't be.

Plano sports notebook
Because of all the rain, Plano's Pecan Hollow Golf Course has not been in the best of shape recently. The same can be said of the face of Pecan Hollow head golf pro Steve Heidelberg.

Collin County Community College notebook
"On the road again" was the theme song for the Collin County Community College softball team last week. This week it's "Raindrops keep falling on my head."

03/02/2001

Plano West sports notebook

Allen girls in soccer lead
Allen girls soccer coach Cory Foster thought his team would be right in the middle of the District 9-5A race. However, he wasn't exactly banking on being in first place with five games remaining.

Remaining focused
Last year Austin Parker realized he needed to get serious.

McKinney soccer team hopes it learned from losses
The flash is gone.

03/01/2001

Plano sports notebook
About 10 applications for the McKinney head football coach and athletic director position have been received, according to McKinney public information officer Diana Gulotta.

Plano High School sports notebook
The recent rainy weather has caused cancellations and schedule alterations for the Plano baseball and softball teams.

McKinney High School sports notebook
McKinney's powerlifting team prepared for the upcoming Region VI Championships by winning its meet last weekend.

Follow shot
Motivation will likely not be a problem for the Farmersville boys basketball team Friday.

Allen High School sports notebook
After the first few tournaments of the season, Allen golf coach Karen Gravely thinks her boys and girls teams can build on last year's success.

02/28/2001

Wylie High School sports notebook
Already, Wylie's 2001 baseball season has been a roller coaster ride.

Plano leads way for area schools at state meet
Plano had the most success of Collin County high schools in the UIL State Wrestling Championships last weekend.

McKinney boys earn souvenir of success
All McKinney's boys swimming team wanted was to earn some kind of memento of a successful season.

Plano sports notebook
Wylie finally made up its weather-delayed games against Richardson Pearce on Monday, but the results were painful.

Plano East High School sports notebook
District play has started for the Plano East softball team, and coach Karen Kalhoefer is pleased through the first 10 games of the season.

Frisco High School sports notebook
As Frisco's boys basketball season ended last Tuesday, coach Steve Specht reflected.

02/25/2001

Calvin Watkins' Plano sports column
Alex Hill was just a normal college student riding with some friends near Del Rio, Texas, when a car came roaring down the street the wrong way. Hill was killed Feb. 10, when the car smashed into the car he was riding in. But Hill is a lot more than some statistic on how many people die on the roads in a particular year.

Plano sports notebook
Plano East entered Friday night's Class 5A Region II girls basketball semifinals as the underdog, but just knowing it had nearly knocked off the state's second-ranked team offered little consolation.

Middle-grounded
As Plano West's soccer season reaches its stretch run, the playoffs loom as a tantalizingly tangible destination. For the Wolves to push through to the postseason, they will need more of the solid play they have been exhibiting over much of the year.

Martin felt pull of Allen's first-class accommodations
Taking prospective coaches through the Allen athletic complex is like walking a 5-year-old through Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. The view feeds the imagination and leads to visions of championship trophies.

02/24/2001

Plano recreation listings

Wylie 400-meter relay set to break 42.0 mark
Wylie assistant track coach Bill Howard gazes over at the athletes competing for spots on Wylie's so-called "fat-man" sprint relay team and chuckles softly at the burly athletes' best attempts to imitate sprinters. It was not too long ago that the best Wylie had to offer in the 400-meter relay only loosely could be regarded as a collection of sprinters.

Plano sports notebook

Plano odds and ends
Plano participants performed well in the North Texas Elks District Hoop Shoot competition at Thomas Elementary School in Plano last week.

Express ready to clinch
Collin County Community College can clinch its first men's North Texas Junior College Conference basketball title on Saturday.

02/23/2001

Shooting woes bounce Plano East from playoffs
The players walked off the court stunned. A 10-point lead gone. A chance to win in the closing moments failed.

Plano West High School sports notebook
You can't discuss Plano West track and field without recognizing the tremendous strides the program has made with its numbers over the past year.

Well-represented

Spirit outweighs medal in competition
In the athletic forum, it can be defined as the pursuit against others in order to determine a victor.

Breakthrough
After two straight years of one-and-done postseasons, Ashley Browning had endured her share of playoff frustration. That's why the senior is doing her best to relish the run Plano East is on right now.

02/22/2001

Triple crown
ALLEN – It was expected of Tim Bowen. For Nathan Cypert, the time had come. As for Daniel Stephens, it's the chance to do it right.

Plano sports listings

Plano sports notebook
Football coach Joe Martin, who won a Class 5A Division II state title with Garland in 1999, has left the school to become the new head coach and assistant athletic director at Allen. He starts his new job Tuesday.

Plano High School sports notebook
Plano's boys and girls track and field teams qualified 400- and 1,600-meter relay teams for the Class 5A Region II meet a year ago.

McKinney High School sports notebook
In her first season as McKinney's girls track and field coach, Katie Noland has a challenge on her hands.

Allen High School sports notebook
Anything less than a District 9-5A championship will be a disappointment for the Allen girls track and field team.

02/21/2001

Wylie High School sports notebook
Wylie track coach Bobby Clay said he opens the season with a boys team stacked with several solid performers.

Reloading
McKINNEY – McKinney swimming coach Sam Serio wasn't too concerned when he lost half of his state medal-winning 200-yard freestyle relay team to graduation.

Plano sports listings

Plano East High School sports notebook
The Plano East boys track team suffered a setback before the start of the season when standouts Jason Ramsey and Chris Tobias lost their academic eligibility.

Frisco High School sports notebook
The move up to Class 4A might be a struggle for Frisco's track and field team. Competition will be fierce in District 9-4A.