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Azle wrestlers dominate district quad meet

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Azle Hornet varsity wrestling teams – boys and girls – went a combined 6-0 at Thursday’s quad meet that pitted them against Aledo, Saginaw and Springtown.

Azle Christian boys find highs, lows in Blum

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The Azle Christian Crusaders have another 10 days of nonconference basketball games to prepare for district play.

Springtown’s Zane Bell logs plenty of assists on basketball court – and at Brookshire’s

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Zane Bell landed on the hardwood court with a thud after colliding with a Decatur player during an actionpacked basketball game on Dec. 21 in Springtown.

The senior jumped back to his feet to run down the court but was limping. He persevered and began guarding an opponent with intensity.

A few moments later, the Decatur coach called a timeout. Bell showed signs of limping again as he strode toward the sideline.

Freshman enjoys transition from player to trainer

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Elaina Conner wanted to try something new after she left middle school and began attending Azle High School this year as a freshman.

“I played basketball in seventh grade and eighth grade but decided I needed a change of scenery,” she said.

She can’t specify what motivated her exactly to quit playing.

“I just needed a change,” she said.

Over the summer, she thought about what she wanted to do next and came up with an idea. Now, she hangs out on the hardwood court like before but no longer wears a basketball uniform.

Azle’s Caleb Smith blows trombone on way to railroad career

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Azle High School senior Caleb Smith expects to be barreling along railroad tracks one day, seeing the world from inside a steel horse.

“It’s what I wanted to do my entire life,” he said. “I am hoping to become an engineer.”

Trains inspire him.

Trains inspire him. “I’ve had a fascination with them - just moving so much weight and having so much power at your control,” he said.

FISHING REPORT

The striped bass fishing on both Lake Whitney and Possum Kingdom Lake are good under the birds. Some good fish are being caught in the main lake and some on the upper ends on both reservoirs.

Lake Texoma striped bass fishing is excellent on swim baits worked through schools of fish from North Island back to the Highway 377 bridge. Whitney crappies are excellent near Kimball Bend on small minnows and jigs.

Hammer Time

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Azle High School wrestlers traveled out of state to participate in a tournament and showed The Natural State that the Hornets mean business.

The Lady Hornets finished in second place out of 17 teams at the Hammer Invitational in Cabot, Ark., over the weekend. The boys finished 11th out of 24 teams.

Azle boys flex muscles heading into holidays

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The Azle Hornets were 12-3 and dominating District 5-5A when they traveled west to Mineral Wells for a weekend boys basketball tournament.

The first team they faced was Castleberry, a team that is dominating District 7-4A in Fort Worth.

On Thursday, these two powerhouses of North Texas roundball met at a neutral site to see who was best on that day.

What a beautiful battle it was. The Hornets vs. the Lions, with both teams playing like it was the Hunger Games.

Crusaders enjoy threegame win streak heading into holidays

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Azle Christian’s basketball boys are showing their mettle in the TAPPS league this season after moving up from the Texas Christian Athletic Fellowship league.

On Friday, the 1A Crusaders battled a 3A TAPPS team and came out on top, with Azle Christian beating Temple Christian 61-52.

The win improved the Crusaders’ record to 3-6.

“We’ve been playing bigger schools, which is good competition for us,” said head coach Ryan Rollins. “We are getting better … slowly but surely.”

Lady Hornets fall to Stephenville before holiday break

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The Azle High School girls basketball team was about to give itself an early Christmas gift heading into the holiday break.

On Monday, the Lady Hornets were up 25-22 at halftime against Stephenville and led for most of the game before falling behind in the fourth quarter. By then, hard-nosed Azle rebounder Brittany Cato was sitting on the bench with her ankle wrapped in ice, and Kendall Locke had fouled out of the game for the first time this season.