Sports

Azle rodeo team keeps earning its spurs

The Azle High School Rodeo Team excelled again in the dirt-filled arena, finishing in second place overall at the L.D. Bell High School Rodeo over the weekend. Airian Moore took first place in bareback riding, as he has done most every rodeo he has competed in this season. Hevenli Scribner won first place in poles and Rookie Cowgirl. Rylee Sisson took seventh place in pole bending. Jesus Leyva won second place in team roping header, fifth in team roping heeler and was named Rookie Cowboy. Lindsey-Kay Reichert earned a second-place finish in barrels. Kasen Scarlato nabbed fifth in team roping header and second place in heeler. Caitlyn Colley and Mattie Sheriff both achieved Top 10 status in walkup goats. River Cassel placed sixth in chute dogging.

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Rested Hornets ready to swarm Crowley

The Azle Hornets have gone almost two weeks without a game while enjoying their open week. The extra time has given sore bodies an opportunity to heal.

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Football Contest WEEK 6

Kyle Gatwight won the football contest by correctly guessing the winners of 10 of 11 games. His powers of prognostication earned him $20. Three players guessed nine games correctly – Teddy Vogel and Eddy and Margaret Swanzy. To determine who won second and third place and who was left out in the cold, we referred to the tiebreaker game between Brock and Paradise. Brock won 35-16 for a total of 51 points. Vogel guessed 65 points, Eddy guessed 58 and Margaret 48. That makes Margaret Swanzy our secondplace winner ($10) and Eddy Swanzy third ($5).

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Football Contest WEEK 5

It was a battle of the Kyles, with Kyle Betz and Kyle Gathright both guessing the winners to six games in the football contest. The tiebreaker game was between SMU and TCU with a total of 76 points being scored. Betz guessed 54 points, and Gathright guessed 38. Betz takes first place and $20, while Gathright nabbed second and $10. The tiebreaker game was used to determine third place, as well. Bob Ratcliff and Bobby Boyd both guessed five games correctly, but Boyd’s 57 points was closer than Ratcliff’s 55 points in the tiebreaker, so Boyd took third place and $5.

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Azle takes bye after big hello in Saginaw

Friday night lights will have to do without Azle this week. The Hornets are enjoying an open week before reconvening for a home clash with the always pesky Crowley Eagles.

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Serving up another win

Taylor Clark, shown serving, and the Lady Hornets returned from a 10-day break from game action to sweep Wichita Falls in three sets last week. The Hornets travel to Aledo to take on the Ladycats this Friday in a battle of first-place teams. Photo by Jeff Prince

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Azle tennis eying final district tourney

Making the playoffs could hinge on Azle’s performance at Tuesday’s tennis tournament in Aledo. It’s the final district tourney of the fall team tennis season.