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Ladies still looking to lock down berth

When four games remained in the regular season last week, Azle (8-4 in 7-5A) needed just one win to cement a playoff berth. That did not happen as Saginaw surprised

Grapevine tops Hornets

The varsity baseball Hornets lost a pair to Grapevine. Azle (14-8, 4-6) fell 4-0 and 13-0. Coach Stephen Smith lauded the pitching of David Johnson in game one. In game

Chamber seeks golf sponsors

The Azle Chamber of Commerce is searching for sponsors for its 14th annual golf tournament in May. The tourney – which will be hosted Friday, May 10 at Cross Timbers

Tee time!

Cross Timbers Golf Course has started up its weekly spring scrambles. Each Thursday beginning at 5 p.m., the course will host a nine-hole scramble through the end of October. Groups

Track qualifiers off to Area

It’s come down to place or go home for Azle track athletes. Scads of AHS athletes qualified for the Area meet with top four finishes in the District 7-5A meet

Junior high netters excel on courts

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Azle will be heavily represented at the Area round track meet in Keller where success leads to Regional!

Among the AHS athletes who qualified for the Area round are: (clockwise from above) Emily Cole in the 800; John Jackson in the 200; Jacob Edwardes in the discus; and

Azle rodeoers place in event

The majority of the North Texas High School Rodeo Association season has passed, but there are still a few rodeos to pick up points in.

Last weekend, a trio of Azle Rodeo Team members placed.

Jordan Williams pointed in three events.

She won pole bending in 20.721 seconds, good for 72 points.

For the season, she sits No. 2 with 968 points.

Williams also placed in barrels (9th) and walk-up goat tying (10th).

For the rodeo, she collected 97 points.

Football signees

Reid Weston will continue his football career at McMurry University in Abilene.

Hornet Payton Vaughn signs a letter to play football for Southwestern in Georgetown.

Azle’s Bradley Cooper is headed to Georgetown to keep playing football for the Pirates.

 

Tennis concludes at district

After valiant efforts in a tough district, the AHS tennis season ended, coach Lisa Helm noted. “Nobody advanced, but we had some great matches,” she recalled. One was Collin Clark in boys’ singles who lost to the eventual district runner-up. “He played some fantastic tennis,” Helm said. Pierce Loeffelholz-Javin Smith fell in the second round to the eventual boys’ doubles champs. In girls’ doubles, Anna Newton-Hadley Burgess also lost to the eventual district champs.