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Varsity Scoreboard
Friday’s Scores
Boys Soccer
Allen defeats Plano East, 2-1 (shootout)
Plano West defeats Berkner, 3-2
Girls Soccer
Plano East defeats Allen, 2-1
Plano Senior defeats Richardson, 2-0
Plano West defeats Berkner, 4-0
Baseball
Grand Prairie Classic
Lake Highlands defeats Plano Senior, 6-4
Softball
Plano East defeats Berkner, 12-0
Plano Senior defeats Wylie, 5-0
Plano West defeats Allen, 10-1
Varsity Schedule
Baseball
Grand Prairie Classic
Plano Senior vs. South Garland, 10:15 a.m. at Grand Prairie High School
Flower Mound Marcus at Plano West, Noon
International Day of Soccer
The Plano-based Andromeda Soccer Club will be hosting its 4th annual International Day, today from 12-9 p.m.
The event is a compilation of friendly games played prior to the competitions and festivities of the Dallas Cup which runs from Mar. 16-23.
Originally, International Day began in 2005 as a couple of friendly games for foreign teams to stretch their legs. But over the years teams from Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, England, The Netherlands and South Africa have taken part in the event.
This year, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, England, Japan and Mexico will either practice or play at the Andromeda Training Facility. The Andromeda 93B team will play Canada U15 in a friendly match at 2 p.m.
The rest of the schedule is as follows:
12:30 p.m. ... England U19 coming out to practice
12:30 p.m. ... Andromeda 90B coming out to practice
1 p. m. ... England U17 coming out to practice
1 p.m. ... Andromeda 91B coming out to practice
1:30 p.m. ... Japan U19 coming out to practice
2 p.m. ... Canada U15 in friendly vs. Andromeda 93B
2 p.m. ... Costa Rica U16 in friendly vs. River Plate U16
3:30 p.m. ... El Salvador U15 coming out to practice
5 p.m. ... Mexico U15, U16 and U19 coming out to practice
8 p.m. ... New Jersey U14 coming out to practice.
East Girls Soccer Clinic today
The Plano East girls soccer team will be offering a soccer clinic, for girls ages 4-10, today from 9-11 a.m.
The clinic is free of charge, but donations for the booster club will be accepted. Registration for the event, at the practice fields behind the East gym, is at 8:30 a.m.
Players should bring soccer cleats, shin guards, a water bottle and lots of energy. For more information or to register online, go to: planoeastsoccer.com.
9-5A dominates top 20 softball poll
Talk among many in the Metroplex is that District 9-5A is one of the stronger, if not the strongest, softball districts in the state. And the newest Texas Girls Coaches Association poll appears to back that up as five of the eight teams in 9-5A are listed in the state’s top 20.
Leading the way is Plano East at No. 10. The Lady Panthers ascended to the top 10 from No. 14 after defeating Plano West, which fell to No. 16. In between those cross-town foes, both geographically and in the polls, is Plano Senior. The Lady Wildcats are ranked No. 15.
Rounding out the top 20 are Wylie and Allen. Both teams started district play 2-0 and are tied for the No. 20 spot. It’s still early, but at least one of these top 20 state teams will not make the playoffs.
Rebels looking for players
The Lone Star Rebels 12 and Under Baseball club, the 2007 USSSA State Champion, is looking for one select player.
The team is going to Cooperstown this year to compete against 96 other teams (cooperstowndreamspark.com).
If you would like to earn a place on the team to make the trip call Pickens Brady at: 214-502-5516.
Panthers end year ranked No. 6
After one of the most successful year’s in program history, Plano East ended the 2007-08 season ranked No. 6 in the state in the final Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll.
The only team ranked ahead of East that didn’t make the Class 5A State Tournament is Duncanville, which was ranked No. 1 in the state before losing to eventual state champion North Crowley in the Region I Semifinals.
The Panthers advanced to the Region II Finals before falling to Klein Forest, which ended the year ranked No. 3.
Melville signs with Colgate
2007 Plano West graduate Sterling Melville spent the past season with The Hun School. However, the former Wolves swingman will spend next season scoring for Colgate, having signed Thursday.
Melville finished his career at West as the leading scorer with 1,269 points, and ranked second in rebounds (560) and steals (119).
Plano baseball holds golf tourney
Plano Senior is wrapping up the year-long project of updating the Wildcats baseball field.
The team has added a new locker room, a coach’s office and new covered hitting facility, making three in total. Plano also built and irrigated a practice field for the Junior Varsity squad.
The Wildcats are also looking out for the fans as there are new bleacher seats available as well as wooden fences down the first and third base lines.
The booster club and its members are responsible for the project, and the Wildcats are hoping their semi-annual golf tournament, rescheduled for Monday at Twin Creeks Country Club, can help the fundraising efforts.
In addition to the baseball team’s tournament, the lacrosse club is holding a tournament at 1 p.m. Both tournaments have a $400 registration fee for a foursome with corporate sponsorships available for $100 per hole.
All baseball tournament proceeds will go to help pay for continued renovations on the field, while the money raised at the lacrosse event will go to fund everything from hiring referees to field rentals.
For more information on the non-profit tournaments, contact Jim Heinritz at: jheinritz@verizon.net.
Internet exclusive content
For more stories on the sports community, including video previews and wrap-ups, go to: planostar.com.
This is the site for immediate scores, videos and game stories for those that can’t wait for the print edition.
K&C Masterpiece videos can be viewed here or by going to: myspace.com/planostar or youtube.com/PlanoStarCourier.
TAPPS All-State Soccer
After solid 2007-08 season, both the John Paul II and Prestonwood Christian Academy boys and girls soccer teams placed players on the TAPPS Winter Soccer All-State squads.
The John Paul boys actually had three players named to the TAPPS Division I list, led by senior Erik Garciamendez. The Georgetown signee made the first team.
Also making the cut from the Cardinals were juniors John Kadane, who was second team, and Matt Florance, who got an honorable mention nod. The Lone Lady Cardinals player was senior Courtney Messina, who was also honorable mention.
Prestonwood had a trio of senior girls on the Division II list in Alyssa Palmacci, first team and headed to play for Middle Tennessee State, Kim Foss, second team, and Courtney Zacheis, honorable mention.
The Lions got one representative on the boys side as sophomore Blake Wise was named second team all-state.
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