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The Playbook

From Staff Reports

Published: Thursday, March 21, 2013 3:06 PM CDT

Varsity Schedule

Tuesday�s Results

Girls Soccer

Frisco defeats Centennial, 4-1

Liberty defeats Heritage, 3-1

Wakeland defeats Lone Star, 9-0

Carrollton Creekview defeats Little Elm, 1-0

Tuesday�s Results

Boys Soccer

Centennial defeats Frisco, 3-2

Heritage defeats Liberty, 3-0

Wakeland defeats Lone Star, 1-0

Little Elm defeats Carrollton Creekview, 4-3

Friday�s Schedule

Girls Soccer

Liberty vs. Frisco at Frisco ISD Memorial Stadium, 7:15 p.m.

Centennial at Wakeland, 7:15 p.m.

Lone Star at Heritage, 6 p.m.

Little Elm vs. Carrollton Newman Smith at Polk Middle School, 5:30 p.m.

Friday�s Schedule

Boys Soccer

Frisco at Liberty, 7:30 p.m.

Wakeland at Centennial, 7:30 p.m.

Heritage at Lone Star, 6:45 p.m.

Little Elm vs. Carrollton Newman Smith at Polk Middle School, 7:15 p.m.

Briefs

Redhawks edge Lobos

The Heritage baseball team took on Little Elm in District 9-4A action on Tuesday and came away with a 7-5 victory.

The victory put the Coyotes back at the crucial .500 mark against district foes, while the Lobos fell to 0-4 in such situations.

For Little Elm, the loss capped another close loss after falling to Centennial and Frisco by a combined two runs recently.

The Lobos will look for their first district win with a 7:30 p.m. Friday contest at Prosper. The Coyotes will host first-place Liberty (4-0) at the same time.

Rangers defeat Aubrey in district opener

Lone Star kicked off its district slate on Tuesday by earning a 5-4 win against Aubrey.

Hurler Tyler LaVan earned the win on the hill while Aubrey�s Tanner Buxton was tabbed for the loss.

The Rangers ended their non-district schedule with a 9-8 win against Grapevine Faith Christian that saw a home run from Ben Collins and a win from pitcher Gannon Sanders.

The team will be back in action with a 7 p.m. Friday meeting at Celina.

Revolution fall to 0-2

When the Texas Revolution host the Tri-Cities Fever at 7:05 p.m. Friday from the AEC, they�ll be in search of their first win of the IFL season.

That comes following a two-game road trip to open 2013, which dealt another setback Sunday in a 51-26 loss to the Chicago Slaughter.

Tied with 1:05 remaining in the first half, 20-20, the Revolution were victimized by a pair of Marcus Jackson interceptions that were converted into 14 Chicago points for a 34-20 halftime lead.

Texas was outscored in the second half, 17-6, en route to its second straight loss � despite giving up just 122 yards of offense.

The Slaughter capitalized on four interceptions.

Mon Williams accounted for 60 yards on seven grabs while Keith Smith added a 5-yard touchdown catch and 42-yard kickoff return for a score.

Title game remains in Frisco through 2016

The NCAA recently announced that it has agreed to a three-year extension with the city of Frisco to keep the Division I Football Championship title game at FC Dallas Stadium.

The venue has hosted the previous two FCS championship games and will do so until at least 2016.

This year�s game featured a rematch of the 2011-12 title game between North Dakota State and Sam Houston State and marked the second consecutive time the game sold out FC Dallas Stadium, which holds more than 20,500 spectators.

At the end of the extension, Frisco will have hosted the title game six time, which is more than any other city other than Chattanooga, Tenn., which hosted the event during a 13-year span from 1997-2009.

Hawkins commits to Bowling Green

The Texas Tornado, members of the 24-team North American Hockey League, recently announced forward Brandon Hawkins� commitment to play hockey at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

The 18-year-old still has two years of junior hockey eligibility following the 2012-13 season but has taken the league by storm in his rookie year.

The forward currently leads the league in goals scored with 29 and is tied for third with 43 points.

�I liked the idea of Bowling Green more than I did a lot of other schools,� Hawkins said. �It�s a small-town school and I�m really comfortable with that type of feel.�

Hawkins joins CJ Reuschlein, who will play his college hockey at Army, as the only two Tornado players to make NCAA Division I commitments this season. Forward Brett Heikkila commited to Northern Michigan University before ever playing a game in a Tornado uniform.

Buechele returns for fourth season

The Texas Rangers recently announced that former Rangers third baseman Steve Buechele will return for his fourth season as manager of the Double-A affiliate Frisco RoughRiders.

Buechele headlines a 2013 coaching staff that will remain completely intact from the previous season, with Jeff Andrews back as the team�s pitching coach and Jason Hart resuming his duties as hitting coach.

It will mark Buechele�s fifth as a Minor League manager after starting his coaching career in 2009 with the California League�s Bakersfield Blaze. Last year, the RoughRiders finished with an 80-60 record (second-best mark in the league) and an appearance in the Texas League Championship Series.

Buechele�s teams have made the playoffs in every season he has been a manager, while the former Ranger has tallied a 306-253 mark. On April 16 last year, Buechele passed Tim Ireland to become Frisco�s all-time winningest skipper with his 155th victory.

The RoughRiders begin the new season April 4 when Frisco visits the Arkansas Travelers. The team opens up its home slate April 11 when the Travelers come to Dr Pepper Ballpark for a 7 p.m. contest.

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