JOSHUA — Battling all the way back from an 0-3 hole to begin district play — and a 2-1 set deficit in last Tuesday’s match — the Heritage Jaguars grabbed a playoff berth with a thrilling five-set victory over the Lady Owls in the regular-season finale, 19-25, 25-19, 19-25, 25-20, 15-11.
The Class 5A No. 10-ranked Midlothian Lady Panthers closed out their successful District 8-5A championship run last Tuesday with a straight-set 25-16, 25-13, 2516 sweep over Burleson Centennial on Senior Night at MHS Arena.
Ty Gibbs took no prisoners Saturday with a race-winning move that dramatically altered the composition of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship 4 field. On the final lap of the third attempt at overtime, Gibbs rammed soon-to-beex- teammate Brandon Jones so hard the contact buckled the hood of Gibbs No.
Christopher Bell had another miracle in his pocket, but Ross Chastain stole the show with a scarcely believable video-game move in the final corners of the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. For the second time in as many rounds in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, Bell won a race he had to win.
A defensive pass interference penalty early in the second quarter had virtually no bearing on the game’s outcome. But it served to give Class 5A Division II No.
CORSICANA — The Class 5A Division II No. 7-ranked Heritage Jaguars began the night with a special- teams touchdown, and ended it with another on Friday.
With a pair of match sweeps last week, the Heritage Jaguars found themselves on the cusp of the volleyball postseason in their first season of Class 5A competition entering this week’s action. The Jags (22-20, 10-5) headed into Tuesday night’s showdown with Joshua after a 25-15, 25-12, 25-18 win over Cleburne on Friday night at HHS Arena.
Noah Gragson has led plenty of laps at Homestead-Miami Speedway with three Top-10 finishes in his four starts before this weekend. And Saturday night – at long last – Gragson earned the Xfinity Series winner’s trophy to go with all his statistical success at the South Florida track.
Kyle Larson has led a lot of laps and come awfully close to hoisting a trophy at Homestead-Miami Speedway. On Sunday he finally did both, winning the Dixie Vodka 400 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race in dominant form.