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.
The Midlothian Panthers, the currently- crowned and undefeated District 8-5A team tennis champions (district record 8-0), won their first two playoff matches last week and were scheduled to travel to Argyle on Tuesday morning for the Class 5A Region I quarterfinals.
The same cooling weather that triggers the fall migration of waterfowl and gets deer up and moving also kicks off one of the best “big” bites in freshwater. About this time each year when the water temperature begins to drop in areas lakes, big catfish go on the prowl. I and, most fishermen I’ve visited with, attribute this to the fact that the fish’s internal clock knows it’s about to get cold and their metabolism will slow a bit, it’s time for them to put on the feed sack and fatten up for the winter months ahead. Huge schools of threadfin and gizzard shad have dispersed widespread in our lakes and it’s a time of plenty of every fish species in fresh water.
Anglers across the nation are asked to report signs of Blotchy Bass Syndrome (BBS) to support research being conducted by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and West Virginia University (WVU).
The Heritage High School volleyball team battled Mansfield Timberview to a five-set loss on Friday, but remains in contention for a playoff berth entering the final week of the regular season. The Jaguars fought back from a set down to force a fifth set, but came away with a 19-25, 25-15, 25-22, 19-25, 15-13 setback at the new HHS Arena on Friday evening.
The Midlothian Lady Panthers are District 8-5A volleyball champions again. The Class 5A No.
Team Penske’s Joey Logano became the first driver to secure a position in the Championship 4 with a shot at the NASCAR Cup Series 2022 Championship thanks to a valiant surge to victory in the final laps of Sunday’s South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.