Texas High School Sports News

Texas A&M pushed the nation's No. 1 team to four sets with a gritty effort, but the Aggies fell to Texas, 25-14, 25-18, 15-25, 25-19, Friday night before a rowdy crowd of 3,831 at Gregory Gym in the second round of the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship.

High School playoffs continued Friday with Thorndale taking on Shiner and Rouse taking on Brennan in quarterfinals games.

SMU is fighting for its postseason lives. Rice has a chance for its first conference title in nearly six decades.

But there will be more work to do when general manager Jon Daniels and his cadre of advisors and scouts assemble at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Monday for the Winter Meetings.

Join Texans defensive end Antonio Smith every Tuesday from 6-7pm at the Houston Texans Grille , then stay Texans Live from 7-8pm.

Assuming that Mother Nature doesn't get in the way, Lake Travis will make the 75-mile trek to Temple's Wildcat Stadium on Saturday for a state quarterfinal game against A&M Consolidated.

The No. 1 ranked Wellington Skyrockets hope that they play their final game - a Class 1A Division II state championship - in the 90,000-plus seating of AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

Midwestern State's scheduled women's basketball game Thursday night against Texas Woman's University has been postponed due to inclement weather and potential of hazardous wintry conditions in the North Texas region.

Rouse will play San Antonio Brennan on Friday in a match-up that will pit the three-loss Raiders against the state's second-ranked team.

Texas A&M's five-match win streak came to an end tonight as No. 16 Kentucky won all three sets by the minimum two points in a 26-24, 25-23, 26-24 Wildcat victory at Memorial Coliseum.

We are getting closer to the big showdown between Texas and Baylor. The Longhorns will try to beat the Bears at home for the first time this season.

Mierzwa, a senior, was the District 31-4A Most Valuable Player and helped the Texans tie Flour Bluff for the district championship.

In an unprecedented move, on Monday the UIL announced classification numbers for the 2014-2015 athletic year.

Texas A&M football legends Charlie Krueger and Dat Nguyen will be inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame with the Class of 2014, the organization announced on Tuesday.

But if you think the numbers are all as neatly tied together as a Christmas-package bow a you first need to peek inside the gift box.

The Texas Rangers announced on Tuesday that the club has acquired outfielder Michael Choice and infielder Chris Bostick from Oakland in exchange for outfielder Craig Gentry and pitcher Josh Lindblom.

Last month, Round Rock ended Westlake's volleyball season in the regional quarterfinal round of the UIL playoffs.

Another football season is in the books for Mansfield ISD schools, and there was plenty to be proud of for local fans.

While some teams are stockpiling trophies in early meets, the Northwest swimmers are more focused on preparing a strong run at the district meet in late January.

Notable: Greenwood had a hand in five touchdowns and totaled 250 yards of offense in a double-overtime win over Dallas Skyline.