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KPYN sports for Friday March 12th, 2010

NCAA Basketball
In the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City yesterday;
#1 Kansas beat Texas Tech 80-68. It was Kansas’s 2000th win, they’re only the third college team to win 2000 games, the other two are Kentucky and North Carolina. In the other Big 12 games yesterday; The #23 Texas A&M Aggies beat Nebraska 70-64. The Aggies and Kansas will play in the semi-finals tonight. You can listen to the #1 Kansas against #23 Texas A&M tonight on KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM, our pre-game at 5:30 p.m. and tip-off at 6 p.m. Also yesterday at the Big 12 Tournament; #21 Baylor beat Texas 86-67. Baylor will play Kansas St. in the semi finals tonight at 8:30, yesterday Kansas State beat Oklahoma State 83-64.

In the SEC Tournament in Nashville
The Georgia Bulldogs beat the Arkansas Razorbacks 77-64. Mike Washington scored 20 points and Courtney Fourtson scored 16 for the Hogs. The Hogs finish the season with a 14-18 record and their only hope of post season action is a possible NIT bid.

In another other SEC tournament games yesterday, #15 Tennessee beat LSU 59-49. Today at the SEC tournament, it’s Kentucky Vs Alabama, Mississippi vs. Tennessee, Mississippi St. Vs Florida and Vanderbilt vs. Georgia.

In the NBA
The Hawks beat the Wizards 105-99, the Magic blew out the Bulls 111-82, and the Trailblazers out scored the Warriors 110-105.

In high school baseball
In McLeod, the McLeod Longhorns beat Avery 11-1 in the first district game of the year for both teams.. Grayson Porter and Ben Paschal each hommered for the Longhorns. Porter also singled and was the winning pitcher, pitching a complete game. The Longhorns next game is today at Sulphur Bluff. I talked to Longhorns head coach Darien Dukes after the game and he commented on the Longhorns performance. I asked coach Dukes if the Longhorns could win the district championship this year.

At the Hallsville tournament yesterday
At Mavericks Field in Marshall, the Marshall Mavericks shut out the Atlanta Rabbit’s 10-0. Matt Boyd had two hits for Atlanta. The Rabbit’s play Mt. pleasant today at 11 a.m. at Mavericks Field.

In Hughes Springs at the Hughes Springs Mustang Classic
The Queen City Bulldogs beat Paul Pewitt 12-3. Landon Shields and Hunter Wilcher each had two hits. The Bulldogs play the defending champions white oak this afternoon at 2:30 p.m.

KPYN Sports For Wednesday March 10^th, 2010 

In Girls high school softball yesterday 

At Rabbit’s softball field at Atlanta City Park; The Atlanta Lady Rabbit’s defeated the McLeod Lady Longhorns 11-8. Rachel Allday was the winning pitcher for Atlanta and Jacki Smith was charged with the loss for McLeod. However, Smith did pitch her first complete game and defensively, the Lady Longhorns committed 4 errors. After the game Dave Allen, Atlanta’s head coach talked about the win. 

For Atlanta who are now 4-9, Paige Shuffield was 3-4 with 2-doubles, Tye Davis was 2-4 with an RBI, Brea Ainsworth was 2-4 and Allie Rutland and Rachel Allday each had Doubles. The Lady Horns who are now 4-4 and one were led by Cheyenne Harris who was 2-3 with 2-RBI’s. Casey Williams had an RBI single and Christina Miles doubled. 

In Linden, the Linden-Kildare Lady Tigers beat Mt. Pleasant Chapel Hill 11-3 in the first district 17-2A game for both teams. Whitney Suratt and Raven Love hit back to back home runs for the Lady Tigers who are now 12-5 overall and 1-0 in district. Suratt was 3-4 and Taylor Wells was the winning pitcher allowing only 3 hits while striking out five and walking one. 

In New Boston, New Boston shut out the Queen City Lady Bulldogs 10-0. New Boston’s pitcher Bailey Day pitched a no-hitter. 

In boys high school baseball

In Linden, at the Shrine on 59 Jim Grubbs Field, the Mt. Pleasant Chapel Hill Red Devils beat the Linden-Kildare Tigers 13-2. Drew Grider had Linden-Kildare's only hit. 

In major league baseball

Yesterday in a spring training game in Pheonix, Arizona; the Texas Ranger played the Oakland A’s to an 8-8 tie in a split squad game. David Murphy hit a 3-run home-run for Texas and Julio Borbon had two hits and drove in two runs. Ian Kinsler and Nelson Cruz each had a couple of hits and Josh Hamilton, in his second game back, tripled in his three at bats and he’s three-for-six since returning from a bruised left shoulder. 

NCAA Basketball  

Last night Butler and North Texas punched their tickets to the NCAA tournament by winning their conference tournament championships. #12 Butler blew out Wright State 70-45 to win the Horizon League. North Texas beat Troy 66-63 to win the sunbelt conference. Northern Iowa, Murray State, Wofford, Oakland and St. Mary’s are also winners of their tournaments and in the big dance.  

The #23 ranked Texas A&M Aggies will play their first game in the Big 12 Tournament tomorrow afternoon against either Missouri or Nebraska. Missouri and Nebraska play today and A&M has a bye. You can listen to the Aggies game tomorrow on KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM, pre-game show tomorrow gets underway at 1:30 and tip-off at 2 p.m. 

Tonight, Texas plays Iowa State in the Big 12 Tournament. 

Tomorrow the Arkansas Razorbacks open play in the SEC tournament in Nashville against the Georgia Bulldogs.  

In NBA yesterday

The Rockets beat the Wizards 96-88, The Bobcats cooled off the Heat 83-78, Indiana out paced the 76ers 107-96, The Magic clipped the Clippers 113-87, The Jazz beat the Bulls 132-108, The Bucks got by the Celtics 86-84, The Trailblazers crowned the Kings 88-81, and the Lakers nipped the Raptors 109-107 as Kobe Bryant hit a shot at the buzzer. 

NASCAR

NASCAR placed Carl Edwards on probation for three races yesterday for deliberately wrecking Brad Keselowski’s car in last weekends race in Atlanta. Keselowski supported NASCAR’s decision.

Pictures of Atlatna Rabbits catcher Lawson Schulz, the offensive MVP from the Atlatna-Lions Club Invitational 3/4-3/6/10 at Rabbit's Field in Atlatna City Park.L

KPYN Sports for Tuesday March 9^th, 2010 

In the NBA

In Minneapolis, the Dallas Mavericks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 125-112 to extend their current NBA league leading active winning streak to 12 games. Shawn Marion scored a season high 29 points fort he Mav’s and 14 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki scored 24 points for Dallas. 

Here are the rest of your NBA scores from last night

The Cavilers beat the Spurs 97-95, The Knicks got by the Hawks 99-98, the Grizzlies cut down the Nets 107-101, and the Hornets outscored the Warriors 135-131. 

In college basketball

The new AP Top 25 Poll is out and Kansas is #1 again, Kentucky, Syracuse, Duke and Ohio State round out the top 5. Baylor remained at #21 and Texas A&M remained at #23. 

Tuesday March 9th, Atlanta at McLeod (Softball). Pre-game at 5:15 p.m. and first pitch at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday March 11th, Texas A&M Vs Missouri or Nebraska men's Big 12 Basketball Tournament, pre-game 1:30 p.m. & tip-ff @ 2 p.m. 

High school basketball

All district honors were announced yesterday for basketball in District 19-A. In boys basketball, McLeod senior Douglas Autry was named the district 19-A Co-MVP. McLeod’s Heston McLarin was also named to the all-district first team. Senior Alex Hernandez and sophomore Andy Otwell were named all-district second team. 

In girls basketball in district 19-A, McLeod senior Erika LaCroix was selected as the defensive MVP and sophomore Brea Glenn was named co-offensive MVP. McLeod seniors Kourtni Whatley and Jacki Smith were named first team all-district and McLeod senior Jessica Collins was named second team All-District. 

In girls softball

Today, weather permitting  Atlanta at McLeod (Softball). You can listen to the game on KPYN 900 AM, 95.5 FM and ww.kpyn.net.  Pre-game at 5:15 p.m. and first pitch at 5:30 p.m. 

In other softball action today weather permitting

Linden-Kildare is at Mt. Pleasant Chapel Hill, Queen City is at New Boston and Bloomburg hosts Union Hill. 

In boys baseball today weather permitting

Linden-Kildare is at Mt. Pleasant Chapel Hill, Atlanta is at Tyler Chapel Hill, Bloomburg is at Maud and Avery is at McLeod. 

High school football

Maud Head football coach Josh Finney is leaving Maud to coach at Teague High School in Teague, TX, a division 1, 2A school.

KPYN Sports for Monday March 8^th, 2010 

NASCAR Kurt  Bush won the Kobalt Tools 500 in Hampton Georgia yesterday. The race featured a spectacular crash between Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski which sent Keselowski’s car upside down hurtling toward the main stand. 

In college basketball yesterday #3 Kentucky beat Florida 74-66, #11 Michigan State defeated Michigan 64-48 and #15 Wisconsin beat Illinois 72-57.  

Thursday in College Basketball  Thursday March 11^th, Texas A&M Vs Missouri or Nebraska men's Big 12 Basketball Tournament, listen to the game live on KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM; pre-game 1:30 p.m. & tip-ff @ 2 p.m. 

Friday March 12th, Texas A&M Men’s Big 12 Basketball  Semi Final if Necessary, pre-game 5:30 p.m. & tip-off @ 6 p.m. 

Saturday March 13th, Texas A&M Men's Big 12 Basketball Final if necessary, pre-game @ 4:30 p.m. and tip-off at 5 p.m.

In the NBA The 76ers beat the Raptors 114-101, the Magic downed the Lakers 96-94, the Pistons beat the Rockets in overtime 110-107, the Celtics got by the Wizards 86-83, the Thunder beat the Kings 108-102 and the Nuggets outscored the Trailblazers 118-106.

In High School Baseball  Listen to KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM and on line at www.kpyn.net this Tuesday March 9th, we will broadcast the McLeod at Atlanta softball game live. Pre-game at 5:15 p.m. and first pitch at 5:30 p.m. 

Listen to KPYN Live on Monday March 15th, we will carry the Atlanta @ Redwater  Softball game live, pre-game 6:15 p.m., first pitch 6:30 p.m. 

On Tuesday March 16^th KPYN will carry the  McLeod @ Bloomburg Baseball game live; pre-game 4:10 p.m., first pitch @ 4:30 p.m.  

On Friday March 19th, KPYN will carry the Henderson @ Atlanta Baseball game live; pre-game 4:40 p.m., first pitch 5 p.m. 

2010 BIG 12 MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Kansas City, Missouri (Sprint Center)
Wednesday, March 10 Tipoff Time (CT)
No. 8 Colorado vs. No. 9 Texas Tech 11:30 a.m.
No. 5 Missouri vs. No. 12 Nebraska 2:00 p.m.
No. 7 Oklahoma State vs. No. 10 Oklahoma 6:00 p.m.
No. 6 Texas vs. No. 11 Iowa State 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 11
No. 1 Kansas vs. CU/TTU winner 11:30 a.m.
No. 4 Texas A&M vs. MU/NU winner 2:00 p.m. (On KPYN AM and FM)
No. 2 Kansas State vs. OU/OSU winner 6:00 p.m.
No. 3 Baylor vs. ISU/UT winner 8:30 p.m.

Friday, March 12
Semifinal -Thursday Afternoon Winners 6:00 p.m. (If Aggies play, ON KPYN AM and FM)
Semifinal - Thursday Evening Winners 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 13
Final 5:00 p.m. (If Aggies are in, On KPYN AM and FM

KPYN Sports for Sunday March 7th, 2010
In Boys High School Baseball
At the Atlanta-Lions Club Invitational

From Left to Right Caleb Hawkins, Brian Hendrix and Hunter Wilcher from Queen City pose for a picture at the Atlanta-Lions Club Invitiational; Hawkins and and WIlcher made the all-tournament team. 

ATLANTA, TX- The Liberty- Eylau Leopards beat the Queen City Bulldogs 9-8 Saturday at the Queen City Bulldogs beat the Liberty-Eylau Leopards 9-8 Saturday and they finished first in the Atlanta-Lions Club Invitational and they finished with two wins and one loss at the tournament. The Bulldogs and Atlanta Rabbits both were 2-1 and they tied for first place in the tournament.

In the game Saturday, Queen City was led by Hunter Wilcher who had 3-hits and an RBI.

The Atlanta Rabbit’s finished with a 2-1 record at the Atlanta Lions Club Invitational, as they were defeated by the Hooks Hornet 7-6 in their third and final game at the tourney Saturday. Lawson Schulz and Cam Coulter each had two singles and an RBI for Atlanta and Nic Parrott doubled and singled while Matt Boyd had two hits. Atlanta finished tied for first place with Queen City in their tournament.

Atlanta’s Nic Parrott was named defensive MVP and Lawson Schulz offensive MVP on the All Tournament team. The other players on the all-tournament team were Atlanta’s Shawn Shepard, LE’s Daniel Thompson, Queen City’s Caleb Hawkins and Hunter Wilcher, Janson Carr from New Boston, Kevin Sipes from Hooks and Mt. Peasants’ Lucas Quary.

Girls Softball
ASHDOWN, AR- the Hope Lady Cats won the 2nd Annual William Bohanon Memorial Class Division Championship Saturday by beating Mt. Pleasant 7-3.
The Linden-Kildare Lady Tigers won both of their games at the tournament Saturday beating Horatio 13-0 and Defeating Ashdown 14-2.

In the win over Hortaio, Tigers pitcher Taylor Wells pitched a no-hitter, her second no-hitter of the year. Ashley Eaves and Brittany Baggett each had two hits and two RBI’s.
In the win over Ashdown, wells limited Ashdown to two hits and she led the game off with a home-run. Lauren Hendrix had two singles and two RBI’s for L-K.


In High School Soccer
TEXARKANA, TX- The Pleasant Grove Hawks beat Atlanta 3-2 at Pleasant Grove Saturday. Pleasant Grove won the JV game 4-1.

College Basketball
FAYETVILLE, AR- The Arkansas Razorbacks (14-7, 7-9) stole defeat out of the jaws of victory Saturday at Walton Arena Saturday. The Ole Miss Rebels (21-9, 9-7) came back from a 10-point deficit and they defeated the Razorbacks 68-66. The loss was the Hogs fifth in a row and they’ll play against Georgia in the SEC tournament next week while Ole Miss will have a bye in the first round.

HOT SPRINGS, AR-Arkansas State beat the University of Arkansas Little Rock 89-82 in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in Hot Springs Saturday. Arkansas State will advance to play Western Kentucky at 6:30 p.m. today (Sunday) in the second round of the tournament today. .

In College Basketball
NORMAN, Okla., - The #23 Texas A&M Aggies beat Oklahoma 69-54 Saturday. The Aggies were led by Khris Middleton who scored 15 points and Bryan Davis who scored fifteen.

WACO, TX- the #21 Baylor Bears beat the Texas Longhorns 92-77.

FAYETVILLE, AR- The Arkansas Razorbacks (14-7, 7-9) stole defeat out of the jaws of victory Saturday at Walton Arena Saturday. The Ole Miss Rebels (21-9, 9-7) came back from a 10-point deficit and they defeated the Razorbacks 68-66. The loss was the Hogs fifth in a row and they’ll play against Georgia in the SEC tournament next week while Ole Miss will have a bye in the first round.

In High School Track
TEXARKANA, TX- Atlanta fared well against stiff competition at the Watty Myers Relays at Texas high in Texarkana, TX, Saturday. The Atlanta Boys varsity finished second behind Texas High; Liberty Eylau finished third. The Atlanta Varsity girls finished third behind first place Texas High and second place Liberty-Eylau. Atlanta’s JV boys finished second behind Texas High was first and ahead of third place L-E.

Atlanta’s Kevin Shepard finished in first place in the boys varsity 3200 and 1600 meters, Atlanta’s Sheamber Isom finished first in the girls varsity long jump and 300 meter hurdles, McCarty finished first in the girls varsity 100 meters, Dominic Panaro finished first in the boys JV 3200 meters.

Omaha-Naples, TX- The Linden-Kildare Track team did well at the Doug Sibley Brahma Relays in Omaha-Naples Saturday. Linden-Kildare finished third in the boy’s varsity competition behind first place Jefferson and second place Redwater. Queen City was 8th.

 Linden-Kildare’s varsity girls also finished second behind first place Paul Pewitt and ahead of third place Redwater. Queen City finished in a tie for 5th with Jefferson. Linden-Kildare finished fourth in boys JV competition behind Redwater, Jefferson and DeKalb who finished 1-2-3 respectively. Queen City finished seventh.

In the boy’s varsity field events; Linden-Kildare’s Greg Gaston finished first in then shot put and L-K’s Trey Darty finished first in the long jump.

In the girl’s varsity running events, Linden-Kildare’s Jessica Spelling finished first in the shot put and discus, while Queen City’s Pernilia Grundy finished first in the long jump.
In the girls varsity running events Pernilia Grundy won the 100 meters.

KPYN Sports Saturday March 6th, 2010

Boys High School Baseball

ATLANTA, TX-The Atlanta Rabbit’s and the Queen City Bulldogs are the only two unbeaten remaining in the Atlanta-Lions Club Invitational going into the baseball tournaments third and final day.
Yesterday, Queen City (4-1) beat New Boston 5-2 and Atlanta (2-4) downed Liberty-Eylau (0-6) 7-3. In the other game Friday, Mt. Pleasant beat Liberty-Eylau 19-17.
In Queen City’s win over New Boston, Hunter Wilcher doubled and singled and Brian Hendrix doubled. The winning pitcher for the Bulldogs was Caleb Hawkins.
In Rabbit’s victory over the Leopards, Matt Boyd was the winning pitcher, giving up only 2-hits over 5 scoreless innings. Lee Raley came in and pitched 2-inning in relief. The Rabbits catcher Lawson Schultz had 3 hits including a double, Cam Coulter had 2 singles and an RBI and Boyd helped his cause with a double, single and 3 RBI’s.

Today, at the Atlanta Lions Club Invitational; New Boston vs. Mt. Pleasant at 12:30 p.m., Queen City vs. Liberty-Eylau at 3 p.m., and Hooks and Atlanta at 5:30 p.m.

Girls High School Softball
ASHDOWN, Ark.- The Hope Lady Cats beat the Linden-Kildare Lady Tigers 10-1 at the Second Annual William Bohanon Memorial Softball Tournament at Ashdown City Park.
Taylor Wells was the losing pitcher for the Lady Tigers. This morning at 11:30 a.m. Linden-Kildare plays Ashdown in the Classic Division.

KPYN Sports for Friday March 5th, 2010

In High School Baseball
Yesterday at the Atlanta-Lions Club Invitational
The Atlanta Rabbit’s beat the Mt. Pleasant Tigers 9-8 with a walk off RBI infield single by Conner Mills in the bottom of the sixth.
The Rabbit’s (1-4) trailed 6-0 after the top of the first inning when they made 3-errors and gave up 5 unearned runs. However, Rabbit’s pitcher Nic Parrott hung in there and pitched a complete game getting the win and Parott also was 3-4 with a double, RBI and 3-runs scored. The Rabbit’s trailed by two going into the bottom of the sixth but Shawn Sheppard tied the game with a 2-RBI double before Mills single that drove in the winning run. I talked to Rabbit’s head coach Randy Raley and he was happy after the win, the first for the Rabbit’s this year.
The Queen City Bulldogs beat Hooks 15-11 in a 5-inning game. Dillon Clayton, Zane Howard, Jonathon Boucher and Caleb Hawkins all pitched for the Bulldogs. Caleb Hawkins pitched the last 2-innings and he held Hooks hitless and struck out four. As we hear from the Queen City head baseball coach Kevin Youngblood, Hawkins pitched well despite being sick. Dillon Clayton was 2-3 with a double, 2-RBI’s and 2 runs scored, Zane Howard was 2-4 with a double and 3-RBI’s and Brian Hendrix was 3-4 with 2-RBI’s.

In the opening game of the Atlanta-Lions Club Invitational yesterday, new Boston beat Hooks 4-3.
Here’s the schedule for the final 2-days of baseball at the Atlanta-Lions Club Invitational at Rabbit’s Field at Atlanta City Park.
 

Friday March 5th, 2010
12:30 p.m. Mt. Pleasant Vs Atlanta
3 p.m. Queen City Vs New Boston (will be carried live on KPYN)
5:30 p.m. Atlanta Vs. Liberty Eylau (Will be carried live on KPYN)

Saturday March 6th, 2010
12:30 p.m. New Boston Vs Mt. Pleasant
3 p.m. Queen City Vs Liberty Eylau (will be carried live on KPYN)
5:30 p.m. Atlanta Vs. Hooks (Will be carried live on KPYN)


In High School Soccer yesterday at Rabbit’s Stadium

Last night, Mt. Pleasant beat Atlanta 7-0. Mt. Pleasant is undefeated in district (8-0). Atlanta dropped to (2-5 in district) Tomorrow Atlanta plays PG at Atlanta Rabbit’s Stadium at 2:30 p.m. If Atlanta beats PG and Liberty Eylay on Friday they make the playoffs. “It’s been a good season for us so far and good things are happening for the team,” Rex Henderson, Atlanta Rabbits head soccer coach said.

In the NBA last night
The Grizzlies beat the Bulls 105-96, the Heat outlasted the Lakers in overtime 114-111 and the Jazz beat the Suns 116-108.

KPYN Sports for Thursday March 4th, 2010
In College basketball In College Station Texas, the #23 Texas A&M Aggies(21-8, 10-5) beat the Oklahoma State Cowboys (20-9, 8-7) 76-61. Donald Sloan led the Aggies with 19 points.  The Aggies rap up their regular season Saturday with a game at Oklahoma. You can listen to the game on KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM, pre-game for Aggies basketball Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and tip-off at 11 a.m. In Knoxville, Tennessee; the #16 Tennessee Volunteers (22-7, 10-5) beat the Arkansas Razorbacks 80-73. It was the Hogs (14-16, 7-8) 4th loss in a row.

Saturday 3/11/10 Arkansas Razorbacks basketball Vs Ole Miss at Walton Arena in Fayetteville, AR.

In Lawrence Kansas; the #2 Kansas Jayhawks beat the #5 Kansas State Wildcats 82-65. With the win, Kansas wrapped up the Big 12 regular season championship.

In College Park Maryland, the #22 Maryland Terrapins (22-7, 12-3) beat the #4 Duke Blue Devils 79-72. With the win, Maryland moved into a tie in first place with first place Duke (25-5, 12-3) in the ACC.

In the NBA
Last night at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, the Dallas Mavericks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 112-109. Dirk Nowitzki scored 22 points for Dallas who have now won 9-games in a row. The Mav’s were playing without Jason Kidd who was given the night off.

Here are the rest of the scores from the NBA last night

The Kings crowned the Rockets 84-81, The Cavaliers cut down the Nets 111-92, the Celtics blew out the Bobcats 104-80, the Hawks outscored the 76ers 112-93, The Magic gunned down the Warriors 119-90, The Knicks downed the Pistons 128-104, The Bucks beat the Wizards 100-87, the Grizzlies stung the Hornets 104-100, The Nuggets killed the Thunder 119-90, The Trailblazers out paced the Pacers 102-79, and The Suns clipped the Clippers 127-101.

In boys high school baseball
The Atlanta Lions Club Invitational gets underway today. Hooks and New Boston play in the opener today @ 12:30 p.m., Hooks plays Queen City at 3 p.m., and Atlanta plays Mt. Pleasant at 5:30 p.m. Listen to the Queen City Hooks game and the Atlanta Mt. Pleasant games live today on KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM. It will also be live on the internet at www.kpyn.net. Our live coverage will get underway with a pre-game show this afternoon at 2:30 p.m., your truly Robert DelGiorno with the play-by-play.

KPYN Sports for Wednesday March 3rd, 2010

Major League Baseball

Texas Ranger outfielder Josh Hamilton will miss today’s exhibition opener against the Royals because of a bruised left shoulder. Hammy injured the shoulder while diving for a pop up in a drill February 25th. Tuesday the Rangers had an inner squad game with the regulars and reserves and it ended after four innings in a 4-4 tie.

In high school baseball

Yesterday Atlanta at Jefferson baseball game was cancelled because of wet field conditions.
Tomorrow is the start of the Atlanta Lions Club baseball tournament at Atlanta City Park as Atlanta, Queen City, Mt. Pleasant, Hooks, New Boston and Liberty Eylau will each play 3-games, 1 per day and the team with the best record will win. KPYN AM-FM and KPYN.Net will carry all the games involving Queen City and Atlanta live. Queen City plays in the 2nd game each day and Atlanta in the 3rd.

In girls high school softball

At Queen City softball field yesterday, The Queen City Lady Bulldogs beat Chapel Hill 5-4 as Chelsea Ivy pitched a no hitter and improved her record to 9-1-1. The Lady Dogs had 11 hits, including 2 each for Lenzie Lanford, Ashton Wright and Brittany Barlow.

In college Basketball

#21 Baylor beat Texas Tech last night in Lubbock 86-68. #13 Vanderbilt beat Florida 64-60.

Tonight, the Texas A&M Aggies host the Oklahoma Cowboys at Reed Arena in College Station. It’s senior night for the Aggies. You can listen to Aggies basketball tonight on KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM, our pre-game is at 7:30 p.m. and the tip-off is at 8 p.m.
Also tonight; Arkansas at Tennessee

In the NBA last night

The Lakers beat the Pacers 122-99, the Celtics out scored the Pistons 105-100, The Heat torched the Warriors 110-106, The thunder crowned the Kings 113-107.
Tonight at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, the Dallas Mavericks play the Minnesota Timber Wolves.

KPYN Sports for Tuesday March 2nd, 2010
In boys high school playoff basketball

Last night in Texarkana at the Texas High Gym ;the Avery Bulldogs beat the McLeod Longhorns 45-43 in the Region III-Finals. Alex Hernandez scored 11 for the horns and Grayson Porter had ten.

In Marshall at ETBU, Laneville beat the Bloomburg wildcats 72-62. Dylan Jones scored 28 points for the Wildcats.

In College Basketball
The new AP top 25 poll is out and Syracuse is #1 and Kansas, Kentucky, Duke and Kansas State round out the top five.
Baylor moved up to 21st, Texas A&M dropped to #23 and UTEP moved into the top 25 at #24. Texas fell out of the top 25.

In college Basketball last night
In Austin
The unranked Texas Longhorns beat the Oklahoma Sooners 87-76.

#10 West Virginia beat #19 Georgetown 81-68.

In the NBA
Last night In Charlotte, the Dallas Mavericks extended their current league leading winning streak to 8 with a 89-84 win over the Charlotte bobcats. Dirk Nowitzki led the Mav’s with 27-points.

Here are the rest of the scores in the NBA Last night
The Rockets beat the Raptors 116-92, it was the Spurs over the Hornets 106-92, The Cavaliers blew out the Knicks 124-93, (The Cav’s were playing without Shaq, he’s out with a broken thumb until the playoffs), the Magic outscored the 76ers 126-105, the hawks de-horned the Bulls 116-92, the trailblazers de-clawed the Grizzlies 103-93, the Suns beat the Nuggets 101-85, The Jazz downed the Clippers 108-104.


Wednesday March 3rd, Oklahoma St at Texas A&M in men's college basketball. Pre-game at 7:30 p.m. and tip-off at 8 p.m. Dave South with the play-by-play

Thursday March 4th, High School Baseball Double Header from the Atlanta Lions Club Invitational at Atlanta City Park, first- Hooks Vs Queen City with the pre-game at 2:30 p.m. and first pith at 3 p.m. Second, Atlanta Vs. Mt. Pleasant, immediately following game one at approximately 5:30 p.m, Robert DelGiorno with the play-by-play

Friday March 5th, High School Baseball Double Header from the Atlanta Lions Club Invitational at Atlanta City Park. First-Queen CIty Vs. New Boston with the pre-game show at 2:30 p.m. and first pitch at 3 p.m. Second game, Atlanta Vs. Liberty Eylau immediately following game one at approximately 5:30 p.m. Jim Davenport with the play-by-play.

Saturday March 6th, Texas A&M at Oklahoma in men's college basketball, pre-game at 10:30 a.m. and tip-off at 11 a.m. Dave South with the play-by-play.

Saturday March 6th, High School Baseball Double Header from Atlanta Lions Club Invitational at Atlanta City Park. First Liberty Eylau Vs Queen City, Pre-game show at 2:30 p.m. and first pitch at 3 p.m. Second game, Atlanta Vs. Hooks, immediately following game one at approximately 5:30 p.m. Jim Davenport with the play-by-play

KPYN Sports for Monday March 1st, 2010

In the NBA
The Dallas Mavericks beat the New Orleans Hornets 108-108-100, the Mav’s play at Charlotte tonight.

Here are the rest of the scores from yesterday in the NBA
The spurs beat the Suns 113-110, The Lakers downed the Nuggets 95-89, The Hawks beat the Bucks in overtime 106-102, The Wizards cut down the Nets 89-85, the Thunder blew out the Raptors 119-99, The Magic cooled off the Heat 96-80 and the Kings crowned the Clippers 97-92.

In boys High School Playoff Basketball
The Bloomburg Wildcats will play Laneville at ETBU in Marshall tonight at 7 p.m. the Regional quarterfinals. I talked to wildcats head coach Marty Francis and he said that Bloomburg can win tonight. If Bloomburg wins they’ll earn a trip to the sweet 16 tournament at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches this week.

McLeod can also advance to the sweat 16 with a win tonight in their playoff game against Avery at Texas High’s Tiger Center tonight at 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Jimmy Johnson won his second consecutive sprint cup race yesterday. Johnson finished first at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, it was his 49th career sprint cup victory.

Hockey
Canada defeated the USA 3-2 in overtime in the Gold Medal Round at the Olympics. Canada’s Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal. The USA hockey team settled for silver.

KPYN Sports for Sunday February 28th, 2010

High School Softball
LONGVIEW, Texas-The Linden-Kildare Lady Tigers softball team won two games in the Two-Step Classic in Longview on Saturday. The Lady Tigers (8-3-1) shut out Gladewater 7-0 and they also shut out Gilmer 8-0. The winning pitcher in both games for Linden-Kildare was Taylor Wells who pitched a no hitter in the win over Gilmer and in the no-hit process; she struck out 14 Lady Buckeyes.
In the win over Gladewater the Lady Tigers were led at the plate by Shanice Love who had two doubles while Lauren Hendrix was 3-for-4 with a double and Raven Love, Wells and Kelsey Burns each had two hits. Taylor struck out nine batters over six innings.
In the win over Gilmer, Shanice Lobe and Kiki Green each tripled and shanice Lobe, Ashley Eaves and Raven Lobe each doubled. Eaves also had a single.

College Basketball
FAYETVILLE, Arkansas-#16 Vanderbilt defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks 89-72 at Walton Arena in Fayetteville on Saturday. Arkansas was led by freshman forward Marshawn Powell who scored 27 points. Razorback sophomore guard Courtney Fortson played poorly shooting only 3 for 15 from the field with 5 turnovers and eight points.
The Razorbacks will return to the hardwood at Tennessee Wednesday night.

AGGIES BEAT TEXAS IN BIG 12 BASKETBALL
February 27th, 2010
By: Robert DelGIorno

COLLEGE STATION, Texas-The #22 Texas A&M Aggies beat #21 Texas 74-58 Saturday at Reed Arena in College Station, TX., in front of 13,717; the largest crowd in Reed Arena history. The Aggies defense held the Longhorns (9-6 in the Big 12) to their lowest point total of the season while shooting 43.4 percent from the field.“
"Texas is a good team and we new that coming in. Our guys (the Aggies) were resilient and we never let them get into the game,” Scott Spinelli, Aggies associate head coach said. “We did a good job today.”  The game was delayed for 10-minutes after Texas guard J’Covan Brown collided with Texas A&M’s B.J. Brown. Both players were carried off the court. J’Covan (Brown) was taken to a local hospital with an apparent neck and or head injury and B.J. Brown appeared to have injured his ankle.
The Aggies (20-8, 9-5) next game is Wednesday night March 3rd at Reed Arena against Oklahoma State. It will be senior night at Reed Arena. You can listen to the Aggies Vs Oklahoma State basketball game on KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM Wednesday, pre-game coverage begins at 7:30 p.m. and tip-off at 8 p.m.; Dave South will provide the play-by-play.

KPYN Sports for Saturday February 27th, 2010
Boys High School Playoffs
BOGATA, Texas-The Bloomburg boy’s varsity basketball team defeated Ector 68-52 in the Texas High School State Playoffs Friday. The Bloomburg Wildcats were led by Dylan Jones who scored 25-points, Tres Tuten pitched in with 14 and Micah Miller scored eleven.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas-The McLeod Longhorns downed Yantis 48-38 in a Class A Area playoff game Friday. The Longhorns were led by Douglas Autrey who scored 27-points.
McLeod will play Avery in the regional quarter finals on Monday.

In College Basketball
The Texas A&M Aggies will host the Texas Longhorns at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas today. The game will be carried live on KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM. Pre-game for the Aggies and Longhorns will be at 12:30 p.m. and tip-off at 1 p.m.

In Boys High School Soccer
The Atlanta Rabbit’s soccer team defeated Texas High 2-1 in a soccer match at Tiger Stadium in Grim Park Friday night. The Rabbit’s scored a goal with 1.4 seconds remaining in overtime to win the game.

In High School Baseball
The Linden-Kildare Tigers baseball tournament in Linden at Jim Grubbs Field was cancelled Friday and Saturday due to rain and wet fields.

The Atlanta Rabbit’s baseball team will play Harleton in a 7-inning game (Today) Saturday at Atlanta City Park; the first pitch will be at 3:30 p.m.

KPYN Sports Friday February 26^th, 2010

Girls softball

At the Two Step Classic at Lear Park in Longview; The Linden-Kildare Tigers split two games, losing the opener to Harleton 9-2 and winning the nightcap over Pine Tree’s Junior Varsity 24-6. In the win over Pine Tree’s JV, The Lady Tigers had more hits than Elvis, 27 to be exact. Ashley Eaves had three home runs and Shanice Love also homered for L-K.  

At the Pittsburgh Invitational in Pittsburg, the Queen City Lady Bulldogs softball team whooped Quinlan Ford 8-0 and Canton 6-3. Chelsea Ivy was the winning pitcher for Queen City in both games. In the win over Canton, Ashton Wright had three hits and two RBI’s for the Lady Bulldogs who are now 7-1 and 1 with a game today at 5 p.m. against Winnsboro and a game against White Oak immediately following their Winnsboro game. 

In boys varsity basketball playoffs tonight

The McLeod Longhorns who are 23-7 from District 19-A play Yantis at 7 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant High School. The winner of the game will advance to play either Bland or Avery. 

The Bloomburg Wildcats who are 27-3 will play Ector at 7 p.m. at Rivercrest High School in Bogata. The winner will play either Laneville or Dodd City in the Division II Small School Regional Quarterfinals.  

In college basketball tomorrow

You can listen to the Aggies Vs Longhorns Saturday on KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM; pre-game for A&M and Texas Saturday at 12:30 p.m. and tip-off at 1 p.m.

KPYN Sports for Thursday February 25th, 2010

In college basketball last night

In Waco, #24 Baylor got by the #22 Texas A&M Aggies 70-66. The Aggies next game is this Saturday at Reed Arena in Colleges Station against #21 Texas. You can listen to the Aggies Vs Longhorns Saturday on KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM; pre-game for A&M and Texas Saturday at 12:30 p.m. and tip-off at 1 p.m.

Tonight at 7 p.m., listen to the Mark Turgeon Show here on KPYN AM and FM with Mark Turgeon, the head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies basketball team.

Here’s the rest of the top 25 college basketball scores from last night

#3 Purdue beat Minnesota 59-58, #7 Villanova blew out South Florida 74-49, Notre Dame upset #12 Pittsburgh 68-53, and #21 Texas topped Oklahoma State 69-59.

In one other college basketball game of local interest last night

In Baton Rouge, LSU beat the Arkansas Razorbacks 65-54. Arkansas’ next game is Saturday at #16 Vanderbilt.


In NBA Basketball last night

At the American Airlines Center in Dallas, The Mavericks beat the Lakers 101-96, The Hawks downed the T-Wolves 98-92, The Grizzlies topped the Wizards 99-94, The Trailblazers outscored the Raptors 101-87, The Bulls out paced the Pacers 120-110, The Bucks blew out the Hornets 115-95, The Magic grounded the Rockets 110-92, The Spurs quitted the Thunder 95-87, The Jazz tamed the Bobcats 102-93, The Suns defeated the 76ers 106-95 and the Clippers beat the Pistons 97-91.

In High School Baseball

The Annual Linden-Kildare Invitational Baseball Tournament begins today at the Shrine on 59, Jim Grubbs Field. Here’s this weekends schedule of games:
Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill ad New Diana Play at 1:30 p.m. Queen City And DeKalb play at 4 p.m. and Linden-Kildare and Elysian Fields play at 6 p.m. Tomorrow, Chapel Hill plays Elysian Fields at 1:30 p.m., Queen City plays Dew Diana at 4 p.m., and Linden-Kildare plays Dekalb at 6:30 p.m. On Saturday Linden-Kildare plays New Diana at 11:30 a.m., Chapel Hill plays Dekalb at 2 p.m. and Queen City plays Elysian Fields at 4:30 p.m.. The winner of the tournament will be decided by the best record.

KPYN Sports for Wednesday February 24th, 2010


In high school softball yesterday
In Linden, in a game you heard live on KPYN AM –FM and Dot Net.
The Linden-Kildare Tigers beat the Atlanta Rabbit’s 7-2. the winning pitcher for the Tigers was Taylor Wells, she pitched a 2-hitter, struck out 7 and walked two. The Tigers were led a the plate by Raven Love who hit a 2 run home run. Rachel Allday hit a triple for Atlanta. The losing pitcher for Atlanta was Mattie Abbott. After the game I talked to the winning coach from Linden-Kildare Dick Norwood and he commented on the Linden-Kildare Tigers win.

In junior varsity softball yesterday at Queen City
Queen City and Atlanta split a double header. Queen City won the first game 9-8, and Atlanta won the night cap 11-2.


In the NBA last night
The Cavaliers beat the Hornets 105-95, The Celtics outscored the Knicks 110-106, The Timberwolves cooled the Heat 91-88, The Trailblazers cut down the Nets 102-93, The Lakers just got by the Grizzlies 99-98, The Suns quieted the Thunder 104-102 , Pistons beat the Kings 101-89 and the 76ers outscored the Warriors 110-102.

Tonight in college basketball on KPYN, The #22 ranked Texas A&M Aggies play at #24 Baylor, you can listen to the game live on KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM. The pre-game show for the Aggies tomorrow night starts at 7:30 p.m. and the tip-off will be at 8 p.m.

KPYN Sports For Tuesday February 23rd, 2010

In Boys high school baseball last night

At Rabbit’s Field at Atlanta City Park in a game you heard live on KPYN, The Hughes Springs Mustangs spoiled the Atlanta Rabbit’s season opener by beating Atlanta 12-1. The Mustangs pounded Rabbits pitchers with 13 hits. KPYN Sports play-by-play man Jim Davenport got Rabbit’s head coach Randy Raley’s comments after the game.

Randy Raley

The Rabbit’s baseball team will play in the Jefferson Tournament this Thursday through Saturday.

In Linden
DeKalb beat Linden-Kildare at the Shrine on 59, Jim Grubbs Field. The final was DeKalb 13 and Linden-Kildare 8. Matthew “Bird Man” Byrd, Drew Grider, Cody Belyeu and Joseph McDuffie each had two hits for Linden-Kildare. The Tigers used 4 pitchers in the game with Byrd picking up the loss.

In girls softball tonight
KPYN is supposed to carry the Atlanta at Linden-Kildare softball game, weather permitting. If they play, we will have the game for you on the AM and FM and on the website beginning at 4:30 p.m.

IN The NBA
The Dallas Mavericks beat the Indiana Pacers 91-82 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 23-points and Jason “Jet” Terry pitched in 14 points coming off the bench.

In the rest of the Association last night
The Wizards beat the Bulls 101-95, The Bucks downed the Knicks 83-67, The Hawks silenced the Jazz 105-100 and the L.A. Clippers beat the Charlotte Bobcats 98-94.

In college Basketball
The New AP Top 25 is out and Kansas remains #1, and Kentucky, Purdue, Syracuse and Duke round out the top five.

Texas dropped to #21, Texas A&M moved up to #22 and Baylor dropped to #24.

In NCAA Top 25 basketball last night
#1 ranked Kansas beat Oklahoma 81-68, and Connecticut upset #8 West Virginia 73-62.


Tomorrow night on KPYN, The #22 ranked Texas A&M Aggies play at #24 Baylor, you can listen to the game live on KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM. The pre-game show for the Aggies tomorrow night starts at 7:30 p.m. and the tip-off will be at 8 p.m.
 

KPYN Sports for Monday February 22nd, 2010

In NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing

Yesterday in Fontana, California, Jimmy Johnson held off a charge from Kevin Harvick and he won the Auto Club 500. The win was Johnson’s fifth at Fontana and the 48th of his cup series
career.

In High School Baseball
The Atlanta Rabbit’s open their 2010 baseball season tonight at Atlanta Rabbit’s Field at Atlanta City Park. The Rabbit’s will play the Hughes Springs Mustangs at 6 p.m. and the game will be carried live on KPYN 900 AM, 95.5 FM and on the internet at www.KPYN.Net. Jim Davenport will provide the play-by-play. Atlanta’s starting pitcher tonight for opening day is going to be Cam Coulter. The starting pitcher for Hughes Springs will be junior Dustin Campbell.

In other high school baseball tonight
Linden-Kildare hosts DeKalb, Queen City will be at Tatum for a double header.


In girls softball

Saturday in Longview, the Linden-Kildare Tigers tied for the championship of the 2010 Longview Lobos Softball Tournament Saturday with a 4-4 tie against Longview in the final game at Lear Park. In the semi-finals, Linden-Kildare defeated Minneola 9-5 as Lauren Hendrix earned the win in the pitching circle and Ashley Eaves hit a home run. Hendrix and Shanice Love both had a double and single. In the finals game, Love was 3-3 and Whitney Surratt was 2 for three. The game was called a tie in the bottom of the sixth inning because of the time limit. The Tigers will play Atlanta tomorrow, weather permitting in Linden, the game will be carried live on KPYN AM-FM and KPYN.Net.

The Atlanta Rabbit’s softball team lost 4-of-5 games this past weekend at the Texas High Softball tournament. On Saturday Atlanta (1-6) lost their first game against New Boston 12-1, the game was called after 5 innings because of the run rule. In their second game Saturday, Liberty Eylau beat Atlanta 5-3. Rachel Allday had a triple and single for the Rabbits. As I mentioned, Atlanta’s next game is Tuesday at Linden-Kildare, weather permitting, and the game will be carried on KPYN. By the way, Texas High won their tournament championship with a 10-7 win over Hooks in the championship game.


Boys High School Basketball
-The Bloomburg Wildcats boys varsity basketball team played a warm up game Saturday in Longview at Hawkins High School against White Oak and White Oak beat Bloomburg 77-71. Micah Miller lead the Wildcats with 27 points. The Wildcats will play a playoff game Friday night at Rivercrest High School against the winner of Satillo and Ector who play in Commerce tonight.

KPYN Sports for Sunday February 21st, 2010

Boys High School Basketball
LONGVIEW, TEXAS-The Bloomburg Wildcats boys varsity basketball team played a warm up game Saturday at Hawkins High School against White Oak and White Oak beat Bloomburg 77-71. Micah Miller lead the Wildcats with 27 points. The Wildcats will play a playoff game Friday night at Rivercrest High School against the winner of Satillo and Ector who play at Commerce on Monday night.
 

College Basketball
AMES, IOWA-The #24 ranked Texas A&M Aggies beat the Iowa State Cyclones 60-56. The Aggies (19-7, 8-4) were led by Donald Sloan who had 14 points. The victory for the Aggies was their fifth in their past 6 games. Texas A&M is tied for 3rd place in the Big 12 with Missouri. Kansas (26-1, 12-0) is in first place and Kansas State (22-4, 9-3) is in 2nd. The Aggies next game is this Wednesday night at #22 Baylor. The Aggies Vs Baylor game will be broadcast live on KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM; the pre-game show starts at 7:30 p.m. and the tip-off will be at 8 p.m.

LUBOCK, TEXAS-The #15 Texas Longhorns downed the Texas Tech Red Raiders 71-67. The Longhorns (21-6, 7-5) by Damion James who became Texas’ career leader in consecutive games played Saturday. Texas’ Gary Johnson led Texas in scoring with 22 points. The Longhorns next game is at home Wednesday night against Oklahoma State.

STILLWATER, Oklahoma-The Oklahoma State Cowboys upset #22 Baylor 82-75. Baylor’s next game is at home Wednesday night against the Texas A&M Aggies. AUBURN, ALABAMA- The Auburn Tigers upset the Arkansas Razorbacks 92-83 Saturday. The Hogs had trouble defending the Tigers three point shots as Tay Waller for Auburn torched the nets with 29 points including made 7-threes. The Razorbacks (14-13, 7-5) were led by freshman forward Marshawn Powell who scored 23 points and sophomore guards Rotnei Clarke and Courtney Fortson each scored sixteen. Junior center Delvon Johnson came off the bench and scored 10 points. The Razorbacks next game is Wednesday night in Baton Rouge against the LSU Tigers.


In the NBA
DALLAS, TX- The Dallas Mavericks increased their lead in the NBA Western Conferences southwest division with a 97-91 victory over the Miami Heat on Saturday. The Mav’s were led by Dirk Nowitzki who scored 28 points and Jason Kidd pitched in with 28. The Mavericks currently hold a 2 ½ game lead over second place San Antonio. The Mavericks next game is at home tomorrow night (Monday) at the American Airlines Center in Dallas against the Indiana Pacers.

High School Softball
TEXARKANA, TEXAS- The Atlanta Rabbit’s softball team lost both of their games played at the Texas High Softball Tournament on Saturday. Atlanta (1-6) lost their first game played Saturday to district rival New Boston 12-1. The game was called after 5 games because of the run rule. In the second game, Liberty Eylau beat Atlanta 5-3. Rachel Allday had a triple and single for the Rabbits. Atlanta’s next game is Tuesday at Linden-Kildare. The Atlanta vs. Linden-Kildare softball game will be carried live on KPYN 900 AM, 95.5 FM and on the internet at www.KPYN.Net. John West will provide the play-by-play.
Texas High won their tournament championship with a 10-7 win over Hooks in the championship game.


LONGVIEW, TEXAS- The Linden-Kildare Tigers tied for the championship of the 2010 Longview Lobos Softball Tournament Saturday with a 4-4 tie against Longview in the final game at Lear Park.
In the semi-finals, Linden-Kildare defeated Mineola 9-5 as Lauren Hendrix earned the win in the pitching circle and Ashley Eaves hit a home run. Hendrix and Shanice Love both had a double and single.
In the finals game, Love was 3-3 and Whitney Surratt was 2 for three. The game was called a tie in the bottom of the sixth inning because of the time limit. The Tigers will play Atlanta at home Tuesday in a game that will be carried live on KPYN AM-FM and KPYN.Net.

In High School Baseball
The Atlanta Rabbti’s open their 2010 baseball season Monday night at Atlanta Rabbit’s Field at Atlanta City Park. The Rabbit’s will play the Hughes Springs Mustangs at 6 p.m. and the game will be carried live on KPYN 900 AM, 95.5 FM and on the internet at www.KPYN.Net. Jim Davenport will provide the play-by-play.
Atlanta’s starting pitcher on opening day is going to be Cam Coulter.

In other high school baseball Monday
Linden-Kildare hosts DeKalb, Queen City will be at Tatum for a double header.

In College Baseball Saturday
New Mexico beat Texas 6-5, Texas A&M beat Seton Hall 13-6 and TCU beat Sam Houston State 12-7.

KPYN Sports for Saturday February 20th, 2010

High School Softball Friday

TEXARKANA, TX-The Atlanta Rabbit’s softball team won 1-of-3 games at the Texas High softball tournament on Friday.
The Rabbits who are playing in Pool B defeated Mount Pleasant in their first game of the tournament. Rachel Allday was the winning pitcher and she helped her cause by hitting a single and batting in 2-RBI’s. The Rabbit’s Bailey Dobson had a single and two RBI’s. Mattie Abbott earned the save by pitching two innings in relief for Atlanta.
The Rabbit’s didn’t fare as well in their second game at the tournament; the Hooks Hornets beat Atlanta 6-3. Jessie Price hammered two doubles, a single and 2-RBI’s for the Rabbit’s. Paige Shuffield drove in the Rabbit’s other run with a double.
The Rabbit’s wrapped up Friday play with a heart breaking 10-9 loss at the hands of their district rival Liberty-Eylau. The Rabbit’s (1-4) dropped to the number 4 seed with the loss. L-E trailed 8-7 in the sixth inning when they scored 3-runs to take the lead. Breanna Ainsworth led the Rabbit’s with a double and two singles.
Atlanta will play Saturday morning at 10 a.m. at Texas High against New Boston. The winners meet in the semi-finals at 1 p.m. and the losers play at the same time at Bramlett Field. The championship game will be at Tiger Field at 5:30 p.m. and the consolation game will be at 4 p.m. at Bramlett Field.
The Atlanta Rabbit’s softball team will be in action Tuesday at Linden-Kildare. The game will be carried live on KPYN-AM-FM and KPYN.Net.

In the NBA Friday ORLANDA, FL- The Dallas Mavericks beat the Orlando Magic 95-85. The Mav’’s were led by Dirk Nowitzki with 23 points.

KPYN sports for Friday February 19^th, 2010

In boys high school basketball last night The Bloomburg Wildcats won their warm up game against Miller Grove at the Avery Gym by the final score of 58-52. Dylan Jones scored 31 points for the Wildcats. Detroit beat McLeod in their seeding playoff game last night, McLeod will be the number two seed from their district in the playoffs.

In girls high school basketball The Bloomburg girls were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs Monday night. The McLeod Lady Longhorns are still alive, the Lady Horns will play Martin’s Mill in the Class A, Division I Big School playoffs, the tip-off will be at 7 p.m. at Hawkins High School. Make a note of that time because it was originally scheduled for 8 p.m.

The Texas A&M Aggies next game is tomorrow  at Iowa State. You can listen to the Texas A&M Iowa State game tomorrow on KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM. Pre-game for Aggies basketball tomorrow (Saturday) is at 2:30 p.m. and tip-off at 3 p.m.

The Queen City Bulldogs baseball team coached by Kevin Youngblood beat the James Bowie Pirates 15-2. K.C. Griffin hit a grand slam for the bulldogs. He told us how he did it.  Brandon Warren, Queen City Ad and head football coach was given a two-year contract extension. That’s according to KPYN Sports insider Jim Davenport.

In Major league baseball The Texas Rangers will begin spring training today in Surprise Arizona. Expectations are high for the Rangers this year. In the off season they acquired slugger Vladimir Guerrero and Right handed pitcher Rich Harden. The Rangers won 87 games and it was their best season since 2004.

In girls softball The Atlanta Rabbit’s softball team is playing in the Texas High Tournament in Texarkana and the Queen City and Linden-Kildare softball teams are playing in the Longview Lobos tournament in Longview.

KPYN Sports for Thursday February 18^th, 2010

In College Basketball Last night in Fayetteville, the Arkansas Razorbacks beat the South Carolina Gamecocks 92-79. the Hogs were led by freshman Marshawn Powell who scored 26 points and Courtney Fortson added 19 points. Fortson also had nine rebounds and eight assists. The Razorbacks are now 14-12 overall and 7-4 in conference. The Hogs next game is at Auburn Saturday.

In top 25 basketball Missouri upset #15 Texas 82-77, #7 Kansas State beat Nebraska 91-87, Duke beat Miami 81-74, and Purdue beat Ohio State 60-57.

In the NBA The Dallas Mavericks beat the Phoenix Suns at the American Airlines Center in Dallas by the final score of 107-97.

In high school basketball The McLeod Longhorns boys varsity basketball team will meat Detroit in a on game playoff today to decide first and second place playoff seedlings in dist 19-A. the game will be played at New Boston and tip-off is set for  7 p.m. The district finished in a three way tie between Detroit, Avery and McLeod but Avery decided not to participate in the tie breaking playoff.

AT  the Winter Olympics in Vancouver The United States passed Germany for first place in the total medal count. The U.S. has 10 medals and Germany has 9. The U.S. is tied for first place in gold medals with Korea, South Korea and Switzerland who all have three gold’s. The Highlight for America yesterday was Lindsey Vonn who won the gold medal in the woman’s down hill.

In college football Oregon tailback LaMichael James was arrested on domestic violence charges yesterday in Portland. Police say that James allegedly grabbed his girlfriends neck during an argument outside his apartment and he punched her to the ground. The 20-year old James who played high school football at Liberty Eylau in Texarkana pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charges of menacing, strangulation and assault. He remained in jail yesterday on $40,000 bail.

In the NFL The Baltimore Ravens signed wide receiver Donte Stallworth to a 1-year contract. Stallworth was suspended by the NFL last season and released by the Browns after a DUI and Manslaughter charge.

KPYN Sports for Wednesday February 17th, 2010

In high school softball At Atlanta City  Park, the Atlanta Rabbit’s softball team opened their 2010 season with a game on KPYN last night against Texas High; Texas High beat Atlanta 2-1. Rabbit’s starting pitcher senior Rachel Allday struck out five in 4 innings and reliever Mattie Abbot pitched 3 scoreless innings. Allday was 2-4 with an RBI, Bailey Dodson was 2-4, Allie Rutland and Jessie Price were 1-3 and Breanna Ainsworth was 1-4. I talked to the Rabbit’s head softball coach Dave Allen after the game, and even though Atlanta lost, he was pleased.

The Rabbit’s softball team plays this weekend in the Texas High Tournament in Texarkana, Tuesday they play at Linden-Kildare, we will broadcast their game against Linen-Kildare on the radio on KPYN 900 AM, 95-5 FM and KPYN.Net.

In other local softball In Linden- The Linden-Kildare Tigers beat Hooks 7-3. Taylor Wells pitched a 1-hitter, striking out 7 and walking three. She also had 3-hits including a home run. Linen-Kildare’s next softball game is Friday morning at 9 a.m. in the Longview Lobo tournament.

In girls high school playoff action At the Queen City Gym, the McLeod Lady Longhorns beat Overton in the bi-district round of the playoffs 50-24. The Lady Horns were led by Brea Glenn with 16 points, Jacki Smith scored 13 and Erika LaCroix scored twelve. McLeod will play against Martin’s Mill at 8 p.m. Friday at Hawkins High School Gym.

In boys high school basketball last night In Linden-Linden-Kildare beat Ore City in overtime 96-95. Linden-Kildare's Xavious Allen hit a shot at the buzzer to send the game into OT. Nigel Brown led the Tigers with 21 points. Linden-Kildare finished their season with a record of 11-13 and 4-8 in district.

In Mt. Vernon The Atlanta Rabbit’s boys varsity basketball team ended their regular season with a 57-53 win over the Mt. Vernon Tigers. Jatorian Linwood scored 14 points, and Shawn Shepard, Nic Parrott and Joe Rose each scored twelve. The Rabbit’s, even though they didn’t make the playoffs had a good year, they finished 16-12 and 6-4 in district.

In the NBA last night In Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 99-86.

In college basketball last night In Waco, #22 Baylor beat Texas Tech 88-70.

KPYN Sports for Tuesday February 16^th, 2010

IN College Basketball The New AP Top 25 Poll is out and Kansas is #1, Kentucky is #2, and Villanova, Purdue and Syracuse round out the top five. Texas is #15, Baylor is #22 and Texas A&M is #23.

In college basketball last night #1 Kansas beat #23 Texas A&M 59-54, UConn beat #3 Villanova 84-75. The Texas A&M Aggies next game is Saturday at Iowa State. You can listen to the Texas A&M Iowa State game on KPYN 900 AM and 95.5 FM. Pre-game for Aggies basketball Saturday is at 2:30 p.m. and tip-off at 3 p.m.

In girls High School Playoffs tonight The McLeod Lady Longhorns play Overton in the Queen City Gym, tip-off at 6:30 p.m.

In boys junior high basketball yesterday in Queen City The Queen City 7^th grade boys beat Daingerfield in the District 17-3A Championship 42-23. Cole Davis scored 13 points to lead Queen City. The Queen City boys basketball teams finished 9-1 in district.

The Queen City 8^th grade boys beat Dangerfield 41-40. Austin Baggett scored a 3-pointer to win the game. Reggie Henderson led the Bulldogs with 14 points. The Queen City 8^th grade boys finished the season tied for 2^nd place with a district record of 8-4.

In girls high school softball today The Atlanta Lady Rabbit’s varsity Softball team coached by Dave Allen will open their 2010 season against Texas High at Lady Rabb’s Field at Atlanta City Park. You can listen to the game on KPYN 900 AM, 95.5 FN and on the internet at www.kpyn.net; pre-game around 4:05 p.m. and first pitch at 4:30 p.m.; yours truly, Robert DelGiorno with the play-by-play.

At the Winter Olympics in Vancouver yesterday American Seth Wescott won the gold medal in men’s snowboardcross and American Bode Miller won the bronze in the men’s down hill. Americans lead all country’s at the Olympics with 8 medals so far.