Thursday, September 19, 2024
The Granbury Lady Pirates topped the field in the Fossil Ridge Run of the Panther cross country meet at The Bluff in Haltom City Sept. 5. Four Lady Pirates finished in the top 20 runners and all five placed in the top 30.
Josefina Berry paced Granbury over the 5K course, posting a time of 22 minutes, 23 seconds to finish sixth individually. Kambry Zschiesche was eighth, clocking a 22:44.
Addyn Hollis placed 17th in a time of 23:58 and Alexie Patrick was 18th in 24 minutes. Karolina Berry was 28th with a 25:06.
What’s more, the Lady Pirates competed without one of their top runners; Ava Stein was out with an ankle injury.
The Lady Pirates were competing in the Paschal Invitational at Athletic Performance Ranch in Fort Worth at press time and are in the Castleberry Meet at Camp Carter Sept. 20.
The Pirates had the week off and were competing in the Texas A&M Invitational in College Station at press time. They are in the McNeil Invitational in Round Rock Sept. 20-21, held at Old Settlers Park, site of the state meet.
GRANBURY FOOTBALL
The Pirates (1-1 at press time) return home after back-to-back road games to face Keller Fossil Ridge (0-2 at press time) at 7 p.m. Sept. 20 in a District 3-5A Division I game. They were playing at Birdville in the district opener at press time, while Fossil Ridge was hosting Denton Ryan, the No. 1 team in the state.
The game will be the first meeting ever between the Pirates and Fossil Ridge.
Granbury fell 34-14 at Waco University Sept. 6 to wrap up predistrict play.
Offensive leaders vs. University: Hayden Meyer 12-of-26, 152 yards, two TD, interception passing; Anthony DeBello 21 carries, 64 yards rushing; Jackson Arnett five catches, 78 yards; Jonathan McCandless 5-39, TD (55 yards) receiving; Macaulay Skeens 1-35 (TD) receiving.
Defensive leaders vs. University: Tahj Clayton nine tackles; Elijah Johnston five tackles; Garrett Noah three tackles, sack, tackle for loss; Lawrence Mora two tackles for loss.
Granbury season offensive leaders: Meyer 200 yards, two TD, two interceptions passing; DeBello 131 yards rushing; Arnett 8-88 receiving.
Granbury season defensive leaders: Chase Cantrell 13 tackles, three for loss, sack, forced fumble; Clayton 12 tackles; Cooper Cumba nine tackles, sack, tackle for loss.
Fossil Ridge offensive players to watch: WR Logan Taylor, QB Malaki Lockhart, OL Jaime Montiel.
Fossil Ridge defensive players to watch: LB Javeis White, DB Cameron Smith, DE Jordan Cedillo.
Both teams are looking for their first winning season in years. Granbury last posted a winning campaign in 2019, going 6-5, though the Pirates were 5-5 in 2021. The Panthers’ last winning season was 6-5 in 2018, though they were 5-5 in 2022.
Fossil Ridge is back in Class 5A after a decade in 6A. They were 49-54 in that span, including 0-5 in the playoffs.
TOLAR FOOTBALL
The Rattlers (1-1 at press time) are home for a second straight week as they host Comanche (0-2 at press time) in a nondistrict game at 7 p.m. Sept. 20. The Rattlers were hosting Millsap at press time and Comanche was at Eastland.
Tolar edged Teague on the road, 23-21, Sept. 6.
“I can’t say enough about our team and their ability to put the Peaster game (a 10-0 season-opening upset loss) behind them and refocus on the little things to pull out the victory over a talented Teague team,” Tolar coach Blake Mouser said. “Multiple times during the game we could have shut down, but we kept playing the next play and were able to make some amazing plays down the stretch.”
Offensive leaders vs. Teague: Briton Rice 9-of-17, 188 yards, TD, interception passing; Peyton Brown 12 carries, 49 yards rushing; Dacen Watkins three catches, 82 yards receiving; Brylen Feist 2-52 receiving; Drake Owens 10-yard TD reception.
Defensive leaders vs. Teague: Owent 10 tackles, interception; Cayden Abrego nine tackles; Feist eight tackles.
Special teams leaders vs. Teague: Kelvin Murray 83-yard kickoff return for TD; Brooks Stone 40-yard field goal.
Tolar season offensive leaders (through two games): Rice 306 yards, TD, interception passing, rushing TD; Brown 20-183 yards rushing; Owens 6-91 yards, TD receiving; Watkins 5-96 yards receiving.
Tolar defensive leaders: Owens 22 tackles, sack, interception; Cash Clark 17 tackles, one for loss, sack; Abrego 16 tackles.
Comanche offensive players to watch: ATH Cayden Davis 308 yards, TD, interception passing, 242 yards, 2 TD rushing (through two games); OL Christian Anaya.
Comanche defensive players to watch: Badger Sanchez 19 tackles, two for loss; JJ Davis 15 tackles; Alex Terrell 14 tackles, one for loss (all through two games).
The series, dating to 2012, is tied 5-5. Tolar has won the past three meetings by an average score of 43-19.
Like the Rattlers, Comanche is a regular in the playoffs. With the exception of a 1-9 campaign in 2021, they have reached the postseason every season since 2013.
GRANBURY VOLLEYBALL
The Lady Pirates (16-15) won 3-0 at Cleburne Sept. 6.
Leaders vs. Cleburne
Kills: Sienna Watts 12, Blakely Bleeker 10, Kailynne Sermarini 8
Aces: Lily McCall 4, Allyson McCabe 4, Audrey Greinert 3
Digs: McCall 20, McCabe 11
Assists: McCabe 32
Receptions: McCall 10
Granbury opens District 5-5A play at Aledo at 6 p.m. Sept. 17, followed by hosting Keller Fossil Ridge at 6 p.m. Sept. 20, Teacher Appreciation Night.
TOLAR VOLLEYBALL
The Lady Rattlers won 3-0 at Trinity Valley Sept. 6 as Allie Terrell had a dozen kills and Kamryn Kolb had six digs.
Tolar plays at Breckenridge Sept. 17 at 5:30 p.m. and is at Millsap Sept. 20 at 4:30 p.m.
GRANBURY TENNIS
The Pirates/Lady Pirates dropped a 14-5 District 5-5A match at Saginaw Chisholm Trail last week.
“Chisholm Trail is a great program with some very talented young men and women. We were extremely proud of how we competed against them,” Granbury coach Athan Laskaris said.
Big wins for Granbury (5-6, 1-2 in district) included:
No. 1 mixed doubles: Sullivan Williamson and Mandi Labelle won 5-7, 6-4, 13-11 in third-set tiebreaker. “They continue to impress and win some big matches,” Laskaris said.
No. 3 girls doubles: Atleigh Young and Allie Kazmier won 6-2, 7-5
No. 4 girls singles: Albane Combres won 4-6, 6-1, 10-3 in third-set tiebreaker
No. 5 girls singles: Freshman Atleigh Young won 6-2, 6-7, 10-7 in third-set tiebreaker
No. 6 girls singles: Freshman Lili Vaughn won 7-6, 6-3
In extra matches:
No. 8 girls singles: Ellie Weeks won 8-0
No. 2 mixed doubles: Weeks and Kallen Graves won 6-3, 6-0
The JV hosted Chisholm Trail and won 12-7, improving to 3-0 in district. Highlights include McKenna Moreno, Joselin Briones, Kenia Jimenez, Rayleigh Langdon winning girls singles and doubles, with Kaydence Grumbine winning girls singles and mixed doubles.
Granbury hosts Brewer Sept. 17 at 4 p.m.
