Bill Beck

Behind four second-half touchdowns, including three Kyden Barker scoring passes, the Tors hung tough and posted a 27-7 victory over the Bruins on Friday night at Doggett Family Stadium.

After quickly going up 2-0 in sets on Humble Summer Creek, the Lady Gators dropped the third set before rolling out a dominating 25-12 win in the final set for a 25-19, 26-24, 22-25, 25-12 decision over the Lady Bulldogs Tuesday night at Channelview High School.

By BILL BECK Correspondent PASADENA It was nothing short of an athletic war. Thank you for reading!

A banged-up defense held on as long as it could against No. 7 state-ranked Lufkin, but the Tors could not gain any second-half momentum and dropped a 35-21 decision in the District 9-5A-I season finale Friday night at Kermit Courville Stadium.

A critical onside kick, however, was ruled in Atascocita's favor and the Eagles, leading by just 44-38 with 3:30 to go, scored on the next snap to fuel a wild 50-45 Region III 6A-I bi-district victory at Sam Vitanza Stadium on Friday night.

By BILL BECK Correspondent DICKINSON Dickinson is starting out right in the red-hot fire of top-flight Texas boys basketball.

For Clear Creek girls, they will have plenty of material to review after a wild 57-56 victory over Katy Tompkins at the Butler Gymnasium on Friday night.

After 32 minutes of tug-of-war basketball, the Tors found themselves with a nice early season 63-59 boys victory over the Gators on Tuesday night.

ELKHART — A study is complete and recommendations for improving pedestrian safety conditions along Cassopolis Street have been made.

By BILL BECK Correspondent DICKINSON The start of the annual District 24-6A basketball fire could not have been much tougher for Dickinson.