Sports

The district schedule could not have started much better for the Kaufman varsity boys soccer team, which scored four goals in the first six minutes of last Friday’s 8-0 win against Crandall.

In Bo Moore’s first year as Scurry-Rosser varsity baseball head coach, the Wildcats won the Bi-District championship and took the No. 10 2A team in the state to three games in the Area round.

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The Kaufman varsity girls basketball team hung close with the District 14-4A champions for a half in Monday’s Bi-District playoff game, but Brownsboro pulled away in the second half to end Kaufman’s season with a 67-29 loss.

The Crandall varsity softball team will look to return to the playoffs under first year head coach Teri Grodi, who was hired last July.

It was not the Crandall varsity girls soccer team’s best performance, head coach Krystal Woods said, but the Lady Pirates did enough to beat Paris on penalty kicks last Tuesday.

In its first tournament of the season, the Crandall varsity girls golf team won in the Eustace Polar Bear Classic at Pinnacle on Monday.

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The Crandall varsity boys basketball team came into this week sitting in the driver’s seat for District 13-4A’s fourth and final playoff spot, but the team’s spot was anything but steady following four straight losses.

A week after three of its four boys basketball teams lost, three of Noman’s four boys basketball teams beat Ferris.

Playing for the first time in a week, the Kaufman varsity boys soccer team picked up its first of two home wins last week despite playing a man down.

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The first round of the district schedule did not go according to plan for the Kaufman varsity boys basketball team, but there’s still reason for optimism for the Lions, head coach Charlie White said.

The Kaufman varsity girls basketball team secured a playoff spot with a 54-44 win against Athens last Friday.

After missing its top two goal scorers for parts of the Princeton Tournament two weeks ago, the Kaufman varsity boys soccer team was back at full strength in a 6-2 win against Bonham last Tuesday.

Kaufman Independent School District honored its volleyball, cross country, tennis and football athletes and its cheerleaders and student trainers at Monday’s annual Fall Athletic Banquet.

Before the Crandall varsity girls soccer team plays its biggest non-district game of the season, the Lady Pirates won a pair of games last week by a combined score of 9-1.

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After trailing for most of the game, the Kaufman varsity boys basketball team took its second lead of the game on Jefferson Fritz’s layup with 39 seconds to play in regulation against Crandall. The Lions would hang on to win 41-38 in overtime.

The Crandall varsity girls soccer team got its first glimpse of its district competition last weekend in the Princeton Tournament, including a 4-3 loss against Community in the tournament semifinals.

The Kaufman varsity boys basketball team had eight days off after its final non-district game, which allowed the team to clean up mistakes before its district opener Tuesday, Kaufman head coach Charlie White said.

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The Crandall varsity boys basketball team only played one game last week, but the team made it a memorable one, with senior guard Jadon Ingram-Bullard knocking down a game-winning three-pointer to win the district opener last Friday.

After having its first scrimmage of the season cancelled because of weather concerns, the Kaufman varsity boys soccer team opened the season with a 2-0 exhibition win against Terrell last Monday.

Under new head coach Krystal Woods and coming off consecutive playoff berths, the Crandall varsity girls soccer team has good reason to come into this season with high expectations.

KAUFMAN – Kaufman High School Athletics will host the Fall Sports Banquet on Monday, Jan. 26, at 6 p.m. in the High School Cafeteria to honor our athletes who participated in football, cross country, student athletic trainers, team tennis, and cheerleaders, during the fall semester. Volleyball athletes were honored at a separate event in December, and the Lionettes will be honored with their own banquet.

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The Kaufman varsity girls basketball team lost both its games last week, but head coach Kelli Rose feels like her team is in a good spot, despite struggling through the early part of its schedule.

Despite not playing a game for 10 days, Kaufman varsity girls basketball head coach Kelli Rose said her team had its best tournament of the season in last week’s Kaufman Holiday Tournament.

The Scurry-Rosser varsity boys basketball team notched a top-three finish in two of its three tournaments this season, which began with a third place finish in the Fruitvale Tournament two weeks ago.