The Hornets are right where they wanted to be, on top of the leaderboard after the opening round of the Huntsville Boys Fall Classic on Friday.
The Hornets’ No. 1 team fired a 307 to take a seven-stroke lead over Klein Oak at Raven Nest Golf Club. The Woodlands’ No. 2 squad is tied for third with Lufkin (316), followed by Oak Ridge (319) and Deer Park (326). St. Thomas, Klein and The Woodlands’ No. 1 team are all tied for seventh at 330 and Montgomery is 10th (331) in the 22-team field.
The Hornets had four players shoot in the 70s despite soggy conditions at Raven Nest due to all the recent rain. Huntsville’s Cody Sammons is tied for third at 75 and Tyler Belovsky is fifth (76). Seniors Ryan Bennett and Brent Baker are tied with three others in ninth at 78.
Cory Sammons, the Hornets’ fifth player on the No. 1 squad, shot an 83.
“We had a good day,” HHS coach Marcus Evans said. “We started off good, but hit a few bumps on the back nine. The course was playing tough because of all the rain and you can tell with all the high scores. We knew we wouldn’t have a perfect round.
“But to have four scores in the 70s this time of year and with the conditions, it is really good.”
The Hornets second team is in 15th place following an opening round score of 352. Grant Nicholas shot an 84, Bryson O’Brien carded an 86, Cody Signorin finished with a 90, Babe Mishler shot 92 and Murray Gould fired a 95.
Huntsville’s Reed Bolton, who is coming back from an injury, is competing as an individual medalist, shot an 87.
Lufkin’s Sam Fidone is currently in first place overall at 70. Doug Shipman of Klein Oak is second (74) and Crosby’s Jonathan Marek is tied with Cody Sammons for third. Deer Park’s Cameron Button, Klein Oak’s Cash Wilkerson and The Woodlands’ David Miles are tied for sixth (77).
The tournament moves to Elkins Lake today for the final round. The Hornets No. 2 teams tees off at 8:40 a.m. and the No. 1 squad will begin at 9:20.
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Hornet boys on top at Huntsville Fall Classic
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OUTGUNNED: First-place Mavericks shoot down Sam Houston, run winning streak to 14
Texas-Arlington had an answer for every Sam Houston run Wednesday night on the way to a 75-63 victory over the Bearkats. It was the Mavericks’ 14th consecutive win and improved their Southland Conference record to 10-0.
The last team to start league action with such perfection was Sam Houston in 2010, a team which won the conference’s regular season as well as the postseason tournament championship. -
Championship salute
The Southland Conference champs from Sam Houston State received special recognition on Wednesday night for the most successful football season in school history.
Huntsville Mayor Mac Woodward, SHSU President Dana Gibson and Walker County Judge Danny Pierce were among those who honored the Bearkats during halftime of the Bearkats’ basketball game against Texas-Arlington.
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Bearkat women win again, 61-45
Britni Martin scored 18 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead Sam Houston State to a 61-45 Southland Conference women’s basketball victory over UT-Arlington on Wednesday at the new UTA College Park Center in Arlington.
All four of Martin’s field goals were 3-pointers and the junior forward from Conroe went 6-of-6 from the foul line to post her 17th double-figure scoring performance of the season. -
Alive and kicking
For the third consecutive game, the Hornets played like a team that does not want basketball season to end anytime soon.
Desperate to notch another victory over Willis, the Huntsville boys jumped on the Wildkats early. The Hornets used their muscle and started pulling away in the second half, then when Willis made a late rally, Huntsville’s hungry bunch had enough energy left to hold off the Wildkats in a wild 76-63 victory at the Paul Bohan Hornet Gym. -
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The Lady Hornets did it again. For the second consecutive season, the Huntsville girls basketball team rolled through District 18-4A play without a loss.
On Tuesday night in Willis, the Lady Hornets closed out another perfect 14-0 district campaign with an 86-33 win over the LadyKats. -
New Waverly seniors close out regular season in style
In their final game of the regular season, the Lady Bulldogs just enjoyed themselves in a 60-46 win over Anderson-Shiro.
This was a team New Waverly beat on the road earlier in the season and a win in “Bulldog Country” would be the appropriate way to send out seniors Myeisha Williams, Morgan Eastland, Whitney McCullough and Alex Abbott. -
Streak stoppers?
The hottest team in the Southland Conference visits Johnson Coliseum tonight, riding a 13-game winning streak and sporting a perfect 9-0 league record.
Sam Houston State has a difficult task on its hands facing Texas-Arlington, a team which had its way with the Bearkats on Jan. 11 at Texas Hall. The Mavericks rolled to a 66-40 that night in what was Sam Houston’s worst loss in conference action all season. -
Bearkats to hold celebration befitting a championship team
A championship celebration unlike any in Bearkat history will take place tonight at Johnson Coliseum as part of the festivities for the Bearkats’ basketball game against Texas-Arlingon.
Walker County, the city of Huntsville and university officials will join with SHSU alumni, students, faculty-staff and fans in saluting the 2011 Southland Conference champion and NCAA Division I football national finalist Bearkat football team. -
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Bulldog lifters gain experience at Shepherd meet
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