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INSIDE SPORTS
Denton Record-Chronicle
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SECTION B
TCU, Baylor atop
Big 12 title contenders
Page 4B
Sports
WHO TO CALL
940-566-6913
Larry McBride
Thursday, October 8, 2015
DentonRC.com
Wildcats aim to stay unbeaten in district
“We’re hoping the next five weeks we
can build some depth and continue to
play smart defense. There’s no question
we’re gonna be physical, but how smart
we can be and be physical, that combi-
nation has been key for us when we’ve
made long runs.”
Outside of Guyer’s 2010 defense and
possibly its 2013 unit that won a second
of back-to-back state titles in the old
Class 4A, the 2015 unit could be one of
the best to roam the halls at Guyer (4-1,
2-0). For senior linebacker Dharius
Timmons, there is no question.
‘With our offense being so young and
not clicking like it used to early on, I think
we can take on anyone,” Timmons said
“It’s all just our mindset We’re not the big-
gest, fastest or strongest but we all play for
each other and we’re afamily. We love play-
ing wifii each other. I thinkwe’re one ofthe
best defenses to ever walk through Guyer.”
The next challenge for the group will
be tonight at Keller Fossil Ridge (3-2,
2-0), which has won two straight games
since the return of senior quarterback
Bryce Baccarini, the son of coach Tony
Baccarini, from a concussion suffered
in nondistrict play.
The front seven has been a big reason
for Guyer’s defensive success, especially
from an experience standpoint with six of
those seven players being seniors, includ-
ing all three linebackers in Timmons, Mi-
chael Carrillo and Dante Ramacher.
The one non-senior most likely
wasn’t going to be a starter until defen-
sive tackle Tim Burley, one of the stron-
gest players on the team, left Guyer to
attend an area private school before the
High school football
Guyer at Keller Fossil Ridge, 7 p.m.
By Adam Boedeker
Staff Writer
aboedeker@ dentonrc. com
When the 2015 season began, Guyer
coach John Walsh knew his offense
might go through some early growing
pains after losing three key senior wide
receivers a year ago.
What he’s seen has been a bit surpris-
ing because Guyer waited until Friday’s
Week 5 win against Justin Northwest for
its first productive passing game.
All along, Walsh knew he’d be able to
lean on an experienced defense, and so
far, he’s been right. On Friday, the Wild-
cats held a fairly dangerous Northwest
offense to one meaningless field goal
just before half and nothing else.
‘We think we’re pretty good defen-
sively at this point in the season, but we
feel like we can still get better,” Walsh
said. “I think we can get better and can
get guys more reps that haven’t been
playing and get some quality backups,
which is so key in a long run.
See GUYER on 4B
TWU drops
St. Mary’s
with sweep
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By Patrick Hayslip
Staff Writer
phayslip @ dentonrc. com
Six games into conference play, the
TWU Pioneers find themselves atop the
Lone Star Conference with a 5-1 record,
so when Heartland Conference’s St.
Mary’s arrived at Kitty Magee Arena on
Wednesday, they brought with them a
different style of play the Pioneers
hadn’t seen too often.
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Taking the first set by a small mar-
gin, the Pioneers used a St. Mary’s time-
out midway through the second set to
reorient their offense after sloppy start
and get back on track, finishing out the
second set and sailing through the third
set for a 25-19, 25-18, 25-13 sweep.
“We had the timeout, and we talked
about what they were doing. We
changed our attack, and I think they on-
ly scored two or three points the rest of
the set,” TWU coach Shelly Barberee
said. “We just needed to split our hitters
more because their middle wasn’t judg-
ing who the ball was going to well and it
left a 1-on-l a lot. We just need to adjust
quicker.”
Leading the TWU offense was fresh-
man Makayla Mayfield, whose 10 kills
along with junior Mallory Kuechle’s 10
kills were enough to put St. Mary’s at
arm’s length throughout much of the
match.
Mayfield said she has been strug-
gling lately, so Wednesday’s output was
a welcome sign.
“They were protecting the fine more,
so I got to go across the court more and,
that’s kind of a stronger shot for me,”
Mayfield said. “I think that’s where I got
most of my kills. I haven’t been doing
well lately, so I did a little bit better to-
night. I haven’t been aggressive and my
passes haven’t been as consistent, but I
just really wanted to pick it up tonight.”
The Pioneers trudged their way
through the opening set despite taking
a 5-1 lead to start the set.
TWU used a 6-0 run to take a 13-6
lead on a Hillary Shaffer kill, but St.
Mary’s clawed back to within 20-15 be-
fore TWU finished the Rattlers off.
TWU looked to be back in the
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Texas Rangers pitcher Yovani Gallardo, right, talks with teammates during a team workout in Arlington on Tuesday.
TEXAS GROWN
for the Brewers. Milwaukee took him in the second
round of the 2004 amateur draft out of Trimble
Tech High School in Fort Worth, less than 20 miles
from the Rangers’ ballpark.
The Brewers traded Gallardo to his home team
last winter for an infielder and two young pitchers.
Gallardo started the opener, which like his first play-
off appearance for the AL West champs was on the
road.
Gallardo got to go home, now
starts Rangers’ playoff opener
Rangers
AL playoffs: Texas at Toronto, 2:37 p.m., Fox 1
This is the first step.”
When the Rangers open their first AL Division
Series since 2011, Gallardo (13-11, 3.42 ERA) will be
on the mound today in Toronto.
“To have this opportunity to start Game \ it’s abig
accomplishment,” he said.
Gallardo was 10 years old when the Rangers
made their playoffs debut in 1996, winning the first
of three AL West titles in four seasons.
By time they made their only World Series ap-
pearances in 2010 and 2011, Gallardo was pitching
By Stephen Hawkins
Associated Press
Yovani Gallardo grew up watching the Texas
Rangers, often going to their ballpark and dreaming
of one day pitching in big games for his local team.
“Even with my cousins, it’s one of those things we
always talked about, having that goal for myself to
put on the Ranger uniform and pitch important
games,” Gallardo said. “Obviously the one goal that
we all have as an athlete, to win the World Series.
“I like the body of work, I like the groundball, I
like the veteran pitcher in that slot,” first-year Rang-
ers manager Jeff Banister said of Gallardo starting
See RANGERS on 3B
See TWU on 3B
‘Limited’ or
carrying on
not, Cowboys’ Weeden
as Romo substitution
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against Atlanta and then you look at re-
ally the second half against New Or-
leans, you’ve got to include Weeden in
the reason why we didn’t win the game,”
Jones said.
“You don’t have to in any way point
the finger and say, ‘You don’t have Ro-
mo ; you’ve got him.’ I’m going to have to
give it a bigger, ‘You don’t have Romo.’”
Weeden’s best moment in three
starts for the Cowboys, including one
last season, was a tying 17-yard touch-
down pass to Terrance Williams in the
final 2 minutes.
But he never got a chance to have the
next breakthrough — a victory
By Schuyler Dixon
Associated Press
IRVING — Brandon Weeden didn’t
need Dallas owner Jerry Jones to tell
him he’s no Drew Brees.
And the Cowboys quarterback cer-
tainly doesn’t believe anyone would
confuse him with Tom Brady.
The backup filling in for Tony Romo,
and now carrying the weight of a per-
sonal 10-game losing streak into a game
against Brady and Super Bowl champi-
on New England, is comfortable with
who and what he is.
“I don’t care what my limitations are
or aren’t, or what Drew can do or what
Tom can do or the next guy can do,”
Weeden said. “My job is to find a way to
Cowboys
Brandon Weeden
get this team to win a game and do our
part offensively and get in the end zone
and score as many points and give our
team a chance to win.”
After the Cowboys (2-2) lost to New
Orleans on Brees’ 400th touchdown
pass — an 80-yarder on the second play
of overtime — Jones called Weeden
“limited” while making a comparison to
Brees in his postgame comments.
Also the team’s general manager,
Jones essentially repeated himself on
his radio show two days later.
“I think the last two games when you
look at the second half of our game
Brynn Anderson/AP
New Orleans Saints strong safety Kenny Vaccaro flies over the back of
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Brandon Weeden (3) in the first half of a
game in New Orleans on Sunday.
See WEEDEN on 4B
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