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Denton Record-Chronicle
Saturday, April 9, 2016
sees progress ahead of scrimmage
Harrell
ris and the Mean Green’s other
quarterbacks to show signs of
progress. UNT will run about
100 plays at the Darrell R. Dick-
ey Football Practice Facility in
the first full scrimmage of the
spring.
Morris has had only a few
workouts with the Mean Green
since joining the team at the
Christmas break in what has
been a time of transition for
UNT. New head coach Seth Iit-
trell is installing a spread offense
in the hope of jump-starting a
team that averaged only 15.2
points per game last season.
Morris is a key part of the
plan and said earlier in the
spring he quickly formed a con-
nection with his receivers.
“We had guys flying around
out there,” Morris said. ‘We are
only going to get better every
single day.”
Today’s scrimmage will be an
important part of that process.
UNT will have three full scrim-
mages this spring, and that in-
cludes the Mean Green’s spring
game April 23.
‘We have 15 practices to go
against the our defense,” UNT
wide receiver Tee Goree said
earlier this spring. ‘We are try-
ing to get better every day, get
balls in our hands and compete.”
Harrell has been pleased
with the way the Mean Green,
and especially Morris, have
progressed thus far.
Morris was at Alabama for
four seasons and competed for
the starting job throughout his
time with the Crimson Tide.
When his opportunity ap-
peared to pass, he transferred to
UNT, where he will have one
season of eligibility remaining
this fall.
than I expected. I have been re-
ally encouraged by what he has
done.”
By Brett Vito
Staff Writer
bvito @ dentonrc.com
Graham Harrell didn’t walk
into an ideal quarterback situa-
tion when it came to his first
spring at North Texas as the
Mean Green’s offensive coordi-
North Texas football
Spring practice
What UNT has is a highly re-
garded transfer from Alabama
in Alec Morris and a few lightly
regarded options the Mean
Green will continue to sort
through today in the second
scrimmage of spring practice.
“They are doing some decent
things,” Harrell said. ‘We have a
longways to go, but that is every-
where. What I am most pleased
with is that they are buying in
and improving every day.”
Today’s 10 a.m. workout will
be another opportunity for Mor-
Seldom-used backup Quinn
Shanbour and Connor Means
also are competing for playing
time. Each will have an opportu-
nity today in a key workout.
“It’s not as much schematic as
it is getting guys on the same page
and making sure you are simple
enough in your scheme and
building around your strengths,”
IittreH said of the adjustment
UNT is making offensively.
BRETT VITO can be
reached at 940-566-6870 and
via Twitter at @brettvito.
nator.
The former Texas Tech stand-
out didn’t have a returning starter
— or anyone who had seen signif-
icant time under center.
The Mean Green’s leading
returning passer is punter Eric
Keena, thanks to a well-execut-
ed fake punt that resulted in a 4-
yard completion last season.
“Morris has a good arm, good
fundamentals and knows how
to throw the football,” Harrell
said. “He is picking it up quicker
Liberty blanks visiting Bishop Dunne
the lead, scoring four runs in the
seventh.
Ryan pitcher Josh Mears re-
corded three strikeouts, while
Davis Bird finished with a dou-
der Lady lions slammed 10 hits
to take down Whitesboro on the
road.
Staff reports
ARGYLE
sluggish start, Liberty Christian
came out swinging in the fifth
inning Friday and stacked up
four runs to beat Dallas Bishop
Dunne 7-0.
Kason Howell, Taylor Bar-
ber, Joey Marinello and Alex-
ander Balli each finished with a
double for the Warriors and
Matthew Hulke recorded a tri-
High schools
Baseball/softball roundup
Following a
r
Trinity Christian at 5 p.m. Friday.
Winning pitcher Kelby An-
derson finished with four strike-
outs, while Ponder’s Derian
Snodgrass had a double.
Ponder will return home to
face Gunter at 6:30 p.m. Tues-
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LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 7,
DALLAS BISHOP DUNNE 0
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Liberty Christian
W — Hayden Munday. L — Zamarno. LIBERTY — 1B: Ka-
son Howell 2, Ryan Dail, Christian Julius, Taylor Barber. 2B
— Kason Howell, Taylor Barber, Joey Marinello, Alexander
Balli. 3B: Matthew Hulke.
ble.
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Ryan will visit Keller at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday.
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RYAN 7, KELLER FOSSIL RIDGE 0
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Ryan
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Keller Fossil Ridge
W — Josh Mears. L — Engels. 1B: RYAN — Jalen Hurt 3
Josh Mears, Manny Torralba, Jake Sparks 2, Michael Bobo
Zach McCarthy. 2B: Davis Bird.
PONDER 5,
WHITESBORO 3
010 202 0
000 300 0
Ryan 7, Keller Fossil Ridge 0
KELLER — Ryan pounced
on Keller Fossil Ridge with a 2-0
lead in the first inning. The
Raiders continued to build on
M
Ponder
Whitesboro
5 10 3
3 6 0
WP—Kelby Anderson. LP — Power. 1B: Dany Kesselus 2,
Karah Oritz, Jazmine Donovan 2, Kelby Anderson, Derian
Snodgrass, Kaylee Adler, Kaylie Howell. 2B: Derian Snod-
grass.
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The win marks Liberty’s
eighth straight district victory.
Liberty will host Addison
Softball
Ponder 5, Whitesboro 3
WHITESBORO - The Pon-
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Pioneers fail to advance to team finals
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five-inning, run-rule 10-2 victo-
ry, but a seventh-inning come-
back came up just short in a 6-5
loss in the nightcap.
The runs came early and of-
ten in the first game, with the
home team scoring in four
straight innings. The nightcap
featured a pitching duel that
came down to the final inning.
In the opening game, five hits
and two errors led to five runs in
the third inning for the Pioneers.
The top of the order led the
TWU offense. Tealey Farquhar
went 2-for-3 with three RBIs
and three runs. She was hit by a
pitch in her first at-bat, stole sec-
ond and third and scored on a
Laura Mabary single. Farquhar
recorded her first triple of the
season in the second inning,
knocking in two runs.
Hitting after Farquhar, Lo-
gan Polasek also went 2-for-3.
She knocked in runs with a sin-
gle and her second double of the
season.
Tori Bice won her 15th game
in the circle, allowing two runs
and seven hits in five innings.
She pitched three scoreless in-
nings before giving up a solo
home run in the fourth and a
run in the fifth.
In the nightcap, TWU posted
nine hits but left nine runners
on base. A&M-Kingsville scored
the first run, but TWU respond-
ed with two runs in the second
with back-to-back RBI doubles
by Morgan Harrison and Alexis
Elizondo.
TWU held a 2-1 lead until the
seventh, when the visitors erupt-
ed for five runs on four hits.
TWU and Texas A&M-
Kingsville will play a double-
header at 2 p.m. today.
lington on Wednesday, North
Texas found itself on the wrong
side of a 1-0 decision, falling to
Kansas on Friday.
The Jayhawks (21-13) scored
on a two-out single in the fourth.
Kansas sophomore Andie
Formby (12-5) tossed a complete
game, limiting UNT (19-17) to
three hits with no walks and
eight strikeouts.
“It was a well-played game,”
UNT coach Tracey Kee said.
“Both pitchers dealt the ball
well. It came down to who had
the timely hit.”
UNT produced its greatest
threat in the fifth, as Karly Wil-
liams led off with a double. Dan-
ielle Gregory reached on an in-
field single and Bailey Thomp-
son reached on a fielder’s choice,
but the Mean Green were un-
able to score.
Junior Stacey Underwood
(6-8) took the loss, giving up one
run and six hits with two walks
and a strikeout. She pitched out
of trouble and limited damage
throughout the game, stranding
nine Kansas runners, including
loaded bases in the second and
third.
From TWU and UNT sports information
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -
Freshmen Erin Alderman, Jen-
na Cashmore and Megan Gen-
try posted career highs in their
respective events and TWU
scored a season-high 194.275 to
finish third Friday at the USA
Gymnastics national meet semi-
finals.
Colleges
TWU/UNT roundup
Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, left, leads a pack of cars during the O’Reilly Auto
Parts 300 on Friday in Fort Worth.
9.800 or higher, led by
Alderman with a career-high
9.875. Jones scored a 9.825
while Kelly posted a career high
of 9.800.
In the final rotation on vault,
the Pioneers scored 48.500, led
by Gentry with another career
high. Jones finished with a 9.775.
Jones tied her career high in
all-around with a 39.200 and
tied for second overall. Simpson
finished with a 38.425.
“I am proud of our bars line-
up for starting strong and put-
ting us in a good position going
into the next three events,” said
TWU coach lisa Bowerman.
“We had couple of mistakes on
beam and then did a good job on
floor but still not our best. We
gave everything we got on vault
and finished out strong.
“It’s rewarding to see Megan
get back in the beam lineup and
see her perform really well. Erin
had a great competition with a
nice floor routine and a nice vault,
and Jenna did a great job on bars
in a pressure situation after a fall.
Moving forward, we have all our
routines returning next year and
something to build on.”
TWU qualified numerous
gymnasts for Sunday’s indivi-
dual event finals. Alderman
(floor), Cashmore (bars), Gentry
(vault and beam) and Jones
(beam) will compete for indivi-
dual titles on the final day of
competition.
Kyle Busch earns
80th Xfinity win
Brown scored 195.175 to fin-
ish first, host Iindenwood
scored 195.150 to place second
and Yale was fourth with a
192.350. Brown and linden-
wood advanced to today’s team
finals. The Pioneers will miss out
on the team finals for the first
time, as they advanced to 24
consecutive finals prior to this
season.
TWU was in second going
into the final rotation behind
Brown and ahead of linden-
wood by .100. Iindenwood
dominated its final event, scor-
ing a 49.475 on floor exercise to
move into second place.
The Pioneers opened the
meet on uneven bars and scored
a season-high 48.775. Four gym-
nasts scored 9.775 or higher, led
by Cashmore with a career-high
9.850. Junior Katie Simpson
and sophomore Alyssa Kelly
each scored 9.800, while sopho-
more Schyler Jones scored a sea-
son-high 9.775.
TWU stumbled on balance
beam in the second rotation and
scored a 48.250 after counting a
fall. Three Pioneers scored 9.750
or higher, led by Jones and Gen-
try with at 9.825. Gentry’s score
is a career high. Sophomore Tay-
lor Vincent posted a 9.750.
TWU regrouped and scored
48.700 on floor in the third rota-
tion. Three gymnasts scored
By Stephen Hawkins
Associated Press
FORT WORTH
Busch led 150 of200 laps at Tex-
as Motor Speedway on Friday
night to win for the fourth time
in five NASCAR Xfinity Series
starts this season.
Busch led four times, includ-
ing the last 81 laps, for his Xfin-
ity-record 80th victory. It was
his eighth win at the high-
banked, 11/2-mile track in Den-
ton County.
Just like the Joe Gibbs Rac-
ing teammates started the race,
Busch and Erik Jones were 1-2
in their Toyotas at the checkered
flag. Jones finished 3.055 sec-
onds back, with Brad Keselow-
ski third in a Ford and Chase El-
liott fourth for Chevrolet.
Busch has won 25 percent of
his 316 starts in the Xfinity Se-
ries.
Motor sports
NASCAR Xfinity Series
O’Reilly Auto Parts 300
Kyle
Xfinity Series this season, and
that is even without him run-
ning the 120-lap opener at Day-
tona. He has led at least 119 laps
in all five of his starts this season.
Jones was leading when he
came to pit road on lap 80 dur-
ing a caution brought out after
Suarez spun in Turn 4.
Busch led Jones off pit road,
but Jones was dropped from
second to 18th after a penalty for
one of his crew members going
over the wall too soon.
Kyle Larson took the lead off
that restart and stayed in front
for 38 laps before Busch went
low on the track for a pass — and
he and Larson went on opposite
sides of another car through
Turn 4.
Jones led twice for 12 laps,
while that stretch was Larson’s
only in the lead before Busch
took over for good.
Brandon Jones finished
ninth in the No. 33 Chevrolet
sponsored by the Rangers. Jones
threw out a ceremonial first
pitch this week at one of the
team’s games in Arlington.
“Stacey did a great job,” Kee
said. “She had been struggling
mechanically, so for her to go out
and really stay focused on her
motion and just let the ball
speak for itself, she did a nice job
of that.”
UNT will face Georgia Tech
(11 a.m.) and Kansas (1:30 p.m.)
today.
Daniel Suarez, another JGR
driver, held on to the series
points lead despite finishing
16th. His 10-point lead over El-
liott Sadler, who finished sev-
enth, was trimmed to one point
as the series returned to the
track after a two-week break.
Busch has led 75 percent of
the laps run (776 of1,033) in the
TWU splits pair
TWU split its doubleheader
against Texas A&M-Kingsville
at Pioneer Field. The Pioneer of-
fense exploded for 10 runs in a
Softball
Kansas], UNTO
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Com-
ing off a 1-0 win over Texas-Ar-
round of the day at 3 under and
was one shot out of the lead. But
he hooked his tee shot into the
trees and had to return to the
tee, hooked the next one and
made triple bogey for a 72.
Still in the mix was Jason
Day, the No. 1 player who sput-
tered along to a 73 but was only
five shots behind.
“It almost feels like a U.S.
Open where you need to sur-
vive,” Day said. ‘And I’m trying
my best to survive right now.”
Spieth finished a round over
par at Augusta for the first time
in his three Masters appear-
ances. Coming off his wire-to-
wire victory last year, that par
save on the 18th allowed him to
set a record for consecutive
rounds in the lead. Arnold
Palmer was atop the leader-
board for six straight rounds in
1960 and the opening two
rounds in 1961, though he
shared the lead in those last
two rounds.
Despite the lead, it was hard
to get past Spieth’s mistakes — a
four-putt double bogey on No. 5,
a three-putt bogey on No. 16,
and another bogey on the 17th
hole.
two weeks at Guyer, and both
squads are two games behind
Keller for the district lead.
“That girl was throwing the
ball well,” Medford said of Fossil
Ridge lefty Dianna Cannon.
“She’s a very good pitcher. I
think we got opportune hits.
That’s like a playoff team when
you take advantage of things and
get people on and get a big hit.
This game will prepare us for the
future.”
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Masters
Guyer
thanks to an RBI single from
Avery Williams and a passed
ball that scored Lauren Iind-
gren.
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play, too many players still in the
mix.
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“There’s the potential tomor-
row for someone to shoot a few
under and move up into the lead
from outside the top 25,” Spieth
said. “There’s a potential for that
with what I saw on the last six
holes today, the way the course
was playing. So I don’t think ei-
ther one of us is focused on each
other. I think we’re focused on
the golf course.”
Danny Lee bogeyed his last
two holes for a 72 and was two
shots behind, along with Scott
Piercy (72). The only other play-
ers who remained under par
were Hideki Matsuyama (72),
Brandt Snedeker (72) and Soren
Kjeldsen (74).
Dustin Johnson birdied all
the par 5s for a 71 and was in the
group at even par that included
U.S. Amateur champion Bryson
DeChambeau, who felt the sting
of Augusta on the final hole. De-
Chambeau was playing the best
In the fifth, Guyer opened up
the game with a three-run in-
side-the-park home run from
Iindgren that skipped past a
diving center fielder.
The win puts Guyer in a sec-
ond-place tie with Keller Tim-
ber Creek, which defeated
Guyer earlier this season. The
teams have another meeting in
Guyer 5, Keller Fossil Ridge 0
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WP - Grace Wills. LP - Dianna Cannon. 2B - FR: Bre
Guerrero. 3B - G: Olivia Boisen. HR - G: Lauren Lindgren.
Records - Keller Fossil Ridge (12-8, 5-5), Guyer (21-3-1,
Keller Fossil Ridge
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Tom Watson reacts after a long putt on the 18th hole during
his last round at the Masters, on Friday in Augusta, Ga.
I just knew I had to have a game
like this to get back in my
groove,” Whiteside said.
The loss bumps Denton (8-
13-1, 6-2 district) into a second-
place tie with a tough Wichita
Falls Rider squad that the Bron-
cos will host at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Fort Worth Brewer 2,
Denton 1 (8)
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100 000 00 - 1 4 1
WP: Zane Whiteside LP: Raine Richter 2B — DN: Dimitri
Cruz. FB: Zane Whiteside.
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Denton
“I was at 8 under and you fin-
ish at 4. That’s kind of tough,”
Spieth said. “I felt like I played
better than 4 over from the by two shots in his final Masters,
walking up the 18th fairway to a
Spieth’s par on the last hole standing ovation and warm ap-
not only kept him in the lead, it plause. He parred his last four
sent Phil Mickelson home for holes for a 78 and said, “I’m glad
the weekend because of the 10- I don’t have to play that 18th hole
shot rule. Mickelson shot a ca- anymore.”
reer-high 79 and finished at 7
over to miss the cut.
Tom Watson missed the cut
we can ever ask of him,” Buck
said.
fourth hole on.
The Broncos’ previous match-
up with Whiteside was the polar
opposite. Denton tacked on three
runs through the second inning
before he was pulled.
“My arm feels like Jell-O, but
Fort Worth Brewer
Denton
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