The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 43, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 13, 2015 Page: 9 of 12
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Sunday, December 13, 2015
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District:
Frisco Liberty favored to repeat as champs
From PAGE EIGHT
Liberty opened district on
Tuesday by earning a 56-39
and guard Mason Smith.
The Titans opened their 9-
5A slate on Tuesday by earn-
. victory against Wakeland, with ing a 50-27 victory against
Chaney pouring in a game-
high 18 points and Brown
adding 15 of his own.
2. The Colony Cougars
Last season: Missed post-
season
Key returner: Senior R.J.
Pair
crosstown rival Frisco.
5. Wakeland Wolverines
Last season: Missed post-
season
leading the team this season
after the hiring of Keith Con-
nor, but the Rangers will also
have a much different roster
after the graduation of a tal-
ented senior class.
Looking to ease that transi-
tion will be junior guard
Cameron Gooden, who returns
Key returner: Junior Greg as a key cog in last season’s
second-place finish.
Jones
9-5A outlook: Wakeland
missed the playoffs last sea-
9-5A outlook: The Cougars son, but could make the jump
return much of their roster
from a squad that finished in
a tie for fourth in 9-5A last
year but missed out on the
postseason after falling in a
play-in game to Heritage.
The Colony boasts a deep
and balanced attack and had
a strong non-district cam-
paign that saw the Cougars
drop just two games, one a
loss at the buzzer to state-
ranked Richardson (No. 10 in
6A).
The Cougars carried that
into the top four this year.
The Wolverines will need
steady play from their back-
court, with senior Javante
Lone Star opened district
on Tuesday with Gooden pour-
ing in a game-high 30 points
in a 74-65 loss to Little Elm.
& Heritage Coyotes
Last season: Eliminated in
McCoy and juniors Greg Jones bi-district round by McKinney
and Luke Meissner at the
forefront of the team’s suc-
cess.
Wakeland took on a diffi-
Key returner: Junior Jay-
lon Rucker
9-5A outlook: Despite Her-
itage reaching the postseason
cult non-district schedule and by earning a tiebreaking win
played teams such as Flower
Mound Marcus, Denton and
Justin Northwest. However,
the team had to open its 9-5A
against The Colony last year,
the Coyotes are unlikely to re-
turn to the playoffs.
The team lost the bulk of
slate against defending cham- its roster, including standout
momentum into Tuesday’s dis- pion Liberty on Tuesday and
trict opener where they
scored a 67-49 win over Inde-
pendence.
3. Little Elm Lobos
Last season: Missed post-
season
Key returner: Junior
Devin Pullum
9-5A outlook: The Lobos
dropped a 56-39 contest.
& Frisco Raccoons
Last season: Missed post-
season
Key returner: Senior
Bradley Mason
9-5A outlook: The Rac-
coons failed to reach the post-
season last year after
have struggled in district ever narrowly finishing behind The
since their playoff loss to
Woodrow Wilson in 2013.
However, this could be the
season Little Elm climbs the
ladder and puts itself back in
playoff contention. Leading
that effort will be the return
of a more experienced roster,
with junior guard Devin Pul-
lum and junior forward
DeShon Gilbert among the
leaders.
The Lobos are already bat-
tle-tested this season after
taking on the likes of Preston-
wood Christian Academy, Je-
suit and Flower Mound in
non-district action. That expe-
rience translated to a 74-65
district-opening win against
Lone Star on Tuesday.
Colony and Heritage.
Frisco will have some
forward Wesley Franklin.
Leading the new-look Coyotes
will be junior guard Jaylon
Rucker, among others.
Heritage has had a tough
time in its non-district slate
and will look to turn things
around in the team’s 9-5A
opener tonight against Frisco.
9. Independence Knights
Last season: Missed post-
season
Key returner: Junior Ryan
progress to make if it hopes to Dorsey
rebound from last season’s ef-
fort and book a return trip to
the playoffs. Senior Bradley
Mason will lead any effort as
the team’s best offensive re-
turner.
Mason poured in a team-
high 13 points in Tuesday’s
district-opening loss to Cen-
tennial.
7. Lone Star Rangers
9-5A outlook: Independ-
ence had to take its lumps
last year in the program’s
first-ever varsity season.
With the return of an en-
tire roster, added experience
could give the Knights a bet-
ter chance to compete this
season.
That roster is headlined by
junior guard Ryan Dorsey and
sophomore forward Jordan
Last season: Eliminated in Sullivan, among others.
bi-district round by Wylie
Key returner: Junior
Cameron Gooden
9-5A outlook: Lone Star
will not only have a new face
Dorsey and Sullivan led the
team in scoring on Tuesday
despite the Knights dropping
a 6749 district-opening con-
test to The Colony.
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Last season: Eliminated in
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son
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